The Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) will have some very good prospects this up-and-coming junior college season for college programs to take a very hard look at. One of the best prospects in the conference next season that college coaches need to be sure to see is Cochise College 6-foot-10 rising sophomore post Oscar Cluff. Cluff is coming off an excellent freshman season for the 2022 Conference Champions, and will be back next season to help lead Cochise again, while becoming one of the top junior college prospects in the West. Cochise Junior College is no stranger to winning…
Author: Anthony Ray
After finishing up his high school career at Brophy Prep, and falling victim to the transfer portal in his college recruitment, Brophy Prep 6-foot-7 prep forward Trey Phillips is now excited for his post-graduate season at The Winchendon School (MA), and is looking forward to showing college coaches his value as a college prospect. I spent some quality time with Phillips this weekend, and learned much more about him as a player and as a person, and came away very excited about his future. Phillips is a unique person and player, as he walks to the beat of his own…
It has been a difficult year for Bella Vista Prep’s 6-foot-5 rising senior guard Jason Fontenet, as he missed his entire junior season of action. After leaving St. Mary’s High School for Bella Vista Prep, Fontenet would suffer a knee injury that would keep him out all season. Now fully recovered, Fontenet has been working out hard to get back to form and will look to have a strong senior season for himself. Before his injury, Fontenet was a hot prospect for the 2023 Class, and had received loads of college recruitment early in the recruiting process. Fontenet has offers…
As we now turn our focus to Arizona’s talented 2025 Class of prospects, we first need to take a hard look at Perry High School’s 6-foot-8, 210-pound rising sophomore forward Koa Peat, who is simply different than any other prospect in Arizona’s 2025 Class. In fact, Peat is simply different than any other prospect in America’s 2025 Class, as he is a unique level talent unlike many that we have ever seen in the state of Arizona’s rich basketball history. As a result, Peat is on completely another level and is reaping the rewards early on in his playing career.…
The Green family is well known for producing top-rated basketball talent, and Liberty High School’s athletic and promising talent, 6-foot-6, 200-pound rising senior Ky Green is next in line. After being so highly touted as a younger prospect, Ky Green is now coming into his own, but it has happened at his own pace. After a strong junior season for himself, Green is set to have a big senior season and raise many eyebrows in the process. Green has become one of the better sleeper prospects in the 2023 Class, although he was never projected to be a sleeper prospect.…
Centennial High School is coming off an excellent season, after winning last year’s 5A State Title in impressive fashion – defeating Gilbert High School, 46-39, in the state final. A lot has changed for Centennial since the end to the season, as David Grace has now taken over the helm for the program. After also losing some key members to last year’s team through graduation, the stage is now set for 6-foot-5 rising senior forward Emery Young to come into his own and lead next year’s group back to the top of the 5A Standings. Centennial High School is now…
David Grace is back and has returned to his roots – coaching the state’s best talent in Arizona. After many years of success in the state and an illustrious college coaching career, Grace has returned to take over the 5A Defending State Champions, Centennial High School’s boy’s basketball program. While the program won it all last season, behind the leadership of Randy Lavender, Lavender and the program recently parted ways, allowing Grace to take over the program and begin a new era in Centennial High School basketball. It was not thought that Grace would make a return to Arizona high…
While I did not think he would be in this position, still available this late in the recruiting process, but 6-foot-6 unsigned senior wing Elijah Thomas is still looking to make his college decision. Currently, Thomas is set to take several college visits for himself, before making his college selection. He has indicated that he will go the junior college route, to help improve his college recruitment – a decision that will benefit Thomas a great deal in his future. Currently, Thomas is set to visit Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) this weekend, and then Fort Scott JC as well.…
Former St. Mary’s High School 6-foot-7 unsigned senior wing Garrison Phelps is on the rise, after seeing marginal college recruitment during his senior season. Phelps decided to go the prep school route, where he will spend a post graduate season next year at Pike Prepatory Academy in Indiana. As a result, Phelps has seen his recruitment now take off, as he is now hearing from a host of Division-I programs currently at all levels. Phelps is on tap to have a big post-graduate season for himself, which will benefit him a great deal in his pursuit of signing with the…
One of the top prospects in Arizona’s 2022 Class is coming off an injury that set him back in his development and recruitment, but 6-foot-7 incoming freshman forward Nathaniel Knight will look to regain his promising career this season at Cochise Junior College, where he will play for legendary junior college Head Coach Jerry Carrillo. I caught up with Knight on Tuesday afternoon, as he was working out hard with top-rated local trainer Sidd Sharma, in preparation for the up-coming junior college season. Knight recently signed with Cochise College, and advised me that he understands that he needs to be…