Today's TU story

[Dane Pound]

Story in today's TU about Wilson and "Q." Wilson is a "game-time decision" no sign of Hughes. Wilson and Q

[AlbanyObserver]

This Jamar saga is becoming quite a tease. I say you sit him for two more weeks regardless of his current status and you have him return to practice after the Lehigh game. That gives him about five days of practice to test it one final time before the UMass game, the cut-off date to make a decision about a possible medical redshirt.

 

To be honest, my gut feeling is to redshirt here. I don't want to watch him gimp around the entire season.

[AlbanyObserver]

Do you think the fact that the Danes playing on our "one-of-a-kind, concrete surface RACC floor" is helping Jamar's injury???? I don't!!!!! Maybe we will have a normal hardwood floor someday like the rest of the 300 Division I programs???

[Patch]

The floor wasn't the cause of Jamar's injury but it is real tough on all the players legs. It would be best if they could put a portable floor over the Main Court, which we know is an expense the school isn't ready to encumber.

[AlbanyObserver]

Yeah, well maybe if they built it right the first time, we wouldn't be having our players walk around our facility appearing as if they are suffering from lower-body arthritis at the ages of 18-22.

[Patch]

ALBANY OBSERVER

 

I agree with you 1000%

 

But what has been done is done all we can do now is try to have it corrected.

[Classof72/74]

Yeah, well maybe if they built it right the first time, we wouldn't be having our players walk around our facility appearing as if they are suffering from lower-body arthritis at the ages of 18-22.

 

 

Is my memory failing me, or did UA teams not have the number or types of injuries back in the D-III and D-II days when they played on the same floor ? Or is it not the same floor ?

[AlbanyObserver]

Maybe someday we will be in a situation where an alum would read this post and in turn, decide, "Hey, I'll donate $150,000 to the basketball programs to buy a new hardwood floor." I realize this will probably never happen in my lifetime. However, if someone did that, the athletic dept. should name the floor after them and give them a number of other perks.

[statefan]

the athletic dept. should name the floor after them and give them a number of other perks.

 

How about free beer in the courtesy room for life?

Edited December 5, 2003 by statefan

[Dane96]

We absolutely had a ton of leg injuries. Every single player suffered from some sort of injury from soreness to ACL's. This floor has been miserable since its inception. Play on it for an hour a few times a week for a month. I guarantee your back will start to hurt. People dont realize that most back injuries can be attributed to leg problems. My knees/ankles are shot from plain old p/u games alone on that floor! It is g-d awful!

 

UA could purchase a final four floor...they sell them every year!!!

[AlbanyObserver]

I hear your pain man. Unfortunately, it is the Hitchcock's and Doellefeld's of the world that pull the triggor on allocating those funds. When was the last time the university pumped funds into athletic facilities????? Probably ten years ago. And the NY Giants can't bail them out on this one either.