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Kolek out for the next two games

king conn said:
I can't recall an oblique injury being any less than 6 weeks in other sports

I think he's done for the year
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I was actually thinking the same. You hear oblique injury in baseball (different movements I know) and the player is out for a least a month.
 
businesslawyer said:
They are? In your head or on the court? On the court, they played Creighton even in Omaha for 36 minutes without not just him but their center as well.
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And lost by 14. I don't think they are a threat to go anywhere in the tournament without him.
 
Hope he is back and ready to play for the Big East tournament, or at least the NCAAs. Would hate to see him and Marquette deprived of a real chance to go deep in March.
 
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UConnKev said:
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Smart move. Play the long game. You gotta think it's not much difference for Marquette as a 2-3 seed. I think there's even data points suggesting a 4-seed can make a deep run in the tourney.
 
Sucks for Kolek. These types are personalities are what makes the big east great. Hope he comes back in time for NCAAs at minimum. If he does not, does he have eligibility left? He was starting to make most draft boards but a late season injury to a fringe guy, I'd have to imagine the NIL opportunities at Marquette/transfer would be far higher than what he could make as an injured middling NBA prospect.
 
MexicoHusky said:
Do you think they can win a tournament game without him? I don't.
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Plenty of teams worse than Marquette without Kolek win tournament games every year. And most of them play teams better than whatever team Marquette will play in the first round.
 
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MexicoHusky said:
We need more competition as we head into NCAAs. Not less. So this sucks for us. Also sucks for Marquette and he league. They are completely dead in the water without him. I hope he can play in the NCAAs.
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did you see their game against Creighton? We are gonna have our hands full bud.
 
7774 said:
Plenty of teams worse than Marquette without Kolek win tournament games every year. And most of them play teams better than whatever team Marquette will play in the first round.
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I wouldn't bet on Marquette to beat anyone without Kolek. With the right match up maybe. But I think both our teams that lost to New Mexico State and Maryland would beat Marquette without Kolek.... and neither of those teams won a game in the tournament.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I am very confident that Marquette can beat a 15 seed without him.
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That's fair. I should probably rephrase my statement to, do you think Marquette gets out of the first weekend.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
This obviously sucks for Marquette and the Big East more broadly, but also puts us in a no-win situation on Wednesday. The narrative will be either:

W: UConn beats top 10 Marquette on the road, but without Kolek does it really mean anything?
L: UConn lost to Marquette without Kolek -- are they in trouble?
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I hope they aren’t lulled into a false sense of security regarding Wednesday’s game with him not playing; they challenged the BJ’s for most the game on Saturday without him.
 
MexicoHusky said:
I wouldn't bet on Marquette to beat anyone without Kolek. With the right match up maybe. But I think both our teams that lost to New Mexico State and Maryland would beat Marquette without Kolek.... and neither of those teams won a game in the tournament.
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I think you are comically underrating Marquette and potentially setting yourself up for disappointment in two days.
 
MexicoHusky said:
I wouldn't bet on Marquette to beat anyone without Kolek. With the right match up maybe. But I think both our teams that lost to New Mexico State and Maryland would beat Marquette without Kolek.... and neither of those teams won a game in the tournament.
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I guess we just disagree. But yeah, if a team plays as well against Marquette as New Mexico State played against us, Marquette will lose. Most every team in the field will lose to a team playing like that.
 
They crapped the bed last year with a subpar Kolek. Why wouldn't it be the same without him completely.
 
YearoftheHusky said:
Hope he’s ok. But that doesn’t suck for us.
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They played very well without him and oso Saturday. I think this ultimately improves their tournament potential with valuable minutes to deepen bench. Would be thrilled to receive to run into them in final 4.
 
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If losing by 14 is competitive, Georgetown had a really competitive season.
 
BGesus4 said:
One possession game with 4 and half minutes left is competitive, unless I’m missing something about how numbers work
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I would never lose by 14 and say I competed well. But that’s just me.
 
MexicoHusky said:
Do you think they can win a tournament game without him? I don't.
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They definitely can beat tournament level teams without Kolek. Not to mention they’ll be playing a 14 or 15 seed in the first round.

You don’t think they could beat St. John’s or Providence without kolek?

They literally just went toe to toe with a projected 3 seed on the road.
 
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