From www.espn.com
BCS top 25
1. Alabama 11-0
2. Texas 10-1
3. Oklahoma 10-1
4. Florida 10-1
5. USC 9-1
6. Utah 12-0
7. Texas Tech 10-1
8. Penn State 11-1
9. Boise State 11-0
10. Ohio State 10-2
11. Georgia 9-2
12. Oklahoma State 9-2
13. Missouri 9-2
14. TCU 10-2
15. Ball State 11-0
16. Cincinnati 9-2
17. Oregon State 8-3
18. BYU 10-2
19. Michigan State 9-3
20. Florida State 8-3
21. Boston College 8-3
22. Georgia Tech 8-3
23. Oregon 8-3
24. Northwestern 9-3
25. Pitt 7-3
AP top 25
1. Alabama (63) 11-0 1,622
2. Florida (2) 10-1 1,512
3. Oklahoma 10-1 1,486
4. Texas 10-1 1,482
5. USC 9-1 1,352
6. Penn State 11-1 1,238
7. Texas Tech 10-1 1,212
8. Utah 12-0 1,206
9. Boise State 11-0 1,064
10. Ohio State 10-2 1,043
11. Oklahoma State 9-2 997
12. Missouri 9-2 917
13. Georgia 9-2 874
14. TCU 10-2 750
15. Ball State 11-0 731
16. Cincinnati 9-2 640
17. Oregon State 8-3 604
18. Georgia Tech 8-3 339
19. Oregon 8-3 320
20. Boston College 8-3 309
20. Brigham Young 10-2 309
22. Michigan State 9-3 274
23. Florida State 8-3 214
24. Northwestern 9-3 145
25. Mississippi 7-4 127
USA Today top 25
1. Alabama (56) 11-0 1,518
2. Oklahoma (4) 10-1 1,412
3. Florida (1) 10-1 1,401
4. Texas 10-1 1,370
5. USC 9-1 1,288
6. Penn State 11-1 1,157
7. Utah 12-0 1,153
8. Texas Tech 10-1 1,073
9. Boise State 11-0 1,033
10. Ohio State 10-2 994
11. Missouri 9-2 896
12. Oklahoma State 9-2 858
13. Georgia 9-2 842
14. TCU 10-2 695
15. Ball State 11-0 673
16. Cincinnati 9-2 572
17. Oregon State 8-3 544
18. Oregon 8-3 397
19. Brigham Young 10-2 321
20. Northwestern 9-3 310
21. Michigan State 9-3 296
22. Boston College 8-3 290
23. Georgia Tech 8-3 241
24. Florida State 8-3 204
25. West Virginia 7-3 83
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The Real IU is seen last night - Fighting Irish routes IU 88-50
Hey, at least UK isn't the only local team that sucks -
http://www.indystar.com/article/20081125/SPORTS0601/811250391/1069
LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Low on experience, lacking size and athleticism, and facing the nation's No. 8 team, Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean knew his team had to do the little things well Monday if it had any chance against Notre Dame.
As it turned out, IU wasn't real good at anything, big or small.
Tory Jackson scored 21 points and handed out six assists, and Kyle McAlarney added 18 points on six 3-pointers to lead Notre Dame to an easy 88-50 victory over Indiana in first-round action of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
Former Indianapolis Star Indiana Mr. Basketball Luke Zeller had 10 points and 11 rebounds in 21 minutes off the Irish bench.
It was far and away IU's worst loss in 13 games all time in Maui. The most lopsided previous loss was 86-68 to Tulane in 1994. Overall, it was IU's worst loss since falling 80-41 to Kentucky in December 2003 at the RCA Dome.
IU (2-1) will face St. Joseph's (1-2) at 1:30 p.m. today. St. Joseph's lost to No. 7 Texas 68-50 on Monday.
Crean said his team didn't communicate or get deflections on defense. The Hoosiers had trouble on offense, too.
"We're obviously in a learning process and we learned a lot today,'' Crean said. "We didn't put up nearly enough resistance on the defensive end, and we tried to finesse shots and create shots at the rim rather than just going in and taking what the defense was giving us. There were a couple of times when we had a great opportunity for a layup, but we were searching for a foul.
"And we just have to work through that. We have to get guys to understand that some times we just have to play basketball.''
