One of Arizona’s best is off of the board after a great end to the summer – playing with the Earl Watson Elite U17’s. Recent Shadow Mountain High School transfer, 6-foot-1, 180-pound senior point guard Marcus Shaver Jr. has decided to give his college commitment to head coach Bob Williams and the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men’s basketball staff. After starting his high school career at St. Mary’s HS in Phoenix, Shaver transferred to different prep schools in Texas and Nevada, respectively, before coming back to finish up his senior year at prestigious local basketball power, Shadow (Phoenix) Mountain High…
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The 2016 Pangos Arizona Showcase was held on Saturday August 6th at Desert Edge High School (Goodyear AZ). On hand this year were media/scouts like Dinos Trigonis (Fullcourt Press & Nothing But Net Magazine), Frank Burlison(BurlisonOnBasketball.com & McDonald’s All-American Game selection committee),Ronnie Flores (BallisLife.com, Grassrootshoops.net & Fab 50 national HS team rankings), Chad Groth (AreaCodesBasketball.com), Jerry Mullen(MullenSports.net), Gregg Rosenberg (Arizona Varsity/Rivals.com),Anthony Ray(ArizonaPreps.com), Dennis Coleman (WorldHoopsScouting.net),Mars Reel Video and Jeff Meadows (HoopsReport.com). 90-plus of Arizona’s top high school players were in attendance from the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 classes. Below we highlight players that were selected by the media/scouts present to appear in the event’s “Best of Best Game” as well as noting several others that…
This weekend, Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley and the rest of the Arizona State men’s basketball staff held their annual Elite Camp at the Weatherup Center on the campus at Arizona State University. The camp began with opening remarks from Arizona State’s Director of Basketball Operations, Derrick Wrobel and Bobby Hurley. After speaking to the campers, stretching and dribbling/ shooting drills, then the staff began to make sure everyone was loose and ready to compete at a high level during the games. The Elite camp had high level players from the state of Arizona and the West Coast present…
As this summer evaluation periods have now ended, many of the top prospects in the state are now beginning to gain interest and get offers from some of the schools that have been tracking them all year long. One of those prospects is St. Mary’ High School’s (Phoenix) 2018 6-foot-10, 200-pound PF/C KJ Hymes. Hymes performed at a very high level all spring and summer with the Las Vegas Prospects – a Nike EYBL team that year in and year out produces some of the best players in the country. This week alone, Hymes picked up offers from California and…
From June 10th through the 12th, Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley and his staff hosted their first Arizona State Team Camp since taking over the program last year. Games were played in Wells Fargo Arena, Weatherup Center and the ASU Rec Center. Around 20 very high caliber teams competed all throughout the day at these different venues, and it was a great camp from start to finish. Desert Vista brought home the big school championship beating Pinnacle in the final, and Fountain Hills topped Florence to win the small school championship. Of the games I personally viewed, here are…
Another one of Arizona’s top unsigned seniors looks to be off of the recruiting board today, as 6-foot-3, 170-pound unsigned senior point guard Tarik Cool of Desert (Phoenix) Vista High School (Arizona Power AAU) has committed. Cool will look to be playing his college basketball for head coach Jon Judkins and the men’s basketball staff at Dixie State University – a consistent force in the Pacific West Conference. Assistant coach and valley native, Kevin Williamson, was instrumental in the college recruitment of Cool, as he has once again. Williamson has made a living out of recruiting Arizona’s best basketball prospects,…
One of the top available players from Arizona’s 2016 class has made his college decision, as 6-foot-4, 185-pound SG/SF J.J. Rhymes of Shadow (Phoenix) Mountain H.S. (Team Bibby AAU) has made his college decision – electing on a top-rated national junior college program. Rhymes has signed with head coach Steve Eck and Hutchinson Community College, a program known around the country year in and year out for producing many high-major division-I basketball players and going very deep into the NJCAA tournament. Rhymes has been at the top of the 2016 class in Arizona since him and fellow teammates Michael Bibby…
One of the best sleeper prospects in Arizona’s 2016 class is officially off the recruiting board as 6-foot, 180-pound senior point guard Kendrick Williams (pictired left) of Dobson (Mesa) HS, and a member of the Arizona Aces aau/club program has officially signed with head coach Steve Silsby and his basketball staff at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. A well-built guard, Williams performed at a very high level every time I saw him compete throughout the season. He has the ability to use a quick burst of speed to get by defenders and get to the basket, where he thrives off finishing thru…
During the month of April, Arizona Preps was on the road in Los Angeles and Las Vegas covering a variety of tournaments and seeing how Arizona’s teams and talent matched up versus some of the other top teams from the West Coast and around the country. During the first evaluation period, which was held April 15-17th, Arizona Preps was in Los Angeles covering Gerry Freitas’ and Ryan Silvers’ So Cal Hoop Review and the Double Pump Spring Hoop Fest. During the second evaluation period, which was held April 22-24th, the Arizona Preps’ staff was in Las Vegas to cover Ryan…
During the month of April, Arizona Preps was on the road in Los Angeles and Las Vegas covering a variety of tournaments and seeing how Arizona’s teams and talent matched up versus some of the other top teams from the West Coast and around the country. During the first evaluation period, which was held April 15-17th, Arizona Preps was in Los Angeles covering Gerry Freitas’ and Ryan Silvers’ So Cal Hoop Review and the Double Pump Spring Hoop Fest. During the second evaluation period, which was held April 22-24th, the Arizona Preps’ staff was in Las Vegas to cover Ryan…