Georgia Institute of Technology NCAA News

The penultimate edition of our "Meet the Freshmen" series covers the late commitment of a hard-hitter from the deep south of Georgia.

I've had the pleasure of interacting with Wes Durham a few times, and he's never been anything short of phenomenal when faced with my amateur-hour journalism.

Glen Rice Jr. proved to be a solid defender, scorer and rebounder during his only season in the D-League.

A few de-commitments from Tech's 2013 class resulted in a few open spots at the end of the recruitment period, meaning there were more scholarship offers to be given out.

Today Georgia Tech picked up their 8th and 9th commitments for the 2014 class with 3-star CB prospects...and twin brothers... Lawrence Austin and Lance Austin from Lamar County HS in Griffin, GA.

After Antonio Messick's mid-July commitment, Georgia Tech's staff received a few commitments through the course of the season.

This afternoon Georgia Tech picked up their 7th commitment for the 2014 class with 3-star jumbo Athlete Trey Klock from Hummelstown, PA .

Memphis big man Shaq Goodwin and Connecticut transfer Rodney Purvis, who played last summer for the team that qualified the United States for the FIBA U19 World Championships, were the most notable players among the 10 cut after three days of trials at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.

Following four training sessions involving 26 of America's top 19-and-under players, USA Basketball today announced 16 finalists for the 2013 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Championship Team.

Bobby Jones, ME '22 would like to share his 1930 US Amateur Trophy, awarded at the Merion Cricket Club in September, 1930, with you for Father's Day.

Antonio Messick committed to Georgia Tech in mid-July of 2012, and was the last player to commit until January of 2013.

Donnavan Kirk wasn't much of a factor at Miami during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.

Today we continue our "Meet the Freshmen" series with a defensive end who features an elite quality that can't be taught.

Jahlil Okafor, MVP of the 2013 FIBA U17 World Championship, is one of 26 players who will contend for a roster spot on the 2013 USA U19 World Championship Team when training camp opens June 14. Adding redshirt freshman guard Canyon Barry and rising junior guard Elfrid Payton , 26 players, including 16 with previous USA Basketball experience, are ... (more)

Our "Meet the Freshmen" series continues today with the guy who could single-handedly have the most impact out of anyone in his signing class -- and it's the last guy you might expect would.

Demopolis defensive end Tyler Merriweather is set to join Ted Roof's defense at Georgia Tech after committing to the Yellow Jackets over the weekend.

Ed. Note -- Welcome back to "Joey got his flight delayed before writing a couple of articles on a plane".

The Atlanta Hawks continue to prepare for the upcoming draft and hosted player workouts this week.

Georgia Tech received commitment #4 today from WDE prospect KeShun Freeman of Calloway HS in Hogansville in west GA.

Outside of recruiting more top-end talent and improving it's defense into Top 25 capacity, the one thing that Georgia Tech must do in order to pull the talent in and consequently win is to.....IMPROVE THE UNIFORMS AND GO RETRO! I personally want Georgia Tech to drop Russell Athletics and sign a deal with either adidas, Nike or Under Armour because ... (more)