GEORGETOWN SIGNING REVIEW

November 20, 2008


In college football, there is always a good amount of drama on the first day of the signing period with announcements of commitments and some high-profile flip flops of commitments. In college basketball, the early period signing period is usually void of such drama.

Do not tell that to Georgetown head coach John Thompson III as the Hoyas were the victim of such drama in this year's early signing period.

As expected, long-time verbal Hollis Thompson honored his verbal commitment and signed with the Hoyas.

However, verbal commitment DaShonte Riley pulled a fast one and opted not to sign with the Hoyas and to look elsewhere. The decision seemed to come out of the blue and now Riley, a 6-foot-10 center, will be signing with another progeam yet to be determined come April.

The de-commitment leaves the Hoyas with three open scholarships as we head to the spring period. Ironically, Georgetown has already received two commitments from the class of 2010 with Nate Lubick and Markel Starks, but they definitely have a lot f of work for the 2009 class left, which is odd for a team at the forefront of March Madness betting in recent seasons.