Figure we'll need a thread on this if/when there is news. I'm holding out hope that it's not as serious as I fear.
Figure we'll need a thread on this if/when there is news. I'm holding out hope that it's not as serious as I fear.
I've played soccer for a long time, and as crazy as this sounds, I'll take an impact injury over a twisting injury any day of the week.
Most impact injuries I've seen usually swell up the size of a grapefruit for a few days, but the player is back within a week or two.
The impact of twisting injuries is pretty well known...
K just said in the post game presser that it "is not a minor injury" or something very much like that. He went on to say he did NOT think it was an ACL but that it did appear somewhat serious
Definitely. An MRI like this is no urgent matter. It can be done in the morning for a layperson, but this is Lance Thomas baby! Im not sure how fast they can be on imaging for an athlete.
My impression is that it would be difficult to cause a ligament tear with very little to no rotation. A direct impact is more indicative of a deep and severe bruise. Did he rotate his knee though? Would have to see the replay.
To follow up, K also said that if Lance is out, Duke would probably play some with Singler at the 4 and Andre as the third guard. He was very complimentary of Andre's play (saying he played good defense) and also singled out Mason for praise, commenting on how many minutes he played and how well, and that he would probably do that more if Lance can't play.
Even though K said it would be 24 hours before he would know Lance's status, the fact that he was talking about playing without him suggests K's already figuring Lance won't be back for a while. I think it was also notable that K brought all this up on his own, not in response to a direct question about Lance's status.
Please oh please just be a deep bruise. No ligaments, fingers crossed!
In the replay, it actually looked like he hyper-extended it a bit. I am concerned about it based on his reaction.
I am hoping it is a bruise that can heal within the week. Looked like he and Drew bumped knees which I have done and it hurts like crazy, but usually gets better fairly quickly.
Worst case scenario is that he twisted and tore something.
I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope is a bruise.
I pray to the (Blue) Devil for a fast recovery.
Ignorant question - can a bruised knee look that bad? Lance was on the floor for a while and winced in pain A LOT. I have no sports medicine experience, so I have no idea how bad a bruised knee can be. Due to Lance's reaction, and I hate to be the pessimist, but I would have thought it to be much more serious, like an ACL or MCL.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
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Ryan and Andre, in to fire you go
Ive blown a knee out and I've also fallen into a rail wakeskating at 25mph and gotten a "deep bruise." I was scared to look at my leg after the deep bruise. It was by far the worst pain of my life. I hit the rail again two days later though, so hopefully Lance will be back in action soon!
I agree with the majority here. My guess would be deep bruise, which can be tremendously painful and have some morbidity associated with it (development of an effusion that needs draining, for example), but compared to a ligament tear it's a walk in the park. Seeing the replay I'm not too worried about his ACL, but his MCL definitely could have been affected.
Hope you're okay, Lance! We need you!
T '05, SOM '10
Best wishes Lance..I think the game would have been in hand long before the three minute mark if we had his defense in there for the second half.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
very wise. as you always are. sigh. lets hope for the best.
got to say something though, lance always gives his A+ effort, and it will be something as a duke fan that i will always treasure. i remember during the smackdown last year against clemson when lance got a late rebound and took it back up with authority (realize we are down by +20 pts at this point). the rest of the team looked lost in a daze, he was still focused. he always shows so much heart.