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Connecticut |
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RavenDog
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CBiebel
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Posted: 12/05/21 2:05 pm ::: |
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Well, congrats to UConn. ND is still a work in progress, but IMO we're getting there. You can see the improvement, but they still need some work. It hasn't helped that Westbeld has been in a bit of a funk the last few games (Only 4-8 shooting vs MSU, 5-15 vs OSU, and 6-15 vs UGA).
Hope Bueckers is okay. Unfortunately, the way she went down, it didn't look like it.
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FrozenLVFan
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CBiebel
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Posted: 12/05/21 2:07 pm ::: |
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IF Bueckers is out for the season, that would probably be the biggest injury loss since Catchings in 2001, IMO. UConn is very much relying on her, just like UT was with Catchings.
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pilight
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Posted: 12/05/21 2:16 pm ::: |
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mercfan3 wrote: |
I’m really hoping that’s ankle and not knee… |
Hopefully it's not serious, whatever it is
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tfan
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UK1996
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Posted: 12/05/21 3:13 pm ::: |
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Yeah, what happened to Brunelle. Injuries? She looked like a really nice player her Freshman year. I remember a bunch of teams really anticipating her announcement.
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SPD
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CBiebel
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Posted: 12/05/21 3:37 pm ::: |
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She's also been having back problems.
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pilight
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undersized_post
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Posted: 12/05/21 3:58 pm ::: |
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I may be in the minority here, but I don't think it is outrageous that she was still in the game. There is merit having your starting PG play a few minutes with your reserves at the 2 through 5 to help the scrubs get game experience with an actual leader on the floor. (I don't know who else was in at the time because I stopped watching a few minutes into the fourth quarter.)
At the same time, there is also merit to pulling your PG to have others gain experience running the point. Ideally a coach has opportunities to do both numerous times over the course of the season.
This is the kind of fluke injury that could happen at any point in a game or practice or even just out in the world. It is doubly unfortunate that it happen at the very end of a game.
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Hoopsmom
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Posted: 12/05/21 4:25 pm ::: |
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I watched the video, and it looks like she hyperextended it. Our coach’s son did that last year, but that an even worse angle, about a week before the conference tournament. He had surgery in March, and has a one-year recovery period. Very similar to what NFL player Teddy Bridgewater did several years ago.
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FrozenLVFan
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tfan
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Posted: 12/05/21 4:52 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
https://theathletic.com/news/uconns-paige-bueckers-exits-vs-notre-dame-with-non-contact-knee-injury/h79rirpgXyje/
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Asked why Bueckers was still in the game, Auriemma said, "She never wants to come out. She's a pain in the ass to have on the bench cause all she does is complain about why she's not playing." |
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Geno is a pain in the ass too. Don't buy that he can't handle her complaints on the bench. Playing starters deep into blowouts is the modern way. Own it Geno.
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mercfan3
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 12/05/21 5:57 pm ::: |
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Once it was made clear in the press conference that the injury was to the left knee, the somewhat confusing tumble then looked to me like a hyperextension, exacerbated by her sneaker sliding forward on the floor.
Hyperextensions can be all sorts of severity from mild sprains to complete tears of the ACL and/or PCL, according to online medical sites.
Geno has played some starters to the end of blowouts regularly for years, and that practice has been regularly criticized for a variety of reasons by some fans. The most legitimate reason for that practice, to my mind, is having an experienced guard to lead and feed bench players during garbage time so that it does not devolve into completely disorganized, and hence non-instructional, garbage. |
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FrozenLVFan
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Posted: 12/05/21 6:17 pm ::: |
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Bueckers had played the whole game (39 mins). Fatigue is a contributing factor to a lot of sports injuries. Playing anyone for an entire game unnecessarily is not a great plan.
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Stormeo
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UK1996
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Posted: 12/05/21 6:57 pm ::: |
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Yeah, what happened to Brunelle. Injuries? She looked like a really nice player her Freshman year. I remember a bunch of teams really anticipating her announcement.
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singinerd54
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huskiemaniac
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Posted: 12/05/21 8:06 pm ::: |
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People who say Geno leaves starters in to "run up the score" are morons.
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