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Message: [QUOTE="BfromCT, post: 4520438, member: 10542"] Last week in his presser before the Tennessee game Coach Auriemma addressed the unprecedented run of injuries over the past two years, something about which Boneyarders are acutely aware. A poster a couple of days ago addressed the career ending injuries suffered by highly recruited Keirsten Walters who was part of the class that included Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Ashja Jones, and Tamika Williams who never played very much. We old timers remember the injury of Shea Ralph in the the NCAA regionals in 1997, that of Nykesha Sales near the end of the 1998 season, and those to Svetlana Abrosimova and again Shea Ralph during the 2000-01 season. What concerns me the most are the disabling injuries that ruin careers. In addition to Walters, there was freshman Nicole Wolff who started at point in her freshman year in November 2002, was injured relatively early in the season, and was never the same. Of course, we remember how a succession of knee injuries ruined the career of Caroline Doty. What is our situation today? Paige Bueckers is out for the season and having suffered injuries in two of her three years on campus. Both Azzi Fudd and Caroline Ducharme have also been incapacitated for significant periods of time in both their freshman and sophomore seasons. Will any of them ever be 100% for any significant period of time again? We hope that Caroline will be ready to play again soon and that Azzi will be healthy by the time the Big East tournament begins and there are some grounds for optimism. But what about further down the line? Will Bueckers, Ducharme, and Fudd be healthy next season? It may or may not be a coincidence that the Huskies have two McDonalds All American guards coming in next season, guard Allie Ziebell in 2024, and Kellis Fisher already for the following year. South Carolina appears to be odds on favorite to repeat as national champion this season. Our Huskies do not have a prayer without both Ducharme and Fudd of reaching the championship game. [/QUOTE]

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