Armaan Franklin Signs National Letter of Intent with Indiana Basketball
11/14/2018 5:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University men's basketball coach Archie Miller has announced that Armaan Franklin, a 6-4 185-lb., All-State guard from Indianapolis Cathedral High School has signed a national letter of intent to attend IU and play basketball for the Hoosiers.
Franklin is ranked #133 in the country by 247 Sports and #137 in the nation by Rivals.com.
He will be a three-year starter for the Irish, who are coached by Jason Delaney, and led them to a 19-5 record as a junior. He averaged 23.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game last season, and 10.0 points and 3.0 rebounds as a sophomore. After last season, he was part of the core team of Indiana Junior All-Stars and was part of the Supreme 15 All-State underclass team as chosen by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
He also averaged 10.9 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for Meanstreets and Coach Tyrone Slaughter. His team played in the Nike EYBL circuit.
He is the son of India Franklin.
Miller on Franklin
"We couldn't be more excited to be able to bring Armaan and his family into our basketball program. He comes from a fantastic high school program in Cathedral and is getting great coaching from Jason Delaney."
"Armaan is tremendous young man, who will fit in perfectly on and off the court and in the classroom. He is a self-made player who has gotten better every step of his progression, he's got great size and competitiveness as a guard. He is shooting it right now as well as he ever has and brings positive energy to the locker room on day 1."
"Our approach to development is the same as his and that's what's going allow him reach his full potential. It's really important to our program that Armaan chose IU, Indianapolis is a big part of the tradition here and he will add to it throughout his career!"
Franklin is ranked #133 in the country by 247 Sports and #137 in the nation by Rivals.com.
He will be a three-year starter for the Irish, who are coached by Jason Delaney, and led them to a 19-5 record as a junior. He averaged 23.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game last season, and 10.0 points and 3.0 rebounds as a sophomore. After last season, he was part of the core team of Indiana Junior All-Stars and was part of the Supreme 15 All-State underclass team as chosen by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
He also averaged 10.9 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for Meanstreets and Coach Tyrone Slaughter. His team played in the Nike EYBL circuit.
He is the son of India Franklin.
Miller on Franklin
"We couldn't be more excited to be able to bring Armaan and his family into our basketball program. He comes from a fantastic high school program in Cathedral and is getting great coaching from Jason Delaney."
"Armaan is tremendous young man, who will fit in perfectly on and off the court and in the classroom. He is a self-made player who has gotten better every step of his progression, he's got great size and competitiveness as a guard. He is shooting it right now as well as he ever has and brings positive energy to the locker room on day 1."
"Our approach to development is the same as his and that's what's going allow him reach his full potential. It's really important to our program that Armaan chose IU, Indianapolis is a big part of the tradition here and he will add to it throughout his career!"
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