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El Alfy (maybe) and Patterson out tomorrow

Charliebball said:
that's a shame...........I have a feeling Geno is going to pound the ball inside due to St John's lack of size.......now two bigs down and one who is glued to the bench........looks like Blanca is going to log some big minutes........
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The thing that really sucks is that the last game was her best of the season. Now that momentum may be interrupted.
 
I'm sorry, but this continuing pattern of practice-related injuries is unlike anything that I have read about at other schools. It's time for Geno and staff to make hockey style helmets and masks mandatory at team practices. It's great supporting the very best team in women's CBB, but at what cost? Maybe we should implement a bounce pass only and no contact rule or get an exception from the NCAA to the 15 scholarship limit.
 
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I guess the Availability Reports aren't posted on the Big East site on the day of the game because there's none posted now.
 
BRS24 said:
They are due 3 hrs before game time.
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Thanks, you are correct. This morning today's games are listed and the reports aren't expected like you said...3 hours before game time.
 
Bills Fan said:
I'm sorry, but this continuing pattern of practice-related injuries is unlike anything that I have read about at other schools. It's time for Geno and staff to make hockey style helmets and masks mandatory at team practices. It's great supporting the very best team in women's CBB, but at what cost? Maybe we should implement a bounce pass only and no contact rule or get an exception from the NCAA to the 15 scholarship limit.
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She was playing defense - the last game. In a battle for a rebound, Jana took a ball off the head.
 
Different but related. What's Ice's status? Is she remaining out for an extended period or moving more toward day-to-day? She played in two games in November. Thanks.
 
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thatguyed said:
Different but related. What's Ice's status? Is she remaining out for an extended period or moving more toward day-to-day? She played in two games in November. Thanks.
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No idea what kind of knee "inflammation" Ice is dealing with, however if we go back a year ish ago, Patterson had been dealing with patellar tendonitis (not fun), and after attempting to solve the issue with rehab, she had to have surgery to fix it. So, for Ice's situation, it's a day to day thing (no matter what it is), and UConn isn't going to tell us much more than that.
 
HuskylnSC said:
3 ball off the front of the rim will do it. ask me how I know???
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In my rec volleyball days, I got hit in the head at least three times by untouched spikes. I had to come out of, or at least stop play each time, though I never had a concussion. And a basketball is more than twice the weight of a volleyball. though not travelling as fast.
 
Bills Fan said:
I'm sorry, but this continuing pattern of practice-related injuries is unlike anything that I have read about at other schools. It's time for Geno and staff to make hockey style helmets and masks mandatory at team practices. It's great supporting the very best team in women's CBB, but at what cost? Maybe we should implement a bounce pass only and no contact rule or get an exception from the NCAA to the 15 scholarship limit.
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That's a big assumption to make considering the number of programs in D1. We don't get visibility to all that happens within these programs and even injury reports are vague when available.
 
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Yuck! It seems like it'll be Serah for 20-25 minutes and small ball for the rest of the game for a while.
 
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huskeynut said:
She was playing defense - the last game. In a battle for a rebound, Jana took a ball off the head.
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A ball off the head causes such an injury to not be able to play? This would have to be concussion related or at least precautionary with an overabundance of caution. Anyway, been said before on this forum, the occurrences of injuries in practices - not games - might be a good time for coaches to reassess if practices need to be toned down a bit.
 
WiseWillie said:
A ball off the head causes such an injury to not be able to play? This would have to be concussion related or at least precautionary with an overabundance of caution. Anyway, been said before on this forum, the occurrences of injuries in practices - not games - might be a good time for coaches to reassess if practices need to be toned down a bit.
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Through the years, part of Geno’s secret sauce was to make his practices extremely tough right up to the end of the regular season and then back off for the Big Dance. In so doing, the team got a jolt of energy for the tournament and typically performed at another, higher level.

Until this past season, Geno could not do that because he simply did not have enough healthy players available for practice. While practice injuries are unfortunate, I strongly support continuing tough practices until March Madness rolls around.
 
oldude said:
Through the years, part of Geno’s secret sauce was to make his practices extremely tough right up to the end of the regular season and then back off for the Big Dance. In so doing, the team got a jolt of energy for the tournament and typically performed at another, higher level.

Until this past season, Geno could not do that because he simply did not have enough healthy players available for practice. While practice injuries are unfortunate, I strongly support continuing tough practices until March Madness rolls around.
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Will concede hard, precise practices are required to be prepared for what will come in March, especially when having not-so-tough conference competition. Just need to make sure there's enough nose guards!
 
Basingstoke said:
And, perhaps some hockey helmets...
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This made me think of the guardian caps used in professional football. Not sure if it's feasible, but curious if a modified version could be used to help minimize impact.
 
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