Commence the puking, I feel sick!  At least it looks as if it could possibly a sprain, not a break.  Hence the evaluating everyday comment.  Lets hope and pray hes alright!

Time for Etherington to step up.

rut ro. not good.

Alex (or anyone else on staff), are there any indications this is a serious injury?  Having him out tonight shouldn’t hurt too much but he will be significantly missed against MSU, OSU and Michigan.   Basically, is there concern from the coaches and trainers that this will keep Will out for several games? 

Thanks for the continued excellent work

There have been some reports that the injury could keep him out longer than just tonight, but I’ve heard nothing first hand as of yet to substantiate those claims.

Longer than tonight or significant?  Are we talking 2-3 weeks or a couple of months?  I know you probably don’t have information you feel comfortable running but if you know something, we would love to hear it (if it’s good news haha).

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#%$;+&!(_#$&!/?:;0″**~€^¥<«?&@##")((%_……., what a week…….

Elston will have to step up. If he cant get 10 pts per game, then he should sit. Lets hope it isnt a high ankle sprain. Get well Will.

Just 5 scholarship bench players is better than just 8 or 9 scholarship players total they had 4 years ago. Depth we have now is much better, thankfully, we’ll be ok in the long run

Painful to hear that Elston and Sheehey will be out for a bit.  But – this team will grow stronger by dealing with their absence.

Hoping both are back soon…

Hang in there Will!!

dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is Will to be healthy. You can remove the hex on OSU and PU that I asked for earlier….a healthy Will the Thrill will suffice.

that sinking feeling in my stomach …not for tonight ,but for next week …ugh ! 

Firstly, for Will as well as the team’s sake, let’s hope this isn’t more than just a sprain, he is out for 1-2 weeks and can play through some pain.

Regardless, we’ll see what our boys are made of.  If there was any thought they were going to rest on their laurels for having started 12-0 (jumping the gun a bit, I know) and beating Kentucky, that thought should be vanquished with two meaningful role players not playing and a vaunted B10 opening schedule.
We will need the leadership of Hulls, Victor, Zeller, Verdell, and, yes, Moore and Pritchard.  Watford needs to step up his game big time and our boys will need to show some resolve.  

Adversity has presented itself…bring it on.  We haven’t shied away from it before.  I am in no way happy about the injury.  However, I am intrigued to see how we handle it and if his injury isn’t serious it could help us down the road.

Go Hoosiers!

Broken nose.  Oladipo got him with an inadvertent elbow in practice and he had surgery.  He could be back by the 28th (wearing a mask).  There’s a story on this site that has the details.

Elston and Sheehey both hurt in practice. One thing’s for sure about this team… their practices are intense. I don’t like the injuries, but I like the intensity suggested by the fact the injuries occured at practice. Yes Allen Iverson, they occured at practice.

Not cool.  But this will give guys like AE and Remy an opportunity to show why they should get more rotational minutes.  This could make us stronger.  Let’s look at it that way!!

Abell will be off first and Roth will get some run, but I believe the starters will be spread around more.

Luckily Elston won’t be out an extended amount of time and if you’re going to be short on players tonight’s game is a good time to be short because, if stats are any indication, UMBC is god-awful.  Jeff Howard may even make a 1st half appearance. Pritchard will obviously get more PT than usual and I hope he uses it to look for his shot and build some confidence.

Roth, Abell and Ethrington will all see significant minutes, and I’d expect a heavier than normal dose of Daniel Moore (who also needs to shoot when he has the opening.)

Victor will have to cut down on his fouling because he’s going to be the only lock-down defender available.

“What doesn’t kill us only makes us stronger right?”

Tell that to Mo….and if you’re right he might return next year with the ability to fly.

A broken nose is one thing,  A lower leg injury that no one will tell us much about is worrisome at the very least.  Here is to hoping that it’s not too serious, but I read crutches were needed on another website.  We’re going to need both of these guys to get where we need to be in the Big 10.

The following comes from the Herald Times online chat with Ryan Kartje and Dustin Dopirak. 

“Don’t have anything new beyond what was reported last night. Trying to
get a hold of some other sources, but haven’t been successful yet.”

“The original post on various message boards said that he had
stepped on a ball and turned his ankle. Now, what that means, we really
have no idea. It could be anything from a sprain, which would likely
keep him out tonight, but might not keep him out of MSU, or it could be a
high ankle sprain that keeps him out a few weeks.”

“But again, we don’t
know anything yet. We’ll probably know more after tonight’s game, but
even then, it could be more of a day-to-day thing, based on what we got
in a release last night, which said he would be evaluated each day.
Remember though, this is all speculation. We’ll let you know as soon as
we know anything.”

So….speculation of a sprained ankle which could be a few days and back for MSU (best case) or a high ankle sprain which could linger for a month or two before he is ready to go full tilt.  Here’s to hoping we find out soon and are happy with the news. By the way, I don’t mean to steal any viewers from HTO…head over there and check out their live chat if you are interested.

It took me three weeks to heal from my bad leg injury.  With proper medical treatment it should  take around two weeks to properly heal.