Game 21 - Jan 25 - @ Indiana St.

[orangetennis]

It's possible we see some Wes without Bond. For better or worse.

Without Leon, I'm afraid the ceiling for this team is Saturday in St. Louis.

[Wxcpanther]

It's possible we see some Wes without Bond. For better or worse.

Without Leon, I'm afraid the ceiling for this team is Saturday in St. Louis.

Let's see what the next couple games bring before we get too down. We were down after RJ got hurt, and understandably so, but we ended up playing better basketball with the lineup change. I'm not saying I am expecting that, I am just saying let's see what happens.

[Username]

Let's see what the next couple games bring before we get too down. We were down after RJ got hurt, and understandably so, but we ended up playing better basketball with the lineup change. I'm not saying I am expecting that, I am just saying let's see what happens.

Agreed. I figured the season was over when RJ was out. And they're 7-3 in conference which is passable to say the least.

Team won't be better without Bond, but maybe they can play to their ceiling more often to help mitigate the loss. Trey/Ty/Schweigger may be pushing 35 minutes every game down the stretch. Weisbrod has at least been playing a lot better of late.

Also time for our monthly "Now Rubin has to get minutes!" moment lol

[achrist70]

I think the most likely scenario is that Born gets back in the rotation with 5-10 minutes.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

Agreed - i'd say Born gets back in the rotation. He's a long guard and has looked like a decent defender. He played well when given a chance at some minutes when RJ went down and Schmit was sidelined.

For Rubin to get minutes it would take injury to both Hutson and Hornseth and then our prospects for the rest of this season would be really dire if those two were both lost at the same time.

I hope Rubin stays with the program...gets in great shape and next year we have both he and hornseth as quality bigs but only time will tell on that.

[1994grad]

Any definite news on Bond yet?

[BobCat]

“pyrrhic victory“ — Well done, Chipp.

Agreed, I had to Google it and will be adding to my vocab

[Gboom23]

Any definite news on Bond yet?

Jake said during his presser today that Bond was having an MRI this afternoon and that results usually take around 24 hours, so they may know something by Tuesday afternoon. He did crack the window open that it may not be as bad as what they thought after the game on Saturday. I'm not completely sure what he meant by that, but I'm mentally preparing for Bond to be done for the year.

[PantherAlum09]

I think even if it isn’t a torn acl, he likely isn’t available for a long time. Absolutely hate this stuff for Leon and RJ.

[BCPanther]

They're thinking it may be patellar tendon rather than ACL. He's out for the year regardless but if it's a patellar tendon he's got a shot to be ready late summer instead of closer to the first of the year.

[06panther10]

You don't need an MRI for a Patellar tendon, that is a very obvious injury. Would be nice to know what's actually going on considering its been 3 days.

[BCPanther]

You don't need an MRI for a Patellar tendon, that is a very obvious injury. Would be nice to know what's actually going on considering its been 3 days.

Poor wording on my part. They think it may 'just' be the patellar tendon rather than any other ligament damage as was feared.

As for the coverage...

Nelley has been doing all the UNI stuff on his own time because he knows it's important but that's unsustainable and we The Gazette made it clear that UNI coverage is really important to them. Then you throw in Tommy Birch being openly hostile to UNI at The Register and here we are. It sucks but I have no idea how it gets any better.

[06panther10]

What did that toad Tommy Birch do?

[Blue42]

Tommy get stung again?

[BCPanther]

What did that toad Tommy Birch do?

Any time he tweets anything about the other three in-state schools and you point out that he didn't include UNI, he gets all pissy and talks about how he's there to cover Drake.

Of all the great people they've had over the years, that alcoholic scumbag is the one they've kept around.