Some last-minute shopping during basketball's early signing period:

Touted center/forward Wayne Marshall of Philadelphia-Martin Luther King, Pa., is headed to Temple over LaSalle. Still only 16, he averaged 13 points and 12 rebounds as a junior. The Owls previously landed highly-regarded point guard Mario Taybron from Norfolk-Ryan Academy, Va.

Louisiana Tech signed Super Prospect forward Paul Millsap of Grambling, La.

Forward Emmanuel Willis of Mendenhall, Tex., decommitted from Mississippi and signed with Southern Mississippi.

Over 600 prospects have made verbal commitments or signed scholarship papers. The early period runs Nov. 13-20 and the late period from Apr. 16-May 15. Letters signed on Nov. 20 will still be received by colleges over the next few days.

Louisville, Maryland, Illinois, Kansas and Arizona lead the Early 2003 Top Classes. Remaining Top 100 Prospects (4): C-Darryl Watkins; F-Brandon Bass, Linas Kleiza; G-LeBron James.

More Basketball News:
Memphis signed forward Keena Young of Beaumont-Ozen, Tex.

Mississippi has signed guard Jara Doyne of Little Rock-Mills, Ark.

Kansas State signed guard Lance Harris of Columbia-Hickman, Mo., over Iowa.

Guard J.R. Pinnock of Virginia Beach-Coastal Christian, Va., has decommitted from Wichita State and plans to select a school next spring.

Auburn has a verbal from guard Dwan Youmans of Jacksonville-Arlington Country Day, Fla., who plans to wait until spring before signing.

Guard Mike O'Donnell of Largo, Fla., has decommitted from Florida after the Gators wanted him to first attend prep schoo.

Class 2004 center Sam Rayburn of Portland-Sunset, Ore., has committed to California over interest in Marquette and Utah.

Morehead State signed center Kevin McDonald of Harrison, Ohio, and guard Josh Reed of East Liverpool, Ohio.

Bucknell has forwards Donald Brown of Oakdale-St. Thomas More, Conn., and John Clark of Tulsa-Cascia Hall, Okla.

New Orleans signed center Ben Elias of Ocala-Christian Shores Academy, Fla., and forward Nate Parker of Odessa CC, Tex.

Guard Matt Coward of Richmond-Hermitage, Va., chose VMI.

University of San Diego signed forward Brandon Gay of Missouri City, Tex/SoMiss/Seward CC, Kan.

Rider signed forward/guard Perrin Johnson of Claremont, Cal.

Fordham signed 7-1 center Lucasz Obrutz of Poland/Bridgton Academy, Maine.

Santa Clara signed Canadian Junior National Team center Sean Denison of Nelson-L.V. Rogers, BC.

Oklahoma State signed Top 100 junior college center/forward Tremaine Fuqua of Skyline CC, Cal.

Signees from Chicago-Whitney Young, Ill: Guard Andre Knox to Loyola-Chicago; forward Dwayne Curtis with Auburn and forward Dewitt Scott to Maryland-Eastern Shore.

Class 2003:
*Search the list of Prospects/Commitments.
*Post-Summer list of Top 100 Prospects/Commitments/Remaining Top 100 Prospects.
*Top 100 Prospects by Position: Centers/Forwards/Guards.
*More players projected to make an impact: Super Prospects.
*Check out the Early Top Classes.
*Check out the Early Top 100 JC Prospects.
*Early Top 100 JC Prospects by Position: Centers/Forwards/Guards.
*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/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.
*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).

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.