Indiana trailed 13-9 with 11:41 to play in the first half in the tiny gym at the Lahaina Civic Center, which has a capacity of 2,500.
The Hoosiers matched Notre Dame's intensity early but missed 10 of their first 14 shots. When the Irish got clicking on offense, they pulled away for a 44-23 halftime lead.
Notre Dame has one of the nation's most experienced lineups and IU is quite young. Crean said age mattered in this one.
Crean has said for several weeks that Indiana needs to talk more. The Irish exploited that lack of communication.
"It's a lack of experience,'' Crean said. "It's a comfort level of being with one another so many different times. It's hard for the players to answer because they haven't been through it. We just have to keep trying to have them understand how important it is for that defensive and offensive communication.''
Nick Williams, who scored 10 points in 25 minutes off the bench, said he knows his team has a long way to go.
"We just need to move the ball more and make better decisions and talk to each other,'' Williams said. "I think that will help us get better and win some games.''
Freshman forward Tom Pritchard led the Hoosiers with 14 points and six rebounds, while Devan Dumes had 10 points.
Boston looking like champs so far in the NBA
http://www.nba.com/celtics/
The Celtics once again demonstrated why they are the reigning powers of the Atlantic Division.
Ray Allen registered 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field and Kevin Garnett posted 15 points as Boston cruised past host Toronto, 118-103, on Sunday for its fifth straight triumph.
The C's, who defeated the Raptors earlier this season in dramatic fashion when Paul Pierce led a furious fourth-quarter comeback, never trailed in this one as they improved to 6-1 on the road.
Leaders for the season -
Points - Paul Pierce 19.0
Rebounds - Garnett 8.7
Assists - Rondo 6.5
NCAA sanctions Salem's sports programs
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/sports/Salem-International-Probation.php
SALEM, W.Va.: The NCAA punished Salem International University for major violations, putting the Division II school on three years' probation and cutting scholarships in several sports.
The NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions also vacated all games in which ineligible players participated in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, baseball and women's golf. Scholarship cuts were ordered in these sports.
The committee said Monday the violations occurred from the school years of 2002-03 through 2007-08 school years. The NCAA said the school showed a lack of institutional control and allowed 16 ineligible players to play.
Six soccer players were paid for work they did not perform because the university didn't adequately track work-study hours.
Salem officials didn't thoroughly investigate violations when they were discovered, or when they should have become known, and didn't bar ineligible players from competing, the committee said. Violations weren't reported to the NCAA.
A call to athletic director Keith Bullion on Tuesday was not immediately returned. Bullion also coaches the men's and women's water polo and swim teams. Several other coaches oversee more than one sport. The committee said juggling multiple duties and titles was a "significant part of the issue."
The NCAA said Salem must inform all opponents in writing that the games have been vacated, plus remove all public mention of the vacated games. Salem's probation began Friday and will run through Nov. 20, 2011.
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SALEM, W.Va.: The NCAA punished Salem International University for major violations, putting the Division II school on three years' probation and cutting scholarships in several sports.
The NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions also vacated all games in which ineligible players participated in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, baseball and women's golf. Scholarship cuts were ordered in these sports.
The committee said Monday the violations occurred from the school years of 2002-03 through 2007-08 school years. The NCAA said the school showed a lack of institutional control and allowed 16 ineligible players to play.
Six soccer players were paid for work they did not perform because the university didn't adequately track work-study hours.
Salem officials didn't thoroughly investigate violations when they were discovered, or when they should have become known, and didn't bar ineligible players from competing, the committee said. Violations weren't reported to the NCAA.
A call to athletic director Keith Bullion on Tuesday was not immediately returned. Bullion also coaches the men's and women's water polo and swim teams. Several other coaches oversee more than one sport. The committee said juggling multiple duties and titles was a "significant part of the issue."
The NCAA said Salem must inform all opponents in writing that the games have been vacated, plus remove all public mention of the vacated games. Salem's probation began Friday and will run through Nov. 20, 2011.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Three counts tossed from Bonds case
11 more to go, hopefully he's found guilty of at least five -
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081124&content_id=3690901&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
federal judge on Monday threw out three counts in the government's perjury case against Barry Bonds, but left intact most of the felony charges.
