Arizona high school basketball will now have to wait for the introduction of 6-foot-5 wing Cameron Holmes, after Holmes released his decision to reclassify to the 2026 Class last week. Previously a 2025 prospect and preparing to enter his freshman season at Millennium High School this fall, Holmes and his family have made the decision to make the change to the 2026 Class. While already regarded as one of the elite prospects in the 2025 Class in the West, Holmes will now surely be rated among the elite 2026 prospects in the country. For Holmes, this decision makes a lot…
Author: Anthony Ray
The amazing 223rd Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be held on two separate weekend’s this year – for boy’s and girl’s Arizona varsity high school teams. Each varsity program will be featured in two games on the day. The girl’s Fall Showcase will take place first on Saturday, October 2nd, 2021, and the boy’s Fall Showcase will be held the following weekend, on Saturday, October 9th. The event again will be making it’s first appearance at The PHHACILITY, for both weekends – located @ 4600 E Cotton Gin Loop, Phoenix, AZ 85040. This event will, once again, be…
The Grand Canyon University basketball program continues to definitely be on the rise, after winning their conference title last season and advancing to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The program has not slowed down after last season’s successful season, and now is focusing on the future of their basketball program and college recruiting. With recruiting in mind, the program has received a big commitment from one of the top overall 2023 prospects in the West – Estrella Foothills High School’s promising 7-foot junior post Noah Amenhauser. Amenhauser is currently ranked as our #5 overall prospect in Arizona’s 2023 Class, and…
The NCAA summer evaluation period is a time for top basketball prospects to gain recruiting attention from college coaches at all levels. This summer was even different, as college coaches returned to the road for the first time in almost two years to catch a glimpse of the top prospects available to recruit. Many new prospects emerged this summer in the process. One of these prospects is Chaparral High School’s tough and skilled 6-foot-4 junior guard Paul Oscislawski. A native of New Jersey, Oscislawski is a full package guard prospect with a combination of size, skill, toughness and high academics…
Scottsdale Junior College, under the strong and passionate leadership of Head Coach Mark Bunker, has gone to new heights in a short period of time. Bunker has worked tirelessly to build the junior college program, and has been very successful in making the program one of the top Division-II junior college programs in the West. Bunker was our selection as Co-ACCAC Coach of the Year during the 2019-2020 season. Last season, after building another strong team, the season was cancelled by the ACCAC due to the COVID pandemic. Mark Bunker and Scottsdale JC will return this junior college season, and…
In very exciting fashion this evening, Hillcrest Prep’s stud 6-foot-10 senior post player Duke Brennan has decided to pull the trigger on his college recruitment and has given a verbal commitment to the Arizona State Sun Devils. The announcement came this evening over social media sites by Brennan – announcing that he is “staying home.” This is an excellent get by ASU Head Coach Bob Hurley and his staff, who has become one of the top overall prospects in America’s 2022 Class, after a very strong spring and summer performance for himself. Arizona State, which has seen a lot of…
After a busy summer evaluation period, our Arizona Preps’ staff traveled around the West to cover Arizona’s best basketball talent and discovered and followed numerous prospects that college coaches need to take a hard look at. In Arizona’s 2023 Class, one prospect that emerged and consistently had strong performances throughout the month of July was Campo Verde High School’s talented 6-foot, 160-pound junior point guard Isaiah Kai. Kai was a very nice find by our staff and is among the best pure talents in the class. Kai burst onto the basketball scene last season, after helping lead his Campo Verde…
As we complete another summer, this summer was a very unique one, of course, as basketball returned to business as usual. After almost two years of very limited basketball and very little college recruitment, as a result of the lack of college coaches being able to hit the road and evaluate prospects, the state of Arizona’s top basketball prospects, boys and girls, were impacted a great deal. As a result, the past several months have been instrumental in helping Arizona basketball prospects gain recruiting momentum to aid in the process of helping each prospect land a college home. For unsigned…
AZ Compass Prep’s gifted 6-foot-5 senior guard Mekhi Mason (Rice commit) saved his best for the spring and summer, after backing up terrific 2021 talent Ty Ty Washington (University of Kentucky) all season long. As a result, Mason saw very little playing time during the high school / prep season. Instead of resting and waiting for his opportunity, Mason instead worked very hard on his body and his game and stayed ready. Mason would get his opportunity to blossom during the spring and summer – proving his extreme value as a college prospect. Mason was one of my true favorite…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2022 Class is on the move. Former AZ Compass Prep 6-foot-4 senior guard Nate Pickens has decided to change prep programs, and will suit up for Dream City Christian this prep season. Pickens and Dream City released the story earlier this week. Pickens will look to pick up his game and, ultimately, his college recruitment, this prep season for a very talented Dream City lineup. Pickens is one of the more uner recruited prospects in the West for the 2022 Class, after receiving numerous scholarship offers for himself early in the recruiting…