In the end, there was too much of a pull at N.C. State for T.J. Warren to play college basketball anywhere else.

Warren, one of the top high school basketball players in the country, chose the Wolfpack over Georgetown on Wednesday.

He joins his friends, top recruits Rodney Purvis and Tyler Lewis, in the Wolfpack's recruiting class of 2012, and joins the program where his father played 32 years ago.

North Carolina's basketball recruiting class is getting bigger, in numbers and in size.

Forward Brice Johnson, 6-9 and 210 pounds, chose the Tar Heels on Wednesday over N.C. State, Clemson and Florida, according to ESPN's Dave Telep.

With Johnson headed to UNC, forward T.J. Warren cut his final college choice down to N.C. State and Georgetown.

T.J. Warren's dad played basketball for N.C. State and he would like to play with two prospects who have already committed to the Wolfpack, but said he's still "wide open" in terms of his college choices.

Warren, a top 40 recruit from Durham, listed N.C. State, Ohio State, Kansas, Florida, Arizona State, Miami, Wake Forest, Duke and North Carolina as schools of interest. All have offered scholarships except Duke and UNC, he said.

Dave Telep's Carolina Challenge is a one-day basketball showcase that will be held Saturday at Ravenscroft. Eighty of the top boys high school basketball players in North Carolina will participate in the event.

Games begin at 9:30 a.m. The final games of the day start at 5:20 p.m.

T.J. Warren and Torian Graham are among the players transferring to Raleigh Word of God.

T.J. Warren of Riverside is named District 6 boys basketball player of the year.

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