Canadian-born Anthony Bennett continues to consider various colleges and isn't expected to make a decision until the spring.

Bennett recently visited Kentucky and continues to consider UNLV, Florida, Washington, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Connecticut and Oregon.

“All [the] schools in my top nine are all calling me, but right now I’m just answering a few calls [and] just trying to stay focused in school,” said Bennett of how his recruitment is going. “Like I said before [I have] no favorites. I feel like all the schools are putting a lot of time and effort trying to recruit me to come to their school.”

Talib Zanna, Pitt's reserve center, injured his knee midway through the second half of Friday's win against Penn.

"(He) seems to be fine," Jamie Dixon said. "It was scary. It looked like an ACL to me. He was more scared than anything. He banged it. He cut it. As he settled down, he realized it wasn't what he first thought it was."

Khem Birch and J.J. Moore were excellent for Pitt in their first career starts.

Birch and Moore combined for 27 points and 16 rebounds in Pitt's 78-58 win over Penn.

Birch had 15 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double. Birch is a five-star recruit in his freshman season.

"I was really nervous at first, as you could see," he said. "I missed my layup and another layup. I was really nervous. But as the game went on, I got into a flow."

Shabazz Napier had 22 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds in Connecticut's win over Coppin State.

Napier's breakout season as a sophomore has been a big positive for Connecticut. Napier is averaging 18 points, 6.2 assists and 6.0 rebounds per game.

Napier already had a strong reputation as a defensive player, but he is scoring more now from the point guard position.

Napier took a cue from watching Pitt's Ashton Gibbs at camps this summer.

"I know he's looked at as a scoring guard," Napier said after the win. "One thing he does so well is get everyone involved and also know when to score." 

Casper Ware, the only returning player in the nation to win his conference's Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors last season, had a breakout performance in Long Beach State's 86-76 win over No. 9 Pittsburgh.

Ware had 28 points on 18 shots to go with six assists.

"I wouldn't trade Casper Ware for any point guard in the country," Long Beach State coach Dan Monson said before the game. "He's going to go down, for me, as one of my favorite players I've ever coached."

Pitt coach Jamie Dixon recalls Ware's father Casper Ware Sr.

"I remember his dad," Dixon said. "He was legendary player in L.A. back in the day, when I was growing up."

Ware Sr. combined excellent quickness with deep range.

"His kid," Dixon said, "is very similar to him."

With Brandon Ashley, Kaleb Tarczewski, Grant Jerrett and Gabe York, Arizona currently has the best recruiting class for 2012, according to CBS Sports.

Ashley and Tarczewski are both top-10 recruits, while Jerrett and York are comfortably in the top-40.

North Carolina State follows at No. 2, with Rodney Purvis, T.J. Warren and Tyler Lewis.

North Carolina is currently ranked No. 3, even though they do not currently have any five-star prospects.

Rounding out the top-five are Indiana and Providence.

Big name prospects such as Shabazz Muhammad and Gary Harris remain without a commitment and will surely influence the final rankings.

Michigan, Texas, Kentucky, Syracuse and UCLA comprise the remainder of the top-10.

Baylor, Pitt, Maryland, Virginia, Memphis, Villanova, Michigan State, Wake Forest, Iowa and Houston are ranked 11th through 20th.

Colorado, Purdue, Florida, Texas A&M and Stanford round out the top-25.

Geno Thorpe has committed to Patrick Chambers and Penn State.

Thorpe, a junior point guard, also considered Pitt and Wisconsin.

"They're looking to turn the program and that's what I'm about," Thorpe said. "He's a guard-tempo kind of guy. He's very up-tempo and he likes his guards, especially his point guards. He always talked to me about attitude and always having that gut feeling about what you want to do in life. I want to play at Penn State."