Patterson cuts hair

With the Kentucky team shooting around before Saturday’s game against Delaware State, we got a surprise.

UK big man Patrick Patterson has cut his hair. Before the season, Patterson said he planned to grow his Afro throughout 2008-09.

Something apparently made him change his mind two games into the season. Perhaps it was a slow start (for him) this season. Through two games, Patterson is averaging 13.5 points and 9.0 rebounds.

Those are good numbers, but he averaged 16.4 points as a freshman.

Maybe Patterson thinks his teammates will find him better in the low post if his hair is short.

The player’s father cited two reasons. One, Patterson got tired of having to maintain his hairdu. And, two, he wanted to signal a fresh start to the season. “He wanted to change his mojo,” Buster Patterson said.