Newton: It’s early but we hope he can go this week

[ctchamps]

If you are up by 40 with 4 mins left I think it's ok to save your starters/stars. Doesn't mean the walk ons have to come in but not even close to worth risking it.

Later in the season absolutely.

But these early games are equivalent to practices where players are working on development.

There’s always a risk of injury but it would be coaching malpractice to have your starters miss the last 4 minutes of a practice because of that fear. And those practices from players comments are more intense than these early cupcakes.

The value of these early games over practices is the unfamiliarity of different opposing players play making. It develops twitch team reaction. This is a newly assembled team that needs as much time as possible to work on this.

 

[Palatine]

I agree, Hurley said he was trying to get players a certain amount of minutes of actual play for cardiac purpores. Since Newton dodn't get much playing time in the first half, he was in for conditioning.

From that point of view it makes sense. It wasn't about the score. It was prep for upcoming games which could not be accomplished on the bench.

 

[BGesus4]

Hurley didn't seem to concerned in post game presser...said he thinks Newton got hit in a bad spot and should be ok.

Hurley said he wanted to get rotation players to around 20 mins threshold in a game like that and Newton played exactly 20 mins so that explains why he was still in.

Hopefully its nothing significant. Not sure Hurley’s comments hold any weight. We all know how much he likes revealing injury info. It was pretty clear getting hit in the junk is not what happened, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t totally fine now.

 

[jibsey]

As we have seen in the past, getting injury information out of the Huskies staff is akin to getting precise accurate details out of North Korea or Brittany Griner’s prison.

 

[uconnfan68]

Only when it's another man do you wish it was a groin pull instead of a hammie.

I’ve had both, and I’m not sure which is worse. Both seemed to linger much longer than I expected.

 

[Umami Zen]

Big diff between cohonnes and groin.. Have had both in FB.. Groin is a slow rebound in most situations. A good taping job helps a lot.. Playing on a surface with ice underneath is not helpful for quick BB moves

 

[jdb50]

Analytics has made it to UConn men's basketball. 20 minutes BS. Fudge. CYA attempt.

 

[Storrs South]

Went back and watched the play. I don't see anyone or anything come remotely close to hitting him in that area. He clearly is holding his right groin when he sits down and talking with Doran. I don't buy that's what happened, but it also doesn't mean it's anything serious either especially from folks on Twitter saying he 1) stayed on the bench 2) walked without any sign of a limp or assistance. It's really hard to say and I doubt we get anymore information until Wednesday.

 

[bigknight3]

Big diff between cohonnes and groin.. Have had both in FB.. Groin is a slow rebound in most situations. A good taping job helps a lot.. Playing on a surface with ice underneath is not helpful for quick BB moves

He didn't slip on the court. He stepped on another player's foot.

 

[navery12]

Went back and watched the play. I don't see anyone or anything come remotely close to hitting him in that area. He clearly is holding his right groin when he sits down and talking with Doran. I don't buy that's what happened, but it also doesn't mean it's anything serious either especially from folks on Twitter saying he 1) stayed on the bench 2) walked without any sign of a limp or assistance. It's really hard to say and I doubt we get anymore information until Wednesday.

It's hard to tell from the camera angle, definitely just a slip when he stepped on the defender's foot but the only thing I can think of is maybe it happened when the defender dove on the floor to get the ball. Right at the end it looked like there could have been an elbow in that area when they showed the below the basket angle

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

what are the odds on this reaching 5 pages before Thursday?

 

[BGesus4]

what's over/under on this reaching 5 pages before Thursday?

What’s the square root of this apartment?

 

[JonnyRI]

What’s the square root of this apartment?

3?

