Arizona Sees Major Target Take Visit to a Power Program

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 to 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 Holmes, who is a 6-foot-6, 195-pound small forward that is rated as a five-star prospect according to the 24/7 Sports composite ratings and is out of Goodyear, Ariz., where he plays for Millennium 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.

24/7 Sports’ Dushawn London has reported that Holmes has cut his list down to a final six with Arizona, Gonzaga, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma and Illinois all making the list.

Right now, Holmes has listed official visits for Illinois (Sept. 12), North Carolina (Sept. 19), Oklahoma (Oct. 3), Texas (Oct. 31), Gonzaga (Nov. 7) and Arizona getting the last visit on Dec. 5 when the team hosts Auburn.

However, head of the official visit to Tucson, Arizona coaching staff with Lloyd has made an in-home visit to Holmes to get out in front of the pack.

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 Holmes, who will be heading to Colorado where the camp takes place and spend Oct. 9-13 trying to impress the staff.

The USA Team invitee has now taken his visit to North Carolina over the weekend getting a chance to mee with coach Hubert Davis.

Remember, Holmes still has a visit scheduled to Arizona and him taking visits to other programs is a part of the recruiting process.