Evansville’s Ryan Taylor should be Indiana’s top priority
By Eric Brown
Indiana could be in the market for one of the top grad transfer’s on the market, Ryan Taylor from Evansville.
As it currently stands, Indiana has four players leaving the program, and it could become five if Juwan Morgan attends the combine and gets advice to leave for the NBA. They also have four incoming players, which could jump to five if Romeo Langford chooses to come to Indiana. Despite the influx of young players, Indiana should take a look at University of Evansville guard Ryan Taylor, who is seeking his transfer after they fired Hoosier legend Marty Simmons as their head coach.
Evansville grad transfer Ryan Taylor has heard from Butler, Northwestern, Vandy, South Carolina, Ohio St, Ole Miss, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Illinois, Georgetown, Creighton, Minnesota, BC, Indiana, UCLA, Arizona, Wake, Miami, Purdue, Baylor, Maryland & Missouri, source told ESPN.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 18, 2018
As you can see from Jeff Goodman, plenty of other school’s are interested in the 22 ppg scorer. If Taylor does choose to attend Indiana, he would likely start right away at the shooting guard, or small forward positions depending on Archie Miller’s opening game rotation.
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From personal experience, I have watched plenty games of Taylor’s over the past couple of seasons. He has been the only person who is capable of getting a bucket when Evansville needed one over the past two seasons. When it comes to coaching, Miller is infinitely better than Simmons. Marty ran practically the same play every time down the court, with the Power Forward setting up a screen for a Taylor jump shot.
With the firing of Simmons, Ryan will likely leave Evansville as they will be in the midst of a massive rebuild. His talent of scoring the ball is needed for plenty of programs around the country, however no team needs it more than Indiana.
In his junior season, Taylor shot 42 percent from three, 42 percent from the field, all while averaging 21.2 points and 3.8 rebounds for an underachieving Aces program.
If Romeo Langford chooses to come to Indiana, the necessity of Taylor lessens a little, as they will have a five-star player who can score at will. Either way, Ryan Taylor should be on the top of Archie Miller’s “to-get” list this offseason.