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After a four-school finish with Arkansas, Kentucky and Louisville, AZ Compass Prep's 6-foot-7 lefty wing, the top player in Arizona's 2027 class, chose Chapel Hill live on ESPN's NBA Today.
Fifteen Arizona games against out-of-state opponents over three days in Goodyear. December will show where the state really stands.
Four-star 2027 wing picks Mississippi State over Kansas and Washington
OFF SZN Hoops is proud to announce Delon Bowen as our Arizona Lead Scout.
AZ Compass Prep's Jakyi Miles is committed to Arizona State.
One of Arizona's most versatile 2028 prospects is on the move.
The Dillon Brooks Invitational takes over Inspire Courts in Gilbert Oct. 17–18, and Saturday's showcase on Court 4 is packed from start to finish. EYBL, OTE, and Power Conference rosters meet some of Arizona's top programs, with a full slate of college-level talent on one floor. Here are the four showcase games to circle and the players to know in each one.
Arizona brought firepower to Vegas. Here’s what stood out from the state’s top teams and why there’s reason for excitement entering the season.
Arizona brought firepower to Vegas. Here’s what stood out from the state’s top teams and why there’s reason for excitement entering the season.
Gene Roebuck, a four-star wing from La Mirada, committed to Cal on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Bella Vista Prep forward Ahmed Nur has made his college choice, and he's taking his game to the SEC.
The Dillon Brooks Invitational hits Inspire Courts in Gilbert, AZ, Oct. 16–18, 2026, with a loaded field of top schools and players.
Registration is open for the Dillon Brooks Invitational, Oct. 16–18, 2026 at Inspire Courts in Gilbert, AZ — $595 per team with a 4-game guarantee.
Arizona brought firepower to Vegas. Here’s what stood out from the state’s top teams and why there’s reason for excitement entering the season.
Indiana lands a major piece of its future. Darius Wabbington, a five-star prospect and one of the nation’s most coveted big men in the class of 2027, chooses the Hoosiers over Arizona and Illinois.
The Border League was loaded from the start, and the opening-day competition lived up to the expectations. With high-level talent sharing the floor, there was plenty to evaluate beyond the final scores. Here are five performances that caught my attention on Day 1, with a closer look at how each player made his impact.
Established in 2020, the prestigious Border League has continued to elevate every year, and it returns with yet another loaded field featuring some of the best high school basketball talent in the country. It’s an event basketball fans, coaches and scouts won’t want to miss. This is my personal list of 50 players to watch—not a ranking, not in any particular order and not a list of the 50 best players at the event. Instead, consider it a guide to 50 players you may want to see for yourself while you’re in Las Vegas. Below, I’ll break down each player’s game and explain exactly why they deserve your attention.
Established in 2020, the prestigious Border League has continued to elevate every year, and it returns with yet another loaded field featuring some of the best high school basketball talent in the country. It’s an event basketball fans, coaches and scouts won’t want to miss. This is my personal list of 50 players to watch—not a ranking, not in any particular order and not a list of the 50 best players at the event. Instead, consider it a guide to 50 players you may want to see for yourself while you’re in Las Vegas. Below, I’ll break down each player’s game and explain exactly why they deserve your attention.
Established in 2020, the prestigious Border League has continued to elevate every year, and it returns with yet another loaded field featuring some of the best high school basketball talent in the country. It’s an event basketball fans, coaches and scouts won’t want to miss. This is my personal list of 50 players to watch—not a ranking, not in any particular order and not a list of the 50 best players at the event. Instead, consider it a guide to 50 players you may want to see for yourself while you’re in Las Vegas. Below, I’ll break down each player’s game and explain exactly why they deserve your attention.
