The Arizona Heat is opening up 16u,17u and unsigned senior's divisions for the northern part of Arizona!! This is a new opportunity so players don't have to drive to phoenix every weekend !! We also have the same divisions out of Phoenix. Take a look at our web site at www.azheatbasketball.com .It is by invitation only and you must be seen first by myself or any of the high school coaches listed on the web site . If you are a high school coach and have a player that you want to recommend please call me or text me . Players must meet the 2.5 minimum grade point average and be a potential college player for any level.If you are a player looking for an opportunity please text me at 480-213-0167 and i will call you back as soon as possible.Look thru our travel schedule and practice schedule and all the tabs at the top of the web site. That should answer most all questions. Our program started in 1988 and has helped over 360 Arizona high school players get scholarship !! We are entering my favorite time of the year, sectionals and the state tournament. If you would like me or any of my high school coaches that are on staff see you play , text me your game schedule time and location .Thanks coach 'g'

schools appealing in Boys Basketball:

Chandler D2 up to D1
Skyline D2 up to D1
St Marys D3 up to D1

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Arcadia D1 down to D2
Buena D1 down to D2
Cactus Shadows D1 down to D2
Campo Verde D1 down to D2
CatFoothills D1 down to D2
CDO D1 down to D2
Cienega D1 down to D2
Flagstaff D1 down to D2
Greenway D1 down to D2
Ironwood Ridge D1 down to D2
Mesquite D1 down to D2
Paradise Valley D1 down to D2
Queen Creek D1 down to D2
Shadow Ridge D1 down to D2
Sunrise Mt D1 down to D2

Bradshaw Mt D3 up to D2
Gilbert Christian D4 up to D2

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Poston Butte D1 down to D3
Agua Fria D2 down to D3
Blue Ridge D2 down to D3
Combs D2 down to D3
Desert Edge D2 down to D3
Empire D2 down to D3
Fountain Hills D2 down to D3
Peoria D2 down to D3
Snowflake D2 down to D3
Verrado D2 down to D3

Pueblo D4 up to D3

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Florence D2 down to D4
Kingman Academy D3 down to D4
Northland Prep D3 down to D4
Phx Country Day D3 down to D4
Pusch Ridge D3 down to D4
Scottsdale Christian Acad D3 down to D4
Scottsdale Prep D3 down to D4
Sedona Red Rock D3 down to D4
Walden Grove D3 down to D4

Anthem Prep D5 up to D4

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Parker D4 down to D5
San Carlos D4 down to D5
San Tan Foothills D4 down to D5



here is the update.....






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AIA Link

Dear Arizona High School Coaches,

On behalf our our Head Coach Jeff Rutter, matt.harris@arizonachristian. edu























Saturday, February 7th at 4:00pm at
Arizona Christian University

#10 Arizona Christian
University Firestorm (18-5, 8-2) vs.
#2 Hope International Royals (21-1, 9-1)








Note: Our Women's Basketball team plays Hope International 2:00pm prior to the Men's games if you are also interested in attending those games.


Our ACU Men's basketball staff will be out this week and throughout the sectional and state playoffs watchingArizona High School teams and players. We want to recruit the best Arizona players and give them an opportunity to play their home games in front of their family and friends for the next four years. We currently have four freshman and one sophomore on our varsity roster from Arizona including: Freshmen Carter Wilson (Queen Creek) Gilbert Pinkney (Buena), Andy Sessions (Red Mt./Mesa Mt. View), Cameron Frith (Horizon Honors), and Sophomore Michael Scroggins (North High School/Pima College). If you have a player that you think would be a great fit for our program, please let us know.



We hope that you and your players can join us for an exciting game this Saturday as the NAIA Divison I Mens Basketball.



Best of luck to you and your team as you finish your seasons and enter the sectional and state playoffs!



Sincerely,





Matt Harris
Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

Arizona Christian University
2625 East Cactus Road
Phoenix, AZ85032
matt.harris@arizonachristian. edu

Cell: 602.363.3219[/URL]
Twitter: @Harris_MatthewJ


www.arizonachristian.edu
www.arizonafirestorm.com





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ACU Firestorm Men's Basketball

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1734261 (Recap)
https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1734348 (Analysis)

Can't believe - other than one small ball game tomorrow - that tonight is the end of the regular season.

