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Ricardo Ratliffe

Ricardo Ratliffe
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No. 20 – Star Hotshots
Position Power forward
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1989-02-20) February 20, 1989 (age 28)
Hampton, Virginia
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
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
  • Second-team All-Big 12 (2012)
  • Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2011)
  • 2x First-team NJCAA All-American (2009, 2010)
  • William Jones Cup MVP (2014)

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.


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