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In the interest of speed and timeliness, this story is fed directly from the Associated Press newswire and may contain spelling or grammatical errors.
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UCLA transfer Patterson enrolls at Tennessee
Thursday August 21, 2003
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Forward Andre Patterson, who was
dismissed from UCLA this spring for academic reasons, has enrolled
at Tennessee, Volunteers coach Buzz Peterson announced Thursday.
The 6-foot-7 Patterson averaged 7.5 points and a team-high 5.5
rebounds while starting 21 of his 24 games for the Bruins last
season. He led the team in shooting at 60.8 percent.
A native of Fort Wayne, Ind., Patterson will sit out the 2003-04
season because of NCAA transfer rules. He will enter the 2004-05
season as a junior.
Patterson failed out of school last year and attended Santa
Monica College to improve his grades. He was readmitted at UCLA in
December.
Peterson said previous experience with transfers Jemere Hendrix
from Clemson and Scooter McFadgon from Memphis makes him hopeful
Patterson will be in good standing academically.
``Coming out of high school he was one of the top recruits in
the nation,'' Peterson said. ``The success that Jemere and Scooter
had in the classroom while sitting out last year as transfers
really encouraged us to take someone like Andre.''
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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