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13th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase | Presented by Anthony Ray

The 13th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona's original showcase basketball event, will be held October 29-30th, 2011.

The biggest and most exciting exposure event of the year will be held once again at the Arizona Premier Basketball Academy in Gilbert, Arizona.  This event will, once again, be attended by some of the top national and regional basketball scouting services in the country, and will be open to all high school aged boys and girls basketball players in the state.

Anthony Ray is known throughout Arizona as one of the original basketball community leaders with forward-leaning initiatives designed to showcase the best of the best youth basketball players in the area.  

The Arizona Preps Fall Showcase is considered to be the area’s original showcase basketball event that has inspired the growth of many other showcases.   With Arizona’s growing population and its equally growing multiple youth basketball initiatives, much credit is given to Anthony Ray who has led the way in putting Arizona youth basketball on the map.

In addition to the showcase, Anthony Ray is also the lead behind ArizonaPreps.com and one of the top AAU clubs in the country , the Arizona Magic Club Organization.  For more information on ArizonaPreps.com click here.   For more information on the Arizona Magic Club Teams, click here.   For more details on the 13^th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, click here.

Video on Last Year's 2010-2011 Arizona Preps Fall Showcase

The Powerful 2011 All Arizona Showcase Winds Blow Into Phoenix, Arizona This Weekend

The dictionary defines a 'haboob' as an intense duststorm commonly observed in arid regions throughout the world.   This year Arizona's Phoenix metro has been visited by three major haboobs literally paralyzing the 5th largest metro area in the U.S.   

There is a fourth one on the way whose ferocity and overall impact will be just as impactful to this Southwest metropolis.   The only difference this time is that the first three were unanticipated while the one about to hit us this weekend is fully predictable but will have basketballs, referees, talented bballers and enthusiastic parents comprising the flying debree as opposed to the usual Arizona desert dust associated with haboobs.  

Who is the wind behind this force of nature?  Two words:  Ron Coleman.

With a reputation of providing multiple and solid tournaments executed under the Southwest Showcase banner, Ron has forged a presence in Arizona as a leading figure in the area's competitive youth basketball community.     In 2010, he introduced the All Arizona Showcase which attracted more than 300 players who participated in a talent showcase and combine the likes of which is difficult to duplicate. 

But duplication is exactly what is about to happen this coming October 15 weekend as the 2011 All Arizona Showcase thunders into our metropolis with an expected 400 plus participants.  Showcase games, dunk and 3-point contests are in this desert tornados' wind.  

More importantly, the best of the best basketball players will descend on Ron's showcase and when it is all over this Habbob's debree will not be blown trees and stranded vehicles, but instead, expect to see tired but excited basketball gladiators and wide-eyed spectators, writers and scouts gleefully holding on for dear life from the 2011 All Arizona Showcase winds as Ron's Southwest Showcase All Arizona event speeds away on Sunday night into the record books only to return once again in 2012. 

The good news is that this haboob is predicatble and is one that does not offer low visibility and gritty dirt in our eyes, but instead, offers us a crystal clear glimpse of the future of Arizona basketball by viewing the developing stars today.    

For more information on the All Arizona Showcase, click here.

Jose Morales | JuniorHoops.com | Talent Scout, Writer & Event Analyst

JuniorHoops.com Recap on "2011 Fullcourt Press All West Frosh/Soph Arizona Camp

JuniorHoops.com Recap

Fullcourt Press All West Frosh/Soph Showcase Camp

Copper Canyon High School 2011

Hosted by Fullcourt Press & Area Codes Basketball the All West Frosh Camp over the Labor Day weekend was a display of young basketball talent like no other this state has seen in years. Games were played at Copper Canyon High School in Glendale, Az and the event was special to say the least!

Run by Chad Groth, Etop Udo-Ema, and Dinos Trigonis the Camp started off with a bang. Literally, 6'9" Issac Allen (Mesa High) walked in the gym and threw down a monster slam. It wasn't the last dunk for Issac who had three more in the Cream of the Crop Top 30 Game and it opened a door of Monster Slams from a handful of high flyers and Bigs alike. There was so much action over the two days that I could write about the event for the next week.