Established in 2020, the prestigious Border League has continued to elevate every year, and it returns with yet another loaded field featuring some of the best high school basketball talent in the country. It’s an event basketball fans, coaches and scouts won’t want to miss. This is my personal list of 50 players to watch—not a ranking, not in any particular order and not a list of the 50 best players at the event. Instead, consider it a guide to 50 players you may want to see for yourself while you’re in Las Vegas. Below, I’ll break down each player’s game and explain exactly why they deserve your attention.
Five of the twelve players on the 2026 USA Basketball Men's U18 National Team roster play their high school basketball in Arizona — a historically unusual concentration that cements the Grand Canyon State as the premier high school basketball hotbed in America heading into the FIBA AmeriCup in León, Mexico.
The reclassification reshuffles the 2027 board: Rivals slots Adan Diggs at No. 1, 247Sports has him at No. 4, and the blue bloods have already moved.
Class of 2028 prospect Kyi Kyi Miles has departed Mesa High School and will continue his career at AZ Compass Prep in Chandler, jumping from the 6A public-school ranks to one of the country's top national-schedule programs.
The Phoenix-raised forward, an NBA All-Rookie selection who spent all seven of his pro seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies, died Monday, the team and his agency announced. A cause has not been released.
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Kyi Kyi Miles announced Paul George Elite this week. Viktor Babic just moved to All In Elite. Tyler Dwyer's running with Team WhyNot. Across nine out-of-state programs and three shoe circuits, here is every 2027-2030 AZ-tied player wearing somebody else's logo this spring — by club, by circuit, by class.
The Chandler-based national power keeps loading up. Their newest move isn't an X's-and-O's tweak — it's a roster-engine play, and it's a tell on where prep basketball is going.
How Quenton Jackson — Mira Costa kid, Hillcrest Prep reclamation project, JUCO afterthought, three-time two-way — finally got the contract he refused to stop chasing.
Higley High School has named former UCLA assistant David Grace its new head boys basketball coach. Grace — whose résumé includes head-coaching stops at Centennial (Peoria) and South Mountain plus Division I roles at UCLA, Cal, Vanderbilt and Oregon State — replaces Kenneth Drake and inherits a Hawks roster returning Isaiah Rider IV, Marquice Pless and Michael McIntyre off an Open Division quarterfinal run.
ESPN reports SPIRE Academy and head coach Kevin Boyle have signed a multi-year, all-sports deal with Adidas — a circuit-shaping move that pulls the Geneva, Ohio prep program into the Three Stripes orbit and onto the international youth pipeline.
The sharpshooting Arizona guard who ran with Koa Peat at Perry is staying in Bearcat green — this time in the MIAA's flagship program.
Tyler Dwyer Jr. Announces Move to Millennium High School
Adidas is releasing the Anthony Edwards' Believe That 1 Forges Ahead In “Carbon Grey” on May 1, 2026 for $80.00. Here's the colorway list, performance specs, and where to cop.
Six-foot-three point guard KJ Perry — the former No. 1 junior-college prospect who redshirted last season at BYU — has committed to the Bulldogs, giving head coach Vance Walberg a dynamic, athletic floor general with three years of eligibility remaining and proven scoring ability.
A Perry High School kid is putting Arizona on the side of an adidas signature shoe. Jalen Williams — Gilbert's own, OKC's All-NBA wing, and one half of the 2025 championship core — drops his first widely-released player exclusive on Friday: the Harden Vol. 10 "Thunderbolt" PE, a clean white-patent silhouette covered in multicolor lightning bolts inspired by the Thunder's identity. $160. May 1. 10 AM EST. KZ7544. Move quick.
Mark Few got his guy. After weeks of waiting, a tense two-horse race with Rick Pitino's St. John's, and an NIL offer from the Red Storm that reportedly ranked among the largest in program history, 7-foot-1 Arizona State transfer Massamba Diop announced his commitment to Gonzaga on Tuesday evening, handing the Zags the most coveted big man left in the transfer portal and the kind of rim-protecting anchor they have not had since Chet Holmgren wore the jersey in 2021-22.
