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HuskylnSC said:
Section 2. The Team
Art. 1. At the start of the game, each team shall consist of five players, one of whom shall be the captain.
Art. 2. Each team may continue to play with fewer than five players when all other team members are not eligible or able to play.
Art. 3. When there is only one player participating for a team, that team shall forfeit unless the referee believes that both teams have an opportunity to win.
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Thanks for the information. Very helpful. So, the recent Cancellation of a N. D. game was for some other reason (Yes?)
 
Zarathustra said:
Is there any information about what has to be the situation for a team to request a cancellation or reschedule?
One could argue that if you have 5 or 6 healthy bodies ... that the game " must go on". So ... to limit
the speculation, does anyone have any "evidence based" (NCAA guidelines?) about this type of situation? Do both
teams have to agree or is it a courtesy if the " injured" team requests it.? When does the option of
taking a forfeit come into play.? Thanks, Z
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Mississippi State played a game last year with 7 available players. I believe that was the minimum before a forfeit was required. I think the only time canceling was allowed was during the Covid pandemic.
 
dogged1 said:
So, How does the inbound work?:D
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u make the tom brady pose like ur aboot to toss it long, assumedly to then hope that u can chase it down. ball defender puts their arms way up, jumping to try and deflect it.
but u don't long ball it. u gently use both hands to push it off their leg, and then gather up the dribbler.
Art. 3. When there is only one player participating for a team, that team shall forfeit unless the referee believes that both teams have an opportunity to win.
id sure like to meet that baller.
 
Zarathustra said:
Thanks for the information. Very helpful. So, the recent Cancellation of a N. D. game was for some other reason (Yes?)
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The Notre Dame v Lafayette game has been postponed allegedly due to COVID issues. So the game is eligible for postponing whereas if a team is not able to field a team due to injuries, it is a forfeit. Just another instance of NCAA selective rules.
 
Fairfield Fan said:
UConn never came out and said she suffered a concussion. It was always a "head injury." Why did they refuse to admit it was a concussion? Given how much controversy there is over how universities treat athletes with concussions, shouldn't the university at least admit that a student-athlete is undergoing evaluation for concussion protocol? This isn't an issue of the public's right to know. Across the country, university teams regularly state whether a student-athlete has suffered a concussion, whether one is being evaluated for a concussion, at what stage of the concussion protocol they are, and when they're cleared.

The question is why UConn doesn't adhere to this common practice at virtually every other university?
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I, on the other hand, believe that all injuries and return times should be adjudicated by a Boneyard poll. Votes should be weighted by the number of lifetime "likes" received . If there are ties, the results should be averaged.
 
OMG I feel sick. I don't get SNY (switching to DirectTV is in the works) so I didn't see the game.

I pray Nika's injury isn't too severe & she'll be able to return but you never know with a head injury. :(
 
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cometjo said:
As I recall what they said was that according to doctors she had a head injury that didn't meet the criteria for concussion but was nonetheless significant. There are a lot of gray areas with these diagnoses—you can't identity a concussion with a scan you just have to test symptoms and the test results can be inconclusive. I think the approach the coaches ultimately went with was to let her play after she was medically cleared and take her out if she didn't seem like herself—I think they were reluctant to simply let her play through her problems getting back into the flow of things because there was the suspicion that her problem could be lingering injury not rustiness.
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Yes, I remember them being open and saying several times a "non-concussion head injury" that was a result of several blows to the head over several games. Diagnosing a concussion is not an exact science, and it's not like there's some treatment that suddenly changes if a concussion vs a different head injury is diagnosed, nor does it make a bit of difference to most fans.
 
Linart said:
I also feel bad for Aaliyah. The poor woman is getting a reputation as "The Destroyer."
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Could have considered it payback. Wasn't it Nika that broke Aaliyah's nose requiring the mask?
 
Beemer said:
OMG I feel sick. I don't get SNY (switching to DirectTV is in the works) so I didn't see the game.

I pray Nika's injury isn't too severe & she'll be able to return but you never know with a head injury. :(
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If you have access to YouTube, the replays are posted there...
 
oldhuskie said:
Could have considered it payback. Wasn't it Nika that broke Aaliyah's nose requiring the mask?
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Nike breaks Aaliyahs nose forcing her to wear a mask.
Aaliyah gets pushed causing her to fall and hit Azzi's knee with her head.
Aaliyah tries to get a rebound and doesn't see a fallen Nika (possibly because of that mask) hitting Nika's head with her knee.

This can only be described as a circular connection of horrible events.
 
Aaliyah appeared to be shaken after Nika was taken off the floor. Her play appeared to be affected for a while afterwards. I hope she doesn't get into a funk because of this, both Azzi's and Nika's injuries are not her fault.
 
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Topdawg said:
Patience! The doctors have to clear a player first. Then the player has to be mentally ready to get on the court.

I see lots of opinions being expressed. Some out of concern, some because people feel the need to express a medical opinion.

Nothing we say on this board is going to influence the outcome.

That said, let us hope the players get healthy soon and a have a rest of the season with few or no injuries.
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Don't you know how many doctors there are here on the BY?
 
Zarathustra said:
Thanks for the information. Very helpful. So, the recent Cancellation of a N. D. game was for some other reason (Yes?)
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I believe it was the good old health and safety protocols with a side of an abundance of caution.
 
MSGRET said:
Aaliyah appeared to be shaken after Nika was taken off the floor. Her play appeared to be affected for a while afterwards. I hope she doesn't get into a funk because of this, both Azzi's and Nika's injuries are not her fault.
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Basketball's a rough sport. You can land on someone's foot at any time and get injured, for instance. Just gotta go out and take your chances.

