Arizona has four top-25 targets in updated 2027 recruiting rankings
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Tommy Lloyd arrived in Tucson with a reputation as an excellent international recruiter, but he's proven over the last half-decade with the Arizona Wildcats that he can recruit with the best of them domestically as well.
After landing one-and-done stars Koa Peat and Brayden Burries in 2025 and expected one-and-done Caleb Holt in 2026, Lloyd and the Wildcats are in the mix for a handful of the highest-regarded recruits in the 2027 class as well.
Rivals recently updated their 2027 class rankings, and a quartet of Arizona targets landed inside the top 25, including local star guard Adan Diggs, who came in at No. 6 overall.
Updated 2027 Rivals 150 Basketball Rankings🏀
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Adan Diggs continues to rise among 2027 prospects
Diggs is now ranked No. 6 at both Rivals and 247, and No. 7 at ESPN, making the Millennium product a consensus top player in the 2027 class after a very strong performance this summer.
Arizona is considered the heavy favorite for the 6'4 combo guard, who also holds offers from Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA, and many others. With a 6'7 wingspan, Diggs oozes potential as a two-way playmaker, posting averages of 18.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.8 steals this summer in the EYBL.
After landing Burries and Holt in back-to-back classes, Diggs would be another major guard addition on the recruiting trail for Lloyd and Arizona.
Other top targets
Arizona has offers out to six other players in the 2027 recruiting class: forward Asa Montgomery (No. 3), guard NaVorro Bowman Jr. (No. 12), centers Darius Wabbington (No. 17), Cherif Millogo (No. 30), and Kamsi Awaka (No. 31), and guard Jason Gardner Jr. (No. 66).
Rivals lists Arizona among the top schools for Bowman, Wabbington, Awaka, and Millogo, while Montgomery and Gardner are all projected to land elsewhere - at least as of now.
Bowman is a 6'3 point guard from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks who is set to officially visit Arizona on Sep. 25. He just wrapped up a visit at UConn and has two more visits scheduled at Illinois and Texas before he arrives in Tucson.
Wabbington is a 6'11 center who is slated to visit with Bowman in late September. The Phoenix native just wrapped up a visit at Indiana and has three more scheduled at Illinois, North Carolina, and Texas.
Awaka is the younger brother of former Wildcat Tobe Awaka. A 6'10 big man from New Jersey, Awaka has not scheduled any visits as of this writing, but holds offers from Florida, Michigan State, and UConn, among others.
Millogo is a 7'2, 210-pound center from Massachusetts who holds offers from Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, BYU, and others, but, like Awaka, has not scheduled any official visits as of yet.
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Andy Patton is a college basketball writer with deep ties to both Gonzaga and Arizona. A Gonzaga alumnus who graduated in 2013, he has hosted the Locked On Zags podcast covering Gonzaga basketball since 2021 and has co-hosted the Locked On College Basketball podcast since 2022. His years covering the Bulldogs have also given him extensive familiarity with Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd, who spent more than two decades on Mark Few’s staff at Gonzaga before taking over the Wildcats in 2021. Andy has worked in sports media since 2017, with experience covering nearly every major sport. He covered the Seattle Seahawks for USA TODAY from 2017–21, where he also spent time covering the USC Trojans and Oregon Ducks, and previously served as lead writer for College Sports Wire. He has also covered the NBA, NHL and MLB for various TEGNA outlets, including KREM in Spokane, 12News in Phoenix and KING 5 in Seattle. Andy now lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife, daughter and dog.
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