 

[Storrs South]

Here's the whole clip, I actually do as @navery12 noted see an elbow does come in before the clip is cut off so that could have been it

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Here's the whole clip, I actually do as @navery12 noted see an elbow does come in before the clip is cut off so that could have been it

wow, same exact causation as last weeks - left leg attempted plant, wrong angle, traction slip. looks like it hurt upon impact, too, as he immediately dropped the ball, tho that move could also be an imbalance reaction, possible push-up move coming.
im betting on 'ouch' for the ball drop. shockwave.
sometimes at impact, an injury can make us go limp.
sometimes at impact, an injury can make us go clench.
stretchy moves that like can go a lot of ways. if truly just small stretchy, and not teary, then a quick bounce back is likely. id assume he was sent for pix.
nobody hit nuthin, except the floor, nowhere. that reach in for the ball by the defender looks more like a tap to his lower arm than a karate chop.
get well soon, mr newton.

 

[DisabledVet]

Bill Rafferty said “Onions! Hit in the onions.”

 

[coachn]

Really concerned as he was making a big contribution to the team and we need everybody on board.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I want to believe Hurley, but that looks like a classic hyperextension of a muscle.

 

[KingAG]

I want to believe Hurley, but that looks like a classic hyperextension of a muscle.

I can’t imagine Hurley blatantly lying about an injury. If it were anything serious he would at worst have been vague

 

[UCOnions]

I think if Hurley said he just got hit in the nads, then I will believe that an aspiring-pro athlete will be flexible enough to not pull his groin in that situation. It was just a Jimmy tap!

 

[jibsey]

Bill Rafferty said “Onions! Hit in the onions.”

Bill was wrong, he’s got worse vision than John Sterling.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I can’t imagine Hurley blatantly lying about an injury. If it were anything serious he would at worst have been vague

I think he could just be saying that. Like others said, it didn’t look like he got hit, but it sure did look like an unhealthy stretch.

 

[ctchamps]

I think he could just be saying that. Like others said, it didn’t look like he got hit, but it sure did look like an unhealthy stretch.

We’ll know soon enough. But if you look at the player guarding Newton as Newton falls down his hands and arms go up as if to imply he didn’t hit Newton but his facial expression conveys that there was a recognition he got all ball but the wrong one.

 

[jibsey]

I blew up the size on the video and watched it several times, saw him overstretch and that’s all, but If he got hit there it was an invisible chop.

 

[Get a Job]

Ok, this is just getting weird now.

 

[tennmike]

It looks like a groin pull. Not the kind of thing that you can rub down on national television.

As someone that has played hoops for over 50 years, I hope it is minor. A groin pull severely limits your mobility - jumping and making cuts - and takes an inordinate amount of time to correct itself.

Since we haven't heard anything yet, it's probably not significant. Newton didn't look bothered when he returned to the bench.

 

[mauconnfan]

It looks like a groin pull. Not the kind of thing that you can rub down on national television.

As someone that has played hoops for over 50 years, I hope it is minor. A groin pull severely limits your mobility - jumping and making cuts - and takes an inordinate amount of time to correct itself.

Since we haven't heard anything yet, it's probably not significant. Newton didn't look bothered when he returned to the bench.

Not hearing anything with Hurley in charge of the media updates unfortunately could still be significant.

Let’s hope no news is good news in this case!

 

[HuskyHawk]

Not hearing anything with Hurley in charge of the media updates unfortunately could still be significant.

Let’s hope no news is good news in this case!

With Hurley, you just don't know. "He seems fine...day to day..."

 

[tennmike]

With Hurley, you just don't know. "He seems fine...day to day..."

You're right, it could be gamesmanship. Not letting the opposition game plan.

Appreciate the Monte Python reference.

I just hope it is nothing. Newton has real skills and am looking forward to seeing his development. It seems he can get to the line whenever he wants.

 

[jibsey]

Not hearing anything with Hurley in charge of the media updates unfortunately could still be significant.

Let’s hope no news is good news in this case!

It‘s normal operating procedure for UCONN and their injuries, they are always secretive and tell as little as possible unless the injury is very serious and obvious and we all know what it was.