UNC Recruiting: Updates on basketball and football programs for April
By Zack Pearson
Romeo Langford dishes on why UNC didn’t make the cut
One of the top unsigned players in the 2018 recruiting class, Romeo Langford, is set to make his decision on where he will sign. Langford is down to three schools after cutting his list down a few months back.
The five-star recruit will choose between Kansas, Indiana and Vanderbilt. There’s no rumored favorite as of this point but don’t be shocked if he chose any of the three.
As for the North Carolina Tar Heels, they were one of the teams cut out from Langford’s list back in November as he eliminated UNC and UCLA from his top 5.
We haven’t heard much on Langford and UNC since then but with a decision approaching, we finally have a reason as to why he cut the Tar Heels out of the picture.
Fletcher Page of the Louisville Courier-Journal wrote a great piece on Langford’s recruitment including some tidbits about both Kentucky and North Carolina. In the piece, it mentions that Langford told his father that John Calipari couldn’t adapt to what Canada was doing against USA Under-19 squad which Romeo was a part of.
That was it for Kentucky. But something similar happened with UNC.
Langford cut UNC from his list because he didn’t like how Roy Williams coached the team through practice. Here’s the excerpt:
"Tim admits his list included North Carolina. But Romeo pointed to something, which Tim didn’t disclose, that he didn’t like when he watched coach Roy Williams run his Tar Heels through practice. “He said, ‘Dad, I’m not sure about that and me fitting in with this happening,'” Tim said. “That’s how zoned-in he is as far as each school, and he’s very knowledgeable of these coaches.”"
That’s pretty interesting.
It might sound bad at first but remember, it is Langford’s recruitment. If he feels like he’s not going to fit in somewhere, why would he go there?
On the other hand, it is a little frustrating to hear that how a coach ran the team through a practice is a reason for not making a top three. Either way, we wish Langford all the best in his recruitment and career.