Jordan Taylor Class: Junior Hometown: Bloomington, Minn. High School: Benilde-St. Margaret Height / Weight: 6-1 / 195 Position: G Experience: 2V

Point guard Jordan Taylor emerged as a regular contributor in the Badgers rotation last season as a true freshman. Taylor stepped on campus with the mindset and maturity of an upperclassman and was rewarded by appearing in all 33 games in 2008-09 and 2009-10. An unselfish floor leader, the former Minnesota Mr. Basketball led the Big Ten with a 3.03 assist-to-turnover ration in 2009-10.

Taylor led the Big Ten and finished third in the nation with a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio in 2009-10.

2009-10: His 118 assists this season were the most by a UW player since Devin Harris had 141 in 2004 ... Led Big Ten and ranked 3rd in the nation with +3.03 assist-to-turnover ratio (118 assists to 39 turnovers) ... Ratio of 3.03 is the third-best single-season ratio in school history behind Mike Kelley's 4.30 in 1999 and 3.26 in 2000 ... His 11.6 points per game during Big Ten play ranked 22nd in the conference ... Ranked 8th in the Big Ten with an average of 3.6 assists per game ... Scored in double figures 16 times and 13 of the last 23 games ... Ranked 14th in the Big Ten, shooting 77 percent at the FT line in conference games ... Played all 40 minutes at Illinois, scoring game-high 20 points and adding 3 assists and a career-high 8 rebounds ... Scored 13 points and tied career high with three steals at Indiana ... Had 15 points, 4 assists, 2 boards and a steal vs. Northwestern ... Scored 10 of UW's first 13 points in win over MSU, finished with 17 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds ... Scored 18 of his 20 points in the final 2:00 and overtime in a comeback win vs. PSU, also added 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals ... Tallied a career-high 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting vs. Purdue ... Made first career start at Northwestern, notching 10 points, five rebounds and a career-high-tying seven assists with zero turnovers ... Posted a career-high 7 assists with zero turnovers vs. Cal Poly ... Scored 19 points vs. Gonzaga ... Averaged 8.3 points with eight assists and one turnover in Maui Invitational

2008-09: Appeared in all 33 games this season, averaging the most minutes among UW freshmen with 13.2 per game ... led the Badgers with a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio ... averaged 20.8 minutes over six-game stretch from Jan. 21 to Feb. 8, posting a 13-to-5 assist-to-turnover ratio over that span ... point guard only turned the ball over in five of 18 Big Ten games, finishing with a 2.6 assist-to-TO ratio in conference play ... over the final 16 games he posted 27 assists, six turnovers and eight steals ... recorded a 14:1 assist-to-turnover ratio in last 10 games ... saw a career-high 27 minutes at Illinois, recording three assists and zero turnovers ... posted career bests with 10 points, three assists and two steals at Iowa. Also drained his first career 3-pointer with 0:01 remaining to send the game into overtime ... logged 15 minutes, two points, four rebounds and two assists in first career game vs. Long Beach State

High School: Named Minnesota Mr. Basketball as a senior after averaging 22.3 points and 7.1 assists per game ... Led Benilde-St. Margaret to the Minnesota state Class AAA title in 2008 ... two-time all-state and four-time all-conference honoree ... took his school to a runner-up finish as a junior, earning North Suburban Conference MVP and Class AAA All-Tournament that year ... averaged 19.5 points, 6.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds as a junior ... named honorable mention all-state as a sophomore ... member of the National Honor Society and earned the Minnesota State High School League Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

Personal: Born in Bloomington, Minnesota ... parents are Louis and Lezlie Taylor ... has one older brother, Brandon (26) ... prep teammate of Armond Battle (Tulsa University) ... intends on majoring in marketing

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