The race for basketball signings is on, as the Nov. 14-21 early signing period has arrived.

Rashad Anderson, a Top 100 forward/guard from Lakeland-Kathleen, Fla., has signed with UConn. He had been listed as a soft verbal while considering Florida.

Top 100 forward Alexander Johnson of Albany-Dougherty, Ga., signed with Georgia. Alexander, who had earlier given the Bulldogs a soft verbal, was recently being recruited by Cincinnati.

Top 100 forward Ike Diogu of Garland, Texas, committed to Arizona State over UConn. Diogu, who averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds as a junior, also considered Illinois, Georgetown and Seton Hall.

DeAngelo Alexander, a top 100 guard/forward from Midwest City, Okla., is expected to sign with Oklahoma. Alexander had earlier decommitted from the Sooners.

Southern California has a commitment from Top 50 junior college guard Brandon Brooks of Portland, Ore./Indian Hills CC, Iowa.

Guard Chauncey Shelton of Detroit-Rogers, Mich., has committed to Toledo.

Early Class 2002 Men Rankings: Duke leads the Top 25 Classes.

Early Class 2002 Top 100: Ninety prospects have already Verballed or Signed from the Top 100 List.

Remaining Top 100 Prospects (10): Forwards: Jason Fraser of Amityville, N.Y.: Kevin Bookout of Stroud, Okla.; Leonard Cooke of Old Tappan-Northern Valley Regional, N.J.; Marquis Kately of San Francisco-Riordan, Calif.; Elliott Poole of Chicago-Farragut, Ill. Centers: Sani Ibrahim of Oak Hill Academy, Va.; DeAngelo Collins of Inglewood, Calif.; Julius Lamptey of Oklahoma City-Northeast, Okla. Guards: Antonio Lawrence of Jacksonville-Jackson, Fla.; Brandon Roy of Seattle-Garfield, Wash.

Basketball Commitments/Signings
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Class 2002 Men: Prospects/Commitments/Signings (Updated Daily).
----Early Top 100: Prospects/Commitments/Signings (Updated Daily).
Class 2002 Women: Prospects/Commitments/Signings (Updated Daily).
Class 2001 Men: Prospects/Commitments/Signings
----Top 100: Prospects/Signings. Ninety-four prospects were signed. Six players opted for NBA.
----Rankings: Memphis, UCLA, Florida, North Carolina and Louisville led the Final/Early.
Class 2001 Women: Database.
Class 2000 Men: Database/Rankings: Final/Early/Women: Database.
Class 1999 Men: Database/Women: Database.
Class 1998 Men: Database/Rankings: Final/Women: Database.

Football News
South Carolina pledged receiver Andre Hemphill of Brevard, N.C.

Mississippi State verballed quarterback Aries Nelson of Cleveland, Miss., over interest from Grambling, Florida, Tennessee and LSU.

Arkansas has commitments from linebacker Lucas Jackson of West Monroe, La., over interest from Notre Dame, Tennessee, LSU, Florida, Auburn and Louisiana Tech; Top 100 JC linebacker Marcus Whitemore of Independence CC, Kan., over interest from Oklahoma and South Carolina; and defensive lineman Chase Pressley of Fort Smith-Southside, Ark., over Texas A&M, Purdue, Illinois, Arkansas State and Tulsa.

Kansas State pledged tight end Rimmon McNeese of Grandview, Mo.

Running back Donnie Johnson of Cincinnati-North College Hill, Ohio, decommitted from Illinois.

Early Class 2002 Top 150: Forty-nine prospects have already verballed from the Top 150 List.

Early Class 2002 Rankings: Ohio State, Notre Dame and Texas lead the Top 25 Classes.

Over 550 Class 2002 football players have already made commitments. The Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 lead commitments by conference. Programs with four or more known verbals include:
Independent: Notre Dame (12).
Big Ten: OhioSt (16), MichSt (12), Mich (11), Pur (11), Ill (8), PSU (6), Ind (5), Wis (5), Minn (4) and Iowa (4).
Big 12: Colo (22), Tex (16), TexA&M (13), Okla (9), Neb (7), ISU (6) and TT (4).
Big East: Syr (13), Rut (11), VT (11), WV (9), Pitt (11), Mia-Fla (8) and BC (7).
ACC: Md (11), Va (11), Clem (9), NC (8), FSU (4), Duke (5), GTech (4) and WF (4).
SEC: Aub (12), LSU (12), Kty (11), MSt (12), SC (11), Ala (9), Tenn (9), Ark (10), Miss (5), Van (4) and Ga (4).
Conference USA: EC (10), SoMiss (7) and TCU (6).
MAC:BallSt (5).
WAC: SMU (14) and Fresno St (5).
Pac-10: UCLA (16), WashSt (8), USC (7), Ariz (5), Wash (5), ASU (5) and OreSt (5).
Mountain West: ColoSt (6), BYU (4).

Football Commitments/Signings
FANSonly: Main Recruiting Page.
Class 2002: Prospects/Commitments (Updated Daily).
----Early Top 150: Prospects/Commitments (Updated Daily).
----Conference Commitments: Lists (Updated Daily).
Class 2001: Prospects/Commitments/Signings.
----Top 150: Prospects/Commitments/Signings
----Conference Signings: Lists.
----Class Rankings: FSU, Mich, LSU, Texas, Miami-Fla (Story).
Class 2000: Database/Rankings: (Story).
Class 1999: Database/Rankings: (Story).
Class 1998: Database.
Class 1997: Database.

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.