With the 2021-2022 high school basketball season now upon us, and set to get going in a major way next week, as pre-season basketball tournaments will begin kicking off next week for boys and girls basketball in the state, there are numerous prospects that will look to have big seasons for themselves. This up-and-coming high school basketball season is already exciting, as it will be a much more normal experience, after a serious COVID-stricken season last year made it difficult for players, teams and spectators to navigate and observe. Many of the state’s top overall prospects in the 2022 senior…
Author: Anthony Ray
The NCAA’s Fall Signing Period began for boys and girls basketball prospects on Wednesday, November 10th nationally, and will continue this week until Wednesday, November 17th. During this early fall signing period, prospects around the country in America’s 2022 Class will be signing national letter of intents (NLOI’s) with their respective college programs of choice. In Arizona last week, many different prospects around the state signed national letters of intent. With many Arizona basketball prospects making it official last week, and still looking to do so until this Wednesday (10/17), the NCAA Fall Signing Period was highlighted by the nation’s…
One of my favorite overall guard prospects in the state is soaring well below the recruiting radar. With no college offers currently to his credit, PHH Prep’s talented 6-foot-3 senior guard prospect Ricky Bradley is more than worthy of some serious college recruitment and, ultimately, scholarship offers, as a result of his ability to play the game. A fine young man as well, Bradley may be the state’s most under recruited prospect, at any basketball position. I have observed Bradley as a player for a couple seasons now, as he has been a consistent top performer each time I have…
One of the top overall guard prospects in the state and also one of the elite 2024 prospects in the country, 6-foot-3 tough and skilled sophomore guard Adam Njie has found a new home, after leaving the Eduprize Prep basketball program. Njie has landed at Hillcrest Prep and will add to an already very loaded roster of prospects, after Eduprize decided to not have a National Prep Team this prep season. I caught up with Eduprize Prep Head Coach and Director of Operations Christian Polk, and he advised me that the program has decided to step down from The Grind Session this…
The Arizona Community College Athletic Association (ACCAC) will look a little different this junior college season, after Mesa Community College Head Coach Sam Ballard recently stepped down as head coach at the program. Ballard who coached for (12) seasons at MCC decided to leave the program in late October, just before the start to another season – stating that the lack of financial support for the program led to his decision. As a result, Ballard has chosen to take some time off, before looking for other opportunities available to him and his family in the future. It had been thought…
One prospect in the state of Arizona’s 2022 Class that elite college programs need to take a hard look at, as I have stated for years now, is AZ Compass Prep’s athletic and high-motor 7-foot senior post Adrame Diongue. Still uncommitted, Diongue flourished under the recruiting radar for some time, and is just beginning to see his college recruitment begin to take off, as many college programs have now extended offers to the elite post talent. Diongue is now one of the elite post talents in the country, and holding it down in the middle for the nation’s #1 overall…
One of the top sleeper prospects currently in Arizona’s 2022 Class is still developing and has his best years well ahead of him. While growing and improving a great deal over the past year, Bella Vista Prep’s 6-foot-8 senior post Terrance Dixon is just beginning to realize some of his tremendous potential and scratching the surface of what he could become over time. Dixon has been on the move over the past couple years – leaving a once strong Desert Vista program, and now has landed at Bella Vista Prep for his senior season where he will compete all season…
Last season, The Grind Session gave Arizona basketball enthusiasts our complete fill of top-rated basketball games, players and moments that we will not soon forget. During the COVID pandemic and while most others states across the country were closed for such competition, Arizona remained open for some of the best basketball action in America through the amazing opportunities created by play on The Grind Session. With many past players now in the collegiate ranks and some in the NBA, this circuit returns for a new season, which will pick up this week in the state of Arizona for it’s next…
The exciting annual Hoop Hall West event returns to the state of Arizona after a year layoff last season due to COVID-19. This year’s exciting basketball event that will be filled with many of the nation’s elite basketball programs, will take place on December 8 – 11th @ Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, and also the Phoenix Suns Arena (Footprint Center) in Phoenix. This event will feature many top-rated national high school programs and loads of top-rated players. Our Arizona Preps’ staff will be in full force to bring you complete coverage of the top performing teams and players from the event. Here is some important…
The PHH Prep basketball program has been extremely successful over the years in placing their respective players in college programs all over the country. Program Director John Ortega is one of the very best in the business nationally at helping his players land nice college homes for themselves. While also having tremendous success in his Arizona-based Arizona Select program (formerly known as Powerhouse Hoops and the Arizona Power), Ortega then formed the PHH Prep basketball program, and the prep program has been just as successful at helping their prospects obtain major recruitment for college. This year is no different for…