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Position | Power forward |
League | PBA |
Personal information | |
Born |
Hampton, Virginia |
February 20, 1989
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Kecoughtan (Hampton, Virginia) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2012 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2015 | Mobis Phoebus |
2015–2016 | Seoul Samsung Thunders |
2016 | Star Hotshots |
2016–2017 | Seoul Samsung Thunders |
2017–present | Star Hotshots |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Ricardo Ratliffe (born February 20, 1989) is an American basketball player for the Star Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Ratliffe played collegiately at the University of Missouri.
Ratliffe, born in Hampton, Virginia, played at Kecoughtan High School and the College of Central Florida. While there, he twice earned first team National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honors. He averaged 27.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore.
To complete his college career, Ratliffe chose Missouri over Alabama, Clemson and Arkansas. He averaged 10.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in his junior season and was named Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year.
In his senior season, Ratliffe helped lead the Tigers to a 30-5 record and a Big 12 tournament championship. Ratliffe averaged 13.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game as the team's primary post presence. At the close of the season, Ratliffe was named second team All-Big 12. On the season, Ratliffe attained a 69.3% field goal percentage, which led the nation for the 2011–12 season and was a Missouri and Big 12 Conference record. Ratliffe spent much of the season chasing the all-time single-season NCAA record of 74.6%, held by Steve Johnson of Oregon State, leading the mark as late as February, 2012.