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Patrick McCaw May Not Return To CBC For Senior Season

The shooting guard about to begin his senior year could try to play for his father at Trinity Catholic in North County.

High school basketball fans who thought the intrigue into where one of the St. Louis' area's best high players may end up after the coaching change at CBC may want to think again.

No, Jayson Tatum will still be staying at Chaminade and not joining his father on the Cadet bench. But the end of the Bobby McCormack era could end up spelling the end of shooting guard Patrick McCaw's time in Town and Country. His father, Jeffrey, was a McCormack assistant the past two seasons.

McCormack ended up keeping his teaching job at CBC but has taken the reigns of the Priory basketball program. The elder McCaw interviewed for several area head coaching positions and has ended up at Trinity Catholic in North County.

While the younger McCaw told Patch he's both excited to see what Tatum brings to CBC, he's also upset about how McCormack's staff was let go.

McCaw has scholarship offers from at least eight Division I programs, including Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Missouri State, Southern Illinois. The Ole Miss offer came while competed with his Chicago-based AAU club team in the Peach Jam held in Augusta, GA. This week he's in Washington, D.C. for NIKE's Big Shots All American Camp, along with his CBC teammate Jordan Barnett. The camp is designed to bring together the top high school seniors across the country.

Last month, Tatum told Patch he was "very, very unsure" of McCaw and Ray Doby's return as seniors. Tatum sounded a respectful note for the decision and said it had nothing to do with his hiring. Patch was unable to contact Doby for this story.

McCaw would normally have to sit out a season with a transfer, but could potentially file a hardship request with MSHSAA in order to play for his father at Trinity. No final decision has been made.

McCaw knows that a transfer could mean a dramatically different kind of senior season. At CBC, he could be flanked by fellow Division I caliber recruits in Doby and Barnett. A move to the smaller Trinity would require him to be more of a team leader. "A lot more would be expected," he said.

If he returns to CBC, he sounds intent on not having the high expectations and publicity which got to last year's team happen again. 

"We thought we were better than everybody," he said. "All St. Louis thought we were the team to beat...I don't want that publicity."


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