Kevin Ware adds to an impressive recruiting class at UCF

Donnie Jones has added another piece to the impressive recruiting haul he has at Central Florida.

Kevin Ware, a top 50 recruit that was released from his NLI to Tennessee after Bruce Pearl was fired, has committed to UCF. The athletic scoring guard joins Michael Chandler (who is one of the best centers in the class of 2011), Rod Days, Wayne Martin, and Kasey Wilson. Jones will also get a trio of impressive transfers eligible this season -- Tristan Spurlock (a former top 100 recruit from Virginia), Josh Crittle (Oregon), and Jeffrey Jordan (Illinois).

That group of eight newcomers will join a UCF team that climbed to as high as top 20 in the polls this past season before losing their first eight Conference USA games. The Golden Knights return Marcus Jordan, Keith Clanton, and AJ Rompza as well.

Central Florida has long been referred to as a sleeping giant in the college basketball ranks.

The program may no longer be 'sleeping'. UCF may be the second best team in the league next season, behind Memphis.