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Article: PATTERSON PICKS WILDCATS PROXIMITY GIVES EDGE TO GILLISPIE.(Sports)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2007
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Byline: April Vitello, Associated Press
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Highly sought recruit Patrick Patterson will take his basketball-playing skills to the University of Kentucky.
The 6-foot-8 power forward from Huntington High School announced his decision Wednesday, the last day of the signing period.
Five other Division I teams courted Patterson: Duke, Florida, Virginia, Wake Forest and West Virginia.
Last week he narrowed his choices to Duke, Florida and Kentucky, then to Florida and Kentucky.
Patterson said it came down to matter of distance. He chose Kentucky because he wanted to be close to his family.
"Proximity was ...