https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/news/weekend-recap-190

I attended Anthony Ray's Spring Classic on Sunday and went to Glen Mayberry's Sweet-16 on Friday.
I never made it to Chad Groth's Unsigned Sr Showcase--I had a previous engagement.

Wednesday is the start of the ACBL.

Kenny is getting together 8 of the better teams and they will round robin each week with stats and the last game of the night will always be filmed. Very cool concept.

http://www.azclubleague.com/teams/?u=KENNETHBMULLINS&s=basketball

Here is link....

Games will be played at ACU.

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In Episode 27 of the Chuck Constantino Show, presented by ArizonaVarsity.com, Chuck joins Shadow Mountain assistant basketball coach August Mendes as he and the Matadors prepare for DICK'S Nationals this week in New York. First, Coach Mendes and Chuck talk about No. 6 Shadow Mountain's Thursday quarterfinals matchup against No. 3 Montverde, Florida, which can be watched on ESPNU at 12 p.m, and what goes into preparing the Matadors for this opportunity. Chuck and Coach Mendes discuss practices and routines, looking back on the high school season, misconceptions about the Matadors and Head coach Mike Bibby, the role analytics plays in Shadow Mountain basketball, coaching this group of players, the pros and cons of AAU basketball and resting players. Coach Mendes also speaks on his time with Salpointe Catholic, why Cameron Denson could of played college hoops, what he learned while coaching in Tucson, changes he'd like to see in high school basketball, Coach Bibby playing in Ice Cube's BIG3 basketball league this summer and if Coach Bibby is a future NBA coach. And last, Coach Mendes finishes the interview by answering a few rapid fire questions.

Seems trivial to start a thread right now with all Ralph is going through.....Just turned on the BYU vs New Mexico game to watch a couple AZ guys. It seems like nearly every night you can turn on a game and see an AZ player contributing at the D1 level. It is fun to see the development of the players in high school but even better to watch them succeed on a national stage. Obviously, many others are doing it at other levels as well. So, I thought it would be nice to have an thread where we could see how AZ players are doing or comment on a performance. Please feel free to add any player updates you see throughout the season.

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In Episode 26 of the Chuck Constantino Show, presented by ArizonaVarsity.com, Chuck is back after a brief break following the high school basketball season. Luckily, Sierra Vista Buena head coach Dave Glasgow is on spring break, and had some time to meet up and talk. The audio this week will sound a bit different as I met Dave at one of the malls and we talked there. I caught him in-between some shopping, so we kept the podcast short and sweet. We discussed the season Buena had, how it ended in the postseason, the new AIA rules allowing practices all year, how some athletic directors in Southern Arizona have changed the competitive balance in the area for their own benefit, rising sophomore Grant Ward, all-region teams and in his words, the "necessary evil" that is club basketball.

I'm putting together end of HS season rankings

2020 top-10 plus watch list
2019 top-35 plus watch list
2018 top-50 plus watch list
2017 final-50

I'll never be the same as anyone in the forum but not for a lack of trying.
Some fell off somewhat due to many factors--some rose up--some just simply got passed up due to others making bigger strides. Fun and long process--the top kids may always be the top kids but the 10-75 kids seem to switch dramatically sometimes.

I guess that's why we didn't know who was going to win it all (Besides SHADOW of course).

1 only predicted 3 of the 6 Conf--that's the fun of it!

Obviously some of these prospects play on teams that struggle but they have potential individually.

Todd Fazio resigned today at Red Mtn HS

Great guy--I've known him since the Desert Mtn days. Good ppl!!

Now---there will be many many coaches trying to get that job

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/news/shadow-mtn-vs-salpointe-recap

Shadow is just too good
It's incredible how talented they are
Curious how they do in that national tourney

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/news/2017-arizonavarsity-com-basketball-awards

6A

Coach of the Year:

Michael Grothaus (Basha)


Player of the Year:

Gabe McGlothan (Basha)


Breakout Player of the Year:

Nikc Jackson (Sunnyside)


Underclassman of the Year:

Nico Mannion (Pinnacle)


First Team All-Conference:

Alex Barcello (Corona del Sol)

Terrell Brown (Basha)

Saben Lee (Corona del Sol)

Nico Mannion (Pinnacle)

Gabe McGlothan (Basha)


Second Team All-Conference:

Timmy Allen (Red Mountain)

Donald Carter (Cesar Chavez)

