Mullins out 6 weeks with ankle injury

[TonyClifton]

According to Rothstein tweet.....he suffered an ankle injury in practice this week and will miss approx 6 weeks.......that stinks!!!
Heal up quick Braylon!!!

 

[RitzLuce1]

We will see if Stewart and Ross are up to the challenge. The time for babying them is over. They need to produce with that November schedule. Now.

 

[superjohn]

We will see if Stewart and Ross are up to the challenge. The time for babying them is over. They need to produce with that November schedule. Now.

Been pretty brutal so far with the injuries.

 

[HU5KIES]

Well that sucks.

 

[phillionaire]

Cancel Christmas

 

[alexd]

We can't have nice things. 😏

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Awful start to the year. Out Braylon and who knows about Reed. That early season gauntlet looks scarier by the day.

 

[CTBasketball]

Hurley math says he’ll be out until conference play begins.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Liam last year, now Braylon. The ankle Gods do not favor us. WTFudge

 

[SoFla Steve]

He'll miss most of the big OOC matches. Maybe he'll be back for Kansas and Florida.

I hope Tarris is healing well.

 

[HooperScooper]

Are you --- kidding me? Seems every year we go through this. Better now than later in the season but this stinks. Must be a pretty serious ankle injury to be out for 6 weeks. Has to be more than a sprain. If it's any consolation it's at a position that we're probably O.K. at.

Braylon Mullins, one of the top incoming freshman in the country, injured his ankle during a recent UConn men's basketball practice and could be out of action for a while, the school announced on Friday.

https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/braylon-mullins-ankle-injury-big-east-21118508.php

The RuffRuff Alternate Access™:

UConn men's basketball freshman Braylon Mullins out approximately six weeks with ankle injury​

 

[REB1094]

That really sucks. The OOC would have been a great way to get him national exposure, and jumping right into BE play is going to be tough for a freshman. But I have faith he’ll recover and deliver, get well soon Braylon!

Time for Jaylin and Jayden to prove themselves as upperclassman leaders

 

[LetsGoUC]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Hey Adrien!]

What better time for a Jaylin Stewart breakout.

Start Stewart at the 3, give Karaban all the minutes he can get at the 4 and then when everyone is (hopefully) healthy, Stewart enters Big East play as confident as he can ever be.

The affects UConn's seeding in the NCAA Tournament, but not their overall ceiling.

 

[CTBasketball]

What better time for a Jaylin Stewart breakout.

Start Stewart at the 3, give Karaban all the minutes he can get at the 4 and then when everyone is (hopefully) healthy, Stewart enters Big East play as confident as he can ever be.

The affects UConn's seeding in the NCAA Tournament, but not their overall ceiling.

And put Mullins in a boot and send him to the weight room for upper body strength. He’s way too skinny.

 

[RuffRuff]

Are you --- kidding me? Seems every year we go through this. Better now than later in the season but this stinks. Must be a pretty serious ankle injury to be out for 6 weeks. Has to be more than a sprain. If it's any consolation it's at a position that we're probably O.K. at.

Braylon Mullins, one of the top incoming freshman in the country, injured his ankle during a recent UConn men's basketball practice and could be out of action for a while, the school announced on Friday.

https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/braylon-mullins-ankle-injury-big-east-21118508.php

The RuffRuff Alternate Access™:

UConn men's basketball freshman Braylon Mullins out approximately six weeks with ankle injury​

Does make you wonder if Hurley pushes to the type of practices that equate to practicing with pads on. It’s been a lot the last couple years.

 

[superjohn]

What better time for a Jaylin Stewart breakout.

Start Stewart at the 3, give Karaban all the minutes he can get at the 4 and then when everyone is (hopefully) healthy, Stewart enters Big East play as confident as he can ever be.

The affects UConn's seeding in the NCAA Tournament, but not their overall ceiling.

Solo, Jaylin, and Karaban playing together on D scares me. That's a slow 2-4 defensively.

 

[navery12]

It seems like every year our top freshman has an early season injury. Mullins, McNeeley, Castle, Hawkins, Bouknight all off the top of my head.

Guess the Malachi Smith starting comments may come true after all

 

[HW611]

Hate to hear the news about Braylon and hope he makes it back ASAP.

Big opportunities for Ross and Stew to step up and claim that starting spot if they are ready for it.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

In six weeks it won't even be mid-December.

It may be a small blow to the ego that sweeping our non-conference schedule may now be out the window, but the prize I value most isn't awarded until April.

Big picture, this may well make the whole team better & more equipped for a title run.

 

[auror]

6 weeks puts him back for ETAM easing into Florida and Texas.

 

[aceboon]

I wonder if Hurley goes Smith/Demary/Ball or gives Jaylin/Jayden the chance to start. If they immediately called 6 weeks it must be another high ankle sprain like Liam.

 

[CTBasketball]

I wonder if Hurley goes Smith/Demary/Ball or gives Jaylin/Jayden the chance to start. If they immediately called 6 weeks it must be another high ankle sprain like Liam.

6 week minimum, I’d expect closer to 8. Mullins needs his ankle to be effective.

 

[navery12]

Hate to hear the news about Braylon and hope he makes it back ASAP.

Big opportunities for Ross and Stew to step up and claim that starting spot if they are ready for it.

If Hurley is to be believed it'll be Malachi Smith starting now. Though that's a potentially small lineup

 

[UConnStats]

Millender starting the year off hot from 3 would be a big lift for the bench now.

 

[HW611]

If Hurley is to be believed it'll be Malachi Smith starting now. Though that's a potentially small lineup

Yeah I’m not sure how that lineup would work defensively. It’d be cool to see what the junior wings do with the opportunity first at least.

 

[Storrs South]

The roster is deeper and this happens to be UConn's deepest position. It still hurts just not remotely as much as last year where after Liam you only had Stew who sometimes was great, sometimes not. Now you have roster flexibility as others have noted to go a bunch of different ways.

The tough part is the non-con difficulty comes in quickly. The plus side is the Big East start is not that difficult.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This sucks, but when we similarly lost Castle, I think it made the eventual full roster stronger. If Stewart and Ross can up their games, once Mullins is back we may be better than we would have been. Only problem is the brutal stretch of game he's missing due to our loaded schedule.

 

[RuffRuff]

Also never good for your NBA draft file when you may miss 6 out of your 8 toughest games.

 

[superjohn]

If Hurley is to be believed it'll be Malachi Smith starting now. Though that's a potentially small lineup

I actually hope to see Jayden starting in his place. Give him big minutes starting opening night and let's see if he can handle it and get comfortable. Jaylin starting makes us slow on defense. Malachi starting makes us small and takes away our change of pace pop off the bench.