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Rick Bozich of WDRB.com writes that there were a lot of “done deals” for Romeo Langford along the way, but ultimately Indiana and Archie Miller won out:
One reason Tom Crean was removed as the Indiana coach was he whiffed in his recruitment of the six straight Mr. Basketballs. Gifted in-state kids like Kyle Guy (Virginia), Kris Wilkes (UCLA), Jaren Jackson (Michigan State), Malik Williams (Louisville), Trevon Blueitt (Xavier) and Bryant McIntosh (Northwestern) did big things elsewhere this season. It was no longer cool to go to Indiana.
All Miller could say was that he planned to build his team by recruiting inside-out, scrambling to sign as many Indiana kids as possible.