Judge Susan Illston agreed with Bonds' lawyers that one count was repetitive, another included an answer by Bonds to a grand jury that was too vague and that a third included an ambiguous question. She also ordered that two other counts be merged.
Bonds, who is alleged to have made false statements under oath regarding his use of performance-enhancing drugs, still faces 12 counts in the case, which is scheduled to go to trial on March 2 in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California.
Illston denied a defense request to dismiss seven other counts, and said that federal prosecutors must also clarify one other charge. The merged counts means that Bonds is expected to face 11 charges at trial.
Federal prosecutors can choose to refile the dismissed charges or proceed with the remaining allegations against Bonds.
Bonds, Major League Baseball's all-time leader with 762 career homers, first appeared before a grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative on allegations of money laundering and illegally dispensing performance-enhancing drugs on Dec. 4, 2003.
On numerous occasions Bonds was asked and responded that he never used anabolic steroids, testosterone and human growth hormone or had been administered any of those drugs with a needle during the period from 2000 to 2002. The feds say that they have a Bonds positive drug test seized during a raid of BALCO's headquarters in 2003.
Monday's ruling isn't expected to alter the overall perjury case. The original indictment was filed on Nov. 15, 2007, but was judged earlier this year by Illston to be ambiguous and repetitive, and was sent back to federal prosecutors to be rewritten and clarified.
Farve shows why at age 71 (really age 39) he's still one of the NFL's best
http://www.thespread.com/nfl-football-top-stories-100/jets-first-to-beat-titans-with-road-win.html
Favre threw two touchdown passes, Leon Washington ran for two scores and the New York Jets served notice they will be a factor in the AFC this season by routing the Titans 34-13, ending the perfect start by the NFL's last undefeated team.
``I'm not going to sit here and say we've established ourselves as the best team in football,'' Favre said. ``All it says is I think we beat the best team in football today, definitely if you go by record and the way that they've played. They have been the best team in football.''
The Jets (8-3) came in atop the AFC East after a victory over New England at Foxborough. They have won five straight for the first time since October 2004 and seven of their last eight. The win also pulled them within two of Tennessee (10-1) with five to play in the race for home-field advantage through the playoffs.
Jets linebacker Bryan Thomas called it a statement to the rest of the NFL.
``Now people are going to start looking at us and say, 'They are a team you have to reckon with,''' Thomas said.
New York coach Eric Mangini said he was proud of his team for playing, and winning, in a challenging environment. The Titans sold out their 101st consecutive game.
``We've been down here the last three years. It's loud, and it's always been a tough place to play,'' Mangini said.
The Titans had won 13-straight regular-season games dating to Dec. 16, 2007, in becoming only the 11th team since 1970 to win its first 10 games.
``It was a great run, and we've got to win our next game,'' Titans coach Jeff Fisher said of playing Detroit on Thursday.
This time, the NFL's stingiest scoring defense that had been allowing 13.1 points per game had no answer for Favre and the Jets, even with the return of defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch.
The Jets spread out Tennessee, Favre threw fast and often, and they wore the Titans' defense down by keeping it on the field for more than 40 minutes. New York overcame two turnovers and two sacks in the first half by outgaining Tennessee on offense 409-281.
``We really didn't have an answer for it today,'' Vanden Bosch said. ``Favre had a really good game. Give him credit. We knew what to expect from him. He's a great player, and he beat us today.''
Not that they got any help from their own offense.
``It felt like we were on the sideline forever just watching Brett Favre play,'' Titans fullback Ahmard Hall said. ``The defense, I felt bad that we on offense couldn't get anything going and keep them off the field.''
This was only the third game in NFL history featuring two starting quarterbacks with more than 100,000 yards combined yards passing in Favre and Kerry Collins.
Favre threw for 224 yards and had much more help than Collins, whose receivers dropped at least five passes in the first half, including one by Bo Scaife in Jets territory with room to run. Favre took advantage of a Titans' secondary featuring Chris Carr starting at cornerback in place of Nick Harper, and he was flagged twice on one drive for pass interference.
With the win, Favre broke a tie with Dan Marino for victories in the most NFL stadiums by winning in his 32nd at LP Field.
Washington scored on runs of 61 and 4 yards in the fourth quarter as the Jets padded their lead. Jay Feely also kicked two field goals.
