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Former Cyclone combo guard Mike Taylor caught up with Jared Larson on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Check out Taylor’s website miketaylor88.com and his foundation’s website taylormadefoundation414.org. 

The duo touched on a myriad of topics, including but not limited to:

• Taylor’s high school days in Milwaukee
• The junior college experience felt at Chipola JC for Mike and to a lesser extent the community college experience felt at DMACC for Jared
• Growing up in Milwaukee and being a positive outlet for the community
• Having a preseason with then head coach Chris Jans (current New Mexico State coach) and then a season with then assistant coach Greg Heiar (who is now an assistant at ETSU)
• How he chose between Iowa State and Minnesota
• Outscoring Kevin Durant in college and outscoring Russell Westbrook in the NBA
• Mike’s adventure at Iowa State good, bad and ugly
• Playing against (as aforementioned) Kevin Durant and D.J. Augustin of Texas, Mike Conley, Daequan Cook and Greg Oden of Ohio State.
• The Black experience in the United States involving discriminatory acts within police 

(Taylor and I both studied sociology at Iowa State)

• Playing his last game as a Cyclone on the date of the passing of his best friend, Devin Venerable
• Being cut instead of Allen Iverson while with the Grizzlies
• Getting socks for his teammates overseas
• A comic book Taylor is working on
• How to get over the fear of flying