There were multiple no look passes, dribbling displays and unbelievable shots from.........Click here to go to our Arizona section for the full scouting analysis.

2011 Fullcourt Press ALL FROSH / SOPH Showcase

2011 Full Court Press Frosh/Soph Showcase

              
Saturday - Sunday September 3-4, 2011

Copper Canyon HS (Glendale AZ)
9126 W Camelback Rd  Glendale  AZ 85305

Day Camper Fee: $125.00     Overnight Camper Fee: $175

Lodging: Springhill Suites

Limited to 180 Top Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico HS Frosh/Soph Players

All participating players will be provided an opportunity to demonstrate their skills to all the top regional scouts expected to attend 

** Play Top West Coast Competition**

**Get Evaluated by the West Coast’s and the Nation’s Top Scouts

** Each Player Will Play in Four (4) Camp Games

** Top Players Invited to 2011 Fullcourt Press All-Frosh/Soph Camp (October 2011)

Saturday September  3rd

11:00pm - 1:00pm    Camp Registration & Check-In
1:00pm - 2:00pm   Camp Announcements and Team Assignments 

2:00pm - 5:00pm   Camp Games (session I)
5:00pm - 6:00pm    Dinner
6:00pm - 6:30pm   Recruiter's Roundtable:  Q&A with scouts/media
6:30pm - 9:30pm   Camp Games (session II)

Sunday September  4th

9:00am - 12:00pm     Camp Games (session III)
12:00pm - 1:00pm    Lunch
1:00pm - 4:00pm   Camp Games (session IV)
4:15pm - 5:15pm   Top 40 Game
5:15pm - 6:15pm   Top 20 Game

TO PARTICIPATE FILL-OUT REGISTRATION FORM and MAIL IT TO THE
ADDRESS ON FORM OR CALL (602) 318-4731 or e-mail: udoema@aol.com 

                      TO REGISTER ON-LINE "CLICK" HERE

The Nike Hoop Jamboree is now "The Nike Elite 100"

 
Previously known as the NIKE Hoop Jamboree for the past 12 years, the NIKE Elite 100 has been the nation’s premier basketball event for elite underclassmen.

This year, NIKE, along with the St. Louis Eagles Basketball Club, is inviting the country’s best basketball players to St. Louis for four intense days of competition. The goal for the NIKE Elite 100 is to give the best players the opportunity to develop their skills and to grow their game to heights never imagined.

The NIKE Elite 100 is held on the campus of St. Louis University, in the heart of mid-town St. Louis and just minutes from the renowned Gateway Arch.

Where: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO)
When: June 9-12, 2010

For more information on the NIKE Elite 100 click here.

The Nike Hoop Summit

This annual basketball game is played under international rules and features the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Select Team, comprised of the top high school boy senior players, playing against a World Select Team, comprised of top players 19-years-old or younger from around the world. The Nike Hoop Summit made its 4th consecutive appearance in Portland in 2011.

The Hoop Summit has featured some of the NBA’s current stars including: Nicolas Batum • Elton Brand • Kevin Durant • Monta Ellis • Kevin Garnett • Rudy Gay • Al Jefferson • Joe Johnson • Kevin Love • Patty Mills • Josh Smith • John Wall.

This year's Nike Hoop Summit took place on April 9th at the Portland Rose Garden.  For more informatikon on the Nike Hoop Summit click here.

Qualify for the Desert Duel Summer Prep Memorial 2011

The Desert Duel Summer Prep Memorial is an elite boys basketball invitational that brings the most distinguished high school basketball players in the country together for a high-octane tournament to crown the national boy's basketball summer champion.  The 2011 Desert Duel Memorial is now introducing the Desert Duel Memorial Countdown tournament for April 15, 2011 which allows club teams the opportunity to qualify for the Desert Duel 2011.  Don't miss this opportunity.  Go to www.DersertDuelMemorial.org for more information on the tournament.  Contact Justin Petersen about the Desert Duel Memorial Countdown at 602-740-8264 or by email at Just4hoopin@yahoo.com.