The spring signing period is off and running, as touted center David Harrison of Brentwood-Brentwood Academy, Tenn., has chosen Colorado over North Carolina and Vanderbilt.

Prospects may sign with colleges between April 11 to May 15.

Harrison, who averaged 28.5 points, 13.1 rebounds and 5.6 blocks as a senior, was named a first-team Parade All-American and played in the McDonald's All-American Game. He also considered Duke and was drawing late interest from Louisville.

As expected, center Eddy Curry of South Holland-Thornwood, Ill., officially announced that he enter the NBA draft rather than enroll at DePaul. He made the announcement prior to scoring 26 points in the EA Sports/Sonny Vaccaro Roundball Classic at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Forward Ousmane Cisse of Montgomery-St. Jude, Ala., is expected to enter the NBA draft over interest in Louisville, Kentucky, Arkansas, Michigan, Memphis, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia and Indiana.

Sophomore guard Todd Billet of Middletown-Christian Brothers Academy, N.J., is transferring from Rutgers to Virginia. Billet averaged 16.6 points last season.

Syracuse has a commitment from top junior guard Gerry McNamera of Scranton-Bishop Hannan, Pa. McNamera, who averaged 24 points last season, also drew interest from North Carolina, Duke, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, Florida, DePaul, Villanova and Penn State, among others.

Top prospects remaining:

Forward Brandon Bender of Louisville-Ballard, Ky., is considering West Virginia, Seton Hall, Alabama, Louisville and Charlotte, among others.

Center Tony Key of Compton-Centennial, Calif., likes West Virginia and San Diego State.

Center DeSagana Diop of Mouth of Wilson-Oak Hill, Va., is considering Virgina, North Carolina, Georgia Tech and NBA.

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Oklahoma has gained guards Quannas White of New Orleans-St. Augustine, La/Midland JC, Tex., over Iowa State and Mississippi State; and Jason Detrick of Newport News, Va./Southwest Missouri CC, Mo., who averaged 24 points last season.

Texas Tech and coach Bobby Knight have signed forward Kasib Powell of Teaneck, N.J./Butler CC, Kan., who averaged 18 points last season.

UMass has a verbal from guard Kyle Wilson of British Columbia-White Rock Academy, who decommitted from Villanova.

Delaware signed guard/forward Vohn Hunter of New York City-Bronx St. Raymond's, N.Y./Texas/Champlain JC, Vt.

Oregon has commitments from forward Ian Crosswhite of Sydney, Australia, who played for the national under-18 team; and center/forward Brian Helquist of Jacksonville/Florida CC, Fla. The Ducks earlier gained forward Robert Johnson of Sebastopol-Analy, Cal/Santa Rosa CC, Cal.

Center Daryl Jacobs of Buffalo-Traditional, N.Y., has signed with Pittsburgh, but will first attend prep school.

Center Michael Southall of West Salem, Wis/Hargrave MA, Va., who lost a scholarship offer from Kentucky because of a drug conviction, was released by Georgia tech after his second arrest in less than a year. Southall signed with the Yellow Jackets last fall under the condition that he avoid further legal problems. He was arrested again on charges of resisting arrest and underage drinking in La Crosse, Wis.

Forward Jamal Brown of Seward County CC, Kan., has chosen TCU.

Jacksonville has signed center/foward O.J. Gilmore of Jacksonville-Arlington Country Day, Fla., who is the son of famed NBA star Artis Gilmore.

Creighton signed guard Larry House of Milwaukee-Bay View, Wis/Colby CC, Kan., over Charlottle and Long Beach.

Montana State gained center Bo Segeberg of Antelope Valley College, Calif.

George Washington added forward David Wilkerson of Tyler JC, Texas.

Arkansas State gained forward/guard Terrance Saulsberry of Moberly Area CC, Mo.

UT-Chattanooga signed guard Petie Spaulding, forward/center Aaron Morgan and forward Nick Benson, all from Moberly Area CC, Mo.

Purdue gained a commitment from senior guard David Teague of Indianapolis-Pike, Ind., who will first attend prep school. Junior guard Travis Best of Frankfort, Ind/Louisville, will transfer to an NAIA school.

Baylor gained a commitment from forward Roderick Nealy of McLennan JC, Texas.

South Alabama verballed guard Larry Thompson of Fort Scott CC, Kan.

Utah State gained a commitment from guard Ryan Wheeler of Tyler JC, Tex.

Charleston Southern added forward Nathan Ball of Greensboro-Page, NC.

William & Mary gained a commitment from forward Thomas Viglianco of Madison-Jones, Ala.

SW Texas State added guard Marcus Johnson of Trinity Valley CC, Texas.

St. John's has pledged senior guard Tristan Smith of Amityville, N.Y.

Cal State-Sacramento has pledged forward Reggie Borges of Los Angeles Harbor College, Calif., and guard Raashad Hooks of West Valley College, Calif.

Portland State gained guard Jeb Ivey of West Valley College, Calif.

Early Period Rankings:
Over 1,000 student-athletes signed basketball scholarships during the Early Signing Period: Men/Women. The ACC and Pac-10 dominated the recruiting battle with DePaul and Florida leading the Class 2001 Preliminary Rankings, followed by North Carolina, UCLA, Arizona and North Carolina State. Other outstanding classes include Michigan State, Kansas, California, Missouri, Stanford, Georgia Tech and Memphis.

Ninety-two Top 100 Prospects made their college choices. Pac-10 and ACC schools have 17, while the SEC has 14. While the three conferences have separated themselves from the rest of the recruiting pack, the Big Ten (11), Conference USA (10), Big East (9) and Big 12 (8) have done well. The Atlantic-10 (2), Mountain West (2) and Sun Belt (1) also have top standouts.

Basketball Signings/Commitments
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Early Signing Period: Nov. 8-15, 2000/Late Period: Apr. 11-May 15, 2001.
Class 2001 Men: Prospects/Commitments/Over 540 Official Signings (Updated Daily).
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Class 2001 Women: Prospects/Commitments/Over 500 Official Signings (Updated Daily).
Class 2000 Men: Database.
Class 2000 Women: Database.

Top Football News:

Kentucky has signed senior running back Ronald (Rock) Johnson of Cleveland-St. Peter Chanel, Ohio. Johnson also drew interest from Wisconsin, Indiana and Akron.

Junior offensive lineman Brett Valdez of Brownwood, Texas, has committed to the Texas Longhorns after receiving interest from most national programs, including Notre Dame and UCLA.

Baylor has a commitment from junior quarterback Shawn Bell of China Spring, Texas.

Junior receiver/defensive back Calvin Lowry of Fayetteville-Douglas Byrd, NC., has picked Penn State over North Carolina State, Duke, North Carolina and East Carolina. He had 43 receptions for 768 yards and eight touchdowns last season, including 10 interceptions on defense.

Class 2002 Prospects:
It's only the beginning, as prospects are being identified for the upcoming season. Players will be added, removed and updated as the process continues. Review and search over 1200 prospects already listed.

Class 2001 Rankings:
The Florida State Seminoles signed the top class of the 2000-01 football recruiting campaign. Michigan, LSU, Texas, Miami-Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Washington, UCLA and Clemson round out the Top 10 (Class Rankings).

Football Signings/Commitments
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Class 2002: Prospects/Commitments
Class 2001: Prospects/Commitments/Over 2640 Signings
Top 150: Prospects/Commitments/Signings
Conference Commitments/Signings: Lists
Class 2000: Database.

Football Class 2001:
National Signing Period: Feb. 7, 2000-Apr. 1.
JC transfer signing period: Dec. 20, 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.