Top 100 forward Brandon Wallace of Aiken-Silver Bluff, S.C., has chosen South Carolina over Maryland and Auburn. He averaged 22 points and 14 rebounds as a junior.

The Missouri Tigers have a commitment from Top 100 guard Thomas Gardner of Portland-Jefferson, Ore., over UConn and Kansas. He averaged 15.5 points as a junior.

Outstanding forward Keith Wooden of Lawrence-Free State, Kan., picked Arizona State. He averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds as a junior.

In a huge recruiting coup, the Oklahoma Sooners and coach Kelvin Sampson have gained two Top 100 pledges in guard Andrew Lavender and forward Brandon Foust, teammates from Columbus-Brookhaven, Ohio.

The Sooners outfought Pittsburgh and Mississippi for the prospects. Among many other programs involved were DePaul, Clemson, Marquette, Ohio State and Rutgers. The Sooners had earlier received a commitment from Top 100 guard Lawrence McKenzie of Minneapolis-Henry Senior, Minn.

Oklahoma is rated No. 10 among the Early Top Classes.

More Basketball News:
West Virginia has pledges from guards Franklin Young of Tallahassee-University, Fla., and Tyler Relph of Rochester-McQuaid Jesuit, N.Y.

Ohio pledged forward Matt Annen of Elk River-Senior, Minn.

Portland State has pledges from guard William Funn and forward Blake Walker, both from San Bernardino Valley College, Calif.

Class 2004 guard Curtis Allen of Long Beach-Rolling Hills, Calif., pledged to the USC Trojans.

Guard Matt Nowlin of Roanoke-Catholic, Va., pledged to Elon.

Forward Corey Cofield of Roxbury-Latin, Mass., pledged to William & Mary.

Utah State gained a pledge from guard Chris Huber of Garland-Bear River, Utah/Utah/Dixie CC, Utah. Huber signed with Utah as a prep, went on mission and returned as a walk-on redshirt before transferring to Dixie.

Georgetown has a reported pledge from center Reda Rhalimi of Morocco/Daytona Beach CC, Fla.

Guard Kyle Greathouse of Lancaster, Ohio, pledged to Western Carolina.

Junior guard E.J. Harris of Los Angeles-Crenshaw, Calif., has transferred from Washington State to Sacramento State. He will redshirt this upcoming season and have two years remaining.

Forward Randal Falker of St. Louis-Gateway Tech, Mo., committed to Southern Illinois over interest from Nebraska, Butler and Western Michigan.

Class 2003:
Search the list of Senior Prospects/Commitments.
LeBron James leads the Post-Summer list of Top 100 Prospects/Commitments.
More players projected to make an impact: Super Prospects.
Early Top Classes: List.
Basketball Signing Periods: Early: Nov. 13-20; Regular: Apr. 16-May 15.

Class 2004:
Search the early list of Junior Prospects/Commitments.

Class 2002:
McDonald's All-American Game stories/Rosters for 2002, 2001, 2000
USA Men's Junior National Team.
The NBA selected only one high school and a single junior college prospect during the 2002 draft: Center/forward Amare Stoudemire of Orlando-Cypress Creek, Fla., was taken 9th in the first round by Phoenix, while Portland took forward Qyntel Woods of Northeast Mississippi CC, Miss., at No. 21 in the first round. The NBA passed on three other high school/prep school prospects and seven JC players (List).

Basketball Commitments/Signings:
OCSN: Main Recruiting Page.
Class 2004 Men: Database.
Class 2003 Men: Database/Top 100/Top Classes/Women: Database.
Class 2002 Men: Database/Top 100/Top Classes/ Women: Database.
Class 2001 Men: Database/Top 100/Top Classes/Women: Database.
Class 2000 Men: Database/Top 100/Top Classes/Women: Database.
Class 1999 Men: Database/Women: Database.
Class 1998 Men: Database/ Top Classes/Women: Database.

FOOTBALL

Top News:
Among the nation's leading running backs, Emeka Nnoli of Sacramento-Natomas, Calif., pledged to Stanford over California, USC and Washington. He rushed for 1,720 yards and 24 touchdowns as a junior.

Texas Tech pledged defensive lineman Keyunta Dawson and defensive back Chad Johnson, both from Shreveport-Evangel, La.

Junior receiver Sidney Rice of Gaffney, S.C., has committed to South Carolina for Class 2004. He caught 57 passes for 897 yards and seven touchdowns as a prep sophomore.

Linebacker Nathan Pauly of Conway Springs, Kan., has become the third commitment for Colorado State. His brother, Eric, is a star linebacker for the Rams.

Class 2003:
Seach the list of Prospects/Commitments/By Conference.
Post-Summer list of Top 150 Prospects/Commitments.
More players projected to make an impact: Super Prospects.
Football Signing Periods: Early: (midyear JC transfers) Dec. 18-Jan 15; Regular: Feb. 5-Apr. 1.

N.D./Big Ten Verbals: ND, Ill, Ind, Iowa, Mich, Mich St, Minn, NW, Ohio St, Penn St, Purdue, Wis.
Big 12 Verbals: Baylor, Colo, Iowa St, Kan, Kan St, Mo, Neb, Okla, Okla St, Tex, Tex A&M, Tex Tech.
SEC Verbals: Ala, Ark, Aub, Fla, Ga, Kty, LSU, Miss, Miss St, SoCarol, Tenn, Van.
ACC Verbals: FSU, NC State, Md, GT, Clemson, Va, NC, WF, Duke.
Big East Verbals: Miami, VT, BC, Syr, Pitt, WVa, Temple, Rutgers.
Pac-10 Verbals: Arizona, ASU, Cal, Oregon, Ore State, Stan, USC, UCLA, Wash, Wash State.

Football Commitments/Signings:
OCSN: Main Recruiting Page.
Class 2003: Database/Top Prospects/Conference.
Class 2002: Database/Top Prospects/Conference/Top Classes.
Class 2001: Database/Top Prospects/Conference/Top Classes.
Class 2000: Database/Top Prospects/Top Classes.
Class 1999: Database/Top Prospects/Top Classes.
Class 1998: Database.
Class 1997: Database.

Bill Hodge is the executive editor and director of recruiting coverage at CollegeSports.com. For daily columns on prospects, commitments and signings, plus databases, go to CollegeSports.com's Recruiting Page.