Gabe York planning visit...

[bilsu]

I think it will depend on what happens with our 2 remaining scholarships for this year, but I just can't see adding a second point for 2012. As of right now, we have 2 scholarships we can use this year. We have none for 2012. If any open, or if we don't use one, we are currently bringing in a point guard (TJ Taylor) and a switchable (Jamal Ferguson). Based on Buzz's recruiting philosophy, if he adds anyone for 2012, it should be a big as he wants one point and one big every year.

While some places list Taylor as a SG, he was a PG first that had a scoring mentality. York, on the other hand, is a shooting guard that is trying to learn the point to better suit the college game. But Taylor has always been PG first while York has been SG first. He's a great talent, but based on our incoming class, he doesn't seem to be our biggest need. I think that barring transfers or holding over multiple scholarships, guys like York and Kris Dunn probably became very low priorities when we got the verbal from Taylor.

Ferguson and Taylor are verbal commitments. There is no guarantee that they actually sign with us.

[Dawson Rental]

Ferguson and Taylor are verbal commitments. There is no guarantee that they actually sign with us.

Given his history - things not working out at Okla., his mom wanting him to go to MU in the first place- Taylor has got to be as close to a lock as a verbal can get.

[brewcity77]

Ferguson and Taylor are verbal commitments. There is no guarantee that they actually sign with us.

Okay...that's true...but I have to imagine that until one of them says otherwise, Buzz will proceed with his recruiting under the assumption they are coming. You don't go out and get five point guards for a recruiting class just because you are afraid one might back out. Granted, verbals aren't binding commitments, but getting a verbal definitely impacts how you go about building the rest of the recruiting class.