Wesley Harris (Desert Vista)

Nikc Jackson (Sunnyside)

Tevian Jones (Chandler)


Third Team All-Conference:

Tre Mitchell (La Joya)

Michael Rogers (Cesar Chavez)

Rashad Smith (Hamilton)

Caleb Simmons (Desert Vista)

D'Maurian Williams (Westview)


Fourth Team All-Conference:

Aidyn Albright (Horizon)

Trent Brown (Pinnacle)

Andre Harris (Red Mountain)

Matthew Kempton (Brophy)

Jared Rodriguez (Mountain Ridge)


Honorable Mention:

Jared Finkenkeller (Mountain View)

Logan Matulis (Mountain Pointe)

Nick Sessions (Mountain View)

Quincy Smith (La Joya)



5A

Coach of the Year:

Ray Portela (Sunnyslope)


Player of the Year:

Holland Woods (Apollo)


Breakout Player of the Year:

Cody Carmichael (Ironwood)


Underclassman of the Year:

Josh Baker (McClintock)


First Team All-Conference:

Colten Kresl (Chaparral)

Dre Marin (Apollo)

Max Moses (Arcadia)

Chris Orozco (Sunnyslope)

Holland Woods (Apollo)


Second Team All-Conference:

Josh Baker (McClintock)

Kyle Fischer (Sunnyslope)

Bryce Fowler (Agua Fria)

Dominic Mooney (Buena)

Evan Nelson (Marana Mountain View)


Third Team All-Conference:

Cody Carmichael (Ironwood)

Bryce Davis (Deer Valley)

Jordan Green (Cienega)

Cole Roether (Liberty)

Aidan Weber (Arcadia)


Fourth Team All-Conference:

Tashon Brown (Paradise Valley)

Marcel Dean (Cholla)

Kai Fletcher (Chaparral)

Brendan Gary (Sahuaro)

Jeff Perez (Apollo)


Honorable Mention:

Dom Ciccaglionne (Liberty)

David Exline (Mesquite)

Ahmire Gaines (Sierra Linda)

Elijah Mead (Camelback)

JT Thoman (Chaparral)



4A

Coach of the Year:

Mike Bibby (Shadow Mtn)


Player of the Year:

Jaelen House (Shadow Mountain)


Breakout Player of the Year:

Jared Martin (Saguaro)


Underclassman of the Year:

Jovan Blacksher (Shadow Mountain)


First Team All-Conference:

Jovan Blacksher (Shadow Mountain)

Jaelen House (Shadow Mountain)

Majok Deng (Salpointe)

Jared Martin (Saguaro)

Marcus Shaver (Shadow Mountain)


Second Team All-Conference:

Sam Beskind (Catalina Foothills)

Grant Greabell (Estrella Foothills)

KJ Hymes (St. Mary's)

Darion Spottsville (Shadow Mountain)

Mason Stark (Marcos de Niza)


Third Team All-Conference:

Jake Lieppert (Saguaro)

Cam Miller (Salpointe)

Trevor Thomson (Moon Valley)

Connor Verdugo (Walden Grove)

Naseem Vigil (Tempe)


Fourth Team All-Conference:

Mikel Beyers (Dysart)

Jorden Blake (St. Mary's)

Dannon Docktor (Cactus Shadows)

Luke Thompson (Seton)

Chris Wright (Higley)


Honorable Mention:

Jared Irwin (Catalina Foothills)

Jacob Jefferson (Buckeye)

Sammy Legleu (Nogales)

Anthony Saunders (Walden Grove)

Brandon Tiffany (Flagstaff)



ArizonaVarsity's All-South Team (Tucson and surrounding areas- 6A-4A only)

Sam Beskind (Catalina Foothills)

Majok Deng (Salpointe)

Nikc Jackson (Sunnyside)

Cam Miller (Salpointe)

Evan Nelson (Marana Mountain View)


Honorable Mention:

Jordan Green (Cienega)

Sammy Legleu (Nogales)

Dominic Mooney (Buena)

Coaches,

Spots are filling up quickly for the Arizona Christian University Firestorm Team Camps this summer.

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Below our this summer's camp dates:

• May 25th-27th
• June 8th-10th
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Varsity and JV Divisions
Each team guaranteed 5 games
$350 for 1 team
$600 for 2 teams
$650 if you register 1 team for two weekends.
*Cost includes camp t-shirts for all players & coaches.

