Ryan Taylor (basketball)

Talyor joined Marshall in 2012{{cite news |author1=Jeff Borzello |title=Former Louisville commit Ryan Taylor signs with Marshall |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/former-louisville-commit-ryan-taylor-signs-with-marshall/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=CBS Sports |date=17 May 2012}} but redshirted his freshman year. He played 31 of 33 games in 2013–2014, starting 29 games and averaging 12.8 points and team leading 7.2 rebounds. In 2014–2015 he led Marshall in scoring and rebounding, with 14.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and was selected to the All-Conference USA Third Team.{{cite web |title=Ryan Taylor Bio |url=http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ryan_taylor_807309.html |website=herdzone.com |accessdate=13 July 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203114144/http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ryan_taylor_807309.html |archivedate=3 December 2016}} In November 2016, Taylor was suspended by coach Dan D'Antoni for one game after he had been ejected from Marshalls 71–61 victory over Jackson State. Taylor had fouled out in the game and had continued to berate the referee from the bench, leading to his ejection.{{cite news |author1=Doug Smock |title=Marshall suspends Ryan Taylor for basketball game against Ohio State |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/marshall-suspends-ryan-taylor-for-basketball-game-against-ohio-state/article_99309513-6ba9-57df-9e3c-0fd99a981f63.html |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Charleston Gazette-Mail |date=22 November 2016}} On January 10, 2017, Taylor was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week after he averaged 25.3 points and 13.3 rebounds in Marshall's three victories during the week of January 2–7.{{cite news |title=Marshall's Taylor is Oscar Robertson national player of the week |url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2017/oscar170110.html |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=sportswriters.net |date=10 January 2017}}{{cite news |author1=Woody Woodrum |title=Marshall's Ryan Taylor Is Oscar Robertson National Player of Week |url=http://herdinsider.com/basketball/marshalls-ryan-taylor-earns-trio-awards-20177895 |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Herd Insider |date=10 January 2017}} During the season he passed Dan D'Antoni and Mike D'Antoni on Marshalls all-time scoring list and became the 50th player to break the 1000 point barrier in the schools history. In 2017 he became the first Marshall player to reach career totals of 1,500 points, 800 rebounds and 250 assists.{{cite news |author1=Rick McCann |title=Ryan Taylor wants to go out on top |url=http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/marshall_sports/ryan-taylor-wants-to-go-out-on-top/article_bfd5a61c-0f3f-519c-85ed-3f1c173a78ee.html |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=The Herald-Dispatch |date=1 February 2017}}

Taylor signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR in September 2017.{{cite news |title=Ryan Taylor til ÍR |url=https://www.karfan.is/read/2017-09-19/ryan-taylor-til-ir/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=karfan.is |date=19 September 2017 |language=Icelandic}} He quickly established himself as one of the top players in the country{{cite news |author1=Kristján Jónsson |title=Taylor var boðið til æfinga hjá NFL-liði |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2018/02/20/taylor_var_bodid_til_aefinga_hja_nfl_lidi/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=20 February 2018 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |author1=Kári Viðarsson |title=Ryan Taylor situr í hásæti himnaríkis! |url=https://karfan.is/read/2018-01-18/ryan-taylor-situr-i-hasaeti-himnarikis-/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=karfan.is |date=18 January 2018 |language=Icelandic}} and in December 2017, he was named the best player of the first half of the season.{{cite news |author1=Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson |title=Helena og Taylor kjörin best |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2017171218850 |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Vísir.is |date=18 December 2017 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |author1=Kristján Jónsson |title=Fær svigrúm til athafna |url=https://timarit.is/page/6967170 |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=20 February 2020 |page=3 |language=Icelandic |via=Tímarit.is}} {{open access}} On March 5, Taylor made the game saving block on Haukar's Haukur Óskarsson three point attempt at the buzzer in ÍR's 64–62 victory.{{cite news |author1=Tómas Þór Þórðarson |title=Skólastjórinn missti sig eftir flautublokk Taylor í Seljaskóla |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2018180309432 |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Vísir.is |date=5 March 2018 |language=Icelandic}} During the regular season, he averaged team highs of 21.9 points and 10.4 rebounds in 22 games.{{cite web |title=ÍR – Domino´s deild karla (2017–2018 Tímabil) |url=https://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Eitt-lid?league_id=undefined&season_id=97417&team_id=4646375#mbt:6-200$t&0=3 |website=kki.is |publisher=Icelandic Basketball Association |access-date=26 April 2022 |language=Icelandic}}

