2023 Player Rankings

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last year this time we had 189 players to rank for the 2023 class and we are now up to 205.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>30 players are new, one re-classified to 2022, one re-classified to 2023, two went to the 2024 class and 10 moved out of state or currently stopped playing basketball.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Of the 30 new players, three fall into the top-7 and 10 are in the Top-100.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This obviously means some of the players who were ranked at the top last year saw their ranking drop.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>19 of the top-25 from last years rankings are still in the top-25 this year. Only two came into the top-25 who were already ranked with [player_tooltip player_id='831120' first='Seydou' last='Tamboura'] &amp; [player_tooltip player_id='1301337' first='Marquese' last='Josephs']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Our goal at&nbsp;<strong>PrepHoopsAZ</strong>&nbsp;is to try and recognize anyone who may play college basketball. We will keep searching for new players in preseason camps/events/leagues/Prep Hoops Circuit, <a href="https://events.prephoops.com/info?website_id=1&event_id=519">Arizona Top-250 EXPO</a> and during the AIA/CAA/Grind Session seasons.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://prephoops.com/arizona/rankings/2023-rankings/","type":"wp-embed","providerNameSlug":"prep-hoops"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-prep-hoops wp-block-embed-prep-hoops"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://prephoops.com/arizona/rankings/2023-rankings/ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Notes:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1. Only twp players have committed already with [player_tooltip player_id='867936' first='Rayvon' last='Griffith'] to <strong>Cincinnati</strong>&nbsp;and [player_tooltip player_id='814038' first='Noah' last='Amenhauser']to&nbsp;<strong>Grand Canyon.&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2. 17 of the 2023 players have earned D1 offers so far led by [player_tooltip player_id='861099' first='Marquis' last='Cook'].&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3. Rankings are based on a lot of things. Production, size for position, college coaches, the eye test, ability to score and defend, instincts, IQ, how a player moves, speed, ball handling, shooting, fundamentals. length and possible upside. It is not the easiest thing to do since not all players play in the same leagues for AAU and HS. They can be in the CAA, Grind Session and the AIA obviously has different levels itself. Plus AAU teams may play on National Circuits (3SSB, UAA and EYBL) or play on local independent circuits (Pangos, Prep Hoops, WCE, The Stage and so on). So you put all that information together and create the rankings. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4. Of the 205 players we have 41 PG's, 34 SG's, 38 CG's, 45 SF's, 40 PF's and only 7 C's.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->