Long Shot

Now that Jai Lucas has announced he will go to Florida, you have to believe Patrick Patterson will follow him. Although his dad is a huge Duke fan, Patterson has formed a friendship with Lucas and are believed to be a packaged deal. I concluded a long time ago that he wasn't going to Duke but I hate to see a kid go somewhere and the coach bail on him weeks later. I just have a feeling Donovan will get some NBA team to give him full control, like the Orlando Magic, and he will leave these kids for dead. Patterson seems like a good kid and if that's going to happen, I'd rather him at least go to Kentucky where you know Gillespe is going nowhere.

Here is my last plea to Patrick: If you want a reason to go to Duke, I will give you two: Elton Brand and Carlos Boozer. Both Duke centers in that NBA PF mold that are 20/10 players in the NBA that have multimillion dollar deals. If you are as good as they say you are, use Duke and their national TV coverage to boost up your NBA stock.

On another note, Virginia Tech just lost a solid recruit for next year and the kid stated that he couldn't come because he wasn't emotionally and mentally ready to step foot on the campus after the shootings. Poor Seth Greenberg...I'll tell you this, if Donovan bounces to the pros this season, I think Seth would be a nice replacement there.

Expect an unhappy post on Wednesday when Patterson decides to go to Florida...Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek better be working on their games as I write this because if they don't improve, Duke will get eaten up alive down low.