(2018) SG Romeo Langford - INDIANA HOOSIERS

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12 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

With how the new staff is stressing social media, Twitter follows probably won't be an indication of much of anything from now on.

He only follows 9 recruits (plus Keion Brooks' mom). I don't think an Archie follow is insignificant. At the very least, it's an indicator of priority recruits. 

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He only follows 9 recruits (plus Keion Brooks' mom). I don't think an Archie follow is insignificant. At the very least, it's an indicator of priority recruits. 

How many scholarship offers have been extended

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How many scholarship offers have been extended

Langford, Johns, Thompson, Carey, Duke, Swiderxxxx, Garland, Bazley

Not sure on Dort, King, Phinisee


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Follows:

Romeo, Garland, King, Race, Carey , Brooks, Wiseman, Trayce Jackson

 

That I can see

 

 

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5 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Langford, Johns, Thompson, Carey, Duke, Swiderxxxx, Garland, Bazley

Not sure on Dort, King, Phinisee


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According to my records Dort, King & Phinisee have all been offered.  Also Ayala and Jallow.

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Not anything new.

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/kentucky/2017/06/26/italy-egypt-indiana-romeo-langford-eys/426860001/

 

At some point in the future, Langford said he wants to visit Indiana.  

"I want to be able to go on an unofficial visit and get to know the new coaching staff," Langford said. "I want to get up there and just see practice once or twice. I've seen it before when Coach (Tom) Crean was there, so that's the main thing."

Indiana coach Archie Miller visited New Albany High School in April not long after he was hired. Miller and Indiana assistant Bruiser Flint spent last Monday and Tuesday watching Langford at USA Basketball training camp. 

"Coach Miller told me I was their top priority when he got the job," Langford, 6-foot-5, 190 pounds, said. "I like that."

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New Albany (New Albany, Ind.) star Romeo Langford is the No. 1 shooting guard and No. 5 overall recruit in the ESPN 100 and is headed to Cairo, Egypt to play with the USA U19 World Cup Team. Langford has agreed to keep an exclusive blog with USA Today giving a behind-the-scenes look at his big trip.

http://usatodayhss.com/?p=101234024

My favorite quotes from his first post:  

I know people want to know about my recruitment and it’s going pretty well.  I’m not the guy who’s always talking to the coaches after games and things like that.  My parents and I decided when it all started that the coaches would go through them to contact me. It just works better for me that way so I can just focus on getting better and taking care of my schoolwork during the school year.  The coaches don’t even have my cell number.

 

As a side note, the fact he was asked to be the blogger tells you how articulate he is and has valued his education.

 

 

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Archie is now following on Twitter

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Just now, Brass Cannon said:

Archie is now following on Twitter

That is a good sign but then every coach probably does that. 

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2 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

That is a good sign but then every coach probably does that. 

True but Archie seems to be more selective. I really want to know his criteria for following on twitter

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Just now, Brass Cannon said:

True but Archie seems to be more selective. I really want to know his criteria for following on twitterTwitter

I want to know that as well. 

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I don't consider tea leaf reading articles a must read very often, but I LOVE this pre-IU hire article on Coach Ed Schilling. Enjoy:

UCLA's Schilling remembers his Indiana basketball roots

Mar 24, 2017

 

Ed Schilling talks to UCLA's Lonzo Ball during the team's open practice on Thursday.

MEMPHIS — The game of basketball was always in Ed Schilling’s blood. His grandfather Walter Cross was the Mental Attitude Award winner for the state finalist Thorntown team in 1915, and his father Ed is in the Butler Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a player. So it was no surprise that he got into coaching. But even Schilling may not have expected all the success he would have when he started out as the Western Boone head coach fresh out of college at 22 years old.

Now he finds himself on the bench at UCLA, where he has been an assistant to Steve Alford the past four seasons. They play in the South Regional semifinals on Friday night against Kentucky. “They have been so coachable and so much fun to coach,” Schilling said of this year’s Bruins. “They listen, they work and they don’t have egos. They are quality people, and it has been a great, great time and a great year. More than anything, we want to keep it going.”

Schilling has deep ties to Boone County basketball. After moving to Lebanon as a sophomore, Schilling excelled with the Tigers and eventually earned a scholarship to Miami (Ohio), where he held single game, season and career assist records.He has fond memories of how close his Lebanon teams were. “Our team here is really close at UCLA, but at Lebanon we did everything together,” Schilling said. “The starting five did everything together, from playing in the park to working out in the gym at 7 a.m. to going to the movies together. We were a big family. More than anything, I remember the camaraderie of the team.”

Schilling also remembers how tight knit the Lebanon basketball community was.

He took pride in being a Tiger. “There is a just an enthusiasm from Jim Rosenstihl, to Rick Mount, to Brian and Steve Walker and on,” Schilling said. “There have been some great players, and they would all come back to the Lebanon park. Jim Rosenstihl would sit on the bench watching the pick-up games. Rick Mount would spend hours and hours playing — we played 1-on-1 every day for about four years. A lot of the former players wouldn’t just play but would try to help us and pass the torch. That really helped continue the legacy.”Along with his family ties, Schilling said his relationship with Rosenstihl was one that helped him realize he wanted to have a career with the game.“A lot of it was started by Jim Rosenstihl, who was my high school coach,” Schilling said. “He won over 500 games, and he was always at the Lebanon outdoor court. When you look at all the history, you can trace a lot of it back to Jim Rosenstihl.”

