2024 top-10 center Derik Queen locks in Indiana basketball official visit

The busy fall for the Indiana basketball program will continue as top-10 prospect Derik Queen has locked in his official visit.

Queen will visit Indiana in early September. According to sources, the plan is to take his visit from Sept. 8-10. 247Sports had the initial report.

That is the same visit date as fellow Montverde (Fla.) Academy teammate and five-star Indiana target Liam McNeeley.

Queen previously took an official visit to Indiana last fall.

Sources have continued to indicate that Maryland and Indiana are the clear options for Queen. The Baltimore native has the clear ties to Maryland and throughout the majority of his recruitment, he has been a Maryland-lean.

Recently, however, the main assistant recruiting Queen for the Terps left the program leaving the door more open than previously thought.

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Queen has made significant strides over the last year in his game. He has nearly been one of the most dominant big men across all of high school hoops. As a junior at Montverde, Queen averaged 11.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists while shooting 61 percent from the field.

Playing for Team Thrill on the Under Armor AAU circuit, Queen averaged 19.7 points per game.

He was a standout performer at the NBA Top 100 camp last month as well. He averaged 18.0 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks across five games. He ranked second in the camp in rebounds per game and eight in points per game. He also ranked fifth with a 65.5 shooting percentage.

“Opposing bigs hate to see Queen coming; his versatility and quickness as a scorer and rebounder are next level. Queen has some of the best footwork of any big in the country, uses his 6-foot-10, 220-pound frame to create separation in the paint and has an IQ that reads off the charts as one of the best passers in the country,” Rivals national analyst Jason Jordan wrote this month. “Queen led Team Thrill to a 43-4 record, the Under Armour spring title and the Sport Radar Showcase title this summer. He capped off his dominant July with a 21-point, 13-rebound and nine-assist outing in a showcase game on national television against the Florida Rebels.”

The 6-foot-9 center is also considering programs such as Kansas, Houston, Auburn, LSU, Georgetown and others.

Derik Queen is ranked as the No. 10 overall player in the 2024 247Sports Composite Rankings and the No. 3 center.

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