The ‘deja vu’ chant came from the Perry student section, and not even the Basha side could deny seeing a movie like this before.

Jaron Hopkins poured in 21 points in leading visiting Basha to a 71-51 victory versus Chandler on Tuesday.

Mesa Community College men’s basketball assistant Mike Grothaus will be the next coach at Basha.

John Burns has been named Basha’s boys basketball coach, principal Ken James said.

Basha held on for a big 71-69 overtime road win over Laveen Cesar Chavez in a Division I boys basketball game of top teams.

Basha squeaked past Centennial (Nevada), 69-67, in the Southwest Rotary Classic at Cibola High School in Yuma on Friday.

The four East Valley boys basketball coaching searches are either in the interview stage or nearing it. There doesn’t seem to be a ton of overlap among the top candidates for each position, and each situation is unique from the others.

The buzzword "potential" has flown around Basha's Torren Jones and Jaron Hopkins for years.

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There’s room at the top, but not much.

Even before he entered high school, impossible expectations were thrust upon Matt Carlino. Two years later, he’s somehow lived up to them. Carlino entered his freshman year at Gilbert Highland already a household name in basketball circles, and the first year had its ups and downs.

Statistics are through January 27.