When Troy Williams arrived in Bloomington for his official visit last weekend, he was leaning toward North Carolina. Indiana was in the picture, but it certainly wasn’t leading.

When Williams left Bloomington after Hoosier Hysteria, he was pretty sure he wanted to play his college basketball for the Hoosiers.

Williams, a 2013 recruit from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, officially committed to Indiana on Sunday afternoon after a week of contemplating his decision. He becomes the fifth member of Indiana’s 2013 recruiting class, joining Stanford Robinson, Luke Fischer, Devin Davis and Collin Hartman.

Williams, a 6-foot-7 forward, is the 32nd-ranked player in the 2013 class, according to ESPN.com. Williams is the highest ranked player in the Hoosiers’ class.

“The visit did it,” said Boo Williams, Troy’s uncle and AAU coach. “To get a kid to Indiana in ACC country, I can’t believe it. That’s the first kid we’ve ever had in 30 years go to Indiana. It’s amazing.”

Boo Williams said his nephew was blown away by the Indiana fans and the atmosphere that was created at Assembly Hall during Hoosier Hysteria. Troy Williams had originally planned to wait until the spring to make a decision, but his timetable was accelerated after his trip to Bloomington.

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Indiana’s 2013 recruiting class just got a whole lot stronger.

Highly-touted forward Troy Williams will formally announce his commitment to Tom Crean and the Hoosiers Sunday afternoon or evening, a source told Inside the Hall Sunday afternoon.

Williams becomes the fifth member of Indiana’s 2013 recruiting class, joining Stanford Robinson, Luke Fischer, Devin Davis and Collin Hartman.

Williams, a 6-foot-7 forward from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, is the 32nd-ranked player in the 2013 class, according to ESPN.com. Williams becomes the highest ranked player in the Hoosiers’ class. 

He took an official visit to Bloomington last weekend for Hoosier Hysteria and had nothing but good things to say about the experience afterward.

“I didn’t know that their basketball meant that much to them,” Williams told Inside the Hall last Monday. “It was more people than I thought would show up.

“It was fun. It was a great campus and everything. All the people and all the fans were nice, the kids were nice. If I were to decide to go there, the recruits that are going there next year are real cool too.”

Williams had previously visited North Carolina and was expected to take one more visit, but his timeline was accelerated after his trip to Indiana. Williams had narrowed his list to North Carolina and Kentucky earlier this year, but decided to reopen his commitment. Indiana began recruiting him in July.

Hoosier Hysteria made quite the impact on Troy Williams.

The 2013 recruit had been targeting the spring to commit, but his timetable has been accelerated following his official visit to Bloomington last weekend. Williams, a 6-foot-7 forward from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, is the No. 32 prospect in the 2013 class, according to ESPN.com.

Indiana coach Tom Crean traveled to watch Williams play in a scrimmage at Oak Hill following Big Ten Media Day Thursday night, and rumors surfaced that a decision was imminent.

His uncle and AAU coach, Boo Williams, shot that idea down.

“Indiana is leading,” Boo Williams said, “but I don’t think anything is going to happen tonight.”

Troy Williams admitted earlier this week that the Hoosier Hysteria experience had moved Indiana on his list of suitors, but he shied away from saying the visit was better than the one he made to North Carolina a week earlier. But he was certainly blown away by the atmosphere.

“I wouldn’t say it’s better or worse,” Williams told Inside the Hall on Monday. “There’s a fan difference as in who likes their basketball more, but I wouldn’t say there’s a difference in how I liked them.

“I didn’t know that their basketball meant that much to them. It was more people than I thought would show up.”

Williams reportedly finished the scrimmage on Thursday night against Hargrave Military Academy with 16 points, 14 rebounds and five assists.

Troy Williams had heard all the stories about how crazy Hoosier Hysteria was going to be.

His close friend, Stanford Robinson, is already committed to play for the Hoosiers next year, and the two had spoken about the event on occasion.

But when Williams, a highly-touted forward in the 2013 recruiting class, actually stepped foot inside Assembly Hall on Saturday, he was surprised by what he saw.

“I didn’t know that their basketball meant that much to them,” Williams told Inside the Hall on Monday. “It was more people than I thought would show up.

“It was fun. It was a great campus and everything. All the people and all the fans were nice, the kids were nice. If I were to decide to go there, the recruits that are going there next year are real cool too.”

Williams, a 6-foot-7 forward from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, is the 31st-ranked player in the 2013 class, according to ESPN.com.

He has already taken an official visit to North Carolina this month and his uncle, Boo Williams, said he would likely take another one the weekend of Nov. 17. Boo Williams did not yet know which school will get the third visit.

Troy Williams said Hoosier Hysteria moved Indiana on his list of suitors, but he would not go as far as to say it was better than his visit to North Carolina.

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Troy Williams admitted he doesn’t know much about the Indiana basketball program, but he said he is definitely interested in the Hoosiers.

Williams, a class of 2013 recruit from Hampton, Virginia, recently scheduled an official visit for Oct. 19-21, the weekend of Hoosier Hysteria.

The 6-foot-6 forward is the 30th-ranked player in his class, according to ESPN.com.

“They’re working a lot on me and they’re keeping in touch about once every week,” Williams told Inside the Hall on Sunday. “I just like the style of play so far, that’s all I know right now. I don’t know much about the school yet, but I will once I take an official visit there.”

Williams, who is attending Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, had initially narrowed his list to Kentucky and North Carolina, but he decided to re-open his recruitment to other schools during the summer.

Tom Crean and the Hoosiers got in late — they tracked him during the July evaluation period and also made a visit to see Williams at Oak Hill earlier this month — but Williams said that won’t hurt the Hoosiers.

“No, no, no,” he said. “They said that they didn’t know that I had opened up my recruitment again, so that’s why they came in late. They just didn’t know.”

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Indiana got in late on 2013 forward Troy Williams, but it doesn’t seem to have hurt the Hoosiers.

Williams will take one of his official visits to Bloomington for Hoosier Hysteria Oct. 19-21, his uncle and AAU coach Boo Williams confirmed to Inside the Hall on Friday.

Adam Zagoria first reported the visit.

Williams, a 6-foot-6 forward from Hampton, Virgina, is the 30th-ranked player in his class according to ESPN.com.

Indiana coach Tom Crean and assistant Kenny Johnson visited Williams at Oak Hill Academy earlier this month, and made a significant impact.

Boo Williams said IU is “definitely rising” on Troy Williams’ list.

“Tom Crean has done a great job at Indiana,” Boo Williams said. “Crean’s done a great job this summer of coming to watch him in games, being there. And then the history of Indiana just made it one of the schools he’d like to visit.”

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