Game Thread: Day 4 Games

[bksballer89]

West Virginia is a nightmare for any team.

Would love to see them against Kentucky

 

[gobigred]

West Virginia is a nightmare for any team.

Will be interesting to see how they stack up against Kentucky on Thursday night.

 

[podsox]

call me a meatball but melo is a puss. why do athletes lay on the floor like they died when they get hit?

 

[dcZONAfan]

Dude got kicked in the head, you meatball

call me a meatball but melo is a puss. why do athletes lay on the floor like they died when they get hit?

 

[podsox]

Dude got kicked in the head, you meatball

did u see the other two times he laid on the ground like he died?

 

[bksballer89]

He got a concussion....Give him a pass

 

[romeo212000]

Would love to see them against Kentucky

Looking like you're going to get to see it.

 

[bksballer89]

Looking like you're going to get to see it.

Hoping it is a repeat of what happened the last time WVU played Kentucky in the tournament

 

[romeo212000]

Hoping it is a repeat of what happened the last time WVU played Kentucky in the tournament

Talk about blowing up some brackets.

 

[podsox]

He got a concussion....Give him a pass

ncaa rulebook

Management of the concussed player

Rules require players diagnosed with a possible concussion to leave the field/court for the locker room.

Medical personnel remain with the player for the remainder of the game. Once the game ends, doctors determine whether the player's condition is stable enough to send him home -- with instructions to rest, to call if the player has questions, to avoid certain medications, to abstain from alcohol, etc.

Doctors evaluate players again in the training room the following day. Components of the sideline/baseline evaluations can come into play as doctors set a course for additional testing.

"The thing that I think is important here is you don’t manage concussions by a calendar," Herring said. "Some guys may come back in a week. Some guys may come back in six weeks. These steps don't have an expiration date on them. The player's history of injury and other issues come into play."

From there, a waiting game begins, and the team doctors and athletic trainers test to see when a player has returned to baseline functioning. Do symptoms return when a player watches practice? What about when he watches film? The medical team might run players through light exercise to see if symptoms return before deciding to go forward with another full round of cognitive testing.

Once symptoms have subsided, players submit once again to the standard baseline testing, plus the 30-45 minutes required to complete more advanced versions. Sometimes there is additional testing with the neuropsychologist. Even then, there are no pass-fail grades, only additional data for doctors to interpret.

"Your testing can be normal and you can still be concussed," Herring said. "There is no stand-alone test. You have to look at all of these together. For some, only bright lights and loud noises bother them, but all the other stuff is fine."

 

[romeo212000]

Maryland trying to give West Virginia a taste of their own medicine.

 

[Smart]

Told you all Oregon could hang around with Wisky. Still obviously think Wisky pulls away, but Oregon is playing great ball lately.

Ehh...that was by far our worst offensive game in a month. If we shoot as well as we normally do, that's a 20ish point win.

Considering the amount of teams that go home on their cold day, though, I am glad to advance. This team isn't great on defense, but they were huge when they had to be today. That's a true championship mentality.

 

[Texas Jefe]

Hoping Huggins can keep it going

 

[MI Nightmare]

Fitting end with the steal and layup. WVU shot 40% to MD's 48% and still won by 10. That's one hard working team.

 

[ralphiewvu]

Hoping it is a repeat of what happened the last time WVU played Kentucky in the tournament

You mean the upset in the 2010 tourney.

We played them in the round of 32 in 2011 n got our ass kicked.

 

[podsox]

northern iowa is brick city tonight

 

[bksballer89]

You mean the upset in the 2010 tourney.

We played them in the round of 32 in 2011 n got our ass kicked.

Yeah whatever team it was when you guys made the final 4 after kicking their ass in the elite 8

 

[bksballer89]

northern iowa is brick city tonight

So is Louisville now

 

[Texas Jefe]

UNI making a little run

oh, that dunk just slowed it down. back to eight.

 

[podsox]

So is Louisville now

if Harrell (edit blackshear) doesn't make that block I think northern iowa wins. crazy 4 pt swing