djtee
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any chance zay pulls a jolly and comes back this season??
any chance zay pulls a jolly and comes back this season??
She isn't going to burn a redshirt yr, when we will be a lot better next year.
several years ago we had a thread where the long-time/old fans added to a list of LV players who had ACL injuries and the list was long. One personal vivid memory was when Elzy drove into a very wide-body player and having a painful ACL injury. Also playing constantly have caused the knee cartlidge to be worn out and bone against bone. I can name several LVs who experienced severe pain and reduced mobility.
Included in our list were at least two who were not able to do the conditioning required to be able to play again. Of course 30 plus years ago - many improvements in both the operation and the rehab.
The LVs have certainly had more than their share of bad luck with ACL.
Elzy's injury really hurt the team's depth that season on was otherwise a very young team; that was Tre Geter and Michelle Snow's freshman seasons (98-99)
During her senior season, Tamika Catchings tore her ACL on MLK day and that injury likely cost the LVs a national championship (She spent her first year in the WNBA rehabbing that injury by the way).
Candace missed her freshman season with an ACL and, a healthy CP3 would have likely pushed that final four team to the championship.
The ACL that was as consequential as any, though was Ashley Robinson who was injured during the championship game of Candace and Nicki Anosike's senior year (NC #8).
She was clearly going to be the heir to Candace but she never really recovered from that injury. Had she been there to anchor the "baby vol" squad, that team's legacy could have been quite different.
Geter won a NC her freshman year. Elzy was either injured right before the '98 tournament, or the following season.
Loree Moore's injury in 2004 was a big loss too.
I think you meant Baugh in your last example.
You’re saying men and women are different? Ow dare youWomen basketball players will always have more ACL injuries than men, due to their physical structure.....They are wider in the pelvic region, which causes more strain on the thigh bone that places more stress on the knee. There are other considerations but women just aren't built for the game like a man is.
Women basketball players will always have more ACL injuries than men, due to their physical structure.....They are wider in the pelvic region, which causes more strain on the thigh bone that places more stress on the knee. There are other considerations but women just aren't built for the game like a man is.
Ya. Because women aren’t physically built to be athletes. It’s a product of thousands of years of evolution. That’s why it’s not exciting to watch women’s sports. And basketball is the worst.
Ya. Because women aren’t physically built to be athletes. It’s a product of thousands of years of evolution. That’s why it’s not exciting to watch women’s sports. And basketball is the worst.
I would love to see you in a tennis match against Serena Williams; a 200 meter dash against Alysson Felix; a one on one soccer match up against Julie Ertz; or a shoot-out with Diana Taurasi.
Oh yeah, and go a couple of rounds (or a few seconds more likely) in the octagon with this woman who "is not built to be an athlete."
Ya I hear ya. Im sure they’d all beat me. But how about his...take the 200th ranked men’s player and put them on the court against Serena. Who’d win? Take a solid boys high school soccer team and have them play a professional women’s team. Who’d win? Take a good high school boys basketball team and have them play a WNBA team. The WNBA team would get embarrassed. Women aren’t build to play sports. Men’s muscle mass is about 7 times as dense.
Geter won a NC her freshman year. Elzy was either injured right before the '98 tournament, or the following season.
Loree Moore's injury in 2004 was a big loss too.
I think you meant Baugh in your last example.