There are some doozies tonight.

Holy Crap - Game Schedule: Friday the 6th

The ABCA is looking for a few good men (Coaches) for the Senior All Star Games to be played at MCC, March 21st.
Anybody have Bill Farrell, Paul Nelson, Dough Harris, Kenny Trout, Rick Roth, Joe English, Mike Dyer, contact information. Tom Bennett and Larry Hughes have committed to coach in the games already, waiting on return calls from Don Petronovich, Royce Youree, Tom Bunger, and Buddy Doolen. Or do you have names you would like to add to this list?

Dave Dulberg is there covering the game for us - should be on the homepage later tonight.

After one MV holds a one-point lead.

Just got off the phone with Coach Glabman - he will be posting some info tomorrow.

He told me he's started 3 new teams/divisions up north in his Arizona Heat program.

I'd like to start a thread recognizing the top senior players in the Phoenix Metro West Side.

Just placed a friendly wager, and I have the Devils +15. Man, that hurts, but it is what it is.

Wildcats are playing some nasty good ball.

The state record for consecutive free throws is 43 by Saul Bookman. Mason Stark ( my nephew on our Marcos De Niza Padres Varsity Team ) is currently at 41 in a row!!!! We play Maricopa Monday Poston Butte Wednesday and Seton on Friday. I am sure that he will get the chance to make history!!

I've been lobbying for Barcello since early last season as the most complete soph in the state, but hard to displace Howard because he is so dynamic and gifted.

If you were picking teams with top players available at every position - who would you pick first; Howard or Barcello?

I've been watching closely as the AIA struggles to sort out what schools will be placed in Division 1 for the sport of football. (As of today, there are only 17.) The mere fact the AIA is sorting schools by each sport is a big enough joke by itself, but watching schools try to bail out of D1 in football is simply hysterical. What a bunch of unaccountable cowards!

Football programs at Hamilton, Mountain Pointe, Chandler, Brophy, Desert Ridge, Desert Vista and a few years back, Mountain View, built their programs from the ground up, the right way. And because they were consistently successful, the wuss schools in the division have been crying and pitching a fit like two-year-olds. Sad thing is, the AIA listened and now we're seeing a circus like no other time in history.

Instead of trying to build a strong, competitive program to compete with the "big dogs," the wuss schools have chosen to tuck their tails and run to the small doggie park.

So my question is, how long is it going to be before the wuss basketball programs start crying about Corona del Sol? Corona is in the middle of an era where they're going to win a historical seven straight D1 championships - maybe more. The writing is on the wall, it's just a formality. Only a completely unforeseen catastrophe will derail the dynasty Aztec program.

My second question would be, what programs would have the courage to stay in D1 basketball and continually have zero chance at the golden ball? I can only think of maybe a dozen.

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A second topic for discussion should ya'll care to partake.

"Transfers" has been a HOT topic for at least a decade. And the AIA is doing nothing to curb it.

I know there are many, many parents out there who feel the best place for their kid to get the best exposure and have the highest chance for a college scholarship is at the larger division schools. "Gotta be in D1, no lower than D2" they say.

So with all this turmoil going on regarding divisional placement, do you think this is going to create more transfers, less, or about the same?

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Nov 24

Basha 64
North 52

Started the season out at Chandler HS for the Tip-Off Classic. certainly two very different teams faced off in this one...

Game started out quickly as North went man defense and Basha went immediately to the post. Kendrick Gannon made a nice spin and finish off the left block on a reversal, followed by a Klay Stall seal on weakside for an And1... David Perez soon after, knocked down back to back threes and Basha pulled out a quick double digit lead. North struggled early trying to drive the huge Basha interior, but it wasn't until little Anthony Fernandez checked in that North got the lid off... North's #1 scorer Marco Gamez was stone cold and it woulda got ugly, but Fernandez knocked down a three, and then made two nice driving layups to settle them down. it was 22-11 after 1Q

2ndQ and North went zone... and Basha slowed the game wayyyy down, walking it up, spreading it out... North tried to trap out of it, and it went back and forth. Stall nailed a ft jumper for Basha, then a putback, then Gannon a putback, followed by a Nick Brewer three, but North answered with about ten fts in 2nd Q from the Bonus, and a Daniel Martinez three. we went to Half 35-24 Basha.

