Data study · every season we hold

Where Indiana High School Basketball Players Go to College

Of the 708 players from Indiana high schools on a college roster in our data, 42% played their college basketball in Indiana.

Computed from 708 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Sep 1, 2026

708
players in the dataset
42%
stayed in Indiana
46%
reached D1
Ohio
#1 destination outside Indiana

42% stay in-state.

Indiana is close to the 43% all-state baseline.

Indiana skews toward D1.

46% of Indiana players in the dataset reached D1, against 36% nationally.

Ohio and Illinois are the first destinations out.

Among players leaving Indiana, 15% went to Ohio and 11% to Illinois.

Indiana's college players skew toward D1

Indiana vs all states · share of players at each level

Indiana

D146%
D213%
D341%

n = 708

All states

D136%
D223%
D341%

n = 29,117

INAll statesDifference
D146%36%+10 pts
D213%23%−10 pts
D341%41%−0 pts

Where Indiana players land

Destination states
Destination statePlayersShare
Indiana29642%
Ohio608%
Illinois466%
Kentucky385%
New York284%
Michigan274%
Tennessee193%
Florida183%

Which programs take Indiana players

Historical landings
ProgramDivisionStatePlayers
ManchesterD3Indiana36
FranklinD3Indiana35
HanoverD3Indiana31
DePauwD3Indiana30
Ball StateD1Indiana17
BellarmineD1Kentucky16
EarlhamD3Indiana13
IndianaD1Indiana13
WabashD3Indiana13
Rose-HulmanD3Indiana11

What this means for a Indiana recruit

How to read it

Start local, but don't stop local.

42% of Indiana players in the dataset stayed in-state — the programs most likely to see you play repeatedly are the ones nearby.

Your realistic level matters more than geography alone.

Indiana's historical landings skew toward D1 (46% vs 36% nationally).

Past recruiting is a signal, not a guarantee.

A program that repeatedly rosters players from your state has demonstrated a pathway; it does not mean it will recruit you.

Those are the historical patterns for Indiana. Where does your profile fit?Depth Chart scores your size, position, level and recruiting profile against all 1,060 programs.
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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

708 players · 1,060 programs · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Definitions and scope
Source
Official rosters published by the athletics sites of 1,060 NCAA D1, D2 and D3 men's programs, collected by Depth Chart.
Home state
The state of the high school on the player's record — the same definition the state tool uses, so the two read the same data the same way.
Level
Each player counts once, at the highest level they reached across the seasons we hold (D1 over D2 over D3).
Sample
708 players from Indiana high schools, across every season we hold; roster coverage runs 2020–21 to 2026–27. A state with fewer than 200 players in our data is not published, because it would describe a coincidence rather than a pattern.
Computed
September 1, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1
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