Today my good friend Steve Hanger and I were in the Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium in Seymour to watch the Regional Semi-Finals.  We came home after they were over.  As I type this New Albany, winner of the second game, and Center Grove, winner of the first game, are playing for the championship.  New Albany is leading in the first quarter.

There were over 8000 people in the gym to watch the games this morning and early afternoon.  It was quite a sight.

I was glad to be able to witness this.  Only in Indiana will you find such crowds for high school basketball. Folks were standing all over the place…in the corners on the floor, around the perimeter up top, it was crazy.  I ran into my radio hero Robert Becker.  He was there to make notes for Monday’s Speaking of Sports report.  Becker told me he hope his sidekick Jim Plump was in the house to help him out on Monday morning.

A young man by the name of Romeo Langford playing for the New Albany Bulldogs is on of those you hope to see come along some day.  He is the real thing.  He is the best high school player I have ever seen.

Langford at the foul line.

When I pulled into Depauw to let Steve out at his house, I told him one of these days we’re going to be watching an NBA game remind each other of the day we went to Seymour to watch that his team play.

If New Albany makes in to Indy, I will be interested to see how many show up at the big barn.  Seymour has the 3rd largest gym in the land.  Bottom line, we in Southern Indiana have not seen the likes of this since Damon Bailey led Bedford North Lawrence to the championship his senior year and they played in front of over 40,000 in the Hoosier Dome. That was over the top.

I hope Romeo Langford plays his college ball at Indiana University.  Word is he is down the IU, Vandy, and Kansas as potential landing spots.  But..if he only wants to play one or two years, I hope he goes to Kansas.

It sure was fun today I can tell you.

Speaking the rights.

Danny Johnson