Collison sprained his ankle; listed as probable

by omnigeno on Mar 13, 2007 7:09 PM PDT

"Bruins point guard Darren Collison sprained his left ankle toward the end of practice today. Here is the info from UCLA: Darren Collison suffered a grade one ankle sprain on his left ankle today during practice. He is probable for UCLA's first-round NCAA Tournament game vs. Weber State on Thursday." Man, I really hope it's not too severe. We all know we neeeeeed him.

It's a "Grade I sprain," which is characterized by the following:

Mild tenderness and swelling

Slight or no functional loss (i.e., patient is able to bear weight and ambulate with minimal pain)

No mechanical instability (negative clinical stress examination)

Moderate pain and swelling

Go, fight, win. UCLA, Fight Fight Fight.

Ben Howland is my homeboy.

Go Bruins!

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OHMAHGAWD

I just died of a heart-attack. Why post this? You just ripped out my internal organs with a fork and jumped up and down on them.

I was feeling happy too.... ESPN had a poll saying "Which #1 seed will lose first? Florida, UNC, Kansas, or UCLA?"

Duke and North Carolina called: They want Steve Lavin back. GO BRUINS!!

by Allofmybros on Mar 13, 2007 8:23 PM PDT reply actions

gah

and josh stubbed his thumb too...

by ranelar on Mar 13, 2007 8:44 PM PDT reply actions

Well, gents

now we see what the rest of the team is made of.

No one said this was going to be easy.

Let's hope all our guys (including DC and Shipp) can suck things up for Weber State. One game at a time.

We know this - Ben will not let them quit, no matter what. DC might be "nicked up" as the NFL guys say, but Ben isn't.

by Fox 71 on Mar 13, 2007 8:48 PM PDT reply actions

Ack - should have been well ladies and gents

Oops

by Fox 71 on Mar 13, 2007 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Remember 1995?? How about 2006??

I'm not talking about Tyus in the Final Game.

I mean Tyus, BEFORE THAT.

I mean Tyus falling hard on his wrist the FIRST HALF against Big Country and Okla. State, yet still taking it to, up and over Bryant Reeves the rest of the game.

I mean Tyus running an Olympic-track-meet break against Connecticut despite sporting taped ankles and those little knee-band thingies.

I mean Tyus scoring over Missouri despite (IIRC) nursing ankle sprains all season, INCLUDING the Tournament

Or if that's too far back, how about JORDAN FARMAR running point for this team all the way to the Championship Game last year, despite spraining BOTH ankles during the year, and never being able to have them fully recover?

OR, MAYBE EVEN CEDRIC BOZEMAN playing as one of our two toughest, most relentless perimeter defenders, despite a HIGH ankle sprain and a separated shoudler that healed IN THE SUMMER.

If nothing else, GUESS WHAT? This could FORCE Darren to play the game more WITH HIS HEAD, and look to involve others right away, rather than over-dribble.

OR... since it's still the first-round, then there's no better time to give Russell Westbrook more playing time, and thus have DC rest. TELL ME this kid is not itching for a chance to prove that WVU was just temporary growing pains, and to show how far he's come in a month.

HAVE FAITH, BRUINS. I freely admit mine flattered a bit 10 minutes ago, BUT I'M BACK.

HAVE FAITH.

MIM

by Meriones on Mar 13, 2007 9:33 PM PDT reply actions