by Alex Schwartz

This has been a huge week for the University of Florida, and I'm not referring to the three Gators who went in the top 25 of the NFL Draft last night. I'm talking about the basketball program, which added an impressive four players in less than one week.

Talented guard Mike Rosario, a McDonald's All-American and graduate of St. Anthony's (NJ) in 2008, selected Florida as his new destination after deciding to transfer from Rutgers after two years in Piscataway. His official visit to Gainesville was the only one he took, and according to reports he has committed to Billy Donovan and Co. Rosario will sit out the 2010-2011 season and will have two years of eligibility left.

While Rosario was the biggest name, and the first player, to pick Florida this week, he was not the only one. On Monday, Wilfried Yeguete '10 of Florida Air Academy (FL) picked the Gators over Georgia Tech and Indiana, according to reports. Yeguete is undersized at the power forward position, standing 6'7, but he is a talented player who can really rebound the basketball.

Just a few days after after landing Yeguete, Florida added maybe its best pickup of the week in 6'9 power forward Cody Larson '10 of Roosevelt (SD). While Larson, ranked #111 in Northstar Basketball's Class of 2010 Terrific 125 , might not be the player that Rosario is, he will be playing next year, while Rosario will not be, and he also has two more years of eligibility than the Garden State native. Larson signed with Iowa in the early signing period, but was released from his Letter of Intent when the Hawkeyes fired Todd Lickliter and replaced him with Fran McCaffery. The Mount Rushmore State big man is the third ranked player to pick the SEC school, joining current #14 6'8 PF Patric Young of Providence School (FL) and current #27 6'5 SF Casey Prather of North Side (TN).

The other addition that Florida made this week has gone under the radar, but according to reports, Scottie Wilbekin of The Rock (FL) picked the Gators. He was expected to be in the class of 2011, but it appears he is now going to be in the 2010 group. Florida needed a point guard after missing out on Brandon Knight (Kentucky) and Ray McCallum (Detroit), and Wilbeken will be the player to fill the void.

Florida was listed as the #9 recruiting class in my Class of 2010 Team Recruiting Rankings- January Edition, but that number was likely to have dropped, as Young and Prather will both make slight drops in he rankings and the class was just two-deep. Instead, the class, which is now five players (Rosario is not included), will go up in the rankings. Florida is solidly in the top 10 without question and could go as high as number six or seven.

In other news this week, according to reports, Josh Langford '10 of Lee (AL) opted for Auburn, while Zach Peters '12 of Prestonwood Christian (TX) chose Kansas. In the major news, Marquis Teague '11 of Pike (IN) selected Kentucky, but that story will be coming in a full article soon.

Langford is a fantastic get for new Auburn Head Coach Tony Barbee, as the 6'6 small forward is not only from the state of Alabama, but is another key piece to a superb recruiting class that was mostly assembled by Jeff Lebo. Langford, who was committed to Louisville at one point, joins Shawn Kemp, Jr., Allen Payne, Heath Houston, and Adrian Forbes in the Tigers' class. These five players will be vital to Barbee's attempt to resuscitate Auburn hoops.

Peters' early commitment to the Jayhawks was a bit of a surprise. Still a sophomore, the 6'8 power forward also considered Kentucky, North Carolina, and Texas. The Texas native is the first member of Kansas' class of 2012, and in fact Bill Self does not have a pledge in the class of 2011 yet.

Note- photo on the top left is of Mike Rosario, photo on the right is of Cody Larson, and photo on the bottom left is of Josh Langford; all photos are from http://scouthoops.scout.com/