One of the elite young prospects in America resides right here in Arizona, and we have been getting you ready for him for some time now. AZ Compass Prep’s young superstar 8th grader Kyi Kyi Miles has played up all of his life, and played this season for multiple AZ Compass Prep teams where he was the youngest performer on the floor. Kyi Kyi excelled all prep season against older competition, and this spring he has continued his strong play on the older 15U Nike EYBL circuit, while traveling with the Oakland Soldiers (CA). This past weekend, Miles exploded on…
Author: Anthony Ray
One of the elite overall prospects in Arizona’s 2027 Class emerged this season as a future star, as Desert Mountain High School’s talented 6-foot-4 freshman guard Javon Bardwell emerged immediately on the varsity basketball scene. Bardwell was tremendous in his first season of action and quickly became one of the hottest young prospects in the state. With a serious future ahead of him as a college basketball prospect, Bardwell is another young prospect in the state well on the rise in his college recruitment – receiving his first Division-I offer to his credit from Northern Arizona University. Northern Arizona Head…
One of my favorite overall prospects in the state of Arizona, and a prospect at the top of the 2025 Class continues to see his college recruitment reach new heights. Sandra Day O’Connor High School’s talented and promising 6-foot-8 junior forward Michael Simcoe has had an excellent high school career for himself and, after a serious breakout season this year as a junior, Simcoe continues to see his college recruitment take shape, as more college programs begin to jump on board in his recruitment. Recently, Simcoe received his biggest offer yet, as Cal made an offer to Simcoe. New Cal Head…
The Pima Community College basketball program, behind the excellent leadership of Head Coach Brian Peabody, continues to bring in top-rated talent annually, and now has brought in the services of one of the better Division-I transfers in the country. This weekend, the Pima basketball program announced the addition of Central Michigan transfer, 6-foot-4 freshman guard Max Majerle to next year’s roster – a tremendous signing by Peabody and his staff, and an excellent addition to the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC). The ACCAC was once regarded as one of the top junior college conferences in the country for basketball,…
Another one of the top overall unsigned prospects in Arizona’s 2024 Class is now off the board, after Perry High School’s sharp-shooting and heady 6-foot-1 senior guard Barron Silsby is now off the recruiting board. After helping lead his Perry program to the program’s third consecutive state title this past season, Silsby now lands at a nice NCAA Division-II program located in Missouri – giving a verbal commitment to Southwest Baptist University. Silsby made the announcement last week in fine fashion, after taking several official recruiting visits for himself. Silsby’s commitment to Head Coach Aaron Niven and his staff is…
As the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) looks to continue to add top-rated local talent to the rosters in the conference, the Pima Community College basketball program, behind the excellent leadership of Head Coach Brian Peabody, continues to bring in top-rated talent annually. In the process of reloading for next season, Peabody and his staff have added the services of two of the top unsigned 2024 prospects in the state – Eduprize Prep’s 6-foot-4 senior guard Khalon Johnson and Mesa Mountain View High School’s 6-foot-3 returner Brigg Wolfe. The additions of Johnson and Wolfe are big for the Pima program, as…
It has been a long road for former Pinnacle High School and Bella Vista Prep product Logan Schayes. After a good prep school career for himself @ Bella Vista, which included a post-graduate season, Schayes, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound freshman transfer, played a successful season of college basketball this past year, and now has decided to transfer college programs – making him eligible to transfer to another four-year college program, or a junior college program, if needed. Schayes has become a nice prospect for college programs to take a hard look at this spring, as they look to fill roster spots…
With many of Arizona’s top 2024 prospects still looking to land at college programs, due to the strong distraction for recruiting created by the NCAA Transfer Portal, Division-I college programs are already focusing on the top-rated prospects in America’s 2025 & 2026 Classes. With Perry High School’s Koa Peat looming large among national prospects in the 2025 National Player Rankings, there are numerous Arizona prospects however that are currently on the rise among the nation’s top prospects in the 2026 Class. With ESPN recently releasing their national player rankings for the 2026 Class, there were numerous Arizona prospects that have…
This July (2024), the NCAA will continue their attempt to develop their annual NCAA Basketball Academy, in an attempt to limit the recruitment opportunities of all high school prospects, but bring more recruitment to those individuals selected as pat of their nomination process for these annual academies. These academies are designed to create awareness and understanding of college athletics, while pairing student-athletes with high level competition and skills training. While the NCAA first introduced this concept many years ago now, the NCAA will be making another attempt to create this platform during the July NCAA Evaluation Period. These academies are…
It has been very difficult in the current recruiting climate for high school prospects to get recruited, as Division-I and Division-II programs both are consistently recruiting the NCAA Transfer Portal. AZ Compass Prep’s 6-foot-7 senior wing Ryan Jackson has received his share of college recruitment recently, and now he has given a verbal commitment to a Division-I program in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Jackson and AZ Compass Prep have announced that Jackson has given a nice verbal commitment to William & Mary and Head Coach Brian Earl and his staff. Jackson previously received offers from South Carolina State and…