3rdQ started out much like the 2nd... North packin it in, Basha coughed it up twice early to start the half, and Marco Gamez woke up.... back to back threes and a nice floater by Fernandez, Basha needed a timeout. The zone was frustrating the Bear guards trying to get it inside..... finally, Back to back dunks by Klay Stall and Devin Kirby, and a tough drive by Antwan Ross in the gap, gave Basha a little momentum back, and we went to the 4thQ 43-38 Basha.

4thQ... well, the previous two quarters, the Basha guards, there was no dribble drive into the zone, it was all passing, but North decided to trap up top and all of sudden guys were splitting doubles and driving into the paint... another Stall dunk, another Kirby dunk... Antwon Ross caught a huge dunk on the break... it turned into a track meet! Gamez nailed another three, Fernandez made another driving layup... where was this action all game? Basha PG Chris Ahern finally took a shot with about a minute left and made a great driving And1 as he drove the middle and both defenders laid back this time to prevent another huge dunk, defense was late, and Ahern finished.. that really put a nail in the coffin for North. Basha wins 64-52.

Klay Stall led Basha with 17 and prob 10+boards. Gannon 13, Perez 8, Ross 6, Brewer 5, Ahern 5, Kirby 4, McGlothlin 4, Dall 2

Marco Gamez led North with 18. Fernandez 11.

Basha is the tallest team in AZ. has to be.... Kirby and Stall are obviously the names, but they also got 6'5" Kendrick Gannon, who's big n bouncy, as well as another big 6'6" athlete on the bench named McGlothlin... he looked good imo too! I know 90% of HS teams would die to have him... and he's 4th on Basha depth chart. man.






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https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1733166 (Recap)

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1733471&PT=4&PR=2 (Analysis)

After last night now Perry travels down the road to Gilbert. Welcome to the Jungle.

Game Schedule - Tuesday, Feb. 3

Gregg does an amazing job at games - he shows up for all three levels.

Tonight he will blog on this thread about what he sees, and how it goes down.

Can Perry hang? Can Howard carry his team? The guard matchup is sick, but the rest of the matchups are going to be extremely tough for the Pumas.

Last week of the regular season.... we will go thru to the title games...

deadline will be Tue Feb 3 by 4pm.... 15 picks.

2/3

Perry @ Gilbert
Hamilton @ Skyline
Alhambra @ Trevor Browne
Arcadia @ Cactus Shadows
Paradise Valley @ Saguaro
McClintock @ Tempe
Campo Verde @ Williams Field
Salpointe @ Catalina Foothills

2/4

Highland @ Basha
Desert Vista @ Chandler
Liberty @ Centennial
Sierra Linda @ Peoria

2/6

Pinnacle @ Chaparral
Horizon @ Mesa
Central @ St Marys
Valley Vista @ Willow Canyon

Division tab at the top of the link.

Updated about 30 minutes ago from posted scores.

Latest Power Rankings

The home stretch - some pretty good action for a Monday.

Game Schedule - Monday, Feb. 2

Some teams have relied heavily on their stars... But

Which teams have depth that they deploy on a regular basis, even against good teams, and still have success?

Which teams rely on building depth through letting some of their bench get minutes on JV instead and are confident they can step up if relied upon?

(this is not rhetorical - comment with any insight and let me know)

The question comes from watching my state favorite Corona. Against DV I think they played their main 5 for 90+% of the game, and maybe only went 7 deep. I know they won, but I am just thinking about the "what if" as playoffs come closer...

A lot of things to think about and get excited for in the coming weeks...

IT'S ALMOST GO TIME!!!

(for some teams on the edge of making the playoffs...It is go time right now baby!!!)

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1731394