Top 100 center/forward Major Wingate of Suwanee-North Gwinnett, Ga., has chosen the Tennessee Vols over Clemson.

Wingate, who averaged 15 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks as a junior, also considered South Carolina, Alabama, Maryland and Georgia.

The Vols earlier gained touted guard Dane Bradshaw of Memphis-White Station, Tenn., and will have walk-on redshirt transfers forward/guard Scooter McFadgon of Memphis, Tenn./Memphis; and forward Jamere Hendrix of Covington, Ga./Clemson; eligible for Class 2003 scholarships.

Top 100 guard Taurean Minor of Houston-Washington, Texas, chose LSU over Oklahoma, Cincinnati, Texas, Arizona, UConn, Florida State and UNLV, among many others. He averaged 30 points as a junior.

Former North Carolina guard Brian Morrison of Redmond-Lake Washington, Wash., who had announced plans to transfer to UCLA, now intends to enroll at Washington.

Memphis, Mississippi State, California, Louisville, Michigan State, Michigan, Florida, Syracuse, Illinois and Oklahoma lead the Early Top Classes.

Post-Summer list of Top 100 Prospects/Commitments/Remaining Top 100 Prospects.

More Basketball News:
Forward/center Mitch Platt of Henderson-Green Valley, Nev., committed to the Oregon Ducks over interest in Texas Tech, Arizona State, Utah and San Diego State.

Arizona State has a pledge from forward Chris Low of Tyler-Bishop Gorman, Texas, over Indiana, SMU and TCU. Virginia and Western Kentucky were also involved.

Forward/center Mike Travis of San Francisco-Thurgood Marshall, Calif./CC of San Francisco, Calif., committed to Texas Tech. The Red Raiders recently gained forward DeVonne Giles of Newark-Shabazz, N.J./Seward County CC, Kan., over Kansas State and Arkansas.

Florida State has a pledge from forward Antonio Griffin of Tempe-McClintock, Ariz./Compton-Centennial, Calif./Los Angeles City College, Calif./Scottsdale CC, Ariz., over Washington State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Long Beach State and Iowa.

Forward Josh Lawrence of Ashton, Ill., picked Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Liberty has a pledge from guard Larry Blair of Camden-Military Academy, S.C.

Cal State-Sacramento has a commitment from forward Jason Gilzene of Los Angeles-Fairfax, Calif.

LaSalle pledged forward Mike St. John of Weston-Rivers School, Mass.

Guard Cameron Gray of Chabot CC, Calif., pledged to Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.

Creighton has pledged forward Anthony Tolliver of Springfield-Kickapoo, Mo., over interest in Southwest Missouri State, West Virginia, Chicago-Loyola and Boston College.

Rice has a pledge from guard Jason Okrzesik of Oak Park-Fenwick, Ill. The Owls recently gained forward/guard Morris Almond of Powder Springs-McEachern, Ga., over Indiana, Virginia and Tulane.

Long Beach State pledged forward Travon Free of Compton-Dominguez, Calif.

Lamar has a reported pledge from guard Kevin Kloostra of Chatham-McGregor, Ontario.

St. Mary's has a pledge from forward Brett Collins of Phoenix-Mountain Pointe, Ariz.

Evansville has pledged forward Justin Petty of Indianapolis-Perry Meridian, Ind., over Ball State and Holy Cross. The Aces recently signed guard Andre Burton of Memphis-Kirby, Tenn./Kankakee CC, Ill., for this upcoming season. He averaged 16 points last season.

Yale pledged forward Sam Kaplan of Worcester Academy, Mass.

Princeton has a verbal from guard Max Schafer of Wayne-DePaul Catholic, N.J.

Illinois State has pledges from forward Greg Dilligard of Ewing-Highland, Mo.; and center Ronnie Carlwell of Maywood-Proviso East, Ill.

Forward Dave Hoskins of Plymouth-Salem, Mich., committed to Central Michigan over interest from Kent and Marquette.

Siena has a pledge from forward Joel Green of Philadelphia, Pa./Hargrave MA, Va.

Forward Vladimiras Severovas of Birmingham-Groves, Mich., who averaged 22 points and 13 rebounds as a junior, committed to Wright State.

Class 2003:
Search the list of Senior Prospects/Commitments.
Post-Summer list of Top 100 Prospects/Commitments.
More players projected to make an impact: Super Prospects.
Memphis, Mississippi State, California, Louisville, Michigan State, Michigan, Florida, Syracuse, Illinois and Oklahoma lead the Early Top Classes.
Basketball Signing Periods: Early: Nov. 13-20; Regular: Apr. 16-May 15.

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

Basketball Commitments/Signings:
OCSN: Main Recruiting Page.
Class 2004 Men: Database.
Class 2003 Men: Database/Top 100/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.
*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).

FOOTBALL

Top News:
Virginia Tech pledged running back/receiver/defensive back Kenny Lewis of Danville-George Washington, Va., over Tennessee, Maryland and East Carolina.

Baylor gained kicker Ryan Havens of Odessa-Permian, Texas.

Georgia has a recommitment from tight end Leonard Pope of Americus, Ga./Hargrave MA, Va., who originally signed with Class 2002. Pope was considered a Top 150 prep prospect last year.

Oklahoma State gained a verbal from athlete Andrew Alexander of Lawton, Okla.

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.