Mr. Basketball Romeo Langford commits to IU

NEW ALBANY — Romeo Langford is committed to Indiana.

The star shooting guard pledged to the Hoosiers during a public announcement ceremony inside the New Albany High School gym on Monday night, giving coach Archie Miller the first blue-chip recruit of his IU tenure.

A large crowd erupted at Langford's announcement, chanting "IU! IU! IU!"

Langford, considered the No. 6 overall player in the 2018 recruiting class, the No. 2 shooting guard and the top player in the state, is a potential one-and-done talent who ultimately chose the Hoosiers over Kansas and Vanderbilt.

During his first 13 months on the job, Miller made Langford's recruitment his top priority. By this spring, IU became the popular pick to land Langford, who ranks fourth in state history with 3,002 career points. Last summer, Langford announced seven finalists on a list that also included Louisville, Kentucky, UCLA and North Carolina.

A turning point in his recruitment came when Louisville was implicated in the FBI's investigation into college basketball last September, at which point Langford dropped the Cardinals from consideration.

Langford watched Indiana closely as Miller put his mark on the program last season, examining how he would fit inside the coach's style of play. He attended IU's annual Hoosier Hysteria in October and later visited the campus in January, sitting behind the Indiana bench for the Hoosiers' blowout victory over Northwestern.

The 18-year-old fills a glaring need for the Hoosiers at shooting guard, where he'll be counted on to provide an immediate scoring punch.

Langford's list of high school accomplishments reads like a tome:

— Indiana Mr. Basketball

— McDonald's All-American

— Fourth-leading scorer in Indiana history, with 3,002 career points

— New Albany's all-time leading rebounder with 907 career boards

— Scored 923 points during his senior season

— One of three finalists for 2018 National Gatorade Player of the Year

— Three-time Courier-Journal Male Athlete of the Year

— Three-time top vote-getter on the Associated Press First Team.

And now, he's an Indiana Hoosier.

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