Arizona Basketball Makes Visit to Major Target

In the Big 12 Tournament, the Wildcats made it to the conference title game and fell 72-64 to Houston, which would go on to play for the National Title.

Following the end of the season, Arizona lost star guard Caleb Love to graduation and forward Carter Bryant to the NBA Draft, where he went No. 14 overall to the San Antonio Spurs.

Plus, Arizona saw two key players in KJ Lewis and Henri Veesaar leave the program and transfer to Power 4 programs.

Despite that, Arizona will be fully loaded again with four key returners in Jaden Badley, Tobe Awaka, Anthony Dell’Orso, and Motiejus Krivas. Plus, Lloyd and his staff signed the No. 2 recruiting class, according to 24/7 Sports.

Now, Arizona is locking in on the recruiting trail again and working to put together another high-level class for the 2026 recruiting cycle.

Lloyd and his staff have offered Cameron Williams, who is a 6-foot-11, 200-pound power forward that is rated as a five-star prospect according to the 24/7 Sports composite ratings and is out of Phoenix, Ariz., where he plays for St. Mary’s High School.

Over the years, dating back to the days of the Lute Olson era, Arizona has dominated the state in recruiting and gotten the majority of the high-level prospects with names like Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye, Jerryd Bayless, DeAndre Ayton, and, most recently, Koa Peat, all picking the Wildcats over other major programs.

Now, Williams has already set a visiting date for Arizona, with it listed as Oct. 17, which would be a couple of weekends following the end of the Red-Blue Showcase.

However, recently, it was reported that Arizona made a trip up north to visit Williams at his high school, making sure they were in good standing with the high-level recruit.

Arizona is battling former head coach Sean Miller and Texas for Williams' commitment. This will be the first recruiting war between Miller and Lloyd since the coaching change.

With October rolling around the corner, USA Basketball Junior National Team has announced players from the 2026 class that will be invited to mini camp to compete to make the national team.

On that list of 2026 prospects was five-star small forward and Arizona target Williams, who will be heading to Colorado, where the camp takes place and spend Oct. 9-13 trying to impress the staff.