The Arizona Reebok Classic Open Run took place on Sunday, May 12th, 2013 at Glendale Community College. Registration was open to all high school basketball players, in an attempt to name the invitees from the state of Arizona for this year’s annual Reebok Classic Breakout Camp, which will be held this summer in Philadelphia on July 9-12th. The Reebok Classic Breakout Camp features more than 100 of the nation’s elite prospects, and is held during the NCAA evaluation period on the campus of the University of Philadelphia in front of more than 400 college coaches from across the country. The Reebok Classic Breakout Try…
Author: Anthony Ray
This weekend, the Adidas Area Codes Elite 8 Invitational was held in Phoenix, Arizona. The event was organized by local tournament director Chad Groth and Etop Udo-Ema of the Compton Magic (CA) club program and also the Full Court Press. The event featured many of the state’s top club teams and also some top-rated club programs from southern California, Nevada and Colorado. The Arizona Power Black 17U team, which features many of the state’s top 2014 prospects, would win this year’s featured and top 17U Super Pool Division for the event – defeating Compton Magic Select (CA) in the championship game. The Arizona Power Black…
The Arizona Power Basketball Academy program is in their first year of operation for club basketball within the state of Arizona. Behind the leadership of East Valley-based trainer Sundance Wicks and major financial support, the program launched this spring with numerous teams at different age groups – competing on the regional club circuit this spring and summer. After several strong performances this spring already, the program is coming off their best weekend of the program’s young history after seeing many of their teams finish very strong in this weekend’s Adidas Area Codes Elite 8 Invitational held in Phoenix, Arizona. The event was organized by local tournament…
While Arizona’s 2014 class of prospects may just be the best class of basketball talent the state has ever seen, not every prospect in the class helped themselves with their performances this spring during the April evaluation period. In fact, most prospects in the class did not perform up to expectations this spring. One player that did perform at a high level for himself this spring was Gilbert Christian High School’s 6-foot-7, 180-pound junior guard/forward Sam Jones. While competing with an out-of-state club team, the Double Pump All-Stars (CA), Jones helped improve his recruiting stock a great deal, as his…
With it being late in the spring signing period, and with so many of Arizona’s top senior prospects still unsigned, there are also many top-rated prep prospects still available as well. While we will also soon publish a listing of the top prospects available at Planet Athlete as well, a newly developed prep school in Arizona, here are the top prep prospects still available at Westwind Prep Academy. While many of these prospects are being recruited heavily and will look to sign soon, here is a scouting report of each prospect that is still currently available within Arizona … SPRING TOP UNSIGNED…
After it looked as though he was headed to Grand Canyon University next fall, Florence High School’s 6-foot-10 senior post Jeremy Verhagen is now headed in a significantly different direction, as he signed a division-I scholarship on Monday afternoon. Verhagen generated a lot of division-I interest for himself during the April evaluation period. While playing with a very talented Team Power Black group, Verhagen boosted his exposure to college coaches this spring – enough to garner enough interest in himself to land a division-I deal. After careful consideration, Verhagen has signed a division-I scholarship with the University of Northern Colorado and…
Arizona’s is still loaded with some top-rated unsigned basketball talent late in the year for college programs to take a hard look at. With so many of the state’s top prospects still unsigned, as a result of a lackluster state for college basketball recruitment, each of these prospects are looking to make college decicions this month. Here are many more of the state’s top unsigned senior prospects still available for college programs . . . TOP UNSIGNED SENIOR PROSPECTS IN ARIZONA (In No Particular Order) (Name Ht Pos School Evaluation) Andres Marquez 6-1 SR PG Nogales HS (Nogales, AZ) – Excellent scorer and shooter. Strong…
Arizona’s is still loaded with some top-rated unsigned basketball talent late in the year for college programs to take a hard look at. With so many of the state’s top prospects still unsigned, as a result of a lackluster state for college basketball recruitment, each of these prospects are looking to make college decicions this month. Here are some of the state’s top unsigned senior prospects still available for college programs . . . TOP UNSIGNED SENIOR PROSPECTS IN ARIZONA (In No Particular Order) (Name Ht Pos School Evaluation) Desmond Ross 6-2 SR PG Raymond Kellis HS (Glendale, AZ) – Combo-guard…
No one has been through more than former Brophy Prep High School 2011 graduate Sai Tummala. After a very diminished college recruitment as a senior in high school, Tummala’s athletic potential caught the eye of one of the nation’s top basketball programs – the University of Michigan. Tummala took his chances at playing in Ann Arbor, and decided to walk on to the storied basketball program, only to transfer schools less than a year later – heading the junior college route in an attempt to improve his college recruitment and for an opportunity at a much brighter future. On Thursday morning, the talented…
The Arizona Magic Pump N’ Run-2014’s, a team comprised of some of the state’s top 2014 prospects, has been on an absolute tear this spring season. After starting off the spring evaluation period with a tournament win at this year’s Southwest Showcase Main Event, the team continued their terrific play in this year’s Double Pump Hoop Fest in Los Angeles, CA – winning the big 17U championship in the event. This past weekend, the Arizona Magic PNR-2014’s would improve their club record in the spring to an amazing 12-1, and would finish in the semi-finals of last weekend’s Double Pump Spring Classic in…