The basketball season is just over a month away, but Head Coach John Thompson is thinking years down the line.

Thompson received Tuesday his second verbal commitment from the class of 2010, landing forward Nate Lubick. Lubick joins Georgetown Prep guard Markel Starks in the recruiting class.

After a weekend of two postponed contests —against Syracuse and St. John’s — due to the norovirus outbreak on campus, Georgetown is gearing up for another tough weekend of Big East play. The Hoyas take on top-ranked Notre Dame today and DePaul on Sunday afternoon.

As our recent economic woes have painfully highlighted, knowing the right time to get out can be just as important as the skills that got you to the top. Recently unretired Lance Armstrong is undeniably the greatest cyclist of our time, but, like many great athletes before him, he does not know when to get out of the game.