2026 Player Rankings

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>At the beginning of December we had&nbsp;<strong>316</strong>&nbsp;players to rank for the 2026 class and now we are at <strong>340</strong> players. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>35 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 35 new players, 3 fell in the top-50, 7 in the top-100 and 14 in the top-200. The other 21 fell in the top-340.</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, AOG AZ High Academic Camp, 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:quote --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- 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 --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1. 30+ players have earned a D1 offer showing this class has talent including&nbsp;<strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1583466' first='Jaelon' last='Germany'] </strong>of San Tan Charter. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2. I can see more players earning that first offer from a D2 or D1 this next upcoming season. </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 <strong>340</strong> players we have 78 PG's, 64 SG's, 52 CG's, 65 SF's, 70 PF's and 13 C's.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->