The Associated Press

The University of Cincinnati, spurned by prep basketball recruit Alexander Johnson on Wednesday, must now decide what it wants to do with its last remaining scholarship.

The Bearcats could keep the scholarship for the 2004-05 recruiting class or offer it to Asrangue Souleymane, a 6-foot-9, 250-pound forward-center from Laurinburg, N.C. and the Central African Republic.

Johnson, a 6-9 forward from Albany, Ga., and Bridgton Academy in Maine, will attend Florida State.

Johnson said he loved UC when he watched the Bearcats on TV, "but when you really go down there, you see the community, the coach and all that. I didn't have a feeling for it. My heart told me Florida State."

Souleymane originally committed to American University last fall, but did not sign his letter-of-intent. Recruiting analyst Clark Francis rates him among the top 200 in his class.