Patrick Patterson (PP) was featured in an in-studio interview on ESPN News's Hot List, as a preview of the upcoming Jordan Brand All-American Classic (this Saturday, 6pmPT/9pmET on ESPN2). His quotes are in "quotes".
Why the wait to make the decision? "I wanna be 100% sure".
The teams he is currently considering: "Duke, Florida, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky"
Factors in deciding: playing time, the players there, the rosters, relationship with the coaching staff and players.
He took "about 8 visits total", "3-4 phone calls every day".
"I don't know Bob Huggins that well, but we are starting to build a relationship", "he's gonna come to my house".
On the 19yo rule affecting a potential jump to NBA from high school he said "for me, no", but OJ Mayo and Michael Beasley in his opinion could have gone right away.
The ESPN host (Josh Elliott) encouraged him a couple of times to announce his college choice live on the air ("look at camera 2"), but PP declined each time...
On OJ Mayo: "I was shocked, I thought he was gonna go to Kansas State with Walker, Beasley and Huggins", "I don't know much" [about his decision to go to USC], "he is down to earth", and he defended OJ Mayo against "the haters".
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