After an amazing freshman season where he and his brother torched their Arizona competition, and led their program deep into the Open Division State Playoffs, before a loss to eventual Open Division State Champion Perry High School, 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Kaden House returns now for his sophomore season on another level. House became one of the state’s hottest prospects and most unguardable performers during his introductory freshman campaign, and now he returns as a sophomore ready to take the next step in his high school career and win it all. The “House Twins’ of Kaden and Kalek House took the…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona’s 2025 Class of prospects is very talented and loaded with many prospects for the future. One prospect in the class that is improving and will soon make a nice introduction into our future Individual Player Rankings for the class is Brophy Prep High School’s sharp-shooting 6-foot-3 junior guard Ryan Burbach. While a seldom-utilized prospect as a sophomore on a loaded Brophy Prep team, next season will be a big one for Burbach, who will now be relied on heavily by veteran Head Coach Matt Hooten to provide scoring and versatility for a much younger Brophy Prep team that will…
As we now turn our focus to Arizona’s best prospects to watch for in the 2026 freshman class, we will now be having a new #1 prospect in the class, after the departure of former #1 ranked prospect Elijah Williams and some movement in the class. One prospect that is at the top of the rankings for the 2026 Class is Millennium High School’s ultra-talented 6-foot-8 rising sophomore wing prospect Cameron Holmes. The younger brother of one of Arizona’s elite prospects over the last decade, DaRon Holmes (University of Dayton), Cameron has quickly made a name for himself – receiving a host…
The time has now come for 6-foot-9 promising incoming freshman Ashton Musser to enter the high school varsity ranks. After a storied middle school career where Musser dominated his competition and became a household name among basketball circles, he has now landed at St. Mary’s High School, where he will soon begin a high school career that has had a lot of anticipation for some time. Musser has a very bright future ahead of himself and he will look to raise the bar for his level of success over the next four years of high school basketball in Arizona. Musser…
The exciting NCAA-approved Section 7 Event for boy’s high school and prep teams took place last weekend at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and featured many of the state’s top teams, as well as many high school programs from around the West Coast. With several hundred college coaches in attendance for the weekend, the format consistently annually makes it very easy for prospect evaluations. As a result, many of Arizona’s top prospects have now seen their college recruitment begin to take shape, an several prospects in the state have already began to receive scholarship offers as a result. Here are some of the…
The exciting NCAA-approved Section 7 Event for boy’s high school and prep teams took place this past weekend at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and featured many of the state’s top teams, as well as many high school programs from around the West Coast. The event began on Wednesday and Thursday with play-in games, and then took place over the weekend – from Friday through Sunday. The event was held in a tournament format with (10) different brackets, with championship games finalized on Sunday. This year’s event was as amazing as ever, as there were also (10) different courts…
The wait is now officially over for Chandler-Gilbert Junior College 6-foot-5, 180-pound unsigned sophomore wing Kingdom Artis. After waiting for some time to figure out his college program of choice, this weekend, Artis finally found his right college fit – giving a nice verbal commitment to Dominican University in California and Head Coach Justin Argenal and his basketball staff. This is an excellent opportunity for Artis, who seemed to hang around in his college recruitment for some time – waiting for the right college suitor for himself, after having a very good sophomore season for Chandler-Gilbert JC and Head Coach…
In exciting news over the weekend, and with recruiting still going strong for prospects in the 2023 Class, Pinnacle High School’s athletic and skilled 6-foot-5 senior wing prospect Ashton Reese made a huge announcement, posting a big commitment to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, a Division-I program and a member of the America East Conference. This signing by Reese was a tremendous move after Reese had previously given a commitment during the high school season to a Division-II program, Trevecca Nazarene. After deciding to re-open his college recruitment, Reese how now found his right fit for college. Reese gave…
The wait is finally over for Centennial High School’s hard-working 6-foot-5 senior guard/forward Emery Young, after he signed a national letter of intent to play for Arizona Christian University this weekend. Young’s decision to stay home and play for Arizona Christian is an exciting move for him and his family, as his loyal family will now have the opportunity to watch Young compete in college right in their backyard. Coach Jeff Rutter and his staff recruited Young for some time and won out in the end for Young’s services. Arizona Christian has developed a strong program in the West Valley,…
This July (2023), the NCAA will re-introduce their attempt to create the NCAA College Basketball Academy. 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 several years ago, the NCAA will be making another attempt to create this platform during the July NCAA Evaluation Period. Here is some more information on this Academy . . . What are the 2023 NCAA College Basketball Academies? The NCAA College Basketball Academies give prospective men’s and women’s student-athletes a sample of the college…