College programs continue to search the younger ranks of players in an attempt to identify top-notch talent for the future. In the case of rising 8th grade prospect, Marvin Bagley Jr., a college program does not need to look very hard, as this young man is a glaring talent for the future. Bagley is nationally recognized by many national scouts among the very elite prospects from America’s 2018 class. As a result of such early recognition, Bagley recently received his first scholarship offer from Northern Arizona University. This week, Bagley received another scholarship offer – his second. This offer came from a PAC-12 program,…
Author: Anthony Ray
The 11th Annual Pangos All-American Camp took place this past weekend at Cabrillo High School in Los Angeles, CA and Sunnyslope’s 6-foot-10 junior post Michael Humphrey would have a coming-out-party in this year’s event, as he would gain serious national attention for his play in the camp. Humphrey would block shots, score the basketball in the paint and from the perimeter, run the floor, rebound hard and finish strong around the rim in the event. As a result, Humphrey would receive the vote as the camp’s Sleeper of the Event, and also as the player from the camp that should have received a…
The 11th annual prestigious Pangos All-American Camp took place this past weekend in Los Angeles, CA at Cabrillo High School. With each of the top scouts and media in the West in attendance for the annual event, as well as many of the nation’s top scouts and media, a limited number of prospects from Arizona participated in the event. This national camp has served as a “coming out” party for many top past and current HS all-americans and well as a showcase for many more national “sleepers”. The last seven camp MOPs have been James Harden (Arizona State/Houston Rockets/2009 NBA Draft #3…
Westwind Prep’s 6-foot-8, 215-pound prep forward prospect TK Edogi was one of the top emerging prospects in the West this spring, after strong performances in several West Coast exposure events. After flying well below the recruiting radar for some time, the ultra-athletic power forward prospect has seen his college recruitment begin to soar as of late. Recently, Edogi took several official recruiting visits and now he will look to possibly take two more recruiting visits in an attempt to make his college decision. Edogi has already visited Niagara University, Wright State and Iona College in New York. Both Niagara and Wright…
Sunnyslope High School is coming off an excellent season in 2012-2013, as the team finished with a very impressive 28-4 overall record on the season. Led by their terrific head coach Ray Portela and his committed basketball staff, the Vikings would advance to the Division-II state semi-finals before falling to eventual state champion, Paradise Valley HS. Sunnyslope’s future looks extremely bright with the return of rapidly developing star post prospect, 6-foot-9 junior post Michael Humphrey. Humphrey turned in his best high school season to date last season, and has already raised his level of play significantly this spring and heading into the…
Many of Arizona’s top-rated prospects in the 2013 class are now falling off the recruiting board. As late as it now is, many of the state’s top unsigned prospects are just beginning to sign with the schools of their choices, as college programs scour the state for anything left that is available that may be able to help their programs for next season. One prospect that saw his recruitment begin to pick up late this spring was Westwind Prep Academy 6-foot-10, 250-pound senior post player Miles Martin. Among the biggest post prospects still available this spring in the West, Martin flew…
Chaparral High School’s 6-foot-8, 225-pound tough, hard-nosed senior post Joe Boyd had an up-and-down high school career for himself and also a senior season, but it has all turned out just fine for the talented post prospect. After a rigorous recruiting experience for himself and those close to him, Boyd has now made his final college decision for himself and will land at a college program in the Big West Conference. Recently, Boyd chose to sign another national letter of intent for himself with Cal-State Fullerton and new head coach Dedrique Taylor and his men’s basketball staff. Taylor recently was hired…
Now that we are turning our attention to Arizona’s 2014 class of prospects for girls basketball in the state, there are many prospects in the class that have already shown a considerable ability to play college basketball. We will be taking a closer look at each of the top-rated prospects in the class, as many of them are each already having major success within their respective high school programs. One player that has risen to the top of the class with her performances over the last two high school seasons is Hamilton High School’s skilled and crafty 5-foot-9 junior guard/forward Ashlee Moore. While helping…
Arizona’s 2015 class of prospects is still rounding into shape this spring and summer, and after a nice spring evaluation period that is now coming to an end, many of the top-rated prospects in the class have risen to the top of the discussion with strong performances throughout the months of March, April and May. One prospect that took his game to another level this spring was Chaparral High School’s 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Kenzo Nudo. While playing on the club circuit for his club program, Team Power Black 16U, Nudo turned in several very strong performances for himself and raised his recruiting…
After leading Central Arizona Junior College to this year’s league championship in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), posting an impressive 30-5 overall record on the season and being selected as this year’s ACCAC Coach of the Year, Central Arizona JC head coach Jordan Dreiling has been introduced as the new head coach of Midland Junior College (TX). Dreiling joined the coaching staff at Southeastern Oklahoma State University (SEOSU) in Durant (NCAA Division-II) where he also played for two seasons. At SEOSU, Dreiling served as an assistant coach for five seasons. He helped guide the Savage Storm to a #4 national ranking, a 27-5 overall record and…