Castle injury update

[Waquoit]

There you have it. Everybody good?

 

[HooperScooper]

Very bad news. Goodbye any chance for #6. He probably had significant ligament damage, but not enough for immediate surgery.

We've seen this story before. Castle will try to come back in January or February and won't be anywhere near the player he was. Then, they'll just shut him down the rest of the year.

That's a very pessimistic outlook based on what Hurley just said. I don't know why fans speculate so much on injuries when they have no information on the actual injury.

 

[formerlurker]

Do you even Boneyard bro?

 

[alexd]

Come on man. This little girl goes back to the Calhoun era. You can do better than this.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Boys. We have Hass and Solo ready to rip. We are good.

 

[Waquoit]

Come on man. This little girl goes back to the Calhoun era. You can do better than this.

Did you hear what happened to her? Her parents got her braces; then she turned around and sued them for loss of earnings.

 

[NowInStorrs]

We still don't have a title as a 5 or 6 seed. Maybe this could help with that. Gotta get em all.

 

[AtlantaHusky]

Short term pain long term gain. Kids will need to step up. The experience coming for Solo will be a big deal to be better later in the year. That said, get well Steph.

 

[imno1]

Welp. There we go. So he might be back for Gonzaga at best.

Welp that's mid December. So he should be back before that game. And because I'm more optimistic than you I believe he will be

 

[Secure Dog]

That's a very pessimistic outlook based on what Hurley just said. I don't know why fans speculate so much on injuries when they have no information on the actual injury.

It would have saved a lot of aggravation if that was known earlier in the day. DH “ It looks better already”. For me that does explain a lot. A procedure is not an MRI or surgery. Forgot about the other thing they sometimes do when there is swelling in the knee. Has anyone ever seen those needles?

 

[TheHorde]

As I was saying...

2-4 weeks is not the end of the world. Obviously it’s not great, but it could be worse for sure.

 

[Dove]

Come on man. This little girl goes back to the Calhoun era. You can do better than this.

#boneyardneverforgets

 

[PAHusky]

Think we’ll see him for UNC. Choosing to be delusional and optimistic

 

[HooperScooper]

"He's looking anywhere from early December to after that," Hurley said. "It's like maybe a two, three, four-week thing. It was a very minor procedure and the best-case scenario for him. He looks better already today. Great athletes tend to recover faster.

"He just had to get a little bit of clean-up. He didn't tear anything, just a very minor procedure."

UConn's Stephon Castle to miss at least 2 weeks with knee injury

UConn men's basketball freshman guard Stephon Castle had a minor procedure on his injured knee and will be sidelined from two to four weeks.

www.nhregister.com

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UConn men's basketball freshman Stephon Castle will miss at least two weeks with knee injury​

 

[BigFanCT]

This is not the end of the world. It does suck that we’ll miss him for likely Kansas, UNC maybe Gonzaga but it seems like he’ll be good to go for Big East play which is most important.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Welp that's mid December. So he should be back before that game. And because I'm more optimistic than you I believe he will be

I was just going by the KU, UNC, Gonzaga stretch.

KU and UNC is on the 1st and 5th. Would love to have him back by then but that doesn’t seem like it fits the timeline.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Come on man. This little girl goes back to the Calhoun era. You can do better than this.

Classic gif! Feel free to use it

 

[Marat]

Just curious, what kind of very minor procedure could it have been? Something non invasive ?

 

[GlastonTim]

A small meniscus tear. Sometimes a tear will happen to a part of the meniscus with no blood flow( white zone) can’t be repaired so it’s just removed.

 

[Secure Dog]

Just curious, what kind of very minor procedure could it have been? Something non invasive ?

Hurley said he did not tear anything. If there was swelling because of the on court incident they could drain the fluid from the knee. Hurley said it looked better already today. So my guess is they drained fluid from his knee with a needle. Now fingers crossed the swelling does not return and he can start pt and be back as quickly as possible. This is all a guess. There are others on the board who do seem pretty connected. So they may know more specifics. But this was the most clarity offered all day from Hurley.

 

[USNavyDog]

Without him, beating Kansas becomes much tougher...... crossing fingers he is able to return healthy asap.

But imagine how good this team will be if we actually beat Kansas on the road without Castle once he is back after the Kansas game.

 

[Blue Idiaco]

But imagine how good this team will be if we actually beat Kansas on the road without Castle once he is back after the Kansas game.

Reminds off winning game in 99 at Stanford without Rip

 

[superjohn]

Short term pain long term gain. Kids will need to step up. The experience coming for Solo will be a big deal to be better later in the year. That said, get well Steph.

True but we only get Castle for this year, I hate that he's going to miss all these big early out of conference games.

 

[Rich]

2-4 weeks is nothing.

Y'all damn near lost your collective minds over....what, exactly?

 

[Verne]

Just curious, what kind of very minor procedure could it have been? Something non invasive ?

The knee scopes they do now are so non invasive it's crazy. Incision the size of a pen tip.

Coach HS basketball and we had a kid that had a very minor clean up a few years ago and he missed 17 days. Blew my mind to be honest. Go in for knee surgery and you're playing 2.5 weeks later.