PennFan10
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12-20-19 01:02 AM - Post#294992
In response to mrjames
The guy was in warmups before games late last season. He must have been re-injured? Had Surgery? What injury takes 2 years to heal unless it was reinjured and/or mishandled?
Greg Oden comes to mind. He had a spiral fracture that effectively ended his career and he never came back from.
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digamma
Masters Student
Posts: 468
Loc: Minneapolis
Reg: 11-27-11
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12-23-19 11:47 AM - Post#295180
In response to PennFan10
https://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/r eleases...
Official now. Such a bummer for Seth.
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weinhauers_ghost
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Posts: 2142
Age: 64
Loc: New York City
Reg: 12-14-09
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12-23-19 01:00 PM - Post#295196
In response to digamma
Looks as if he was never able to get the knee right after the initial injury, surgery and rehab.
That's a terrible shame. Towns has been one hell of a player for you guys.
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SRP
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Posts: 4917
Reg: 02-04-06
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12-23-19 08:03 PM - Post#295228
In response to weinhauers_ghost
One of the smoothest great Ivy players I've seen. Hoping he eventually gets healed up enough to continue his basketball career. But it's definitely a bummer when these kinds of injuries occur.
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QHoops
Senior
Posts: 369
Reg: 12-16-04
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12-23-19 08:30 PM - Post#295229
In response to SRP
For us older guys, anyone see the resemblance to Laurence Moten with a better jump shot?
A real shame he will not play again.
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Mike Porter
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Posts: 3619
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
Reg: 11-21-04
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12-24-19 02:38 AM - Post#295235
In response to QHoops
Ugh... really sorry to hear this. Just terrible for a kid to put so much in and not be able to get back (and a shame we won’t get to see the Harvard team that could have been). Really a fantastic player and hope he can recover and get back to the court on a high major team and get to the tournament.
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Chip Bayers
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Loc: New York
Reg: 11-21-04
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01-02-20 03:27 PM - Post#295763
In response to Mike Porter
ESPN’s Jeff Borzello tweets that Towns has officially entered the transfer portal:
@jeffborzello
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weinhauers_ghost
Postdoc
Posts: 2142
Age: 64
Loc: New York City
Reg: 12-14-09
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01-02-20 03:37 PM - Post#295764
In response to Chip Bayers
Let's hope he can get healthy enough to play next season. Missing two entire years has got to be beyond frustrating.
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mrjames
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Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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01-02-20 04:03 PM - Post#295765
In response to weinhauers_ghost
Yeah... it's a shame that he has to go this route. If he had recovered and had gotten a full season, I don't think he would have gone the grad transfer route and instead would have just started his pro career. But now, it's worth the insurance of a two-year masters degree in case this injury hampers his long-term pro potential.
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mobrien
Masters Student
Posts: 402
Loc: New York
Reg: 04-18-17
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02-02-20 12:41 AM - Post#298335
In response to mrjames
A little more detail about what happened with Towns. His initial MRI only showed a bone bruise, when he didn't feel better he had another MRI that showed a cartilage tear, and so he had surgery. The doctors kept telling him he was getting better, even though he felt the same pain, until he finally went to the Brooklyn Nets team doctor back in December who told him his cartilage hadn't completely healed, and he needed another surgery. He's apparently pain-free now.
Here's the full John Feinstein piece on him: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/har...
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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Loc: New Jersey
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02-02-20 12:42 PM - Post#298388
In response to mobrien
Thanks for sharing this. Really disappointing for Seth and basketball fans everywhere. If truly healthy Seth is going to really help some program as a mature player and person with 2 years of eligibility left.
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palestra38
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Reg: 11-21-04
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02-02-20 12:46 PM - Post#298390
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Wow---that sounds like a missed cartilage tear in the knee. Cartilage does not heal itself, it has to be sutured to prevent fragments from coming loose and causing pain and inflamation. What requires rehab are the surrounding muscles after surgery (I'm a vet with 2 scopes both from playing basketball). It sounds like they missed a tear on the MRI and then simply didn't fix it.
On the good side, if his only injury was cartilage and it now is fixed, he should have a trouble free return to action when he is ready. Quite unlike a torn patella and kneecap injury such as Begley had.
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1LotteryPick1969
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Posts: 2277
Age: 73
Loc: Sandy, Utah
Reg: 11-21-04
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02-02-20 01:10 PM - Post#298399
In response to palestra38
Hmmm.
Over-reliance on imaging?
My MRI was read as torn cartilage, but a skilled orthopedist merely examined me and said it was NOT, and would heal, which it did (was in fact a bone bruise).
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mobrien
Masters Student
Posts: 402
Loc: New York
Reg: 04-18-17
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02-02-20 01:56 PM - Post#298407
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
It's hard to read this and not think about the what-ifs. In any case, Seth is a great kid, and we were lucky to have him on the court for two years. Just a shame it wasn't four. My favorite detail is that he's looking for schools with good creative writing programs — Iowa has to be in the lead then — for his grad transfer.
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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Posts: 2697
Loc: New Jersey
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02-02-20 02:06 PM - Post#298409
In response to mobrien
I'm betting on Ohio State. Seth has very strong local ties and OSU recruited him hard. Seth may make a name for himself on the court, but he's one of those rare athletes who has the potential to be known for much more.
Sounds like he's still urinated at camera for following him under the stands as he tried to figure out what happened at the Palestra. Don't blame him.
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rbg
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Reg: 10-20-14
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03-09-20 01:14 PM - Post#303763
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Towns is reportedly considering Kansas, Virginia, Syracuse, Ohio State, Michigan and Maryland.
https://247sports.com/Article/Seth-Towns-Ha rvard-t...
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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Loc: New Jersey
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03-09-20 02:05 PM - Post#303789
In response to rbg
I heard Maryland is very interested in Bryce.
Don't see Seth and Bryce ending up at the same school though.
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84grad
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Age: 64
Reg: 11-09-17
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03-09-20 03:07 PM - Post#303809
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Seton Hall makes a lot of sense for Bryce. Geography and currently solid program.
Assume Ohio State has the inside track on Seth.
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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Posts: 2697
Loc: New Jersey
Reg: 01-21-14
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03-21-20 11:48 AM - Post#304952
In response to 84grad
Seth Towns to announce tonight at 11pm on ESPN Sportscenter.
Top sports story of the day?
Whose announcement will grab more viewers: Seth or Bryce?
What times we are living in!
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mobrien
Masters Student
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Loc: New York
Reg: 04-18-17
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03-21-20 02:15 PM - Post#304956
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
If Seth is doing it live on Sportscenter, I have to imagine that means it's more likely to be Duke. ESPN loves hyping up Dookies...
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