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On This Date in 2007: Patrick Patterson commits to Kentucky

Billy Gillispie didn’t have many wins when it came to recruiting while at the University of Kentucky. Names like Michael Avery, Dominque Ferguson, and Kevin Galloway litter a list of players who didn’t live up to expectations or hype.

For those early readers of KSR, you might remember May 14th, 2007, a day that Matt Jones described in an article as “likely the worst 24 hours of recruiting that the UK basketball program has ever had in its long history.”

That day, described by Jones as “Black Monday” saw three major recruits go against the Cats.