BLOOMINGTON – IU basketball got off the mark in the 2024 class Sunday, when five-star wing Liam McNeeley committed following his senior-year official visit to Bloomington in early September.

McNeeley, a longtime priority for the Hoosiers in the current senior class, picked Indiana over Kansas, Oklahoma, Alabama and home-state school Texas, among others. He becomes Mike Woodson’s first recruiting addition in his class, and could signal the start of an impressive haul between now and the November signing period.

"Their interest has never wavered," McNeeley told ESPN's Paul Biancardi on Sunday, during a commitment ceremony broadcast on the network. "They’ve been the most consistent in recruiting me."

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A consensus top-20 player in his class, McNeeley has been on Indiana’s wish list as long as anyone in that group. He took an official visit to Bloomington last year before repeating the process this weekend. That was enough for the Montverde Academy star, who announced his decision on ESPN at the Top Flight Invite in Las Vegas.

McNeeley visited alongside Montverde teammates Derik Queen and Curtis Givens. Both are top-100 players in the 2024 class as well, IU hoping the Montverde pipeline that delivered Jalen Hood-Schifino, Malik Reneau and now McNeeley to Bloomington remains open going forward.

Sunday's announcement ensures the Hoosiers will, at minimum, sign at least one five-star prospect in each of the last three classes. That success stands as a testament to Woodson's ability to convince players with NBA potential he, and by extension Indiana, can provide them the best path from prep basketball to the professional game. Hood-Schifino was taken in the first round last year by the Lakers, while Mgbako and Oregon transfer center Kel'el Ware could both be draft-ready players by next summer.

The next step for Woodson: keep adding to the stable. The Hoosiers also covet Queen, a tough-finishing forward, and Boogie Fland, a talented point/combo guard who plays for White Plains (N.Y.) Archbishop Stepinac. Adding one of those two would give Woodson the Hoosiers multiple five-star players in the same class.

All three would represent a recruiting coup the likes of which has been in rare supply in Bloomington in the rankings era.

McNeeley plans to help with that. Asked after his announcement who he might recruit to join him, the Texas native motioned to Queen, his Montverde teammate, who was standing just to one side during McNeeley's announcement.

"My first call right here will be to the man DQ," McNeeley told Biancardi. "We need Derik Queen to be a Hoosier."

Anyone else?

"Boogie Fland," he said. "That call is coming."

Follow IndyStar reporter Zach Osterman on Twitter: @ZachOsterman.

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