Juan Pattillo Going To Be A Hilltopper

Juan Pattillo has caught on with the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers - a team that always manages to make a run at the NCAA Tournament. Certainly, Western Kentucky will be better off with Pattillo in the rotation, and I suspect he'll do well in a conference with slightly smaller players. Here's the news story from FOX Sports:

Sources told FOXSports.com that Western Kentucky has added Oklahoma forward Juan Pattillo. 

Pattillo is a big-time athlete who averaged 5.9 points and 3.4 rebounds last season after coming out of his redshirt in mid-January. 

Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel dismissed Pattillo - who has one year left after spending his first two seasons at a junior college - back in May.

And finally, you can't have a Hilltoppers story without the classic Sportscenter commercial with the mascot: