Arizona basketball is loaded with top-rated national boys prospects in the state, and continues to progress with the blossoming of Arizona prep schools, and while many top-rated prospects continue to land in the state to play at these prep schools, some of the prospects already in the fold are changing programs. While it does not happen often, for former Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-6, 180-pound senior wing Chance Westry, this is the case. After giving a recent big verbal commitment last weekend to the University of Auburn, Westry made his decision for college, and also decided to change prep programs before the…
Author: Anthony Ray
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. “Bringing back men’s and women’s basketball has been a dream of mine for…
The state of Arizona is now being recruited better and harder than every before, as more and more elite prospects in all classes are now receiving strong recruiting interest from college programs. Student-athletes are being recruited more at younger ages as well, which is benefiting the student-athlete, as more schools look to get involved earlier in the recruiting process as a result. One big offer can catapult a prospect’s college recruitment much earlier now, as many schools look to see who will get involved first. For Notre Dame Prep’s ultra-skilled skilled freshman guard Brennan Peterson, this will certainly be the…
While college programs across the country are really focused on the 2022 Class currently, many high-major Division-I programs have already turned their sights towards the 2023 Class as well, as many prospects in the class have already risen to the top of the class, and have become hot commodities to land among their peers. AZ Compass Prep’s terrific 6-foot-2, 185-pound junior guard Kylan Boswell is a special talent among the nation’s elite 2023 prospects. After a recent transfer to the state of Arizona’s prep school ranks, and landing at national power AZ Compass Prep, Boswell is a unique-level talent that…
With the NCAA’s Fall, Early Signing Period upon us in November, many of the nation’s top prospects will be making decisions soon, while the majority of the nation’s top prospects will not be signing until the late, Spring Signing Period in 2022. With several of Dream City Christian Prep’s top prospects already announcing their respective decisions this fall, another elite prospect in the program could be making his decision soon as well. Dream City’s 6-foot-10, 225-pound stud senior post Yohan Traore is among the best overall prospects in America’s 2022 Class. After joining the Dream City Christian Prep program late…
One of my favorite prospects to watch all spring and summer and one of my favorite overall prospects is Peoria High School’s skilled and tough 6-foot-2 junior guard Andrew Camacho. While he may not be one of the hottest prospects with a ton of offers to his credit yet, he is well deserving of them. After a terrific club season where he torched his club competition consistently, Camacho now returns for his junior season, after two excellent previous high school seasons in his young high school career. Camacho is one of the state’s elite scorers and performers, and he is…
There are numerous prospects this season that will look to have breakout seasons on their respective teams and go to the next level. One of these prospects is Horizon High School’s talented 6-foot-1, 160-pound junior point guard Jack Brackmann. Brackmann emerged this past spring and summer while playing on the club circuit. After several strong performances during the club season, Brackmann has proven that he is among the top pure point guard prospects in the state’s 2023 Class, and I look for him to breakout this high school season, as a result. Brackmann is a pure point guard prospect with…
Arizona prep school programs continue to bring in loads of top-notch Division-I talent annually, and has taken the state of Arizona basketball to entirely a new level. One of these top-rated prospects has become one of the hottest prospects in the country this fall, and is a mere 2024 prospect. Hillcrest Prep’s 6-foot-9, 185-pound sophomore forward Jason Asemota is a sure-fire big-time prospect for the future, and his future is beginning early among some of the top college basketball programs in America, as he has received loads of Division-I offers this fall. Asemota is an impressive prospect with excellent size…
Girls basketball in the state of Arizona is consistently on the rise, and, as a result, there are numerous prospects emerging in the state, as more prep schools develop and club basketball becomes more prevalent. Southern Arizona Prep is a newly developed prep school in Tucson, Arizona, and the program is on the rise quickly in the state for girls and boys basketball. After participating in this year’s recent Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, I had the opportunity to evaluate and observe another big-time future talent in our state – 6-foot-7 junior post Achol Magot. Magot emerged from this year’s event,…
One of the hottest prospects in the state of Arizona this fall has been PHH Prep’s talented 6-foot-7, 190-pound prep wing JT Elder. While a member of PHH Prep’s loaded post-graduate program, Elder has thrived this fall with numerous strong performances, which resulted in some big Division-I offers for himself as of late. While it definitely helps to play for the consistently strong PHH Prep program and local basketball aficionado John Ortega, Elder really helped himself with some natural maturity and playing with superior confidence. As a result, Elder reeled in several big offers this fall, and now has decided…