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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 4802982, member: 26"] This is the first time I've read about the specifics of the injury other than "it happened in practice during a non-contact basketball move". [I]In a video replay of Azzi’s injury this month, the guard is seen going up for a layup in practice not heavily guarded. It’s a shot, a movement, she’s done countless times in her career. Yet, when she comes back down to the floor her knee appears to buckle and she immediately falls and grabs her right knee. Tim said Azzi heard the all-too familiar “pop” when she went down. An MRI confirmed the season-ending news later that week. Doctors told Katie and Tim that Azzi’s right knee was probably already compromised after her injury to the same knee last year[/I]. And maybe the only silver lining in the whole thing...apparently her tear this time isn’t as severe as it was in high school. She’s been able to walk around and do basic activities while she waits for surgery next month. Azzi and Paige have played only 17 games together. Azzi has yet to play a full healthy season in a UConn uniform. She and her family were devastated, but there were some great quotes in the article on how the parents are dealing with it and how they have helped Azzi as well. It's so sad to see such a talented player continue to be plagued with so many injuries. But if her best friend Paige has anything to say about it, Azzi will come back even stronger and more hungry. Thoughts and prayers for her and her family as well as her friends and the team as she works thru the surgery and rehab process. It won't be easy. But she can do it!! [/QUOTE]

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