Central Florida has landed 6-foot-4 guard Shawn Smith, who is expected to be one of the top prospects in the class of 2012.

"The rankings don’t really matter to me," said Smith, who one analyst believes will be in the Top 50 of his class.

Smith said he's more of a shooting guard, but that coach Donnie Jones told him he'd get the opportunity to play both backcourt spots at UCF.

He had offers from Florida, Florida State, West Virginia, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Cincinnati.

"It's about Coach Jones," Smith said of why he chose Central Florida. "He really stood out. Even though their were bigger names, he has a plan."

Smith has been described as a "Program changer."

Arizona will host Angelo Chol, the 76th ranked player from the 2011 class, this week.

Chol is a 6-foot-8, 205-pound center from Hoover High School in San Diego and is regarded as perhaps the best big man left in his class.

His final list of schools includes: Alabama, Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, and Washington.

The Tar Heels have offered a scholarship to Desmond Hubert, a 6-foot-9 forward from New Jersey.

Hubert is being recruited by one other ACC school, Maryland. He has already taken an official visit there and is being recruited by his fellow Garden State native and Terp commit, Sterling Gibbs.

The Tar Heels are stepping up their efforts to recruit Kaleb Tarczewski.

Tarczewski, a native of New Hampshire, is attending St. Mark's School.

The 7-foot-0, 220-pound center is believed to be one of the nation's top prospects at the position.

Andre Drummond, believed by many to be the top recruit from the 2012 class, is being targeted by as many as seven teams.

"Louisville, Kentucky, West Virginia, Connecticut, Pitt, North Carolina and Georgetown," St. Thomas More coach Jere Quinn said. "No one else is even talking to him.

"I don't think anybody else is coming in."

The 6-foot-10, 260-pounder is a native of Middletown, Connecticut and says he doesn't have any visits scheduled.

Phil Greene is on a visit to St. John's and will attend the school's game against Notre Dame.

Greene, a shooting guard, plays at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Cameron Ridley has committed to Texas, who beat out North Carolina, Georgetown and Ohio State for the promising prep center.

Ridley is No. 5 player in the ESPN Super 60 Class of 2012. He is currently playing at Bush High School in Fort Bend, Texas.

"Over time, they were showing the most interest in me and that kind of got me," Ridley said of the Longhorns. "When I went on a visit they made me feel like I was a part of their team and made me feel comfortable."

Jamal Ferguson has verbally committed to play for Marquette.

Ferguson is the 14th ranked shooting guard in the Class of 2012, according to Rivals.com.

"Marquette and Georgetown, those were his two options," said Jermaine Woods, the assistant coach at Norfolk (Va.) Maury High where Ferguson plays.

"He went there on an unofficial. He was surprised that the area was more city-like."

Sacramento high school basketball star Josiah Turner will leave the school Wednesday, according team coach Derek Swafford.

"All his mom would say is that the family wants to go another way," Swafford told the Sacramento Bee. "She didn't say why, but the parting was amicable. There is no malice. We've got to let go, even though we still want him here."

Turner, a 6-foot-3 senior point guard, signed a letter of intent in November to attend Arizona.

He did not show up to play in Sac High's Metro Conference opener against Burbank on Friday.

Swafford said that Turner called the following morning and explained that he missed the game for "family reasons."

Iowa prep point guard Marcus Paige has committed to play for coach Roy Williams at North Carolina.

Paige is UNC's first pledge from the 2012 class.

Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Virginia and others tried to recruit the guard.

Paige is the fifth player from Iowa that Williams has recruiting successfully during his NCAA coaching career.

Raef LaFrentz, Nick Collison, Kirk Hinrich and Harrison Barnes were all from Iowa.

"I know that Carolina was in late on him with Harrison. They made up tons of ground. With Hinrich and Collison, he was relentless in their recruiting," said Martin Bros. coach Hank Huddleson.

"I know that he told Paige that he would see him every time he could see him. He said he wasn't sending his assistants, he said he was coming. It was like the big dog took him by the horns and went with it."