Poll: Which do you think will be Bouknight's first game back?

[8893]

Aaaand Providence on 2/10 now looking like the winner!

 

[8893]

Aaaand Providence on 2/10 now looking like the winner!

Or not...

Suddenly I'm back to liking my Marquette 2/27 prediction.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Or not...

Suddenly I'm back to liking my Marquette 2/27 prediction.

I've still got a chance with the next PC game. I didn't think he'd come back on the road.

 

[Rico444]

I picked Xavier on Saturday. I'd still like to change my pick.

 

[RayRay]

Hopeful for PC next week, very hopeful, but I honestly think it may be Gtown, sadly....I had originally picked PC for yesterday, then we had the setback it seems.

 

[navery12]

I picked Seton Hall 2/6, I like my chances

 

[Get a Job]

In light of the DEFCON 1, full meltdown state currently permeating the Boneyard, it might* be calming to note that we are still 2 games away from the date that the plurality of Boneyarders predicted for Bouk's return. Furthermore, we are 4 games away from the end of the 4-6 week post-surgery recovery window. Perhaps* we can temper our despair until then?

*Who am I kidding?

 

[Rico444]

In light of the DEFCON 1, full meltdown state currently permeating the Boneyard, it might* be calming to note that we are still 2 games away from the date that the plurality of Boneyarders predicted for Bouk's return. Furthermore, we are 4 games away from the end of the 4-6 week post-surgery recovery window. Perhaps* we can temper our despair until then?

*Who am I kidding?

As someone that thinks people are freaking out and speculating about things they shouldn't be speculating about, I will say that we're getting very close to the point that we have to start winning games against good teams or our at-large chances are pretty much toast.

 

[August_West]

Or not...

Suddenly I'm back to liking my Marquette 2/27 prediction.

is that a gut feeling?

 

[8893]

is that a gut feeling?

Nope. It's an extrapolation from @Abe1 saying he doesn't expect him to be cleared until 2/23 at the earliest because that would be six weeks following the surgery. Seeing as 2/23 is a road game at Georgetown, I'm guessing the next game after that.

 

[August_West]

Nope. It's an extrapolation from @Abe1 saying he doesn't expect him to be cleared until 2/23 at the earliest because that would be six weeks following the surgery. Seeing as 2/23 is a road game at Georgetown, I'm guessing the next game after that.

should stick with your gut. ;-)

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

NBA

 

[8893]

should stick with your gut. ;-)

My initial gut instinct after Hurley's "We'll see him when we see him" and "anyone's guess" comments a few weeks ago was that we night not see him play at UConn again. I don't think that's the case anymore, even if the more rosy expectations created recently turned out to be false, but I do think it's increasingly likely that we will have played ourselves out the NCAAs by the time he returns, so I don't expect it to make much difference in our season.

 

[Griffman]

I'm one of 7 who predicted GTown on the 23rd and I'm sticking to it. Any wagers? 30 to 1?

 

[BigTenFan]

As someone that thinks people are freaking out and speculating about things they shouldn't be speculating about, I will say that we're getting very close to the point that we have to start winning games against good teams or our at-large chances are pretty much toast.

I agree- people are speculating on his condition without knowing all the facts. If the team can't win without him then they really don't deserve to be in the tournament discussion

 

[Get a Job]

As someone that thinks people are freaking out and speculating about things they shouldn't be speculating about, I will say that we're getting very close to the point that we have to start winning games against good teams or our at-large chances are pretty much toast.

I agree that our tourney hopes are in grave jeopardy, but I am just pointing out that 4 weeks ago we thought we wouldn't have Bouk for 4 to 6 weeks, and that we might lose a lot of games in that period. Not many people were declaring the season over at that point, whereas now it seems to be the majority opinion.

 

[8893]

I agree- people are speculating on his condition without knowing all the facts. If the team can't win without him then they really don't deserve to be in the tournament discussion

What's most interesting to me is that a few weeks ago Hurley seemed to be trying to send the message that the team couldn't wait around for Bouk's return and needed to figure out how to win without him; now he and they appear to be resigned to the expectation that they can't win without him.

 

[Rico444]

I agree that our tourney hopes are in grave jeopardy, but I am just pointing out that 4 weeks ago we thought we wouldn't have Bouk for 4 to 6 weeks, and that we might lose a lot of games in that period. Not many people were declaring the season over at that point, whereas now it seems to be the majority opinion.

Maybe it's because we played some bad teams right after he got hurt, but we looked a lot better 4-6 weeks ago than we do now. We almost beat Creighton in their own building without Bouk, now we can't beat anybody.

 

[imno1]

I also posted the 2/23 Gtown game giving the team and Bouk 4 games to mesh before the conference tournament. There's a growing chance we will need to win that tourney to advance.

 

[RayRay]

I also posted the 2/23 Gtown game giving the team and Bouk 4 games to mesh before the conference tournament. There's a growing chance we will need to win that tourney to advance.

I agree, Gtown is looking like the most likely scenario given how everything has played out. Hopefully we can somehow go 2-1 before then. Normally I’d say 1-2 with our schedule but I think we see an inspired UConn, beat a short handed Xavier, lose a close one to Nova, and beat PC by 8+ and then we are back on the good side of the bubble when Bouk comes back vs Georgetown. If we can finish up 3-1 with Bouk, we are not even on the bubble anymore and squarely in regardless of what happens in the BE tourney.

 

[Abe1]

Changing my vote to Tuesday 😉

 

[8893]

Changing my vote to Tuesday 😉

For realz?

 

[nadavtheman]

let's hope Tuesday is not too little too late

 

[RayRay]

Changing my vote to Tuesday 😉

I’m surprised this thread isn’t blowing up right now. Glad to see this, I can see it!

 

[ucawn]

Changing my vote to Tuesday 😉

I put this in another thread but Abe1 we’re sorry for flaming you. You knew all along.

 

[UConnKev]

 

[Get a Job]

The wisdom of the crowd.

 

[BigFanCT]

All of these reports of dunking etc and then this video. The optics are going to become more and more terrible for those holding Bouknight out- or if it’s Bouk himself holding out. He is CLEARLY ready to play. Why isn’t he??

the longer he holds out, the uglier it will get for the people holding him out and him, himself. Whether he wants to be playing or not.

time to put the big boy pants on James.

 

[How Sway?!]

All of these reports of dunking etc and then this video. The optics are going to become more and more terrible for those holding Bouknight out- or if it’s Bouk himself holding out. He is CLEARLY ready to play. Why isn’t he??

the longer he holds out, the uglier it will get for the people holding him out and him, himself. Whether he wants to be playing or not.

time to put the big boy pants on James.

Pretty sure it has already been established that the person holding James out is the surgeon that did his surgery. Not Coach, not his circle, not James, a medical professional whose sole job is to make sure his elbow healed correctly.

 

[ucawn]

All of these reports of dunking etc and then this video. The optics are going to become more and more terrible for those holding Bouknight out- or if it’s Bouk himself holding out. He is CLEARLY ready to play. Why isn’t he??

the longer he holds out, the uglier it will get for the people holding him out and him, himself. Whether he wants to be playing or not.

time to put the big boy pants on James.

Dude he’ll be back soon. Can we stop with that narrative that he doesn’t want to play or is being told not to for reasons not health related