Tyshawn Taylor Headed to Kansas

St. Anthony’s (Jersey City) guard Tyshawn Taylor has switched paths and has now committed to Kansas, according to report in the Lawrence Journal-World. Taylor had originally signed with Marquette, but had asked to be let out of his commitment when Coach Tom Crean bolted for Indiana. Taylor, who had been an integral part of St. Anthony’s undefeated squad this past season that won high school basketball’s mythical national championship, will join a Kansas squad fresh off winning college basketball’s title but in need of serious retooling after several defections to the NBA.

"I just felt like Kansas was the right place for me,” Taylor told the Journal-World. “Coach (Bill) Self and all the coaches and the players made me feel comfortable. People there are still celebrating the championship. It's something that I want to be part of."

- In other news, North Carolina prospect Miles Plumlee has asked out of his commitment to Stanford after former Cardinal Coach Trent Johnson left to become the head man at LSU. Plumlee’s brother, Mason, has orally committed to Duke, and some have speculated that Miles may end up there as well as the Blue Devils now have a scholarship open after the transfer of Taylor King to Villanova. New Stanford Coach Johnnie Dawkins seems to think that Plumlee will never make it to Palo Alto.

“You always want kids that want to be in your program,” Dawkins told the San Jose Mercury-News. “So if the young man is not sure of his decision or does not feel it's the right fit for him, I'm a believer that the kid should go where he's more comfortable."

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Cole Aldrich: Another Faces in the Crowd in the national spotlight!

One of Takkle's first Video Faces in the Crowd has made the news recently as he played a good amout of minutes in the Kansas Jayhawks NCAA basketball championship victory. Cole Aldrich was a Video Face in the Crowd last March, who also won Mr. Basketball in Minnesota for 2007. Cole played a big role in the victory Saturday over North Carolina as he was menace all over the court coming up big defensively a number of times. Cole contributed 7 rebounds (4 of those being offensive rebounds!)and 8 points and 4 blocks in 17 minutes off the bench while providing a great disruption to All-American Tyler Hansbrough. Cole didn't get much time off the bench in the championship game but that was because Kansas was behind for most of the 2nd half, as he only logged 4 minutes and no points and no rebounds. Good Luck to Cole, I'm sure we'll be seeing more of him in the next 3 years at Kansas as he showed everyone on a national stage that he could really play.