OT: Virignia's De'Andre Hunter out for the tourny
Virginia just announced Freshman De'Andre Hunter will miss the entire NCAA tourny with a broken wrist. Hunter was the team's sixth man, and he also won the ACC Sixth Man of the Year Award. According to ESPN, he was considered by NBA executives to be the teams top pro prospect. Just when I thought I liked my bracket... welp
Did he get injured in practice or did this happen last weekend?
Brutal either way.
"A statement released by the athletic department indicated the injury happened during last week’s ACC tournament in New York. Virginia (31-2) captured its second ACC tournament title in three years by beating North Carolina, 71-63, in the championship game Saturday night at Barclays Center."
March 14th, 2018 at 11:02 AM ^
There are players on the roster who can drive, players who can shoot threes, players who can shoot free throws, and players who can post up, but Hunter's the only one who can do all of the above. This sucks massively big-time and IMO downgrades the highest reasonable expectation from championship to Final Four.
We'll always have the UNC game, which Hunter personally iced from the free throw line, shooting with a broken wrist.
I wonder if they kept this in the dark just long enough to stay overall #1. Not sure how to change my bracket now...
They were 31-2 and just won the ACC Tournament. To lower their seed over an injury would be an injustice.
I remember that. I always thought that was BS.
plays about 20 min/game on a deep team.
Here's a video of him posterizing Joel Berry:
Sorry I dont know how to embed.
They were always gonna blow it anyway.
They seem like one of those programs like Maryland, Syracuse, or Villanova. They always blow it. Until they don't.
That UK/Zona matchup in round 2 seems like the south championship now.
You not a believer in the local team?
So what we're saying here is that my confidence in Virginia to make a decent run in my bracket is now on shaky ground? Well, I wouldn't have submitted it as is if I had known this.
In all seriousness though, I wish him a full and speedy recovery.
a bracket until late Wednesday/first thing Thursday morning.
If you don't know what "corch" means, here's a good link.
"A particularly inept coach, especially one who manages to evade firing by having talented players on his or her roster. As a coach becomes more and more useless, the "a" slowly morphs into an "r."
Alternately, "Corch" may be used as a verb, as in, to "Corch" a kid up.
Inadvertently coined by U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown on the House floor (in reference to "Corch Irvin Myers" of Florida)."
Example:
ESPN Analyst #1: How did USC go from pre-season #1 to a middle-of-the Pac football team?
ESPN Analyst #2: Lane Kiffin is one helluva Corch.
CBS Sports or ESPN you can always revise them.
Seth's bracket assist had UVA a double digit favorite over Zona before this. Do you really think one player is a 10-12 point swing, thin bench or otherwise?
Just brutal. Something seems to happen to Virginia every year. Justin Anderson's broken finger a few years ago, Isaiah Wilkins' mono last year and now Hunter
I wish I had that information at 3 PM when I filled out my bracket.....
March 13th, 2018 at 10:25 PM ^
March 13th, 2018 at 10:36 PM ^
I hate it for him and Virginia. Hope he recovers soon
In the Fab 48 in Vegas, I watched him destroy both Miles Bridges and Josh Jackson. He recieved his offer from Virginia that same day. This is a huge loss
March 14th, 2018 at 10:28 AM ^
(quickly changes brackets)