Race Thompson, Damezi Anderson and Jerome Hunter on board with Hoosiers as momentum builds in Bloomington.
Video: Stephen Curry interviewTwo-time NBA champ talks with MaxPreps.com's Myckena Guerrero.Archie Miller was hired at Indiana in late March but didn't land his first commitment until Sunday.
It took significantly less time for the former Dayton head coach to secure a second pledge – and then a third.
In a 24-hour span that no doubt has expectations on the rise in Hoosierland, Miller secured commitments from Top 100 prospects
Race Thompson,
Damezi Anderson and
Jerome Hunter.
Thompson, a 6-foot-8 forward from
Robbinsdale Armstrong (Plymouth, Minn.), was the first to pop on Sunday. According to the
Indianapolis Star, he is expected to jump from the Class of 2018 to 2017 and enroll this fall.
The Minnesota product is regarded as the No. 86 overall prospect in the 2018 class by
247Sports.
Next was Hunter, a 6-7 All-State honorable mention pick from of
Pickerington North (Pickerington, Ohio). 247Sports has him pegged as the No. 60 prospect in the Class of 2018.
Last up was in-state product Anderson of
Riley (South Bend, Ind.), the No. 91 prospect in the rising senior class. The 6-6 swingman averaged 24.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game as a junior for the 19-3 Wildcats.
Miller is entering his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers hoping to stabilize an up-and-down trend under Tom Crean. Indiana won the Big Ten regular season title twice in the last five years but missed the NCAA Tournament five times in nine seasons under Crean.
Ohio forward Jerome Hunter was part of Archie Miller's big recruiting haul at Indiana.
File photo by Nick Falzerano
