As we prepare to release our new player rankings for the 2024 Class, Bella Vista Prep’s 7-foot junior post Makhan Diof will be making a nice splash in these new rankings for sure. Diof recently moved to the state of Arizona to attend Bella Vista Prep, and his emergence has helped to take the National Team at Bella Vista to entirely another level. Diof is a superb talent for college programs to begin to pursue, as he is a future pro-level talent with size, length, athleticism and a nice overall skillset. Diof is now as good a prospect as there…
Author: Anthony Ray
It is official, as Perry High School’s star 6-foot-8 senior guard Cody Williams gave a BIG verbal commitment today at Perry High in front of a large crowd of students, fans and media in attendance. With some major excitement in the air in the program’s auditorium this morning, Williams finally grabbed the microphone after the school’s other college signees were honored and spoke. After an excellent speech of thanks, Williams did like so many other top-rated basketball prospects before him, and announced his college decision for the University of Colorado Buffaloes and Head Coach Tad Boyle and his staff. “It…
Perry High School’s gifted 6-foot-2 senior wing Khamil Pierre (Vanderbilt signee) is one of the elite girl’s prospects in America – currently rated by ESPN as the #63 overall prospect in America’s 2023 Class. Pierre headlines the list of girls signees this week that will sign Division-I scholarships, as the NCAA’s Early Signing Period began on Wednesday and will run through to next Wednesday. While she had previously committed to Vanderbilt University, today, in front of a large crowd of students, fans and media at Perry High School, Pierre officially inked a national letter of intent with the program. Vanderbilt…
The NCAA’s Early Signing Period is set to take place this week, beginning on Wednesday, November 9th, and will run through Wednesday, November 16th. During this one-week stint, boys and girls college prospects from the 2023 Senior Class will have the opportunity to sign a national letter of intent with their respective college programs during the “early” period. The “regular” NCAA Signing Period won’t take place until the spring of 2023, from April 12th through May 17th. A nice list of Arizona prospects could sign national letter of intents this week. Headlining this list of early signees will be Perry…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2023 Senior Class is now off the recruiting board, and is expected to sign a national letter of intent this week during the NCAA’s Early Signing Period. Dream City Christian Prep’s talented 6-foot-8, 210-pound senior wing David Tubek is a nice talent with size and an advanced offensive skillset. One of my favorite overall prospects in the class, Tubek has given a big verbal commitment to the University of Memphis and terrific Head Coach Penny Hardaway and his men’s basketball staff. Tubek decided on Memphis over a nice list of other Division-I…
The Bella Vista Prep program is on the rise again under the strong and experienced leadership of longtime successful coach Matt Gordon. After taking over the program recently, Gordon has literally taken over and is now taking the program to new heights – hiring a nice list of experienced coaches and bringing in loads of talented players to the program. The program is now ready to compete on a national level again, and take their program to another level. Bella Vista Prep, located in North Scottsdale, is back and on the rise in the state of Arizona, after winning a…
As we prepare for the new 2022-2023 high school basketball season, Arizona Preps will release our new individual player rankings for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Classes, beginning this weekend. We will release our Top 25 overall rankings for each class with our “Super 25” for each of the classes. There have been some changes to our last rankings, as some prospects have moved up in our new rankings, and others may have went in the other direction. Our “Super 25” format will look different from our previous player rankings by position, but will be much more impactful for college…
The AZ Compass Hoops Classic is set to go this weekend – kicking off the prep season in a major way. The event will begin on Friday, November 4th and finish up on Sunday, November 6th, with games taking place throughout the weekend. The event will feature the AZ Compass Prep National Team, but will include many other top-rated prep programs from the West, including Bella Vista Prep’s National Team, Skyline Prep, Ascending Life Prep and a nice girl’s match-up between AZ Compass Prep Girls National Team and AZ Elite Girls. Arizona Preps will be on hand throughout the weekend…
With the start to the 2022-2023 high school basketball season now upon us very soon, this new high school basketball season will be much different, as we will start the boy’s basketball season later this month without the amazing presence of two of the state’s best high school coaches, regardless of class, of all time. Arizona will surely miss the leadership and excellence of former Mesa Mountain View High School Head Coach Gary Ernst and former Thunderbird High School Head Coach Buddy Rake. Both legendary coaches were relieved of their duties of leadership at the end of last season in…
Arizona Western Junior College 6-foot-9, 230-pound sophomore forward Yaxel Lendeborg became a hot commodity among Division-I programs, after a freshman season where he emerged as one of the elite prospects in the conference – being selected as the ACCAC Player of the Year and leading his program to an excellent season. This off-season, Lendeborg received numerous Division-I offers for himself, and became a major target for college programs looking to build their programs and receive immediate help in the frontcourt. After months of mulling over his decision, Lendeborg has now made his college decision, and will sign with a program in the Big East…