College Hoops Around The Country [TN opponents, RPI, others]

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bleedingTNorange said:
FWIW there’s precedent with Cincinnati and Kenyon Martin, they were considered a lock for a 1 seed until he suffered an injury in their conference tournament loss, the committee dropped them to a 2. Obviously that’s been awhile and no way to know if they’ll do that again, I’m also sure Duke won’t disclose the extent of these injuries either if those guys don’t return prior to selection Sunday.
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Wow has there really not been another more recent example?

There was the entire dilemma in Football a couple years ago with Florida State.

But I am racking my brain and can't think of one this significant since Kmart for CBB
 
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GBO18 said:
If I am Flagg no chance I am playing the rest of the year. Think about the NBA now.
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Well, you’re not Flagg. These kids want to compete. Also, guys like Flagg don’t even need to worry about how an injury is going to impact his NBA career. He’s going #1 overall no matter what happens to him. No organization is going go pass on him simply because he’s injured.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Well, you’re not Flagg. These kids want to compete. Also, guys like Flagg don’t even need to worry about how an injury is going to impact his NBA career. He’s going #1 overall no matter what happens to him. No organization is going go pass on him simply because he’s injured.
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Do what? He doesn’t need to worry about injuries? Good Lord.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Well, you’re not Flagg. These kids want to compete. Also, guys like Flagg don’t even need to worry about how an injury is going to impact his NBA career. He’s going #1 overall no matter what happens to him. No organization is going go pass on him simply because he’s injured.
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Not with an ankle sprain, but if he tore his ACL or ruptured his Achilles that could cause a team to potentially pass.
 
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GBO18 said:
Just a dumb take by him.
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It’s not a dumb take. He’s a generational talent that is the clear #1 pick in the draft and no injury is going to prevent him from going #1 to a bottom feeder who won’t care if he can’t play on Day 1 next season.

The idea that you had about him quitting on his team chasing a national title if he was available to play because he would be scared to injure something would probably be a much larger flaw for a team looking to draft a player than an injury. I’m sure teams would love to draft a kid that quits on his team. I hear that’s like the top characteristic they look for in drafting a franchise player.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
It’s not a dumb take. He’s a generational talent that is the clear #1 pick in the draft and no injury is going to prevent him from going #1 to a bottom feeder who won’t care if he can’t play on Day 1 next season.

The idea that you had about him quitting on his team chasing a national title if he was available to play because he would be scared to injure something would probably be a much larger flaw for a team looking to draft a player than an injury. I’m sure teams would love to draft a kid that quits on his team. I hear that’s like the top characteristic they look for in drafting a franchise player.
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You are so dramatic haha it was a dumb take by you. No paragraphs are needed. Just move on.
 
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GBO18 said:
Ok? Haha I was more pointing out how Mookie stated he shouldn’t worry about injuries which was a dumb take.
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Sure, as a blanket statement in a vacuum, "don't worry about injuries" is pretty vague and can be interpreted in the most radical sense from one end of the spectrum to the other. If the intention was to suggest that Flagg shouldn't worry about an injury of any kind, then yeah, I'd agree. I think it was clear Mookie was indicating that no team is passing on Flagg at 1.1 because of a high-ankle sprain. It's a non-issue for an 18-year old kid with a 15-20 year career ahead of him.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I think it’s worse than a twisted ankle bc I was told by someone who actually is a doctor .
Wise ass.
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If your doctor friend has any more detail I would be interested. Flagg walking around after some time in the back, I'd guess they did an X-ray, didn't find any broken bones, and decided it was likely a sprain.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Sure, as a blanket statement in a vacuum, "don't worry about injuries" is pretty vague and can be interpreted in the most radical sense from one end of the spectrum to the other. If the intention was to suggest that Flagg shouldn't worry about an injury of any kind, then yeah, I'd agree. I think it was clear Mookie was indicating that no team is passing on Flagg at 1.1 because of a high-ankle sprain. It's a non-issue for an 18-year old kid with a 15-20 year career ahead of him.
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This. Cooper Flagg could have gotten injured at any point throughout the season.

The idea that he should now quit on his team if he is available to play simply because he likely has an ankle issue is simply ludicrous. GMs will have a lot more of a problem with the character flaws demonstrated by quitting on your teammates than a high-ankle sprain that happens pretty frequently.

Assuming he does injure himself worse in the tournament….well that could literally happen at any point in time. In any game. In practice. Walking down the street. It happens.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
This. Cooper Flagg could have gotten injured at any point throughout the season.

The idea that he should now quit on his team if he is available to play simply because he likely has an ankle issue is simply ludicrous. GMs will have a lot more of a problem with the character flaws demonstrated by quitting on your teammates than a high-ankle sprain that happens pretty frequently.

Assuming he does injure himself worse in the tournament….well that could literally happen at any point in time. In any game. In practice. Walking down the street. It happens.
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Yep. It was a dumb take saying he shouldn't play anymore this season.

If he were playing for an NIT bound team, sure I'd agree that's not worth playing. But the NCAAT? Lol...no.
 
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