ÍR ended the regular season with the second best record in the league and faced Stjarnan in the first round of the playoffs.{{cite news |author1=Skúli B. Sigurðsson |title=ÍR í öðru sæti og mætir Stjörnunni |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2018/03/08/ir_i_odru_saeti_og_maetir_stjornunni/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=8 March 2018 |language=Icelandic}} In the third game of the series on March 22, Taylor struck Stjarnan's center, Hlynur Bæringsson, in the back of the head which resulted in Hlynur getting a concussion and missing both the rest of the game and the rest of the playoffs. As the referees did not see the hit clearly, Taylor was not ejected from the game{{cite news |author1=Anton Ingi Leifsson |title=Hlynur steinlá eftir högg Taylor – Verðskuldaði þetta brottvísun? |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2018180329556/hlynur-steinla-eftir-hogg-taylor-verdskuldadi-thetta-brottvisun- |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Vísir.is |date=22 March 2018 |language=Icelandic}} and ÍR won a 67–64 victory.{{cite news |author1=Kristófer Kristjánsson |title=ÍR með forystuna eftir hörkuleik |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2018/03/22/ir_med_forystuna_eftir_horkuleik/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=22 March 2018 |language=Icelandic}} Two days later, Taylor received a three-game suspension from the league for the hit.{{cite news |title=Ryan Taylor í þriggja leikja bann |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2018/03/24/ryan_taylor_i_thriggja_leikja_bann/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=24 March 2018 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |author1=Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson |title=Taylor í þriggja leikja bann |url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/taylor-i-thriggja-leikja-bann |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=RÚV |date=24 March 2018 |language=Icelandic}} Without Taylor, ÍR managed to edge out victory in the fourth game with a 24-point, 21-rebound performance by Danero Thomas, winning the series 3–1.{{cite news |author1=Þór Símon Hafþórsson |title=Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Stjarnan – ÍR 69–71 – Danero Thomas skaut ÍR í undanúrslit |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2018180329460 |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Vísir.is |date=25 March 2018 |language=Icelandic}} Taylor returned in the third game of ÍR's semi-finals series against Tindastóll.{{cite news |author1=Kristján Jónsson |title=Þeir eru eins og hákarlar |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2018/04/11/their_eru_eins_og_hakarlar/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=11 April 2018 |language=Icelandic}} After splitting the first two games, Tindastóll went on to win the next two, eliminating ÍR 3–1 from the playoffs.

In 2019, he played for the Indianapolis Blaze in the Central Basketball Association where he helped the team to the CBA championship. In 5 games for the Blaze, Taylor averaged 11.0 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.{{cite web |title=Indianapolis Blaze – 2019 Regular Season – Roster – #13 – Ryan Taylor – F |url=https://www.playcba.com/roster_players/31423173?subseason=363540 |website=playcba.com |accessdate=26 August 2019}}

In July 2018, Taylor played for the West Virginia Wildcats in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a winner-take-all $2 million, single-elimination event.{{cite news |title=W.Va. Wildcats playing for $2M |url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/marshall_sports/w-va-wildcats-playing-for-m/article_8506e31c-5d0e-5ace-910e-7af3cde36c61.html |accessdate=20 April 2019 |work=The Herald-Dispatch |date=21 July 2018}} He had a double-double, 16 points and 10 rebounds, in the Wildcats first game, an 114–87 victory against 17th-seeded Charlotte Chess Center on July 20. The following day he led the team with 18 points and 11 rebounds but was unable to prevent a 99–68 loss against Scarlet & Gray, a team of mostly Ohio State men's basketball alumni, which knocked them out of the tournament.{{cite news |title=Roundup: West Virginia Wildcats knocked out of The Basketball Tournament |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/roundup-west-virginia-wildcats-knocked-out-of-the-basketball-tournament/article_39dbe657-17ae-5bec-bf72-955cdebf25fa.html |accessdate=20 April 2019 |work=Charleston Gazette-Mail |date=21 July 2018}} Taylor has subsequently played for Herd That, a team rostered primarily with Marshall alumni.{{cite news |last1=Traylor |first1=Grant |title=Herd That banking on chemistry to push team through The Basketball Tournament |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/marshall_university/herd-that-banking-on-chemistry-to-push-team-through-the-basketball-tournament/article_649ff78e-7b8f-591e-a261-4a31d74861f6.html |accessdate=July 4, 2020 |work=Charleston Gazette-Mail |date=June 28, 2020}}{{efn|Two players named Ryan Taylor have played in TBT: forward Ryan Taylor who attended Marshall,{{cite web |url=https://thetournament.com/players/ryan-taylor-2/ |title=Ryan Taylor |website=thetournament.com |accessdate=July 31, 2022}} and guard Ryan Taylor who attended Ohio, Evansville, and Northwestern.{{cite web |url=https://thetournament.com/players/ryan-taylor/ |title=Ryan Taylor |website=thetournament.com |accessdate=July 31, 2022}} The first Ryan Taylor is the subject of this article; the second Ryan Taylor won TBT's three-point shooting contest in July 2022.{{cite tweet |user=thetournament |number=1552828479275778050 |title=$33,333 RICHER RYAN TAYLOR IS YOUR @PUMAHoops 33-POINT CONTEST CHAMP!!! |date=July 28, 2022 |accessdate=July 28, 2022}}}}

In 2019, Taylor was named the head boys' basketball coach at St. Joseph Central Catholic High School in Huntington, West Virginia.{{cite news |author1=Grant Traylor |title=Boys basketball: Former Marshall standout Ryan Taylor named St. Joseph coach |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/prep_sports/basketball/boys_basketball/boys-basketball-former-marshall-standout-ryan-taylor-named-st-joseph/article_07eb5b99-8dc6-5baa-b545-65fbf142e9e3.html |accessdate=October 30, 2019 |work=Charleston Gazette-Mail |date=May 20, 2019}}

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• [http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=undefined&season_id=97417&player_id=5524423 Icelandic statistics] at kki.is
• [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Ryan-Taylor/Summary/57053 Profile] at realgm.com
• [https://basketball.usbasket.com/player/Ryan-Taylor/299814 Profile] at Eurobasket.com

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