Injuries This Year

[eepstein0]

A lightly discussed issue this season has been the injuries this team has sustained and the effect on these end of game disasters.

As much as I may not like Jackson, having him and Hicks healthy would have helped simply so Hanlan and Brown don't play 40 minutes a night and wear out in the second half. Batten also has clearly worn out.

Similarly, Magerity and Diallo being hurt has resulted in far too many minutes for Cain-Carney and Odio. One of those two absolutely kills BC when he's on the floor, single handedly screwing up rotations and chucking shots.

Cain-Carney deserves a ton of credit, he's played very well when put into a screwy situation.

Not sure how many wins they'd have with a healthy team, but it would be more than this current disaster. Pitt, Louisville, FSU and Miami come to mind as games that would have turned out differently.

[sparky]

There's also the issue of wear and tear, guys not playing at 100% healthy that we don't know about. I realize this happens with every team, but when there are less guys available, you are kind of obliged to play through a little more pain than usual.

[twballgame9]

Have to admit, the pretend-subtle shot at Odio made me laugh.

[Dick Rosenthal]

The biggest injury I observed in connection with this team was the murdering of my soul. I know that I should not care, that it was clear where this thing was heading pretty early in the season, but I can't help myself. I continue to watch and I continue to hope against all reason that the vomitous mass of low DIII talent that makes up 80% of this roster will function at least at a MAAC level only to be repeatedly kicked in the nuts by reality. According to my wife, there have been several games this year where I have spent the last 10 minutes of the game with a glazed over expression, gulping down wine like it is water and cackling whenever BC does something stupid or incompetent.