The Arizona Wildcats are expected to lose six players next season, including three guards: Allonzo Trier, Rawle Alkins and Parker Jackson-Cartwright.
With zero commits in the 2018 class and time running out on the recruiting trail, Sean Miller and Co. were expected to hit the graduate transfer market with full force in order to fill the roster for next season.
The first grad transfer to keep an eye on is Evansville guard Ryan Taylor, after ESPN's Jeff Goodman said on Thursday via Twitter that the 6-foot-6 shooting guard would transfer from EU. On Saturday, The Wildcats have reportedly reached out to Taylor among several other programs, per Goodman.
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 (@GoodmanESPN) March 18, 2018
Taylor averaged 21.2 points on 42.4 percent 3-point shooting, and led the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring this season. The First Team All-MVC guard will be eligible to play immediately, and if he joins Arizona, he will mix in with returnees Dylan Smith, Brandon Randolph and Emmanuel Akot on the wing.
Other schools in the Taylor sweepstakes: UCLA, Ohio State, Missouri, Illinois, Purdue, Maryland, Wisconsin and Indiana.
