Arkansas Business

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Arkansas has signed what is regarded as a Top 5 basketball recruiting class for 2011. A trio of in-state players are part of the five-man class and will be on display beginning today in the state championship games at Summit Arena in Hot Springs.

Guard Ky Madden guided East Poinsett County to the Class 2A title game against Parkers Chapel. Forward Hunter Mickelson has been a centerpiece of Jonesboro Westside’s trip to the Class 4A state championship. He and the Warriors face Clarksville at 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Forward Aaron Ross has Little Rock Parkview in the Class 6A title game to face El Dorado at 4:15 p.m. Saturday.

Here’s the lineup of state title games, set to tip off at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Recruiting analyst Otis Kirk has more on Mickelson, Ross and Madden in today’s Recruiting 360 column. Kirk also looks at Razorback targets playing for Sylvan Hills and West Memphis.

THURSDAY
3:30 p.m. -- Class 4A Girls, Prairie Grove vs. Shiloh Christian
5:15 p.m. -- Class 1A Boys, Bay vs. Black Rock
7 p.m. -- Class 2A Girls, England vs. Parkers Chapel
8:45 p.m. Class 2A Boys, Parkers Chapel vs. East Poinsett County

FRIDAY
3:30 p.m. -- Class 3A Boys, Rivercrest vs. West Fork
5:15 p.m. -- Class 5A Girls, Watson Chapel vs. Alma
7 p.m. -- Class 5A Boys, Sylvan Hills vs. Alma
8:45 p.m. -- Class 1A Girls, Calico Rock vs. Sacred Heart

SATURDAY
11 a.m. -- Class 3A Girls, Valley Springs vs. Mountain View
12:45 p.m. -- Class 4A Boys, Clarksville vs. Jonesboro Westside
2:30 p.m. -- Class 7A Girls, Fort Smith Northside vs. Fayetteville
4:15 p.m. -- Class 6A Boys, Little Rock Parkview vs. Jacksonville
6 p.m. -- Class 6A Girls, Little Rock Parkview vs. El Dorado
7:45 p.m. -- Class 7A Boys, Little Rock Hall vs. West Memphis