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Patrick Patterson is rediscovering his game at the right time

Patrick Patterson - photo from UKAthletics.com

Patrick Patterson - photo from UKAthletics.com

Patrick Patterson is a freshman when it comes to the NCAA Tournament.  A bad wheel restricted his dancing moves in the 2008 tourney and a subpar season in 2009 didn’t even warrant an invite to the Big Dance.  But while the unused dancing shoes might not show it, Patterson’s experience will loom large in March. On a team dominated by youth and inexperience, it has long been said that Kentucky will only go as far as its veteran leader is capable of taking them.

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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

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On November 27, 1976, with Adolph Rupp looking on from the stands, UK defeats Wisconsin, 72-64, in the new, 23,000-seat, $53 million Rupp Arena. Rick Robey scores the first goal in Rupp with 19:30 left to play in the first half.

 

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