The Jets led 10-3 at halftime and could have had an even bigger margin if not for two turnovers - the first at the Tennessee 21 at the end of the first quarter. Favre could not have started hotter as he completed his first eight passes for 89 yards, the sixth a 10-yard TD pass to Thomas Jones on the opening drive.
The Titans went three-and-out on three of their first five drives and had only 55 yards offense until a final drive just before halftime when Rob Bironas finally put Tennessee on the scoreboard with a 43-yard field goal. Bironas added a 49-yarder in the fourth quarter.
By the time Collins tossed a 6-yard TD pass to Hall, it was too late. They finished with just 45 yards rushing.
``We are a very confident team anyway, but coming in here and doing this and getting it done, that can only help us,'' Jets safety Kerry Rhodes said.
Notes: The Jets improved to 9-0 when Jones scores a touchdown. ... Jones had a chance for his third straight 100-yard game, but finished with 96 yards on 27 carries. Washington finished with 82 yards on eight carries... Favre had been 0-1 at LP Field, losing in his first visit here with Green Bay in 2001. ... Tennessee becomes the fifth team the Jets have held to 50 yards rushing or less. The Titans finished with a season-low 45. ... Chris Johnson's fumble in the third quarter was the first of the rookie's career. ... Tennessee punter Craig Hentrich played his 234th career game, passing Rohn Stark for eighth all-time.
Favre threw two touchdown passes, Leon Washington ran for two scores and the New York Jets served notice they will be a factor in the AFC this season by routing the Titans 34-13, ending the perfect start by the NFL's last undefeated team.
``I'm not going to sit here and say we've established ourselves as the best team in football,'' Favre said. ``All it says is I think we beat the best team in football today, definitely if you go by record and the way that they've played. They have been the best team in football.''
The Jets (8-3) came in atop the AFC East after a victory over New England at Foxborough. They have won five straight for the first time since October 2004 and seven of their last eight. The win also pulled them within two of Tennessee (10-1) with five to play in the race for home-field advantage through the playoffs.
Jets linebacker Bryan Thomas called it a statement to the rest of the NFL.
``Now people are going to start looking at us and say, 'They are a team you have to reckon with,''' Thomas said.
New York coach Eric Mangini said he was proud of his team for playing, and winning, in a challenging environment. The Titans sold out their 101st consecutive game.
``We've been down here the last three years. It's loud, and it's always been a tough place to play,'' Mangini said.
The Titans had won 13-straight regular-season games dating to Dec. 16, 2007, in becoming only the 11th team since 1970 to win its first 10 games.
``It was a great run, and we've got to win our next game,'' Titans coach Jeff Fisher said of playing Detroit on Thursday.
This time, the NFL's stingiest scoring defense that had been allowing 13.1 points per game had no answer for Favre and the Jets, even with the return of defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch.
The Jets spread out Tennessee, Favre threw fast and often, and they wore the Titans' defense down by keeping it on the field for more than 40 minutes. New York overcame two turnovers and two sacks in the first half by outgaining Tennessee on offense 409-281.
``We really didn't have an answer for it today,'' Vanden Bosch said. ``Favre had a really good game. Give him credit. We knew what to expect from him. He's a great player, and he beat us today.''
Not that they got any help from their own offense.
``It felt like we were on the sideline forever just watching Brett Favre play,'' Titans fullback Ahmard Hall said. ``The defense, I felt bad that we on offense couldn't get anything going and keep them off the field.''
This was only the third game in NFL history featuring two starting quarterbacks with more than 100,000 yards combined yards passing in Favre and Kerry Collins.
Favre threw for 224 yards and had much more help than Collins, whose receivers dropped at least five passes in the first half, including one by Bo Scaife in Jets territory with room to run. Favre took advantage of a Titans' secondary featuring Chris Carr starting at cornerback in place of Nick Harper, and he was flagged twice on one drive for pass interference.
With the win, Favre broke a tie with Dan Marino for victories in the most NFL stadiums by winning in his 32nd at LP Field.
Washington scored on runs of 61 and 4 yards in the fourth quarter as the Jets padded their lead. Jay Feely also kicked two field goals.
The Jets led 10-3 at halftime and could have had an even bigger margin if not for two turnovers - the first at the Tennessee 21 at the end of the first quarter. Favre could not have started hotter as he completed his first eight passes for 89 yards, the sixth a 10-yard TD pass to Thomas Jones on the opening drive.
