While Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd and his staff are primarily focused on the 2025-2026 college basketball season and their push for a one seed in the NCAA tournament, the Wildcats have also been highly active on the high school recruiting trail, making progress with several of their top targets in the 2026 class.
One of those targets is a five-star shooting guard, and a national recruiting analyst recently reported that Arizona has been making a lot of noise in his recruitment.
Wildcats Reportedly Making Progress with Five-Star Shooting Guard
One of Arizona’s top targets in the 2026 recruiting cycle has been Caleb Hot, a five-star shooting guard at Prlific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The Wildcats have been pursuing him for several months, hosting him on campus in Tucson for an official visit in October. In December, the five-star shooting guard named Arizona as one of his final five schools, alongside Alabama, Houston, Kentucky, and Providence.
Holt hasn’t set an exact commitment date, but last month it was reported that the Prolific Prep star is planning to make his decision sometime in March or April.
While all of Holt’s finalists are very much in the mix to land him, Rivals’ Senior National Basketball Recruiting Analyst Jamie Shaw recently highlighted Arizona and Alabama as the two schools making the most noise in his recruitment…