Terrell Bell, a 6-foot-7, 190-pound forward from Stone Mountain, Ga., has become the third men's basketball player to commit to Virginia Tech for 2007-08.

Tech was the first school to make a scholarship offer to Bell, whose play at the adidas Superstar camp gained him offers from the likes of Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Georgia, according to rivals.com.

Earlier, Tech had taken commitments for 2007-08 from 6-9 Augustus Gilchrist from Oxon Hill, Md., and 6-7 Jeff Allen from Hyattsville, Md.

Allen played at Oak Hill Academy this past season and will move to Hargrave Military Academy this year. Tech also has two commitments for 2008-09, Shamarr Bowden and D.J. Thompson.

n William and Mary men's basketball coach Tony Shaver has extended a scholarship to senior Adam Trumbower, a walk-on guard from Cave Spring, where he was a first-team All-Group AA selection in 2003. Trumbower could be in line for increased playing time with the departure of Calvin Baker, whose transfer to Virginia also opened up a scholarship.

n Reserve UVa point guard T.J. Bannister tapped into some old connections with his transfer to Liberty University. One of the Flames' assistant coaches, Alexis Sherard, was on Pete Gillen's Virginia staff during Bannister's first two seasons with the Cavaliers.

UVa signee resurfaces

N.C. State reports that 2006 Virginia signee defensive lineman Gavin Smith from Raleigh, N.C., has been approved by the NCAA Clearinghouse and will be available for preseason workouts. Smith failed senior English and did not graduate from Wakefield High School with his class, resulting in a rejection by Virginia's admissions staff and a release from his letter-of-intent.

At the time of his release, Smith also faced charges in Albemarle County General District Court as the result of an April 16 arrest for reckless driving (98 mph in a 55-mph zone) and driving under the influence.

He was found guilty July 7 on the second charge and lost his driver's license for 12 months and was assessed $426 in fines and court costs. He also spent 48 hours in jail.

"I felt like such an ass," Smith, who subsequently passed English in summer school, told the Wake County (N.C.) Weekly. "There were things I should've learned from that I didn't. It took something else [jail] to really spell it out for me."

In March, four of Smith's friends died in an auto accident on their return from a basketball tournament in Greenville, N.C., with an investigation later determining there had been alcohol present. He had driven to the tournament with two of them.

More from the ACC

Harrison Beck, rated the No. 10 quarterback in the country by SuperPrep in 2005, has transferred from Nebraska to N.C. State. Beck, who will have three years of eligibility for State starting with the 2007 season, played at Countryside High School in Clearwater, Fla., where he was coached by the father of ex-Wolfpack quarterback Jay Davis.

Beck is the third quarterback to leave Nebraska and transfer to an ACC program in the past three years, following Curt Dukes (Duke) and Joe Dailey (North Carolina). On the flip side, the Cornhuskers' current quarterback, Zac Taylor, began his career at Wake Forest.

Sox over UVa

Virginia lost one of its top 2006 baseball signees when Ryan Kalish from Red Bank, N.J., signed with the Boston Red Sox. Kalish, a boyhood Red Sox fan, was a ninth-round pick who was hoping for second-round money in order to bypass college. The Red Sox finally came up with the $600,000 bonus that he had been seeking.