Both Paige and Burgess hail from Palm Beach, Fla., and had orally committed to accept scholarship offers from Tech after visiting the campus the weekend of Dec. 3. Paige, a teammate of Burgess from NMCC, said he missed the air-mailed delivery of his national letter of intent from Tech Wednesday morning. Paige also has been heavily courted by Kentucky but said he will not sign with the Wildcats. Burgess said he was made a last-minute offer by Auburn and chose to sign with the Tigers because the school is closer to home. Five other JUCO players have made oral commitments to Tech but won't sign national letters of intent until Feb. 7.
Oral commitments are non-binding.