The NCAA's early signing period for basketball—which opened Wednesday and runs through Nov. 16—doesn’t tend to have quite the level of drama that football inevitably offers, but top recruits officially stamping their spots at Power 5’s always impassions fan bases.
Here are a handful of the most intriguing happenings from the first day:
Texas A&M Snags Elite Prospect at the Point
Buzz Williams made a big splash on opening day of the early signing period, snatching elite point guard Bryce Lindsay from Virginia and West Virginia. Lindsay was originally a member of the 2022 class and South Carolina commit, but decommitted from the Gamecocks when Frank Martin was fired last March.