Bledsoe: Patterson will return to UK

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The newest Kentucky player, point guard signee Eric Bledsoe, said he would be playing with Patrick Patterson next season.

When asked about Patterson and Jodie Meeks, holdover UK players who are testing their NBA draft status this spring, Bledsoe said, “Pat’s coming back. But I haven’t talked to Meeks much.”

Does Bledsoe know something?

Hard to say for sure. He visited UK last weekend. Presumably, he could have spoken with Patterson.

Even if Patterson said he was coming back to Kentucky next season, there’s reason to wonder. Maybe Patterson was part of the recruiting pitch. Wouldn’t any point guard prospect like the idea of having an all-SEC big man to feed the ball? After all, John Lucas promoted that idea when he was selling the idea of his point guard-playing son, Jai, forming a tandem with Patterson.

Then again, Patterson was not a key factor in Bledsoe signing with Kentucky, Bledsoe seemed to say.

Bledsoe spoke of new UK Coach John Calipari as the key factor.

“If Cal had stayed at Memphis, I would have signed with Florida,” Bledsoe said.

Hmmmm…