For more information contact:
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We've had 60+ teams join us each of the past two summers. This is a great opportunity to compete locally while your players will be watched and evaluated by college coaches. Several players have been recruited to our program from teams that have participated in our summer team camps (including Jake Rueter - Seton Catholic, Lawrence Combs - Mountain Pointe, Carter Wilson - Queen Creek, Isaiah Walton - St. Mary's). We appreciate all the teams that participated last summer from Arizona, Nevada, California, & South Dakota and hope you'll return and join us again this summer.

Link: https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/news/arizonavarsity-com-s-boys-hoops-playoff-predictions

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/news/semi-finals-recap-for-5a-6a

4 games--fun TV

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In Episode 25 of The Chuck Constantino Show, presented by ArizonaVarsity.com, Chuck sits down with 36-year Rincon/University coach Rich Utter to talk about the Rangers season and this postseason. First, Chuck asks Rich about what he saw from his squad this year, coaching 11 seniors, past seasons at Rincon that stick out, and the challenges of playing in 6A. Next, Chuck asks Rich about what he think about the remaining playoffs, as coach Utter has been to a few games and the Rangers scheduled several postseason teams during the regular season. Coach Utter then gives his analysis and breaks down the remaining 6A, 5A and 4A games and provides his two cents on 3A's Sabino and 1A's The Gregory School, the two smaller schools still alive in the postseason.

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In Episode 24 of The Chuck Constantino Show, presented by ArizonaVarsity.com, Chuck is joined by lead basketball analyst Gregg Rosenberg via phone. First, Gregg discusses the 6A Elite 8 game he watched between No. 5 Pinnacle and No. 4 Cesar Chavez and shares his analysis of Chavez. Chuck has Gregg break down the 6A, 5A and 4A state semifinals matchups and who he thinks will win the title in each division. Gregg also takes a crack at the 3A Elite 8 and picks winners for 2A and 1A state tournaments.

Ok this is the last week.
We will be using all 6 divisions remaining and the FINAL game will be worth 2 points !

Please choose spread on final game for tiebreaker

You must choose every game. 14 games total.

The DEADLINE is tomorrow by 1p

Good Luck
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2/21

3A Quarterfinals--

Winslow vs Valley Christian
Sabino vs Ganado
Florence vs Fountain Hills
NW Christian vs Blue Ridge

2/22

Chaparral vs Apollo
Liberty vs Sunnyslope

2/24

Gilbert Christian vs Pima
San Carlos vs Alchesay
Valley Lutheran vs The Gregory School
Red Mesa vs NFL Yet

2/23

Moon Valley vs Shadow Mountain
Catalina Fthls vs Salpointe Cath
Desert Vista vs Basha
Chavez vs Corona
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It's Playoff Edition time for this part of the challenge!

All games on Wednesday.
16 games will be selected
Pick 15 games. Leave one out.
You must play final game with spread as this is tiebreaker.

Good luck everyone !

WEEK 13
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2/15

Flagstaff @ Buckeye
Estrella Fthls @ Tempe
Marcos De Niza @ Rio Rico
Seton Cath @ St Marys
Saguaro @ Salpointe Cath
Paradise Valley @ Cienega
Sahauro @ Cholla
Mcclintock @ Sunnyslope
MVT Marana @ Buena
Agua Fria @ Ironwood
Central @ Westview
Chandler @ Chavez
Hamilton @ Brophy
Desert Ridge @ Gilbert
Mesa @ Basha
MVT @ Pinnacle
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Deadline to enter is Wed 2/15 by 630p

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/news/chavez-vs-pinnacle-recap

Fun game and atmosphere

I covered the game for Arizona Varsity and for YourWestValley.com, who wanted a game story focusing on Liberty. Here's the link for the story for those who are interested >> http://yourwestvalley.com/west-vall...etball/libertys-roll-continues-5a-final-four/

If anyone is interested--here is the link

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- Sahuaro escaped host Cholla 49-43 in the first round of the 5A state tournament to advance to the Elite Eight where they'll host No. 15 Liberty on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The loss ended Cholla's 13-game win streak and its season.

