Syracuse '12 SG - Ron Patterson (Syracuse Comitt)

OSUBasketballJunkie · Aug 18, 2012

Update........

Ron Patterson's services in high demand
August, 17, 2012
By Eamonn Brennan | ESPN.com

Earlier this week, Indiana announced that incoming freshman Ron Patterson, one of five members of the Hoosiersâ€™ 11th-ranking 2012 class, would not attend the school this fall. Sources confirmed to ESPN.com a report by Inside The Hall that Patterson had failed to meet the schoolâ€™s -- and not the NCAAâ€™s -- academic requirements. Pattersonâ€™s test scores and high school grades were good enough to qualify him, according to the Bloomington Herald-Timesâ€™s Dustin Dopirak, but a tough summer semester led to an IU faculty councilâ€™s decision that Patterson would not be admitted to Indiana this year.

Indiana coach Tom Crean released a statement wishing Patterson well and promising to be â€œsupportiveâ€ whether Patterson chose to attend a one-year prep school or picked a different four-year college as his ultimate destination.

Spoiler alert: There are plenty of schools ready to take Patterson on.

According to the Indianapolis Starâ€™s Kyle Neddenriep, Pattersonâ€™s AAU coach Chris Hawkins said Thursday that at least 16 schools have reached out with interest in Pattersonâ€™s services, including Purdue, Louisville, Missouri, Ohio State, Illinois, IUPUI, Memphis, Providence, Villanova, Xavier, Lamar, Southern Miss, Wright State, Dayton, Nevada and Florida Gulf Coast. If he does decide to forgo a four-year college this season, and instead takes the prep school route, Hawkins said the only school Patterson had considered thus far was private New Hampshire boarding school Brewster Academy.

Hawkins told Neddenriep a decision on which route Patterson will take -- if not the exact college he could choose -- will be made sometime Friday.

Itâ€™s hardly surprising to see widespread interest in Patterson. He is the No. 25-ranked shooting guard in the class of 2012, who turned down DePaul, Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio State before choosing Indiana. And itâ€™s not as if he was ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA. Many coaches, looking from the outside in, may perceive Pattersonâ€™s departure to be as much about Indianaâ€™s previously intractable scholarship crunch -- his departure got Indiana within the 13 scholarship limit -- as with his ability to get ready for his first full year of college-level academics. Whether right or wrong, such coaches may see Patterson as fully capable of a quick academic turnaround, and will use all the academic staff on campus to help him get there.

In the end, it will depend on what Patterson is looking for from his first year of college hoops. If he wants playing time, he may be better off choosing a school that needs immediate backcourt help. But that would have been an unlikely outcome at Indiana. The Hoosiers will have guards Jordan Hulls, Yogi Ferrell, Victor Oladipo, and Maurice Creek, and small forwards Christian Watford, Jeremy Hollowell and Will Sheehey all competing for spots in a crowded perimeter rotation; that lineup would have been difficult for Patterson to crack. If Patterson was cool with that, and is willing to wait to get in an Indiana uniform anyway, maybe prep school and a delayed return to Bloomington makes the most sense.

In either case, the kid has options. Never underestimate the willingness of college basketball coaches to offer talented players a second chance. Stay tuned.
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OSUBasketballJunkie · Aug 19, 2012

Bob Baptist ‏@BBaptistHoops

FYI: #Buckeyes' inclusion incorrect. Told they never reached out. RT @ReggieRankin: Patterson's services in high demand Ron Patterson's services in high demand - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN

ScarletMerica · Aug 19, 2012

Why not?

OSUBasketballJunkie · Nov 3, 2012

Brian Snow ‏@BSnowScout

Ron Patterson has committed to Syracuse

OSUBasketballJunkie · Mar 19, 2015

Patterson to transfer out of Syracuse - College Basketball - Scout http://t.co/okyZFL5Nil
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