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.”

Kentucky, Auburn and the soon to be added Missouri Tigers have been declared the recruiting winners for the early signing period of the 2012 incoming class.

Archie Goodwin, Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley are committed to Kentucky.

Auburn will add Jordan Price and Shaquille Johnson. Price is a talented scoring guard, while Johnson may be the most athletic big in the class.

Missouri doesn't have as much high end talent, but their group is seven players strong.

Georgia is considered a loser at this junction. They were unable to land any of their in-state talent amongst a group that includes Shaq Goodwin, Robert Carter, Tony Parker, Jordan Adams, Jordan Price.

Behind 19 points apiece from Terrence Jones and Darius Miller, Kentucky had a balanced scoring attack in their 87-63 win over Portland on Saturday. Five Wildcats finished in double-figures and a sixth, leading per game scorer Doron Lamb had nine points.

Over Kentucky's first six games of the season, they have had a scorer finish with 20 or more in just two games. Lamb scored 26 on Nov. 19th against Penn State and Anthony Davis scored 23 against Marist.

The Wildcats have five players averaging double-figures.

In each of John Calipari's first two seasons with Kentucky, four players have finished the season averaging double-figures.

Marquis Teague is averaging 11.2 points per game on 57.5% shooting from the floor, but has an assist/turnover ratio of 0.80 through the first five games of his collegiate career.

By comparison, John Wall had an Ast/TO ratio of 1.96 in November during his lone season at Kentucky and Brandon Knight had a mark of 0.74 in his November. Derrick Rose, a John Calipari point guard from his Memphis tenure, had a 1.53 Ast/TO ratio in November.

In terms of Hands on Buckets, a stat that tracks the number of overall field goals a player either scores or assists on, Wall led this group with 42.3%, followed by Knight at 34.3%, Rose at 31.2% and Teague at 25.2%.

Anthony Davis had four blocks in Kentucky's 88-40 win over Radford on Wednesday.

Davis scored 12 points, making all four of his shot attempts from the floor and four free throws.

Davis has posted at least three blocks in each of his first five collegiate games, with a high of seven against Kansas. Davis is averaging 6.4 blocks per 36 minutes.

Anthony Davis continues to be atop Chad Ford's rankings for the 2012 NBA Draft.

Many NBA scouts feel there is a sizable gab between Davis and the whoever ends up being rated as the No. 2 player.

"Davis is the only person in this draft who I'm sure can change a franchise," one scout said. "I thought Andre Drummond may have also been ... but Davis is the only sure thing to me. He has such a unique game. He'll be a great pro."

Ford has Harrison Barnes ranked No. 2, followed by Drummond, Bradley Beal and Jared Sullinger.

Chris Thomas, a top-10 player in the class of 2013, has narrowed his list of schools to three.

"Kentucky, Xavier and really Florida a little bit. That's it now."

Thomas is a 6-foot-5 guard with a strong perimeter jumper and enough ability with the dribble to also run some point guard.

He has been at Princeton Day Academy (MD), Westwind Prep (AZ) and is now at South Kent in Connecticut.

Shabazz Muhammad has been surprised that coaches attempting to recruit him have mispronounced his name.

“I absolutely can’t stand when people in general pronounce my name wrong,” said Muhammad. “But when coaches do it, it’s really surprising honestly. Throughout my recruitment it’s happened a lot, but a school that just keeps on doing it, they’re pretty much off the list.” 

Muhammad, who is the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2012, is considering UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas, TexasA&M, Arizona and UNLV.

“I’m used to it because people mispronounce my name all the time,” said Muhammad, a senior swingman at Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas). “I understand because of the spelling of it so I’ll let it slide if it’s once or twice, but I’ll politely correct them if it goes past that. But coaches recruiting me, I’d think they would get it right. Seems like you’d want to get that right.” 

Kentucky and Kansas have mispronounced his first name, with Shabazz being pronounced Shuh-BOZZ.

“Coach (Bill) Self said it wrong when I went there at Kansas, and I think he realized it pretty quick and changed it to the right pronunciation,” Muhammad said. “Then one of the assistants at Kentucky said it wrong on a visit and Coach (John) Calipari said it the right way real quick. Then the assistant caught on after that.”

Bill Self compared the Kentucky team Kansas faced this week to Florida from 06-07 and Memphis of 07-08. Self thinks they may have better raw talent than the North Carolina team they faced in the Final Four.

“We’ve played two teams that would rival them from a talent standpoint — one would be Memphis, and one would be Florida,” Self said Wednesday.

Self believes Kentucky has four potential lottery picks in Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones, Marquis Teague and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

“If they keep getting better, they have a chance to be the best team in the country,” Self added. “From a raw-talent standpoint, even the Carolina team we faced in the Final Four with (Ty) Lawson, (Wayne) Ellington, (Tyler) Hansbrough and Danny Green ... this Kentucky team may even be superior to that. That’s some hard-rocking dudes. They have a real shot (at 2012 national title).”

John Calipari commented on the three incoming freshmen of the 2012 class who have signed with Kentucky, Archie Goodwin, Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley.

“Archie is a combo guard who can really score the ball,” Calipari said in a press release. “I love his athleticism and length. He plays kind of like (former Memphis guard) Tyreke Evans, but can shoot it more consistent at this stage in his career than Tyreke could.”

Calipari expects Cauley to improve when he focuses on one sport, as he now also plays football.

“At 7-feet tall, Willie has great feet and great hands,” Calipari said. “When he starts zeroing in on this sport, I think people are going to be surprised at how good he really is. He’s got his best basketball ahead of him.”

Poythress will likely be a combo forward for Kentucky.

“When Alex is at his best, because of his size and athleticism, he’s as good as anybody in the country,” Calipari said. “He is really athletic, and when he’s got his motor running, he can score at will. … Alex is in the line of the long, wing athletes that we’ve had.”