Arizona’s 2025 Class of prospects is absolutely loaded with some elite talent that has already made an impact at the varsity level around the state. One member of the class that has loads of promise and potential is Phase 1 Academy 6-foot-6 freshman forward Caspian Jones. The Phase 1 basketball program is a local prep program based in Gilbert, Arizona, that has ties to Canada and develops prospects for college athletics. Caspian Jones is one of the elite young prospects in the program, and also among the top overall 2025 prospects in the state. While there are numerous elite prospects…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona’s 2023 Class of prospects is absolutely loaded in the state – filled with many talented prospects. This class looks to be the most impactful class of players for college coaches to absolutely scour and recruit, as there are many gifted prospects that will make an impact at the colleges of their choice over time. One prospect that is on the rise in the class, after having a strong performance this past spring and summer, and has gone to another level through his hard work on and off the court is Pinnacle High School’s 6-foot-5 junior wing Ashton Reese. Reese…
It is still very early for Arizona’s 2024 Class of prospects, but one prospect that is making a strong case and on the rise in the class is Bradshaw Mountain High School’s 6-foot-4, 175-pound sophomore Mason Hunt. One of the top overall prospects and definitely one of the top underclassman prospects in Northern Arizona, Hunt is a young prospect that is on the rise for the state’s 2024 Class. I have seen Hunt develop over the past year, and have been very impressed with his development and potential for the future. Bradshaw Mountain is off to a 2-2 start on…
Basketball in Northern Arizona continues to grow and there are numerous prospects in the area that college programs need to know about. One of these prospects is Bradshaw Mountain High School’s hard-working and skilled 6-foot-5, 180-pound junior forward Ben Wilder. Wilder is a lesser known prospect in Arizona’s 2023 Class, but is a talented prospect with promise for the future, and one of the top overall prospects in Northern Arizona. Wilder is a rising top performer in the Northern Arizona area. After a introductory sophomore season last year, Wilder will have a breakout season this year as a junior, and…
The last time Pima Junior College and Glendale Junior College faced off with one another was for the Division-II Championship at the end of the 2019 season, and Glendale would win the title. But this year’s Pima team, while dropping two games in conference play this season, is really talented from top to bottom. While Glendale Junior College had been undefeated on the season, heading into Wednesday evening’s match-up, Pima would defeat Glendale from start to finish on the evening behind a game-high 27 points from 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Daniel Moody. Pima would build a 42-33 halftime lead, and not…
Horizon High School (4-1) is off to an excellent start this high school season, and they did just that on Monday evening on the road at Central High School (1-2), as they got off to an excellent start in the game and would not look back in the contest. From the tip of the basketball, Horizon would begin a shooting exhibition that Central and no one in the gym was ready for, as Horizon would build an amazing 30-point lead in the game’s first half, and blow out Central from start to finish – for an impressive 69-30 road victory.…
Hamilton High School is always well-coached and prepared for every game, under the strong gamesmanship and leadership of Head Coach Doug Harris (pictured left). After watching a loaded and athletic McClintock High School team on Wednesday evening completely dismantle a tough Boulder Creek team in the Fear The Hop Tournament quarterfinals, Harris devised a strong game plan to slow down the McClintock Chargers, and it would work, as Hamilton would slow down the game against McClintock and utilize a zone defense to help them overcome a 30-24 halftime deficit to eventually win the contest, 65-64, in narrow fashion over McClintock…
After year’s without a men’s and women’s junior college basketball program, and after many years of success in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) and nationally, Yavapai Junior College has announced their return to men’s and women’s junior college basketball during the 2022-2023 junior college season. The program, which was once heralded among the top junior college programs in the country, discontinued their basketball programs in 2011, and have not competed since. The program recently announced, in exciting fashion, their return to basketball competition next fall, and have chosen to hire former Division-I Head Coach Jay Joyner to lead their newly-reinstated men’s basketball…
Glendale Junior College is back this junior college season to compete for another Division-II title in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), and have retooled with numerous new prospects since the 2019-2020 junior college season, after sitting out the season last year due to the COVID pandemic. Glendale JC won the D-II Conference title in 2020, before the season ended due to COVID. I have observed the Glendale JC program several times this season, and here are the top overall prospects thus far that have stood out to me. Adam Hamilton 6-9 SOPH PF Glendale JC – 2022 Class Glendale JC’s top…
South Mountain Junior College is back this junior college season to compete for a Division-II title in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), and have retooled with numerous new prospects since the 2019-2020 junior college season, after sitting out the season last year due to the COVID pandemic. I have observed the SMCC program several times this season, and here are the top overall prospects thus far that have stood out to me. Elijah Melendez 6-2 SOPH PG/SG South Mountain JC – 2022 Class The top overall prospect for this year’s team – Melendez is a very athletic guard…