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Arizona men’s basketball target Alijah Arenas, son of ex-Wildcat Gilbert Arenas, set to reclassify to 2025
Arizona men’s basketball’s 2025 recruiting class already features a 5-star prospect and the son of a future NBA Hall of Famer.
Next in line? It could be a player who is both a 5-star recruit and the son of one of the best guards to ever play at Arizona.
Alijah Arenas, one of the top-ranked juniors in the country, is preparing to reclassify as a senior, which would make him part of the 2025 class. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard told 247Sports that he is waiting on the necessary paperwork to be submitted.
“My family and I made the decision when it got to my junior year,” Arenas told 247’s Brandon Jenkins. “We saw the options and wanted to take the big step of looking towards college. I am trying to get there and to the league early.”
Arenas, the son of Arizona great Gilbert Arenas, is considering his dad’s alma mater as well as Kentucky and USC. Arenas plays for Chatsworth High School in California.
He is currently ranked as the No. 5 overall player in the 2026 recruiting class, and should he reclassify, he should “undoubtedly be ranked as the No. 1 shooting guard in the national senior class,” Jenkins writes.
Arenas told 247 he expects to announce his decision in March or April. He took an unofficial visit to Arizona for the Wildcats’ game against Duke in November; also at that game Bryce James, son of LeBron, who committed to Arizona Wednesday.
“I got to see how the environment is,” Arenas told 247. “Their school is amazing. The environment and intensity was crazy high. They are like family and show a lot of love over there. I vibe with everybody on the staff. My dad went there but he is open to me going anywhere.”
Landing Arenas would be the biggest recruiting coup yet for Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd. The 17-year-old is considered one of the elite scorers for his age. He averaged 22 points at the Adidas 3SSB in July, according to ESPN, where he shot 46 percent from 3-point range.
Arenas would add to a class that features top-20 small forward Dwayne Aristode.
The Wildcats are also in the running for 5-star in-state power forward Koa Peat and 5-star combo guard Brayden Berries. If Arizona can land at least two of the three between Arenas, Berries and Peat, it would make for one of the top recruiting classes in program history.
Arenas, as a legacy recruit with significant name recognition, would arguably carry the most weight.
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Person accused of making terroristic threats to medical facility in northern Arizona
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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NFL mock draft: 4-round projections for Arizona Cardinals
In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Detroit Lions NFL Draft Injury Report: Arizona State CB Keith Abney
Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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