The wait is now over for Perry High School’s gifted 6-foot-5, 190-pound senior forward D’Andre Harrison, after he recently gave a nice verbal commitment to a program in the Summit League. After considering his options for some time, Harrison found his fit with the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) – announcing his decision to sign with the program this fall. UMKC Head Coach Marvin Menzies and his staff have done an amazing job in recruiting the state of Arizona, since Menzies took over the program. UMKC will have (5) different Arizona prospects on their roster this season, more than any…
Author: Anthony Ray
Northern Arizona University and Head Coach Shane Burcar and his staff have made it a priority to recruit the state of Arizona, as the Lumberjacks’ program has consistently recruited Arizona’s top prospects under the leadership of Burcar, a former high school head coach in the state @ Mesa High School. After already reeling in some of the state’s elite prospects over the past several years, now NAU has received another commitment from a top-rated Arizona prospect, as Casteel High School’s 6-foot-5, 180-pound senior guard/forward Amare King has now given a verbal commitment to Northern Arizona. King decided on NAU this week…
Bella Vista Prep is quickly building a very strong program in the Northeast Valley, and many of their prospects this season are raising eyebrows. After previously winning a National Championship years ago, the Bella Vista program has had many changes in leadership positions, as the program is now fully under the watchful eyes of Director of Operations, Matt Gordon. Bella Vista Prep recently merged their program with Canyon International Academy (CIA), and it has already been a huge success for their program, as the program has added a lot from last season, and now has a top-rated national program, known…
After recently narrowing down his list of college programs to (3) schools, Millennium High School’s versatile 6-foot-8 senior Kingston Tosi has now come to a decision. While it was expected that a decision would be coming soon for the talented senior prospect, Tosi announced his college decision on social media on Thursday evening – giving a verbal commitment to Utah State University in the Mountain West Conference, one of the top mid-major plus programs in the country. Recently, Utah State hired new Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun to take over their highly successful basketball program, after former Head Coach Danny Sprinkle…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2024 Class of prospects soared well below the recruiting radar for some time, as Pinnacle High School’s gifted 6-foot-7 Braylon Johnson had a strong senior season for himself, but struggled to gain college recruitment throughout his high school career. While I spoke about the superior talent that Johnson possessed, he still went without offers for some time. On Thursday evening, Johnson announced his signing with Grand Canyon University – a huge signing for Johnson who deserves the opportunity. Johnson finished off his high school career with his best high school season to…
Numerous Arizona prospects in the 2025 Class are nearing their college decisions this fall, and now Millennium High School’s very talented and versatile 6-foot-7 senior Kingston Tosi is on the clock. With numerous offers on the table for himself previously, Tosi is now nearing his college decision. This week, Tosi announced his final (3) schools in his college recruitment that he will now decide from, which means Tosi should be making his decision very soon. No Arizona prospect had a better spring and summer performance than Tosi. After a strong spring and summer performance for himself, on the club circuit…
In what was very big news earlier this summer, as 6-foot-8 junior forward Elijah Summers-Livingston would land @ AZ Compass Prep this summer after a separation from Basha High School. Just as fast as we learned about Summers-Livingston having issues @ Basha High School, he had already landed @ local basketball power, AZ Compass Prep. Currently rated among the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2026 class, Livingston has excellent potential and upside for the future. He will now pick up his high school career for the AZ Compass Prep-Grind team, while still looking to maximize his potential for the future…
It is that time of the year (fall) when many top-rated prospects around the country will soon announce their college decisions. Some will wait until the Early Signing Period to make their decisions, while, for others, verbal commitments will be announced before the actual signing of a national letter of intent. Sandra Day O’Connor High School’s talented 6-foot-8, 215-pound senior Michael Simcoe became a hot commodity for many college programs this spring and, especially, summer. After already possessing numerous offers for himself, Simcoe recently decided to trim down his list of college suitors to (7) different colleges that he will focus…
After we recently talked about a possible decision by Eduprize Prep’s gifted 6-foot-4 senior guard AJ Thomas coming soon, it is now official after Thomas announced his big decision this weekend to sign a national letter of intent this fall with a West Coast Conference (WCC) program – giving a verbal commitment to Loyola Marymount University and Head Coach Stan Johnson and his experienced basketball staff. Stan Johnson personally is one of the top recruiters in the West, and now he lands a nice guard prospect from the state of Arizona that has proven to be one of the better…
When the state of Arizona’s Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) cleared Arizona student-athletes to receive NIL opportunities last year, we knew it would just be a matter of time for top-rated Arizona high school prospects to get involved in this new opportunity. With so many top-rated basketball prospects consistently developing within the state, these opportunities will start to present themselves for Arizona-based student-athletes. After a huge announcement recently to attend Mesa High School by rising superstar 2028 guard prospect Kyi Kyi Miles, Miles has now signed the first-ever NIL deal in Arizona basketball history, after he released an impressive commercial over…