Brice Johnson has reduced his list of college choices down to eight.

Johnson is considering South Carolina, Clemson, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Florida, Connecticut and Baylor.

North Carolina and North Carolina State will host unofficial visits next weekend.

Power forward Josh Smith has become Clemson's third commitment for the 2012 class.

Smith is 6-foot-7 and 260 pounds. 

Some of his other offers came from Appalachian State, UNC Greensboro, North Florida, Presbyterian, Winthrop, Ohio, Temple, East Carolina and Tulane.

Kenny Gaines has confirmed that he has committed to Georgia.

The shooting guard from Whitefield Academy picked Georgia over Clemson, Georgia Tech, South Carolina and Iowa.

“Really, it was Coach (Mark) Fox that won me over,” Gaines told the AJC. “On Monday night, my mom and I were sitting in my room and praying what decision to make, and what schools to really consider and look at. It was like five minutes after we got done praying that Coach Fox gave us a call. We felt like that really was a sign from God. We asked Him to show us as fast as he could what schools to pick. After we got that phone call, we really knew that it was Georgia.”