Patrick Patterson to Miss Rest of Season

[SilkyJ]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3270896

Kentucky's Patrick Patterson, the Southeastern Conference's top freshman scorer, will miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left ankle.

[Faison1]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3270896

Kentucky's Patrick Patterson, the Southeastern Conference's top freshman scorer, will miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left ankle.

I'm sorry for Patrick, and I'm sorry for UK. Hopefully, he'll have a speedy recovery, and also decide to come back another year.

[Classof06]

That's sad to hear. Patterson was having such a great year that he should still win SEC Freshman of the year without any problems. I don't think Kentucky was going to make the tournament anyway but any chances they had are now gone. Hopefully Patterson heals and comes back ready to go next year.

[BlueDevilBaby]

. Although he did not choose Duke, I have enjoyed watching the big man play. KY will surely miss him. Hope he recovers fully and quickly.

[1Devil]

KY is 16-10, but 10-3 in the SEC (basically tied for second across both divisions). I think they're on the good side of the bubble at the moment, but obviously in a delicate position with the poor overall record.

[Ignatius07]

Seth Davis recently mentioned that he had "heard" Patterson was thinking about going pro. As a borderline 1st-rounder IMO, this should nip that in the bud.

[JasonEvans]

This never would have happened if he had come to Duke

-JE

[ugadevil]

This never would have happened if he had come to Duke

-JE

Nah, he would have suffered a broken bone in his foot that would require surgery in the offseason.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Originally Posted by JasonEvans
This never would have happened if he had come to Duke

Nah, he would have suffered a broken bone in his foot that would require surgery in the offseason.

I bow before your wit. Excellent answer..lol.

[UrinalCake]

Perhaps the injury was the result of the 30-35 shots per game he's getting.

[dynastydefender]

Kentucky didn't need him against Tennessee. Yeah they lost to the #1 Team in the Country by three points on the Tennessee Home Court. You forget UK beat Tennessee earlier this year. The Conditioning that Gillespie is giving the UK Players is starting to pay off. See you in the Tourney!

[greybeard]

The Conditioning that Gillespie is giving the UK Players is starting to pay off.

Didn't seem to help Patterson, now did it.

In fact, the jury is still out as to whether all this uber training and the greater incidence of injury in sport are of one piece.

Run faster, cut sharper, jump higher=greater likelihood of injury, especially injury due to stress, like the stress fracture of an ankle maybe. Sounds like a workable hypothesis; wonder if anyone connected with sports medicine will look into that one. Why do I doubt it?

[Zeb]

Run faster, cut sharper, jump higher=greater likelihood of injury, especially injury due to stress... wonder if anyone connected with sports medicine will look into that one. Why do I doubt it?

What is your point here... are you really wondering if athletes are more likely to suffer athletic injuries the more they engage in athlectic activity? Is that really worth a study?

What's next - a study to see if people get wetter the longer they stand outside in the rain?

[BD80]

What is your point here... are you really wondering if athletes are more likely to suffer athletic injuries the more they engage in athlectic activity? Is that really worth a study?

Why so pejorative? Just because you don't understand?

In gymnastics, it is understood that there are more knee and ankle injuries because athletes are landing with greater force due to greater height and momentum on their skills.

Here, the postulate is that there are more injuries in games if athletes are trained to jump higher or cut more sharply. Basically, are we over conditioning athletes for the competition? The control is that games or minutes played can be factored into the equation, and only the injuries that occur during competition be consideration.

[Ultrarunner]

What is your point here... are you really wondering if athletes are more likely to suffer athletic injuries the more they engage in athlectic activity? Is that really worth a study?

What's next - a study to see if people get wetter the longer they stand outside in the rain?

I would guess that his point was that training programs are getting much more intense. With the ncreased intensity there are a couple of possibilities. First, the athlete, being bigger-faster-stronger, may start to exceed the structural systems - muscles adapt much faster than connective tissues and bone mass.

Which leads to point number two: at what point does training cross the line in either intensity or duration to become overtraining? That might well be worth the study.

And I can give you the answer on the folks too dumb to get out of the rain. They don't get much wetter - but they do go to Carolina.

[Indoor66]

I would guess that his point was that training programs are getting much more intense. With the ncreased intensity there are a couple of possibilities. First, the athlete, being bigger-faster-stronger, may start to exceed the structural systems - muscles adapt much faster than connective tissues and bone mass.

Which leads to point number two: at what point does training cross the line in either intensity or duration to become overtraining? That might well be worth the study.

And I can give you the answer on the folks too dumb to get out of the rain. They don't get much wetter - but they do go to Carolina.

Another consideration might be that the student athletes are, in most cases, not fully mature adults. This could well play into the overtraining issue. (I was at a Holiday Inn Express last night.)

[rsvman]

This never would have happened if he had come to Duke

-JE

Yeah, if he would have come to Duke he probably would have snapped his femur so badly the bone would have been sticking out of his thigh!

[BD80]

Yeah, if he would have come to Duke he probably would have snapped his femur so badly the bone would have been sticking out of his thigh!

You mean like this?

http://www.jutarnji.hr/Modules/Galle...da%2fdudu9.jpg

Warning! Not for the queasy!

[dukelifer]

At least that is what we would have been saying if he had come to Duke and this had happened now.

[dukegirlinsc]

Hope Patrick recovers quickly.