FWIW I take no pleasure in a kid injuring himself. I hope he comes back strong next year. These kids practice almost their entire lives to earn a scholarship to college to play hoops. It breaks my heart to see it happen to any athlete - male, female, and in any sport. Having said that, as a UCONN fan, while not "happy" per se, UCONN IS fighting for their NCAA lives and anything that happens that helps them get there is ok by me... even if it happens to be a bit bittersweet...
Not for nothing, but I totally disagree with "if we don't win with their best players on the court then getting into the NCAA's means jack". It's like saying "put an asterisk next to UCONN's 2011 NCAA win because it was such an ugly game with horrible offense that set the game back 5 years" blah blah.
All anyone remembers now is that we have 4 NC's. If we get into the NCAA's, regardless of how it's done, all anyone will remember is that we weren't one of the National Champions to miss the NCAA's the following season...