2010-11 recruit target TJ Taylor picks OU over MU & ASU

[Big Daddy 84]

NORMAN — Still on the market for one player to add to next year's team, the Oklahoma Sooners got a head start on the 2010-11 season Tuesday by reportedly securing a verbal commitment from Denison (Texas) High senior-to-be T.J. Taylor.

"Coach (Jeff) Capel was a great player at Duke and was a 6-3 guard like me," Taylor told Rivals.com. "He knows what it takes to be a pro, and he can develop me."

Taylor chose OU over Marquette and Arizona State, according to Rivals. He becomes Capel's first commitment for next year's recruiting class.

The five-member class headed to OU this summer was ranked fourth nationally by ESPN. It includes McDonald's All-Americans Keith Gallon and Tommy Mason-Griffin.

Capel has said he will use the scholarship vacated when Blake Griffin recently decided to turn pro during the current signing period, if the right situation emerged

[Tugg Speedman]

How serious was MU in landing him (did we really have a shot)?