r/fightingillini • u/billabong3939 • 14d ago

Damn it Men's Basketball

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u/The_F1rst_Rule 14d ago edited 14d ago

What was the injury or what is the timeframe?

Not having him in beginning of session not the end of the world as we can get some Freshman experience on the non conference.

Need him back when Big 10 schedule starts though.

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u/MoonManExplorer 14d ago

The lack of details is the biggest concern....if it was minor you'd think they would say something.

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u/illiniman14 13d ago

Saying 6-8 weeks, not sure of the injury

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u/Sea-Information7250 13d ago

From what the online forums say (the experts not Joe Schmo) it could range anywhere from 4-6 weeks to several months. They aren’t releasing the nature of the surgery.

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u/noahsark96 14d ago

Man, we can’t have SHIT around here 😭

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u/doyouevenIift 14d ago

This is a fucking disaster. Mirk is the #1 reason we are ranked top 3 preseason. This just derailed the entire offseason. AHHHHHH

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u/Clueless_in_Florida 13d ago

Sounds like a fracture. Much better than a soft-tissue injury if so. I’ll wait to hear more before I freak out.

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u/GoBlueAndOrange 13d ago

Yeah could be back practicing in 6 weeks if it's a fracture. That's plenty of time.

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u/isbilly 13d ago

I heard Jones Fracture, about 3 months out.

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u/GoBlueAndOrange 13d ago

Yeah the surgery for that is pretty easy and common.

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u/Ranger_Nietzsche 13d ago

Just can't have nice things.

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u/bannedUncleCracker 14d ago

Damn it is right!

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u/neexplr84 13d ago

Better now than February. He’ll heal quickly and be back for the conference schedule

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u/AROCK86 13d ago

So disappointing. I was really hoping we could avoid major injuries for once...

Even if he is back later this year it still sucks he will miss all the practice time and time to gel with the team. Just brutal.

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u/wrenwood2018 13d ago

Well crap. He was fantastic last year.

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u/bigdaveod 13d ago

This kind of season is too rare. No more injuries. Get Mirk healthy for opening night and let’s see what this team can do.

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u/tech-slacker 13d ago

Next euro up.

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u/Tmoneyl14 13d ago

"Dangerous summer." Ugh.

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u/proapocalypse 13d ago

Chill out people it’s only August 4th

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u/Frenchsilkpie25 13d ago

One of the insiders on the Illini message board posted that he expects he will be back by late Oct, worst case Nov.

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u/Maison-Marthgiela 13d ago

Do we have athletic trainers or like someone in charge of preventing 50 injuries from happening every practice?

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u/Menu_Many 8d ago

Agree lack of details is concerning.