Update, Kevin J. Pollins, Bronx, New York:

Basketball Coach, Trainer with Bronx { DeWitt Clinton High School Alumni Governors}, AAU 16 U, Runner Up Champs in The Kingdome Tournament, Harlem, New York, Summer 2015.

Basketball Coach, Life Skills Facilitator, New York City Juvenile Probation Department, Bronx, New York, GET REAL BASKETBALL,INC. Conduct Basketball Station Series, Life Skills Classes for NYC Juvenile Probationers to complete their sanction/ terms of condition with NYC Department of Juvenile Probation, located at the Sonia Sotomayer Community Center, Bronx, NY, Southeast Bronx Juvenile Probation Caseload.

Game Over, Inc. Basketball Trainer for Game Over Youth Basketball Program, affiliated with The Brooklyn Nets, Brooklyn, New York and Co Op City Basketball Program, Bronx, NY.

Good Luck to all in Arizona Varsity Family with Boys High School Basketball.

Kevin J. Pollins, Basketball Coach, Trainer and Life Skills Facilitator
CEO/ Founder,
GET REAL BASKETBALL, INC.
Bronx, New York 10458
kevinjpollins7@aol.com

Link: End of summer prospect rankings - freshman

Oh what the future may hold

JayhawkSlant.com - Link

"As we've created, updated and expanded rankings in the classes of 2018, 2017 and 2016 over the past few weeks, nobody has been an easier choice for No. 1 in their class than Marvin Bagley."

Link - https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=910&CID=1803037

Did I fool ya?

Link: 2017 Top 30

AZ representing in the initial Top 25 of the Rivals 2018 rankings!!!

LINK - Rivals150 - 2018 prospect rankings

Link - Frosh Soph Showcase Recap

Let's have it Gregg.

Give us your insider takes on things you won't include in your report.

Word is Mark Felix has resigned at Ironwood Ridge.

Well? Is it five, six... I lost count...

My name is Coach Robert Peterson, recently moved back to the valley, [for family medical reasons]. Former assistant boys coach in Arizona at River Valley High, Higley High and most recently at Perry High from 2008 to 2013. Looking to stay involved in boys basketball. Spent the last two years (2013-2014 & 2014-2015 seasons as Head Boys Varsity Basketball Coach at Caldwell High School in the Boise, Idaho metro area. Thanks for the help.


Robert Peterson

Corona del Sol has one deadly back court

Link: 2017 Basketball Rivals150

Contact me for tickets to a Suns game throughout the season at discounted prices for our opportunity to play in the Suns arena this season.

adrian.orona@dysart.org for tickets prices and reservations.

Just got an email about Aaron Weidenaar and that he moved back to Montana after the district decided not to fight for his eligibility and that the AIA said they would challenge his transfer. Just what I was told - is that Weidenaar was told the district lawyers would fight for his eligibility and all but guaranteed he would be able to play, but ultimately they backed down. So he moved back home.

I am looking for a head shot photo of:

Brendan Rumel
Aaron Weidenaar
Gilbert Ibarra

email me at dutchperryman@yahoo.com

If you know you are going to buy tickets to see a home SUNS game this season you might as well plan ahead and order now, and support a high school hoping to play a game at the arena.
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Buena will be playing Campo Verde High School at an as yet undetermined date this season at U.S. Airways Arena. Buena needs to sell $1750 worth of Suns tickets to pay for the game. Buy your Suns tickets at a discounted rate and support this event in the process. You choose the tickets, teams, and dates. Orders and ticket money need to be turned in by Monday, September 21.

Click HERE for the seating chart and group ticket pricing for ALL home games. Prices vary by seat location and opponent.

Email Dave Glasgow at chshoops320@yahoo.com to send in an order or to ask questions. You will stay in contact with Dave to receive your tickets.

Got in to work and saw this on the front page of MSN...

Link: 15-year-old is 6-11, wanted by every college

Good article. You get to learn about his grandpa and how he was kidnapped by ASU. Quite literally.

Pogo Joe has passed on a few bits of advice -

• Stay away from "fast women and fast cars."

• "If you're good, you don't have to tell me. Everybody else will."

• "If you're happy, you'll play basketball the best you can play. If you're not happy, you always got turmoil in your life."

Very interesting article on the new Cost of Attendance payouts that are going to start being paid to college student-athletes and how it may impact recruiting. Here is the link to the article.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...ost-attendance-allowance-recruiting-advantage

One big AZ part of the story is that Grand Canyon is listed as giving the 2nd highest payout in the country of schools that published their amount. GCU will give $5,700 per player. That is some serious coin when you add up every student-athlete. NAU is listed as not participatingin COA at this point.

Have heard college coaches using this already in their recruiting. Will be interesting to see if this really makes a difference for players. At the end of the article, it lists which schools are participating and if they reported an amount per player. Not every school participated in the survey so many schools are not listed.

This Sunday is Ron Coleman's Discovery Camp.

It is players from the 2018-2019 classes.

This will hopefully help with the upcoming rankings the next 2 weeks.

If you are on our list of contributors please email Dutch your updated player prospect rankings.

Looking over some early input, the 2016 class has some serious movement and a shocker for me.

Looking to roll it out later in August.

Link: https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1795053

"So, I am at Colorado Northwestern Community College in the Scenic West Athletic Conference - a great national powerhouse conference. We play College of Southern Idaho, Salt Lake CC, North Idaho, Utah State Eastern. We are located in Rangely, Colorado in the Northwest right next to the Utah border. Very small town roughly 2,500 people with a small college, but very beautiful college and campus. Great people up here. No walmart or even a big grocery store. So, kids need to be ballers - love the gym and want to get it done in the classroom because there is literally nothing for them to do near by. The closest biggest cities are 1 1/2 hours a away - Grand Junction, Colorado and Vernal, Utah, which both are nice cities, but a bit away for college kids.

We are looking for a very good shooter or a big man. We have money to offer."

Coach Paul Moss
cell: 801-699-5213

Hey all- I'm Ralph Amsden, the new publisher of ArizonaVarsity.com. I'm shifting some of Jon's old furniture around, but don't worry- everything you like about this place is staying the exact same.

Unless you liked the name. In that case, I just lied to you, and for that I am sorry.

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone, and providing plenty of basketball content alongside Gregg and Dutch.

A lot of standout talent on the court are also set to get it done this fall in football...Any big plays happen yesterday by notable hoop stars?

Well the season just got more interesting...