The Prodigal Son didn't leave! It's official, Romeo Langford is staying in his home state. And if any of you are wondering where he's from, it's New Albany, Indiana - a city directly across the Ohio River from Louisville where Chris Mack was no doubt making a late push to sign the 5-star shooting guard. It goes without saying, but I'm gonna say it anyways. This is very, very good for Archie Miller and Indiana. This marks without a doubt the biggest signing of his career as a head coach. And the fact that he's an in-state kid should only help future local recruiting efforts.
For awhile it looked like Langford was leaning towards Kansas, but then with the FBI report mentioning them that changed things real quick. Weirdly, Vanderbilt kept getting mentioned as a surprise player by managing to peek Langford's interest with an insanely out of character recruiting class: two 5-stars and a 4-star to pair him with. If you ask me, the FBI might want to investigate Vanderbilt, but that's just if you ask me.
Thankfully, Romeo chose to stay in state and play for the Hoosiers and achieve legend status in Indiana. Bless him.
As for Archie Miller, this gives him one of the most athletic and well-built prospects in the country to play around with. Langford is 6'5 with a 6'10 wingspan. We already know he gets buckets with the best of them, but this gives Archie elite defensive intangibles to play with. Victor Oladipo intangibles. And despite never having a player of this caliber before as a college coach, Archie has worked with this type of talent during his time with Team USA. He isn't going to be reigning in anything, Langford is going to be let loose from the get go and I'm excited to see what he can do.
In a Big Ten conference heavy with difference making guards, we now have a difference making defender. YUGE acquisition for the Hoosiers, huge get for Archie, and an immediate impact player to join with fellow local signees Damezi Anderson and Robert Phinisee, two 4-stars from South Bend and Lafayette, respectively. With Langford as the cherry on top, IU just brought in the #11 ranked recruiting class in the country and took a massive step in the right direction.
Good shit.
High School Summary: GETS. BUCKETS.
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