Romeo Langford at McDonald's All-American Game: Vanderbilt, Indiana or Kansas?

Romeo Langford, the biggest recruiting target in college basketball, will be on display at the McDonald’s All-American Game on Wednesday night.

Vanderbilt is among three finalists hoping to land Langford, along with Indiana and Kansas.

Twenty-four players are at the McDonald's All-American events this week, including Vanderbilt signees Darius Garland and Simi Shittu. Only three players are still undecided on their school, and Vanderbilt is recruiting two of them — Langford and 6-foot-11 E.J. Montgomery.

Langford is the top-rated available player, but only three schools are still in the hunt for him.

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The craziness around Langford’s pending decision has gained momentum with each visit he’s taken to a campus, each hourlong autograph session he’s granted, each Twitter storm from a fan pleading for his commitment and each eye-popping highlight the 6-foot-5 shooting guard has pulled off.

Here is everything you need to know about where Langford, a senior from New Albany, Indiana, stands heading into the McDonald’s All-American Game, which tips off at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Atlanta on ESPN.

Langford likes every school in different ways

Most recruiting analysts believe Langford hasn’t made his decision yet, even privately. And he now plans to make his decision in mid- to late April. On Sunday, Langford told Rivals.com that he likes all three prospective programs, but in different ways.

Langford said he likes Indiana coach Archie Miller’s “skill development of players” and how Hoosiers assistant coach Ed Schilling sent seven players to the NBA while on UCLA’s staff.

Langford likes how Kansas coach Bill Self develops big guards and that he gets the most out of his players. However, Langford said the Jayhawks’ appearance in the Final Four “doesn’t give them an advantage” in recruiting him.

Langford said he likes that Vanderbilt coach Bryce Drew “has been in the league, runs everything league-based and tries to implement what he got from (playing in the) NBA.” Drew played six NBA seasons for the Hornets, Bulls and Rockets.

Langford should be in NBA soon

Why does Langford emphasize college coaches’ ties to the NBA? Because it’s assumed that he is a one-and-done college player. He is ranked No. 5 in ESPN’s 2019 NBA mock draft.

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Langford is an elite scorer with 3,000 career points, fourth-most in Indiana high school history. He’s a dangerous 3-point shooter. He’s a high-flying athletic finisher around the rim. And he has tremendous body control to score from awkward angles.

Defensively, Langford has a 6-10 wingspan that should come in handy at the next level. He sounds like a can’t-miss NBA prospect and a comet of a college player.

Langford holds babies, signs autographs

Langford has become almost a mythical figure in Indiana. Don’t believe it? Take in some of the firsthand accounts of Langford graciously signing autographs for more than an hour after his games, holding babies for photos, signing baseballs for adults’ memorabilia collection and leading throngs of admirers as if a biblical figure.

It points to two conclusions. No. 1, Langford is a patient, giving young man who is comfortable in a glaring spotlight. And No. 2, there is plenty of pressure for him to stay close to home.

Indiana is Langford's home team, or is it?

Indiana fans have made Langford know their adoration for him, even chanting “IU” at some of his high school games. There is certainly enough of a cross-section of New Albany residents and Hoosier fans to make the case that Langford should opt to stay home and play at Indiana.

But Langford actually is closer to another college basketball power. New Albany High School is only nine miles from Louisville, just over the Ohio River, but he eliminated the Cardinals from his list due to an FBI investigation and Rick Pitino’s firing. Indiana University is only 93 miles from Langford’s high school. If it matters, Vanderbilt is 182 miles from Langford and Kansas is 544 miles away.

It’s unclear how deep Langford’s loyalties lie to an in-state school, especially since he’ll likely play only one season there. But it’s a hotly debated topic among fans of all three schools.

Vanderbilt, Kansas trying to win him over at McDonald’s game

The McDonald’s All-American Game could influence Langford’s decision as he spends more time with possible future teammates. Garland, a five-star point guard from Brentwood Academy, is on the East team with Langford.

If he choose Vanderbilt, Langford and Garland will be in the backcourt together in the Commodores’ best recruiting class in program history. Shittu, another Vanderbilt signee, is on the West team, but he is rehabbing a torn ACL.

And Montgomery is also with Langford and Garland on the East team. Montgomery is considering Vanderbilt, though the Commodores are considered a dark-horse candidate by many recruiting analysts behind Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky and Clemson.

Before his unofficial visit to Vanderbilt in February, Langford told the Louisville Courier-Journal he was attracted to the possibility of being "part of the best recruiting class ever to come to Vanderbilt."

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Three Kansas signees are at the McDonald’s All-American Game. David McCormack is on the East squad with Langford and Garland, while Devon Dotson and Quentin Grimes are on the West team.

There are no Indiana signees at the McDonald’s All-American Game.

Reach Adam Sparks at asparks@tennessean.com and on Twitter @AdamSparks.