2026 Player Rankings

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>At the beginning of September we had&nbsp;<strong>305</strong>&nbsp;players to rank for the 2026 class and we are now at<strong>&nbsp;325</strong>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>31 players are new</strong>&nbsp;and some have moved to different states, focused on different sports, and went into the 2025 or 2027 class.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Of the 31 new players, 2 only fell in the top-50, 5 in the top-100 and 14 in the top-200. The other 17 fell in the top-325.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This means most of the players saw their stock stay about the same at least 15 spots up or down in the rankings.</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, Arizona Top-250 EXPO, my personal&nbsp;<a href="https://southwestaacamp.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Southwest Basketball Camp</a>&nbsp;and during the AIA/CAA/OTE/NIBC/EIBC/Grind Session seasons.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://prephoops.com/arizona/rankings/2026-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/2026-rankings/ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1. 40+ players have earned a D1 offer showing this class has talent including&nbsp;<strong>[player_tooltip player_id='994689' first='Noah' last='George']</strong> (NAU offer).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2. We do not have any official D1 commits yet. </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, EIBC, OTE and the AIA obviously has different levels. Plus AAU teams may play on National Circuits (3SSB, UAA and EYBL) or play on independent or up and coming circuits (Pangos, NxtPro, EYCL, UAA Rise, Prep Hoops, WCE, New Balance, 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 325 players we have 79 PG's, 58 SG's, 48 CG's, 68 SF's, 63 PF's and 11 C's.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->