- The first half of the game belonged to Cholla's senior center Kaylon Tippons and junior guard Marcel Dean as they combined for 22 of the Chargers 25 points at the break. Tippons, a long shot blocker, chipped in eight points coming on putbacks, layups and a dunk, and affected Sahuaro's shot making inside the paint. At one point, Dean rattled off four straight three-pointers, each looking more impressive than the other. His third make came on a catch-and-shoot three from the right wing, three feet behind the line. Dean's fourth three-pointer came in transition, two feet behind the line, on the move. Dean ended the first half with 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting.

- The Cougars (20-7) trailed No. 7 Cholla 36-31 at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the roles reversed, as it was No. 10 Sahuaro's guard play that stepped up. Junior guard Dylan Newell hit two big three-pointers and senior guard Devan Gary added a trey as well. Cholla freshman guard Myles Gantt, the team's best perimeter defender, fouled out of the game with 3:47 left. From then on, both squads were in the double-bonus. Sahuaro took a 41-39 lead with 2:56 left and never relinquished it from there. The Chargers called a timeout down 46-43 with 1:01 remaining. After an empty possession, Cholla called another timeout with 55 seconds left. At that moment, six players had four fouls on them. With the score still 46-43, the Chargers called another timeout with 22 seconds left, as Sahuaro would be inbounding. Cholla waited 14 seconds to foul someone, wasting valuable time. Instead of trying to foul senior Brendan Gary, a 60 percent shooter from the charity stripe, they opted to foul Newell. Newell sank them both to put the game out of reach.

- Dean finished with 18 points, but did not make a shot in the second half as the Cougars switched up its defense, making someone put a body on him at all times to frustrate him and force shots. With no one else on the team showing the ability to hit a shot consistently in the game, Sahuaro came out in the second half knowing he was the only shot maker. The Chargers shot 5-of-19 from downtown and 8-of-22 from the field. Dean has really elevated his game and is a POY candidate in Southern Arizona. If there was a most improved POY award, he would win.

- Tippons finished with 11 points and several blocked shots. Tippons is a better off-the ball and help defender than an overall defensive player. Tippons shot 5-of-10 from the field, but only sank 1-off-6 free-throws.

- While Brendan Gary deserves the attention he's received in his senior year, Dylan Newell is the team's best scorer, despite taking less than 10 shots most games. Newell finished with 16 points, knocking down four three's and converting all four of his foul shots. Sahuaro doesn't take many threes in a game unless you dare them, and Cholla did. It burned them, as Sahuaro made seven treys, compared to eight two-pointers as a teams.

link: https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/n...ball-is-looking-to-rebound-in-the-post-season

Jr PG Dominic Mooney led the Colts with 17 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds.
Jr PF Cyrus Thomas had 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter.
Soph SG Kino Bellinger had 11 points.
Soph PG/SG/SF Grant Ward had 8 points 5 rebounds, and 5 blocks and was awesome defensively against club teammate and Mountain View Freshmen PG Evan Nelson who led all scorers with 18 points.
Finally, Soph G Julian Molina had 11 for the Lions.

#5 Buena is at #4 Scottsdale Chaparral on Saturday.

ok guys,
Last week of regular season.....

All Tuesday games. I'm a little late but here we go !

Pick 15. Leave one out
Must play final gm with spread

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Tues 2/7

Desert Mountain @ Boulder Creek
Mountain Pointe @ Gilbert
Chandler @ Hamilton
Mesa MVT @ Mesa
Brophy @ St Marys
Millenium @ Valley Vista
Copper Canyon @ Westview
Arcadia @ Chaparral
Carl Hayden @ South
North Canyon @ Notre Dame prep
Camelback @ Independence
Mesquite @ Williams Field
Seton Cath @ Cactus
Sunrise Mt @ Amphitheater
Salpointe @ Nogales
Desert Vista @ Corona
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Deadline to enter is tues 2/7 by 7p

Good luck !

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In Episode 23 of The Chuck Constantino Show, presented by ArizonaVarsity.com, lead basketball analyst Gregg Rosenberg joins by phone to first recap the games he saw last week, Desert Vista-Corona del Sol and Valley Christian-Pusch Ridge Christian. After, Gregg talks matchups in the 6A State Tournament and gives his predictions for the first two rounds. Next, Chuck and Gregg examine the 5A State Tournament bracket and discuss the teams and matchups in the first round. Then, the duo look at the 4A State Tournament bracket and chat about the first-round matchups and if Shadow Mountain has an easy road to the state championship game. Last, Chuck asks Gregg for the favorites to win 3A, 2A and 1A state titles.