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SilkyJ
02-29-2008, 02:18 PM
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
02-29-2008, 02:21 PM
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
02-29-2008, 02:31 PM
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
02-29-2008, 02:38 PM
:eek: . 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
02-29-2008, 02:51 PM
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
02-29-2008, 03:22 PM
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
02-29-2008, 03:26 PM
This never would have happened if he had come to Duke ;)

-JE

ugadevil
02-29-2008, 03:27 PM
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.

rsvman
02-29-2008, 03:28 PM
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!:eek:

KenTankerous
02-29-2008, 03:32 PM
Ohhh that cuts me deeply! UK's only hope now is that everyone will take them lightly and not show up. Even if miracle wins happen, without the big guy in the middle, I'm not thinking Kentucky is a top 64 team.

Patterson isn't going anywhere soon. He loves UofK. His family isn't hurting for money. That's the word around here anyway.

whereinthehellami
02-29-2008, 03:38 PM
At least it wasn't an injury to his nose. That boy knows how to take it to the hole so to speak.

watzone
02-29-2008, 03:46 PM
This never would have happened if he had come to Duke ;)

-JE

Yeah, Duke Sports Med would have been nice about now;) BOL to Patrick.

greybeard
02-29-2008, 05:43 PM
Has anyone ever heard of an injury like this before? I haven't. Stress fractures of feet, sure. But, a stress fracture of an ankle?

I thought that an ankle joint comprises bones that are pretty thick. You usually have to do something pretty violent to cause a break, other than a hairline fracture, in which a ligament tear happens near the bone and gets some of the bone's surface with it.

If it were me, the next stress fracture I encountered would be carrying all that money to the bank. If he is a first round choice, I think he goes.

juise
02-29-2008, 06:06 PM
Has anyone ever heard of an injury like this before? I haven't. Stress fractures of feet, sure. But, a stress fracture of an ankle?

One of Gonzaga's best players recently came back (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/budwithers/2004181236_withers14.html) from an ankle fracture. One of Jeff Capel's guys is nursing a similar injury (http://newsok.com/article/3203521/1202793136).

BD80
02-29-2008, 06:43 PM
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!:eek:

You mean like this?

http://www.jutarnji.hr/Modules/Galleries/GalleryImageThumbnail.aspx?width=720&height=560&url=http://www.jutarnji.hr%2fEPHResources%2fGalleries%2ftekao zljedaeduardada%2fdudu9.jpg

Warning! Not for the queasy!

dukelifer
02-29-2008, 07:38 PM
At least that is what we would have been saying if he had come to Duke and this had happened now.

dukegirlinsc
02-29-2008, 08:14 PM
Hope Patrick recovers quickly.

CameronBornAndBred
03-01-2008, 12:42 AM
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
03-02-2008, 05:30 AM
Perhaps the injury was the result of the 30-35 shots per game he's getting.

dynastydefender
03-06-2008, 12:25 PM
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
03-06-2008, 04:19 PM
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
03-06-2008, 07:17 PM
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
03-06-2008, 08:25 PM
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
03-06-2008, 09:29 PM
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.:D

Indoor66
03-06-2008, 09:32 PM
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.:D

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.)