The week-long early national signing period for all non-football sports began for Indiana basketball with the official pledges of a pair of consensus top-30 national recruits, who make up the No. 4 national recruiting class.

IU received letters of intent from five-star center Darius Wabbington and four-star guard Chase Branham.

The 6-foot-11 Wabbington is the No. 12 player in the 2027 high school class, per 247Sports, and the No. 2 center. He averaged 17.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.3 blocks as a junior playing in Phoenix last season, shooting 52.3% from the field and 35.6% from the 3-point line.

Adam Finkelstein, director of scouting at 247Sports, describes Wabbington as “the most skilled big man in the national class.”

“Darius possesses the unique blend of size, mobility, skill, and basketball IQ,” Hoosiers coach Darian DeVries said in a statement. “He is the true definition of a connector on the floor through his willingness to communicate and uplift his teammates and his on-court vision. He has great range on his jump shot, an advanced mid-post isolation game, and has shown a great work ethic as he strives to get better.”

The 6-foot-4 Branham, who is playing his senior high school season for La Lumiere School in La Porte, is the No. 27 player his class and the No. 7 combo guard. As a junior last season at Logan-Rogersville in Missouri, he averaged 21.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 2.2 steals while shooting 61.7% from the field and 41.1% from 3-point range.

Finkelstein calls Branham “one of the best shooters in the national class.”

“Chase is a dynamic playmaker that is effective at all three levels,” DeVries said. “Because of his work ethic and love for the game, he continues to push himself to new levels and has developed multi-dimensional skills. As good of a player that Chase is, he is an even better person and exemplifies all the attributes that we want our program to be about.”

Branham had been committed to Indiana since September 2025.

Boilers add point guard

Purdue basketball signed its point guard of the future with the addition of top-40 national recruit Kevin Savage, the third-highest ranked player the Boilers have signed in the two decades 247Sports has been ranking individual recruits.

The 5-11 Savage, out of Marietta, Georgia, is ranked No. 36 nationally and No. 8 among PGs. He averaged 20.8 points in Adidas 3SSB circuit competition over the summer and led his Wheeler team to a Class 6A state championship in Georgia.

“One of the most experienced and reliable lead guards in the national class, Savage is a true point guard who has a sense for how to balance running the team and getting others shots with his own individual offense,” Finkelstein wrote in July. “He lacks ideal size and length, but he’s built up a compact, strong frame, has good end-to-end speed, an ability to dictate tempo, and most of all, a wealth of competitive intangibles.”

PFW signs top recruit

Purdue Fort Wayne officially signed the highest-ranked high school recruit in program history, getting a pledge from guard Ja’Rye Brown out of Louisville, Kentucky.

The 6-2 Brown averaged 28.5 points as a junior last season and ranks as a three-star recruit and the No. 186 player nationally, the first player inside the top 200 in his class to pick PFW. He committed to the Mastodons over offers from Miami (Ohio) and Belmont, among others.

PFW also secured paperwork from 6-8 forward James Lee out of Ellenwood, Georgia. 

 Top-10 class for IU women

Indiana women’s basketball received pledges from three players who together comprised the program’s second top-10 recruiting class in a row.

The Hoosiers added 6-4 forward Azy Jackson (No. 20 nationally, per ESPN), 5-8 point guard Brookeslee Colvin (No. 25) and 6-2 wing Finley Parker (No. 66). Jackson and Colvin are each more highly ranked than any player the Hoosiers have signed before.

Parker is a five-star recruit according to 247Sports. She averaged 19.6 points and 9.5 rebounds as a junior last season in Woodstock, Georgia.

“Finley can stretch the floor, score inside and out, and battle on the boards,” Hoosiers coach Teri Moren said in a statement. “I love her versatility and the work she’s put into her game. She’ll give us another skilled presence in the frontcourt.”

Moren complimented the versatility of Jackson out of Bonney Lake, Washington, as well.

“Azy can make plays all over the floor – as a playmaker, on the wing and inside,” the coach said in a statement. “I love Azy’s basketball IQ. She’s going to give us so many ways to play.”

Colvin is also a five-star recruit according to 247Sports. She averaged 30.9 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.4 steals and 4.8 assists as a junior in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She shot 47% from the field and 35% from 3-point range.

“Brookeslee is a tough, unselfish playmaker who can knock down the open 3, make plays for her teammates and set the tone defensively,” Moren said. “She makes those around her better!”

Purdue women get guard

Boilermakers women’s hoops signed 5-10 shooting guard Ava Womack out of Lancaster, Texas.

Womack ranks No. 99 nationally by ESPN. She scored 22 points per game as a sophomore at DeSoto High School in 2024-25.