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[QUOTE="Cedar, post: 4803558, member: 1309"]
I don’t have hard data to support this, but from a qualitatative standpoint, I think that UConn had fewer problems with ACL injuries, meniscal tears, and other problems requiring surgery during the years when Rosemary Ragle was the athletic trainer for the UConn women’s basketball program.  UConn had remarkably good luck in avoiding serious injuries during the championship years when Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart were playing.  Ragle was a part of 10 national championship teams.

Yes, there were injured players such as Morgan Tuck when Ragle was at UConn, but my sense is that serious injuries have become more prevalent in the post-Ragle era.

The relationship could be correlative rather than causal.  And as Geno has pointed out, more players coming into UConn in recent years have been playing basketball year-round, with high school basketball and AAU games, leading to more wear and tear on their bodies before they matriculate at UConn.  In other words, they may have higher prior probabilities of knee injuries or other medical problems.
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