Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Mar 13, 2010 14:25:40 GMT -5
or are others willing to bet that the real extent of Onuaku's injury has been and will be downplayed until after Whinacuse gets its 1 seed?
This stinks out loud. He's day to day until after Sunday when surgery gets announced.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Mar 13, 2010 14:27:48 GMT -5
There was a reference somewhere (I think in the Substandard) that another player had an MRI on Friday. Speculation is that it was Joseph, but there has not been follow-up by the journalists...err homers...from that paper.
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 13, 2010 14:38:02 GMT -5
Even a cynic should be able to see the silver lining in that: great chance for the first 16 seed upset of a 1 seed ever.
Just sayin.
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Post by HoNYaSaxa on Mar 13, 2010 14:57:34 GMT -5
It's been billed as a quadriceps injury in at least one article (one from among the plethora posted in the game articles page, I forget which) and not a knee injury at all. Boeheim was quoted as saying he is day to day and could return to practice in four days...
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Post by rosslynhoya on Mar 13, 2010 15:19:17 GMT -5
I'm more ticked at the attempts to portray AO as some kind of Kenyon Martin-level loss for the Orange. Their team is honestly not that much worse with him on the bench. I hate the Orange and I still think it's crap that Boeheim is obliged to go to these lengths just to keep some weenies on the selection committee from robbing them of the 1-seed they have earned.
Who are you going to put in their place -- Duke? Purdue? The country needs to show the freaking BE regular season champ some respect - regardless of how Evil they are.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Mar 13, 2010 18:15:02 GMT -5
I mean i don't blame them, I'd do the same thing. The committee can't punish you if they can't prove there's a problem.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 13, 2010 18:19:02 GMT -5
Looked like a Calf Cramp to me, with a grade 2 calf muscle tear.
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Post by cnyhoya on Mar 13, 2010 23:38:36 GMT -5
I'm thinking he will play, but not be at 100%
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Post by NCHoya on Mar 13, 2010 23:56:32 GMT -5
I agree that SU is intentionally keeping quiet, but they deserve the #1 seed. OA is not near the loss of Hummel at Purdue.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 17, 2010 20:20:52 GMT -5
Not to pat myself on the back, but Ray Charles could have seen this ploy coming...
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Mar 17, 2010 21:24:22 GMT -5
I mean i don't blame them, I'd do the same thing. The committee can't punish you if they can't prove there's a problem. apparently i was wrong. |
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Post by Madgesdiq on Mar 18, 2010 4:52:41 GMT -5
Not to pat myself on the back, but Ray Charles could have seen this ploy coming... using a 'journalist' like pete thamel to run interference for this smokescreen made it especially despicable, even for Boe-hole. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 18, 2010 9:48:25 GMT -5
I agree that SU is intentionally keeping quiet, but they deserve the #1 seed. OA is not near the loss of Hummel at Purdue. But it will definitely hurt their zone, having 2 big bodies down low helps shut down most attempts to get the ball inside on the zone. |
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Post by jgalt on Mar 18, 2010 10:03:02 GMT -5
I agree that SU is intentionally keeping quiet, but they deserve the #1 seed. OA is not near the loss of Hummel at Purdue. But it will definitely hurt their zone, having 2 big bodies down low helps shut down most attempts to get the ball inside on the zone. Yes! You can see this in the past two games gtown has played them. With onuaku out that leaves is rick jackson down low. None of there other forwards can defend down low and post up against other teams. The only reason gtown came back in the second game is because onuaku and jackson were on the bench and Dash Riley was playing center!! With only jackson left that leaves them very vulnerable to Riley needing to come in. Cuse can play with one guy down low for stretches of a game but not for a whole game. This will be interesting going forward. |
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Post by chep3 on Mar 18, 2010 10:42:07 GMT -5
Agreed. With the zone not being great for rebounding, going Joseph-Jackson-Johnson instead of Jackson-Onuaku-Johnson will like make them struggle more on the glass. Not to mention that it leaves them with 0 frontcourt depth and 1 sub, albeit a good one.
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Post by McBricks on Mar 18, 2010 11:31:38 GMT -5
It seems like all the so-called experts have them going to the Final Four or at least the Elite 8. It's like no one is paying attention. I have them going out in round 2.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 26, 2010 11:24:18 GMT -5
This just in. Magoo has announced that Onuaku will be available for the Final Four...to park cars.
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Post by kchoya on Mar 26, 2010 11:38:26 GMT -5
This just in. Magoo has announced that Onuaku will be available for the Final Four...to park cars. The Final Four? Hell, he can park cars for tomorrow's game at the Carrier Dome. ;D |
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