Schilling’s coaching career started earlier than he expected when he suffered a knee injury in college and never fully recovered. He got the head job at Western Boone, where he coached for three years for Lebanon’s biggest rival, leading the Stars’ to a school record for wins in his final year. Schilling then went to Logansport for four years before getting a job with John Calipari at UMass.The Minutemen went to the Final Four that year after spending 10 weeks at No. 1 in the country. After that season, Calipari got the head job with the New Jersey Nets and brought Schilling with him. In less than a year, he went from coaching Logansport to an NBA bench. Coincidentally, he will be on the opposing bench of Calipari on Friday.

“It is really unique,” Schilling said. “Having a chance to work with Coach Cal at UMass, the Nets and at Memphis, it was a tremendous experience. But he is one of my best friends, to have a chance to go against him is good and bad. That is challenging but a great thing.”Schilling eventually left the Nets to become the head coach at Wright State and then was an assistant under Calipari at Memphis for two seasons.He then returned to Indiana and ran Champions Academy in Zionsville and became the head coach of Park Tudor, leading the Panthers to state championships in 2011 and 2012.When Alford got the head coaching job at UCLA, one of his first calls was to Schilling, and in the past four seasons, the Bruins have made three Sweet 16 appearances and have had seven players drafted into the NBA.

Despite traveling from coast to coast at all levels of basketball, Schilling said there are some things that Indiana has that are unmatched across the country.

“The fan support is great and the crowds are knowledgeable, but beyond that, it is the high school coaches I love,” Schilling said. “At New Albany, you have Jim Shannon, who coached at Lebanon (per Stuhoo: and now has a pretty good SG named Romeo), North Central has a great coach in Doug Mitchell (per Stuhoo: who sent Kris Wilkes to UCLA, y'all), and these are all guys that I coached against and exchanged Xs and Os with. Mark James, who is coaching Ben Davis (Per Stuhoo: who may encourage Aaron Henry, if IU is interested) in the state title game this weekend, used to ride up to coaching clinics with me. The coaches in Indiana really have a passion for basketball and a passion for their players that you don’t see elsewhere.”

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News from the U19 World Cup -

Romeo Langford did not play Sunday due to lower back spasms and is day-to-day, according to USA Basketball.

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2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

News from the U19 World Cup -

Romeo Langford did not play Sunday due to lower back spasms and is day-to-day, according to USA Basketball.

Only had 5 in game 1 and Just 2 in 1 of the exhibitions. Not sure about other exhibition.

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Hasn't played alot of minutes. Only 7min in game two. Looks like the pUKe kids are getting alot of playing time (but are producing). Wins by 20-30 points and lack of playing time may hopefully sour Romeo on Calapari a little.

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1 hour ago, MoyeNeeded said:

Hasn't played alot of minutes. Only 7min in game two. Looks like the pUKe kids are getting alot of playing time (but are producing). Wins by 20-30 points and lack of playing time may hopefully sour Romeo on Calapari a little.

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Wonder if his injury has been bugging him for several days? I can't imagine it being too hard to sour on Calipari. This fake persona of getting top 5 players to the league is crazy.

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What’s up world, this is Romeo Langford doing my second blog with USA Today!

Happy 4^th of July!

Right now we’re here in Egypt and the team is playing really well.

I haven’t been playing because my lower back started acting up again. It’s bothered me in the past with spasms and things like that. I got to play today against Italy and hopefully I’ll be able to play in the rest of the games.

It was frustrating not to be able to play. I hate watching when I’m supposed to be playing. I’ve just been focusing on stretching my back with the trainers and trying to get back healthy.

Our downtime has been pretty cool too; we went to see the pyramids two days ago and, I’ve gotta be honest, they weren’t what I expected to see.

You’d think they’d be like they look in the movies, but they’re really old and pointy. The biggest one, you can actually walk up it so we had fun doing that. I got on top of a camel and at first it was kinda scary because it dips over and it feels like you’re about to fall, but when you get used to it it’s pretty fun.

The food is alright over here. I pretty much just stick with what I know.

Of course everyone knows that Coach (John) Calipari is our coach on the U19 team and it’s been a great experience having him as a coach at this level. He’s one of the coaches that’s been recruiting me so it’s good to have this opportunity to see how he does things.

He really harps on guys playing hard. He doesn’t even care about mistakes, he just wants your effort. So that’s cool.

Other than that we’re just hoping to keep winning so we can bring the gold back home with us!

OK guys well that’s it for my second blog with USA Today. I hope you enjoyed readying and I’ll be back soon with blog No. 3.

Happy 4^th!

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I don't care much for the Cal quotes

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2 hours ago, Fkfootball1 said:

UK SUCKS.

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Fixed it for you.

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3 hours ago, Fkfootball1 said:

UK bound.

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Actually, if Romeo ends up at UK, I won't care about losing him. There are certain program cultures, UK, Louisville, Syracuse, Oregon, Baylor, a few others, that I just find abhorrent, if a kid or his family/advisors aren't bothered by them then I don't want the kid rep'ing my school. Same with Bazely and Syracuse. If he wants to be there, fine, no loss. Losing kids to the Michigan St's and Villanova's are the ones that hurt.

I've always heard that Romeo is a good, self-effacing kid. Hope that's true.