The Titans went three-and-out on three of their first five drives and had only 55 yards offense until a final drive just before halftime when Rob Bironas finally put Tennessee on the scoreboard with a 43-yard field goal. Bironas added a 49-yarder in the fourth quarter.
By the time Collins tossed a 6-yard TD pass to Hall, it was too late. They finished with just 45 yards rushing.
``We are a very confident team anyway, but coming in here and doing this and getting it done, that can only help us,'' Jets safety Kerry Rhodes said.
Notes: The Jets improved to 9-0 when Jones scores a touchdown. ... Jones had a chance for his third straight 100-yard game, but finished with 96 yards on 27 carries. Washington finished with 82 yards on eight carries... Favre had been 0-1 at LP Field, losing in his first visit here with Green Bay in 2001. ... Tennessee becomes the fifth team the Jets have held to 50 yards rushing or less. The Titans finished with a season-low 45. ... Chris Johnson's fumble in the third quarter was the first of the rookie's career. ... Tennessee punter Craig Hentrich played his 234th career game, passing Rohn Stark for eighth all-time.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
UK starts season 0-2.... sad we are living in these times
http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=881055
Lexington, Ky. - Patrick Patterson simply decided it was time that "hassle" described defensive pressure, that "pick" was something done to help free a teammate for an open shot and that "blowing out" was the sweet sensation of Kentucky routing the enemy.
Sounds simple, but that wasn't always the case thanks to the sophomore's impossible-to-ignore Afro hairstyle, which generated a buzz when he had it lopped off last week.
"It was just too much of a hassle, just too much work," Patterson said. "Always having to pick it out and keep it neat. Instead of using a towel, you have to use a blow dryer to blow it out. I just thought it was time for me to go back to the regular look."
The reason is a mild bout with superstition. Patterson began the season with the new hairdo and Kentucky promptly lost both its games, a home-court shocker to VMI and a national television blitzing at North Carolina.
Sophomore Patrick Patterson cut off his Afro after Kentucky began this season 0-2.
"We started off slow this year and I figured it was because of the Afro," Patterson said. "It was a huge distraction so I just decided to get rid of it."
That was Wednesday. Three days later, Kentucky routed Delaware State 71-42, showing glimpses of a suffocating defense and a versatile offense heretofore hidden, perhaps in the shadow of the 'fro. … Seriously.
"It was probably somewhat of a distraction for me," Patterson admitted. "I may have been concentrating more on my hair."
Though not criminal, it's certainly believable. We tend to forget that under the armor that is Patterson's phenomenal basketball talent beats the heart of a 19-year-old. His Afro was unique and a popular novelty that drew even more attention to the Kentucky standout. Compound that with Patterson being plastered on every preseason magazine to stream off a printing press, persistent chatter about whether he might jump to the NBA after one more winter and the stage was set to lose focus on the target, if only ever so slightly.
Coach Billy Gillispie had cautioned Patterson – "All I've ever said about that is to make sure your focus is on your play and not elsewhere – but denied there was ever a problem.
"If he had left his hair," the coach said, "I'm sure Patrick would have played the same way because he approaches it the right way."
Still, Gillispie was happy with the change.
"I went straight to Coach G's office," Patterson said, "and he was like,'Is the reason you cut it because of me?' I said no and he started laughing and said, 'I like it. You look better.'
"The coaches love it. Teammates love it. Mom and dad love it, especially mom. She's wanted it cut for a while. My dad was fine, he didn't care."
The only person distraught was the barber.
"He was real disappointed," Patterson said. "He said, 'You just want me to line it up?' And I said, 'No, cut it off.' He was like, 'What?'" Then he said, 'You want me to keep the clippings?' I said, 'No, just throw them away. They're probably on eBay somewhere."
Another segment sure to be troubled is the UK fan base, particularly those behind a grassroots campaign to have T-shirts made in honor of Patterson.
"Yeah, I guess I killed the 'Fear the 'Fro,'" he said with a smile. "I was on the message boards and it was crazy. And people were all over my Facebook page asking if it was true?"
The idea originated last summer, a bet between Patterson and A.J. Stewart over who could grow their hair the longest.
