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Doug Smock: Taylor still 'the man' for Herd

HUNTINGTON — Pardon me for these disorganized thoughts, for I can’t get Jethro Tull’s “Bungle in the Jungle” out of my head.

• With James Kelly running roughshod over the opposition, Ryan Taylor isn’t “the man” for Marshall basketball anymore. Right?

Wrong. Taylor, who has a team-high 77 career starts, is still very much the face of the program. And that will be the case even if Kelly dunks his way to the All-Conference USA first team — or better.

Road games and tougher opponents lie ahead, but it seems that only injury or persistent foul trouble can keep Kelly out of the league’s top five players.