WESTFIELD, Indiana — The night before the Arizona men’s basketball season ended with a thud, Adan Diggs was back at it in the same metro area, working out with 68 other top high school players at a USA Basketball camp.
He had already gotten over his taste of defeat. His was just a little different.
A five-star Arizona target in the class of 2028 who might reclassify to 2027, Diggs and incoming UA freshman Cameron Holmes were stung in the Arizona Open Division semifinals while playing for Goodyear Millennium last month.
Even though Millennium and Phoenix Sunnyslope were Arizona’s two top-ranked teams during the season, Phoenix St. Mary’s beat Millennium 66-64 in the Open Division semifinals when Mick Riordan hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Millennium Tigers guard Adan Diggs celebrates his dunk against the Sunnyslope Vikings during their game at Sunnyslope High School on Jan. 21.
“We held our heads low (then) but now it’s over with,” Diggs said last Friday at the USA Junior Team minicamp. “We’re on to bigger and better things. Cam's obviously up for a big year next year at Arizona. Our other players, it was really heartbreaking for them, but some of those players still have another year to compete.”
The loss meant Diggs and Holmes didn’t get a shot at facing another UA recruiting target, big man Darius Wabbington of Phoenix Sunnyslope. Wabbington and Sunnyslope went on to beat St. Mary’s in the final to capture the Open Division title.
Both players said there are no hard feelings about the way it all worked out.
“Adan’s my guy,” said Wabbington, also participating in the USA camp. “I definitely give him a hard time about what happened with them against St Mary's. But that's just part of the game. Good players make good shots. We'll see him next year.”
Certainly, Diggs plans to be back. Diggs said Millennium lost two seniors, including Holmes, but will be loaded with several seniors who could go out on a higher note next season — one of whom could be him.
Diggs said he’s still exploring a possible reclassification that would allow him to skip his junior season and be eligible for college basketball in 2027-28.
“It’s a very long process and it’s a very hard process,” Diggs said.
Meanwhile, both players continued working on their games at the USA Junior Team minicamp, held for three days around the Final Four.
“There's a lot of scouts out here, a lot of media, a lot of rankings guys,” Wabbington said. “So we just compete with each other and push each other to get better.”
Arizona target Darius Wabbington (right) led Sunnyslope to a win over Las Vegas Bishop Gorman on June 21, 2025, at the Section 7 tournament.
The camp meant Wabbington barely had a chance to break from basketball. Sunnyslope won the Open Division title on March 4, then played a game in the Throne national tournament in New Jersey two weeks later and, two weeks after that, Wabbington was in one of those giant multicourt facilities in suburban Indianapolis, working out with top players in the classes of 2027, 2028 and 2029.
After that, there’s months of club ball ahead: Wabbington said he was getting ready to play for the Compton Magic on the Adidas 3SSB circuit, while Diggs is scheduled to play with Vegas Elite on the Nike EYBL circuit.
“We didn’t get that many days off,” Wabbington said. “But it’s just constanty working, constantly grinding."
In the background, of course, are their recruitments: Both are considering Arizona, and while Diggs said that there's “still a lot of conversations going on" with schools, Wabbington said Purdue, Texas and Louisville are among the other schools he has been in contact with.
Wabbington said he attended UA’s Red-Blue Showcase, as well as home games against Auburn and Kansas.
“U of A, I’ve been a big fan of ever since I was young,” Wabbington said. “It’s a blessing for sure.”
Tiller considering UA
Kansas big man Bryson Tiller, who played a key role in the Jayhawks’ Feb. 9 win over Arizona, listed the Wildcats, Michigan, Miami and Missouri as his top choices in the transfer portal, according to Field of 68 on Wednesday.
Arizona forward Koa Peat (10) loses the rebound as he gets stripped from behind by Kansas forward Bryson Tiller (15) in the second half of their Big 12 game in Tucson on Feb. 28, 2026.
Tiller, a 6-11, 240-pound freshman power forward and center from Atlanta, had 18 points and eight rebounds in Kansas’ 82-78 win over Arizona at Lawrence, but picked up three fouls in the first half in the return game at McKale Center on Feb. 28 and had just two points and two rebounds.
For the season, Tiller averaged 7.9 points and 6.1 rebounds while starting 31 of 35 games.
Among the other players of note entering the portal earlier this week was Duke forward Nik Khamenia, who played for UA coach Tommy Lloyd with USA teams the previous two summers and had UA among his final choices out of high school. Also, former UA players KJ Lewis (Georgetown), and Paulius Murauskas (St. Mary’s) have entered the portal, looking for a third school.
Arizona has already secured a visit from transferring Oregon guard Jackson Shelstad for early next week.
‘Arizona Wildcats Day’
The Arizona House was scheduled to formally make Thursday “Arizona Wildcats Day,” with the players and Lloyd being honored with a proclamation on the House floor.
The Wildcats were also scheduled to appear in the state Senate, as well as with Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday.
