Outstanding point guard T.J. Ford of Sugar Land-Willowridge, Tex., verballed to the Texas Longhorns over Louisville, Cincinnati and Houston.

The Iowa Hawkeyes have a verbal from forward Marcellus Sommerville of Peoria-Central, Ill., over interest from Purdue, Kentucky and Saint Louis.

Forward Anthony Richardson of Raleigh-Leesville Road, N.C., chose Florida State over Maryland, Clemson, Wake Forest and East Carolina.

Forward Tyrone Sally of Richmond-Meadowbrook, Va., has verballed to West Virginia. Sally transferred from Durham-Emmanuel Academy, N.C.

Virginia has a verbal from touted forward Jason Clark of Virginia Beach-Kellam, Va./Hargrave Military Academy, Va., over Tennessee, Wake Forest, Florida State, North Carolina State, Clemson, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion. Clark joins guards Keith Jenifer and Jermaine Harper as commitments for the Cavaliers.

Guard Michael Lee of Portland-Jefferson, Ore., has verballed to Kansas over Oregon. Prep guard teammate Aaron Miles, a Top 100 prospect, is considering Kansas, Arizona and Oregon.

Top 100 forward Rick Rickert of Duluth-East, Minn., has eliminated Duke and will decide between Arizona or Minnesota.

Forward Kenny Adeleke of Brooklyn-Robeson, N.Y., picked DePaul over interest in Hofstra, New Mexico, UMass and Boston College.

Memphis has a reported verbal from one of the top junior college prospects in forward/center Chris Massie of Oxnard JC, Calif., over Oklahoma, Texas, Washington and Fresno State.

Center Chad Bell of Los Angeles-Westchester, Calif., verballed to New Mexico over interest from Memphis and Kentucky.

Guard Carl Krauser of Oakdale-St. Thomas More, Conn., has verballed to Pittsburgh.

Seventy of the Class 2001 Top 100 Men's Basketball Prospects have committed. The UCLA Bruins have commitments from four Top 100 prospects. Programs with verbals from three top prospects include Arizona, Florida, Georgia Tech, Missouri, North Carolina and North Carolina State.

Forward Brandon Brigman of Philadelphia-St. John Neuman, Pa., is headed to South Florida. He drew interest from Virginia Tech, Penn State and UMass.

Center/forward Ben Lambert of Okaloosa-Walton CC, Fla., has decommitted from Long Beach State and reportedly verballed to Southern Mississippi. The Golden Eagles also pledged forward Carey Rigsby of Western Oklahoma JC, Okla., over interest from Texas A&M, Colorado State and Oregon.

Big 12:
Texas Tech has a verbal from forward Billy Pharis of Van Buren, Ark./Westark College, Ark.

Big West:
Utah State has verbals from forward Desmond Penigar of Upland, Calif./Ventura JC, Calif.; forward Mike Ahmad of Irvine Valley JC, Calif.; and guard Ronnie Ross of John Wood JC, Ill.

Cal State-Fullerton committed forward/center Pape Snow of Chaffey JC, Calif.

Pac-10:
Guard/forward Floyd North of San Diego-St. Augustine, Calif., has verballed to Oregon State over interest from Georgia, Rutgers and San Diego State.

MAC:
Western Michigan has a verbal from forward Nicola Evola of Schoolcraft College, Mich.

Guard Ronny Dawn of Newport-Central Catholic, Ky., committed to Marshall over offers from Tennessee, Xavier, Eastern Kentucky and Western Kentucky. Marquette and Iowa State also showed interest.

Missouri Valley:
Evansville pledged forward Eric Ottens of Fulton, Ill.

Indiana State has a verbal from forward/center Jarod Adler of Monroe-Adams Central, Ind., over Southern Illinois and Liberty.

Big East:
Seton Hall has a verbal from guard John Blackgrove of Hillsdale-Pascack, N.J., who chose the Pirates over interest from Fordham, LaSalle, Xavier, Rutgers and others. He will first attend prep school.

Guard Adrian Walton of Milford Academy, Conn./New York-Bronx Regional, N.Y., has verballed to Miami (Fla.).

Villanova has guard Brennan Martin of Mission Viejo-Trabuco Hills, Calif./Hargrave Military Academy, Va. Martin originally committed to Texas A&M with Class 2000.

Atlantic 10:
George Washington has a verbal from forward Tamal Forchion of Philadelphia-Roman Catholic, Pa., over St. Joseph's, LaSalle and St. Bonaventure.

Center Bruce Brown of Richmond-Henrico, Va., committed to Duquesne.

America East:
Northeastern pledged forward/center Sylbrin Robinson and forward Corneluis Wright, both from Miami-Senior, Fla./Odessa JC, Tex.

Colonial Athletic:
James Madison gained guard Todd Moret of Fairburn-Landmark Christian, Ga., over Delaware, Eastern Kentucky, Central Florida and St. Bonaventure.

UNC-Wilmington pledged center Aaron Combs of Sugarland/Ft.Bend-Austin, Tex., and guard Joseph King of Wilmington-Hoggard, N.C.

Northeast:
Central Connecticut State pledged forward Rob Barnett of Middle Village-Christ the King, N.Y., and forward Rich Pittman of Braintree-Thayer Academy, Mass.

Mid-Continent:
Youngstown State pledged guard/forward Jimmy Moore of Worcester-Holy Name, Mass.

Sun Belt:
Louisiana Tech has commitments from guards Lavelle Felton of Milwaukee, Wis./West Plains JC, Mo./Chipola JC, Fla.; Michael Wilder of Decatur, Ill./Vincennes JC, Ind./Chipola JC, Fla.; and Corey Dean of Ruston, La. Louisiana Tech also gained guard Bruce Edwards of New Orleans-Carver, La.

Metro Atlantic Athletic:
Guard Cantrell Fletcher of Philadelphia-St. John Neuman, Pa., picked Siena over Rider.

Trans America Athletic:
Samford has a verbal from forward J.R. Merritt of Oklahoma City-Bishop McGiness, Okla., over interest from Air Force, Army, TCU and Colorado State.

Mid-Eastern Athletic:
Hampton has a verbal from guard Devin Green of Columbus-Beechroft, Ohio.

WAC:
Forward Patrick Simpson of Denver-George Washington, Colo., chose SMU over Minnesota and New Mexico.

Mountain West:
Guard Martin Osimani of Hialeah-Champagnat Catholic, Fla., committed to Utah.

Big Sky:
Montana State pledged forward Jeff Williams of Salem-North Salem, Ore.

West Coast:
Santa Clara has a verbal from forward/center Linden Tibbets of Duncanville, Tex.

Football Class 2001:
National Signing Period: Feb. 7, 2000-Apr. 1.
JC transfer signing period: Dec. 15, 2000-Jan. 15, 2001.

Basketball Class 2000-2001:
Early Signing Period: Nov. 8-15, 2000.
Late Signing Period: Apr. 11-May 15, 2001.

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