Patrick Wooley unveils early look at Indiana's class of 2030 talent

Patrick Wooley’s first look at Indiana’s class of 2030 landed as more than a freshman watch list. The June edition of the site’s 6 Pack of Questions officially kicked off the 2026-27 season, and this follow-up was framed as the first deep look at the incoming class that will shape the next wave of state basketball.

The timing matters because Indiana is just coming off a senior year headlined by Luke Ertel, the 86th Indiana Mr. Basketball. Ertel closed his Mt. Vernon career by helping the Braves win the 2026 Class 4A state championship, then backed up his season-long production with 24.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game. In the title game, he scored 26 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and handed out six assists as Mt. Vernon rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat Crown Point 52-50 and finish 28-3. Purdue later listed Ertel as a 2026 signee and incoming freshman, a reminder of how quickly one era ends and the next begins.

Wooley’s class of 2030 board is built around that same transition. Some of the names are already nationally rated, and he noted that many should be visible on varsity or junior varsity rosters this summer, with more chances to separate themselves at the Charlie Hughes event at the end of June. The watch list stretches across a wide range of names, including Levin Robinson, Cooper Allen, Boone Anderson, Cole Andrew, Nevan Ashford, Taylor Basler, Jayece Bellamy, Mylan Bennett, Josiah Bibbs, Carter Bolden, Jase Brooks, Noah Casey, Cadell Brown, Joshua Brown, Landon Brunson, Elliott Bubalo, Cameron Butler, Cade Carmony, Kolden Carpenter, Zamari Collier, Demaree Crenshaw, Jackson Darrell, Logan Downs, Brylen Dennison, JD Dishroom, Nasir Faniel, Briyon Fields, Blake Fuess, Marco Gilliatt and Brylen Givens.

Robinson already has a line on the summer circuit. Wooley identified him in an April 29 AAU roundup as a class of 2030 player competing up with All Ohio Baneville 15U, the kind of early cross-over that tends to tell scouts where the next recruiting conversations will start. Gilliatt, Givens and several of the other first-look names could follow the same path if their trajectory holds through their first high school seasons.

The bigger takeaway from Wooley’s early read is simple: Indiana’s next recruiting cycle is already moving, and it is starting earlier than ever, with freshmen names becoming part of the state-wide conversation before they play a high school game.