I think Nika will be OK and play Sunday. JMO

Have a nice day!
 
UCLA played a good portion of last season with only 7 or 8 players available. They tried to take advantage of the Covid short-handed rule to postpone a game against Oregon since the policy didn't explicitly say short-handed due to Covid. PAC-12 said it didn't apply to Covid and declared it a forfeit.

apnews.com

Pac-12 awards No. 19 Oregon victory over UCLA due to forfeit

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference has awarded No. 19 Oregon a victory over UCLA due to forfeit. The two teams were supposed to play on Friday.
apnews.com apnews.com

According to this article, UCLA played multiple games with just 7 players available the 2020-2021 season.

dailybruin.com

UCLA women’s basketball struggles with empty bench, looks to promising future roster - Daily Bruin

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 1:04 a.m. For the second straight season, the Bruins’ roster has been hampered by injuries and absences. But this time around, it’s contributed to their worst start to a season in three years.
dailybruin.com dailybruin.com

Injuries through the first 19 games last year.

247sports.com

WBB: A Look at the Season's Injuries

Here is a look at the injuries that have plagued the UCLA women's basketball team this season...
247sports.com 247sports.com
 
dabears17 said:
UCLA played a good portion of last season with only 7 or 8 players available. They tried to take advantage of the Covid short-handed rule to postpone a game against Oregon since the policy didn't explicitly say short-handed due to Covid. PAC-12 said it didn't apply to Covid and declared it a forfeit.

apnews.com

Pac-12 awards No. 19 Oregon victory over UCLA due to forfeit

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference has awarded No. 19 Oregon a victory over UCLA due to forfeit. The two teams were supposed to play on Friday.
apnews.com apnews.com

According to this article, UCLA played multiple games with just 7 players available the 2020-2021 season.

dailybruin.com

UCLA women’s basketball struggles with empty bench, looks to promising future roster - Daily Bruin

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 1:04 a.m. For the second straight season, the Bruins’ roster has been hampered by injuries and absences. But this time around, it’s contributed to their worst start to a season in three years.
dailybruin.com dailybruin.com

Injuries through the first 19 games last year.

247sports.com

WBB: A Look at the Season's Injuries

Here is a look at the injuries that have plagued the UCLA women's basketball team this season...
247sports.com 247sports.com
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You don't need to look to other programs. UConn WBB history is filled with undermanned teams (relative to other team rosters).....among them those that followed the graduation of Stewie, Morgan and MoJeff. Just think of the Gabby-Kia team as juniors when they often played with a rotation of 6 against good teams, 7 most of the season......they never complained about being banged up (which several of them were) or of tiredness (near exhaustion towards the end of the season). If this kind of stuff happened to those rosters, they would have ended with less than five healthy players in some games.
 
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Beemer said:
OMG I feel sick. I don't get SNY (switching to DirectTV is in the works) so I didn't see the game.

I pray Nika's injury isn't too severe & she'll be able to return but you never know with a head injury. :(
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I have Hulu as my TV provider and ESPN+. Neither carried the game so I just uploaded the Fox Sports App, no fee, and they did stream the game. Fox Sports is not FS1 or FS2 so if you have access to those you still need to upload Fox Sports. Worked for me, hope it works for you!
 
MilfordHusky said:
The only good news about Nika’s injury is that Croatia went out and beat Brazil in the World Cup and dedicated it to Nika. :)
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Amazing thought.....she's now on level with Pele: Brazil dedicate a win for Pele earlier......now a World Cup win dedicatee like Pele? That's up there in the clouds.....(how come it doesn't show my emoji: a halo over the head?)
 
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stamfordhusky said:
Until she passes concussion protocol. Could theoretically be only a few days - assuming she does indeed have a concussion, which appears likely - but likely longer. Possibly more than a week, maybe a lot more. (hopefully not).
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If she is put in the " concussion protocol" she will not play against Maryland, for sure. It is normally 1-2 weeks.
 
CajunHusky said:
With Nika injured, and Lou and Dorka "iffy"; Roster is down to as few as 6, maybe 7 or 8 .... I wouldn't be surprised if the Maryland game was cancelled.
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If Lou is injured, we may well see that. I don't think a team can play with six.
 
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TCC Kid said:
Uconn W. In the recent past has had LIMITED #s of players and Yes teams sped it up and rotated fresh players in and out. I don't recall whether Uconn lost, but you probably know they didn't lose.

5 seems like a decent number of players to have on the floor. 4 or 3 seems unacceptable. Refs and the Conferences EXPECT coaches to use reasonable caution-.

I think if Geno was down to just Azzi, Paige, Lou and Edwards he'd play most teams.

Is there ANY proof, recently, of coaches playing players lots of minutes and being expelled for that'' then I'd like to REPORT IOWA' (ST?) Coach because Clark plays nearly 40 minutes every game and is running the whole time. (I like that kid, I just don't like UC playing against her.)
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Caitlin Clark is averaging 33 minutes per game, slightly less or more than what Geno was playing Azzi, Dorka, Aaliyah, Nika and Lou. Iowa actually uses its bench more often than UConn was doing (before the latest rash of injuries hit the Huskies).
 
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HuskyNan said:
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I would be surprised if there was any announcement regarding Nika (or Dorka or even Lou) before tomorrow afternoon. The team probably already knows or at least has a pretty good idea of who will be available on Sunday, but it's not the kind of information they want to share with the opponents any sooner than necessary.
 
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