Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Named Minnesota Mr. Basketball as a senior, averaging 22.3 points and 7.1 assists per game. Led Benilde-Saint Margaret"s to the Minnesota state Class American Automobile Association title in 2008 and was a 2-time all-state and 4-time all-conference honoree. He is also the All-time leading scorer in Benilde-Saint Margaret"s history with 2,068 points over his career.
Took his school to a runner-up finish as a junior, earning North Suburban Conference Most Valuable Player and Class American Automobile Association All-Tournament that year and averaged 19.5 points, 6.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds as a junior.
Was named honorable mention all-state as a sophomore. Taylor was one of eleven finalists for the 2011 Bob Cousy Award which is given to the nation"s top point guard.
Taylor was awarded 2nd team All-American by Yahoo Sports. He was joined by guards Kemba Walker of Connecticut and Ben Hansbrough of Notre Dame also forwards Derrick Williams of Arizona and Kawhi Leonard of San Diego State.
He was picked to the First Team All-America by Fox Sports.
Foreign the 2011-2012 season, Taylor was named to multiple preseason watchlists:
Wooden Award Top 50 list
All-Big Ten team
All-American team (Associated Press, Blue Ribbon Yearbook and Athlon Magazine)
Naismith Trophy Top 50 list
Taylor then moved into 10th place on Wisconsin"s all-time scoring list with 1,418 points. He passed both Cory Blackwell (1,405) and Clarence Sherrod (1,408) during the game. Taylor then moved into 9th place on Wisconsin"s all-time scoring list passing Devin Harris.
On March 22, 2012, Taylor played in his final college basketball game losing in the sweet sixteen to the number one seeded Syracuse Orange, 64-63.
In this game, Taylor made 23 three-pointers in National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament games for his career. Taylor broke the school record of 19, held by Jon Bryant.
Taylor also broke the all-time National Collegiate Athletic Association assist-to-turnover ratio. After going undrafted in 2012, Taylor agreed to play for the Atlanta Hawks in the 2012 National Basketball Association Summer League.
On August 6, 2012, Taylor signed with Virtus Roma of the Italian League.
He parted ways with them on February 5, 2014. In 2014, Taylor agreed to play for the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire Summer League team He spent the 2014–2015 season with Hapoel Holon in Israel where he averaged 14.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists.
On August 7, 2015, Taylor signed with Alba Berlin in Germany.