Former Florida guard James White will transfer to Cincinnati, a source close to the process told ESPN.com Friday night.

White chose the Bearcats over Missouri. He will be on campus and enrolled in school within two weeks. White will have two-plus seasons of eligibility remaining, assuming he becomes eligible in December 2003.

The 6-foot-6 White was one of the most sought-after recruits for Florida two years ago, but struggled as a freshman, scoring 6.1 points a game and shooting only 29 percent on 3-pointers.

White left the Gators prior to this season, but after practice started, and withdrew from school. Going to a school like Cincinnati, which is on the quarter system, will prove beneficial. White will have the winter, spring, summer and fall quarter to get up to the 50 percent level, required for third-year students, as well as earn 24 credit hours before he can become eligible.

Cincinnati has a scholarship available for White, and he will count toward the 2003 recruiting class. The Bearcats are allowed to sign five playes and already picked up two signees in 6-10 Robert Whaley of Barton County (Kan.) College and 6-3 Nick Williams of Chipola (Fla.) JC. Whaley is still a candidate to declare for the NBA draft and is being heavily scouted by NBA personnel.

Getting White gives the Bearcats the missing piece for 2003. The Bearcats could put on the court a starting lineup of Field Williams and Tony Bobbitt on the perimeter, paired with White, Whaley and all-Conference USA returnee Jason Maxiell.

Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.