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Patterson undergoes surgery

Published by jtipton on April 2, 2008 in Patrick Patterson. 0 Comments

Patrick Patterson had surgery to stabilize the stress fracture in his left ankle.  According to a UK news release, he should be fully recovered by the time next season starts, or shortly thereafter.

The news release also repeated what Coach Billy Gillispie said at a news conference late last season: that Jodie Meeks was considering surgery to repair a groin injury that helped reduce his season to 11 games.

Here’s the news release:

 

Kentucky freshman Patrick Patterson underwent surgery in Charlotte, N.C., last Friday on his left ankle, to repair a stress fracture sustained during the season, while sophomore Jodie Meeks is still exploring the possibility of surgery on a diagnosed sports hernia.

 

Patterson’s surgery was performed by well-renowned foot and ankle specialist Dr. Robert Anderson. The procedure was done to stabilize the stress fracture.

 

Patterson will be in a cast and on crutches for six weeks and a 4-6 month recovery time is expected, depending on how the injury heals.

 

Meeks has been diagnosed with right athletic pubalgia, more commonly known as a sports hernia.

 

Meeks will meet with sports hernia specialist Dr. Bill Meyers in Philadelphia, Pa., on Thursday, April 10, to determine if surgery is necessary.

 

Patterson named Freshman All-American

Published by jtipton on March 31, 2008 in Patrick Patterson. 0 Comments

Kentucky big man Patrick Patterson has been named to a Freshman All-American team.

Here’s the news release:

Kentucky freshman Patrick Patterson continued pulling in the postseason honors, as he was named a Freshman All-American by CollegeInsider.com as announced by the organization.

 

Rather then assembling first, second, third and fourth team squads, the collegeinsider.com Freshmen All-America team is one team consisting of 16 players. Division I coaches and NBA scouts are part of the selection process, but final decision rests with the collegeinsider.com staff.

 

Despite missing UK’s last five games with a stress fracture in his left foot, Patterson finished the regular season as one of two freshmen to rank in the SEC’s top 10 in both scoring (9th) and rebounding (7th), and is one of two players in the league’s top 10 in points, rebounds, field goal percentage (5th) and free throw percentage (9th).

 

Patterson finished the season averaging 16.4 points, second on the team, and a team high 7.7 rebounds. He also shot a team best 57 percent from the field.

 

It is the second freshman All-America team he has been selected to, receiving second team honors from CollegeHoops.net last week. He was also named the SEC Coaches’ Co-Freshman of the Year as well as being named a second team All-SEC performer by the coaches and the Associated Press.

Patterson gains honor

Published by jtipton on March 28, 2008 in Patrick Patterson. 0 Comments

CollegeHoops.net named Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson to its 2nd Team Freshman All-America team.

Here’s the UK news release:

Despite missing the last five games with a stress fracture in his left foot, Patterson finished the regular season as one of two freshmen to rank in the SEC’s top 10 in both scoring (9th) and rebounding (7th), and is one of two players in the league’s top 10 in points, rebounds, field goal percentage (5th) and free throw percentage (9th).

Patterson finished the season averaging 16.4 points, second on the team, and a team high 7.7 rebounds. He also shot a team best 57 percent from the field.

He was also named the SEC Coaches’ Co-Freshman of the Year as well as being named a second team All-SEC performer by the coaches and the Associated Press.

Patterson SEC frosh of week

Published by jtipton on February 25, 2008 in Patrick Patterson. 0 Comments

The Southeastern Conference named Kentucky big man Patrick Patterson as its Freshman of the Week for last week.

The league also named Tennessee forward Tyler Smith as Player of the Week.

Smith’s layup with 2:12 left brought the Vols to within 60-61 and then his turnaround jumper in the paint with 28 seconds remaining gave UT a 62-61 lead against No. 1 Memphis last weekend.

Smith led the Vols with 16 points to go with six rebounds and three assists in the 66-62 win at Memphis.

Patterson averaged a double-double on the week helping Kentucky to victories over Georgia and Arkansas last week. He recorded his ninth 20-point game of the season against Georgia.
His two key free throws with 51 seconds left against Arkansas helped UK win 63-58.

Patterson recorded his sixth double-double of the season against Arkansas tying him with Jamal Mashburn for fifth on UK’s freshman double-double list. He also moved to fifth on UK’s all-time freshman scoring list with 396 points.

Kentucky needs Patterson to play well, Gillispie says

Published by jtipton on January 4, 2008 in Patrick Patterson and players. 0 Comments

Kentucky needs Patrick Patterson to play well to improve its chances of beating arch-rival Louisville on Saturday, UK Coach Billy Gillispie said.

But Kentucky needs Patterson to play well in every game.

Patrick Patterson“Patrick’s got to play well for us,” Gillispie said at a news conference on Friday. “It doesn’t matter who we’re playing. It doesn’t matter if it’s a great team or a team that has improvement to make.”

Louisville, 9-4, qualifies as one of the better teams Kentucky will face in the pre-conference portion of the schedule.

Of course, Patterson’s play (he leads UK in scoring, rebounding and shot-blocking) is no secret to opponents.

“People are going to take away things you do well,” Gillispie said.

Among the signatures of U of L Coach Rick Pitino’s career is taking away the opponent’s No. 1 strength. Most notably, he collapsed defenders around Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan in the 1996 NCAA Tournament.

Gillispie expressed confidence in Patterson’s ability to handle trapping defenses.

“He does well,” the UK coach said. “Other pieces have to be in the right spots. He’s probably handled it better than we have.”

That means UK’s perimeter shooters must be in the right spots to receive passes from Patterson. Then those shooters must make the shots.

After UK made 11 of 22 three-point shots against his team this week, Florida International Coach Sergio Rouco questioned whether the Cats could shoot like that two straight games.

His question will be answered against Louisville.

Meanwhile, Patterson’s good play goes unrecognized. Normally, he is not mentioned in a discussion of the nation’s best freshmen this season.

“It’s our fault,” Gillispie said. “We haven’t played very well. He’s probably been overlooked for that reason.”