Missouri recruit Tony Mitchell has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA, and the school plans no further appeals.

The 6-foot-8 forward from Pinkston High School in Dallas was considered one of the top high school prospects in the nation.

The Tigers had been hopeful Mitchell could join the program for the spring semester.

The NCAA said Wednesday that Mitchell did not qualify academically.

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.

Former Nebraska player Christian Standhardinger has been ticketed for public indecency and won't be allowed to transfer to La Salle.

An officer found Standhardinger, 21, and a 19-year-old woman engaged in a sex act a few hours before dawn Sunday in a Lincoln, Nebraska.

La Salle coach John Giannini announced Standhardinger's transfer Tuesday but later said it would be "in the best interest of all parties that Christian Standhardinger does not attend La Salle University."

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."