Indiana men’s basketball’s class of incoming players is full of big names.
Kel’el Ware and Mackenzie Mgbako were top-10 recruits and McDonald’s All-Americans, Gabe Cupps and Jakai Newton have been committed to Indiana for years now and Anthony Walker is coming off of a Final Four appearance with Miami.
Payton Sparks, a transfer forward who played center at Ball State, was Indiana’s first transfer portal commitment this cycle and has flown under the radar as multiple others have joined the program.
It wouldn’t be the first time Sparks hasn’t gotten credit he’s due. He was a 247Sports 2-star ranked as the 24th best prospect in Indiana, he didn’t even have a profile picture on the site.