The Phoenix area has become a haven for top basketball prospects looking to hone their skills by playing for prep schools, and Arizona is hoping to benefit from this boon of available talent just up the road.
Marquis ‘Mookie’ Cook, a 5-star wing from Oregon who plays for Compass Prep in Phoenix, has released a top 9 that includes Arizona along with Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Memphis, Michigan, Oregon, Texas Tech and UCLA.
The 6-foot-7, 200-pound Cook is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 4 player in the 2023 recruiting class as well as the nation’s second-best small forward and the No.