Everybody and their baby’s momma’s momma chased, courted, recruited and had a love affair for the services of Romeo Langford for at least three years. It was the biggest news in the state of Indiana last spring as to where ole boy would play potentially his only year of college basketball.
Archie Miller and the Indiana Hoosiers won the Langford Lottery and the state went nuts!!!! After starting the season 3-0 and blasting Marquette last week the Hoosiers took the show on the road into SEC territory to play Arkansas. After being in a Battle Royale for 39 minutes and 50 seconds or so it was all knotted up at 72 and the Hoosiers had the ball.
It’s a no brainer that the dun you brought in to turn the freakin’ program around would, of course, have the ball in his hands right? The cat that has led you all night with big shot after big shot who’s got 22 points, will of course, take the last shot… right?
Well…he’s out there begging for the ball and Rob Phinesse who finished with 7 points shooting 3 or 7 from the floor takes the rock to the rack in traffic and misses. In the chaos to rebound the ball De’Ron Davis commits a foul with 2.5 seconds left and Arkansas knocks down the free throw to win the game 73-72.
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! If you spent every waking hour of your life, Archie Miller, trying to get the best player in the state to come to Bloomington. Why isn’t it a forgone conclusion that everybody on the team understands that he’s the man and that he will ALWAYS have the ball in his hands at the end of games? No ifs, ands or buts about it.
For all intents and purposes he’s Kobe, Mike or LeBron on your team. It’s not even a question as to who should have the ball in their hands with the game on the line. You’re only going to have him for this season and this season alone. So why are you saving him? You aren’t getting any do-overs bruh!! He’s going to the NBA in a matter of months!!!
I know there’s some cat out there saying, “Do you not think that everybody in the building knew that Romeo would be taking the shot?” Bruh…it doesn’t matter if everybody in the universe knew he was getting the ball. He’s a freakin’ lottery pick. That means that he’s better than 99.9999 percent of the cats on the floor. Take that back, he’s better than 100 percent of the guys on the floor. You live and die with him every time. It’s college basketball and he’s a pro playing in college because the rules say that he has to do something for a year.
Let’s not have this silly conversation again. Romeo Langford is in Bloomington to help the Hoosiers win games NOW not later because he won’t be there later. Stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.
2) Ole boy: noun – the person that I’m currently talkin’ about.