One of the top point guards in the college basketball recruiting Class of 2012 on Friday orally committed to Texas A&M.

J-Mychal Reese, a 6-foot-2, 170-pound senior out of Bryan (Texas) High, chose Billy Kennedy’s Aggies over Kansas University, Louisville, Texas, Baylor, Memphis and others.

The Houston Chronicle reports that Reese’s dad, Bryan High coach John Reese, is expected to join Kennedy’s coaching staff as a full-time assistant.

New NCAA rules forbid hiring relatives of players to positions such as director of basketball operations or video coordinator, only to full-time assistant-coaching posts.

“(J-Mychal) knows some of the key guys on the staff,” John Reese told ESPN.com’s Dave Telep on Friday. Former KU staff member Kyle Keller and former Memphis aide Glynn Cyprien are two members of Kennedy’s staff. The third slot is still open.

“We’ve known coach Kennedy for years. I met him several years back when he was at Centenary. I think some of the things that really sold Mike was his style of play at Murray State. They play up-tempo and play in attack mode,” John Reese added.

Reese, who is ranked No. 59 nationally by Rivals.com, averaged 28 points a game his junior year. He said he plans to help turn A&M into a power by helping recruit other top players

“I’ve got to bring Chris Washburn (Duncanville High), Prince Ibeh (Forest High, Garland, Texas) and try to get Marcus Smart (Marcus High, Flower Mound, Texas) and try to talk to Shabazz Muhammad (Gorman High, Las Vegas) and Winston Shepard (Findlay Prep, Henderson, Nev.),” he told ESPN.com. “I’ll look forward to making history and doing it in the place where I’m from.”

Reese’s home in Bryan is just 10 miles from A&M’s campus.

“At the beginning of July, I didn’t know,” Reese said. “Then I talked to the coaches, and that changed my mind. Being the first commit for 2012 players meant a lot to me.”

Tarczewski update

Kaleb Tarczewski, a 7-foot senior from St. Mark’s High in Southborough, Mass., told Zagsblog.net on Friday he might visit Kentucky before selecting a college.

Tarczewski, ranked No. 12 by Rivals.com, visited finalists KU, Arizona and North Carolina in June.

Of Kentucky, he told Zagsblog: “They’ve been coming to a lot of games, so I’ve seen them in the court and I’ve talked to them. You know, Kentucky’s Kentucky. It’s kind of hard to not let them into recruiting.”

As far as a time frame … “I’m going to try to make my decision if not before school starts, maybe a week or two into school,” Tarczewski said.

Tarczewski is playing at the Adidas Nations Global Experience this weekend in Los Angeles. KU’s Thomas Robinson is a camp counselor.

“Thomas Robinson (is) showing a little more ball-handling ability than we saw last season. Very aggressive in transition,” Jonathan Givony of draftexpress.com wrote Friday on Twitter.