Patterson, a McDonald's All American, announced Wednesday that he will be going to Kentucky.

He was the last major basketball recruiting target in the country to make a decision.

He had pared his list down to Kentucky, Florida and Duke, but said his decision came down to Kentucky and Florida.

"Coach [Mike Krzyzewski] is a great coach, but I just wasn't really clicking with the Duke basketball players and basketball team like I was with Kentucky and Florida," he said during the news conference where he announced his choice.

"I just didn't click with team and hang out with them as much on my visit as like I did on my visits to Kentucky and Florida, as far as the players and their recruits."

Many people thought Patterson would pick Florida because of Gators coach Billy Donovan's strong ties to the Huntington area as a coach at Marshall.

Florida also got a commitment last week from Texas point guard Jai Lucas, the son of former Durham Hillside great John Lucas. Jai Lucas and Patterson had discussed going to the same school.

Location was a big factor in Patterson's decision. His family discussed relocating to near his college choice, but Patterson said he didn't want to get homesick.

"It was his decision, wherever he wanted to go," Buster Patterson said of his son's choice.

"I liked Florida, and I liked Duke. Remember, I'm from the ACC. I love the Carolinas, Duke and Carolina. I'm ACC, but now I'm a Wildcat, too."

TOP PLAYERS COMING: The annual Reebok/Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions is returning to the Triangle during Memorial Day weekend.

The Gibbons event includes games at the University of North Carolina's Smith Center, N.C. State's Reynolds Coliseum, Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium and several other area venues.

The tournament will include many of the top club teams in the country, although teams that are funded by Nike will play in Nashville that weekend.

Gibbons' tournament will have 64 17-and-under teams, 32 16-and-under, and 32 15-and-under clubs.

The field for the May 25-27 event is expected to include the state champions from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.

The team favorites in the under-17 field are two-time defending champ Southern California All-Stars, led by point guard Brandon Jennings, and the Indiana Elite.

The 16-under field has the North Carolina champion Carolina Raptors. The 15-under event includes the United Celtics of Raleigh, the state AAU champ.

RUSH NOTICED: Keegan Rush, the back-up quarterback at Athens Drive in 2006, has earned some notice this spring in combines.

The 6-foot-2, 226-pound senior attended the EA Sports Elite quarterback camp in Atlanta and reached the finals of the passing competition there.

More than 100 high school quarterbacks were grouped in alphabetical order. Rush emerged from his group, which included Clemson quarterback commitment Jon Richt of Athens, Ga.

Rush, who has transferred to Clayton from Athens, may face a football culture shock.

Athens passed for 3,253 yards in 2006, including 292 yards by Rush. Clayton threw for 264 yards.

CLEMSON ADDS TWO: Clemson received commitments from Asheville Veritas Christian Academy's 7-1 junior center Catalin Baciu and 6-6 senior guard Jonah Baize.

Baciu, who plays on the Romania junior national team, averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots last season.

Baize is a native of Evansville, Ind., and is going to Clemson as a walk-on.