"We kept it going over the summer, but then A.J. wanted to get his cut," Patterson said. "I wanted to keep going."
And he did, despite the nicknames that evolved in the locker room like "Shaft" and "Q-Tip."
"Finally, I decided to get rid of it. I told my teammates that I was going to get it cut and they were like, 'No you're not, you're going to keep it.' But we had a day off and after classes I just did it."
The only tangible drawback to Patterson's decision is that there may come a day when choosing his hairstyle may not be an option.
"My dad is bald. My grandfather is bald. My uncle is bald," Patterson said with a twinge of melancholy. "I've got a lot of bald people in my family, and one day it's probably going to come get me."
Lexington, Ky. - Patrick Patterson simply decided it was time that "hassle" described defensive pressure, that "pick" was something done to help free a teammate for an open shot and that "blowing out" was the sweet sensation of Kentucky routing the enemy.
Sounds simple, but that wasn't always the case thanks to the sophomore's impossible-to-ignore Afro hairstyle, which generated a buzz when he had it lopped off last week.
"It was just too much of a hassle, just too much work," Patterson said. "Always having to pick it out and keep it neat. Instead of using a towel, you have to use a blow dryer to blow it out. I just thought it was time for me to go back to the regular look."
The reason is a mild bout with superstition. Patterson began the season with the new hairdo and Kentucky promptly lost both its games, a home-court shocker to VMI and a national television blitzing at North Carolina.
Sophomore Patrick Patterson cut off his Afro after Kentucky began this season 0-2.
"We started off slow this year and I figured it was because of the Afro," Patterson said. "It was a huge distraction so I just decided to get rid of it."
That was Wednesday. Three days later, Kentucky routed Delaware State 71-42, showing glimpses of a suffocating defense and a versatile offense heretofore hidden, perhaps in the shadow of the 'fro. … Seriously.
"It was probably somewhat of a distraction for me," Patterson admitted. "I may have been concentrating more on my hair."
Though not criminal, it's certainly believable. We tend to forget that under the armor that is Patterson's phenomenal basketball talent beats the heart of a 19-year-old. His Afro was unique and a popular novelty that drew even more attention to the Kentucky standout. Compound that with Patterson being plastered on every preseason magazine to stream off a printing press, persistent chatter about whether he might jump to the NBA after one more winter and the stage was set to lose focus on the target, if only ever so slightly.
Coach Billy Gillispie had cautioned Patterson – "All I've ever said about that is to make sure your focus is on your play and not elsewhere – but denied there was ever a problem.
"If he had left his hair," the coach said, "I'm sure Patrick would have played the same way because he approaches it the right way."
Still, Gillispie was happy with the change.
"I went straight to Coach G's office," Patterson said, "and he was like,'Is the reason you cut it because of me?' I said no and he started laughing and said, 'I like it. You look better.'
"The coaches love it. Teammates love it. Mom and dad love it, especially mom. She's wanted it cut for a while. My dad was fine, he didn't care."
The only person distraught was the barber.
"He was real disappointed," Patterson said. "He said, 'You just want me to line it up?' And I said, 'No, cut it off.' He was like, 'What?'" Then he said, 'You want me to keep the clippings?' I said, 'No, just throw them away. They're probably on eBay somewhere."
Another segment sure to be troubled is the UK fan base, particularly those behind a grassroots campaign to have T-shirts made in honor of Patterson.
"Yeah, I guess I killed the 'Fear the 'Fro,'" he said with a smile. "I was on the message boards and it was crazy. And people were all over my Facebook page asking if it was true?"
The idea originated last summer, a bet between Patterson and A.J. Stewart over who could grow their hair the longest.
"We kept it going over the summer, but then A.J. wanted to get his cut," Patterson said. "I wanted to keep going."
And he did, despite the nicknames that evolved in the locker room like "Shaft" and "Q-Tip."
"Finally, I decided to get rid of it. I told my teammates that I was going to get it cut and they were like, 'No you're not, you're going to keep it.' But we had a day off and after classes I just did it."
The only tangible drawback to Patterson's decision is that there may come a day when choosing his hairstyle may not be an option.
"My dad is bald. My grandfather is bald. My uncle is bald," Patterson said with a twinge of melancholy. "I've got a lot of bald people in my family, and one day it's probably going to come get me."
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