Seminoles Survive Against Virginia, Win 63-56
by norcal_nole on Feb 12, 2011 5:23 PM EST
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PrintJust over the mid-way point of the 1st half Chris Singleton was injured when Xavier Gibson landed on his foot during a rebound. At the time the Noles were trailing
The Seminoles extended their lead in the 2nd half and led by double figures most of the way until Sammy Zeglinski cut it to 7 with a 3-pointer with just under four minutes. The Hoos got as close as four, but the Noles were able to hit FTs down the stretch to put them away 63-56, in a 64 possession game. Michael Snaer led the way with 16 points and 8 rebounds, Chris Singleton had 11, and Bernard James chipped in 7 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks.
Once again turnovers were the problem, with 8 in the first five minutes. After they settled in they only committed one more in the half, but then again got careless in the 2nd half and finished the game with 16. The defense also was exposed down the stretch. Without Singleton the Seminoles had to turn to a 3 guard set, and that was only when Okaro White was in the game. Only one of the trio of James, Gibson and Jon Kreft could play at a time, as Gibson or Kreft couldn’t guard anyone, and they couldn’t get outside quickly enough to hedge on screens, which left wide open threes. So when White fouled out with 3:43 left to play, the Noles had to finish with a 4 guard lineup.
Had James fouled out we’d have been in serious trouble, and that’s a huge cause for concern until we get further word on Singleton. Singleton being out shouldn’t affect us too much on offense, but it severely hampers us on defense. The timing of his injury is ominous for Noles fans, as it was almost four years to the day that Toney Douglas went down and took our tournament hopes with him. Hopefully Singleton’s fine, and in our favor we don’t play again until next Saturday against Wake Forest.
The Seminoles are now 8-3 in the ACC for the first time in
EDIT: Chris Singleton has a fracture in his foot and will be operated on immediately. It seems it may have happened prior to Gibson landing on it, but no confirmation.
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Hamilton during post-game comments:
Called Singleton’s injury a broken foot, surgery tomorrow, would not say how long he will be out. Did not imply at any point that he would definitely be back before the end of the season.
Why ask useless questions? How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? Who is John Galt?
We need T Shannon back ASAP to give us some flexibility on defense
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damn
what’s typical rehab time on a broken foot?
somebody else is gonna have to answer this one.
I imagine it all depends on the nature of the break.
Why ask useless questions? How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? Who is John Galt?
Gonna need more info but...
Here is some info on what’s called a Jones Fracture
http://www.podiatrynetwork.com/document_disorders.cfm?id=291
A break in one of the metatarsles of the foot… Occurs commonly from rolling the ankle or crushing. Sounds like about 6 weeks but again we don’t know what he hurt. This is just a common injury.
Seems unlikely to me that he'll be back in under 6 weeks.
Also, if he does manage to be back in 4-6, the impact in terms of timing, condition, etc… can be significant.
Wouldn't surgery mean they're putting a screw or plate in?
#verybad
Who or what are you glorifying with your life?
Surgery is common with adult fractures. The time it takes to have some mobility is far less than the old-fashioned way.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth.
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
by FLpanhandler on Feb 12, 2011 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
Say whatever you want
But we had Singleton go out and went on a nice run as a TEAM. I liked what I saw. My only criticism is that I’d like to see Miller with another 2-3 minutes.
Didn't they slow down after he went out?
FSU Football, making bad teams look bad since 2010.
by onebarrelrum on Feb 13, 2011 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
Did James show up because it was a crappy UVA team?
what can we expect out of him vs Wake?
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James has been outstanding this whole year.
He has an outstanding field goal percentage, is a huge presence in the paint offensively and defensively and is improving each game.
Tough news about Singleton
My gut tells me that we won’t be seeing him this year. We need Okaro White to step up and Dulkys to stay hot. Unless White suddenly becomes the best defender in the country, this seriously changes our team on the defensive end.
If Singleton is out for the season, would he return for another year?
He’s been projected as a borderline lottery pick. If teams are worried about the injury lingering and it downgrades him out of the first round, does he prove his health to the critics by staying another year?
Fortunately
Bones heal quicker than ligaments
There's another one: SMACK!
by Gator Slapper on Feb 12, 2011 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
I'm no expert on this issue, but I don't see any way
he comes back.
I just don’t see this sort of injury affecting his draft status that much.
Why ask useless questions? How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? Who is John Galt?
by GoNolzOhio on Feb 12, 2011 6:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sucks about Singleton
Does this injury end his season ?
Too early to say, but with 3 weeks left in the regular season it doesn't look good.
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based on what I have read, it seems like a
stretch even to have him back for the NCAAT, if we make it.
Why ask useless questions? How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? Who is John Galt?
by GoNolzOhio on Feb 12, 2011 7:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The last game I watched was the abomination at Clemson,
so I enjoyed seeing our team actually make some shots on offense. This game was (slightly) less painful to see us play offense. It does hurt to lose Singleton though. If he’s out for the season, I’ll bet we can squeeze out enough wins to make the tourney, but I have zero hope of advancing past the first game (vs. about 10% hope with him).
There goes the season.
I was so happy when I saw it come across the bottom line of ESPN that we won the game. Then the next line came saying that Singleton broke his foot… ugh. Not that we had a very good shot at making a tournament run in the first place, but we’re not going anywhere without Chris.
by seminoleballer on Feb 13, 2011 12:46 AM EST reply actions
I don't know if this is the right spot for this comment
but VPI is crushing GaTech 53-37 at the half, and it wasn’t that close. Also Hewitt was ejected from the game after two techs.
GT is terrible. VT is better than their record indicates.
No surprise.
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Talk about a Pyrrhic victory
I was busy during the game and just caught the score on my mobile.
Not the best of scores, but a win’s a win.
Then I got sick last night and am just now reading about it.
It’s possible we still make the tournament. It’s going to need a lot of people stepping up.
It may actually help some of the Frosh in the long term to get more PT. Miller and White may benefit.
but that’s just looking for the Silver lining
Delaney is an incredible guard
If we had him running the show we’d be +2-3 games right now. I’m down in West Palm Beach and don’t have good info about practices & such. What’s the word on Ian Miller? He has an amazing stroke and has looked aware in the few minutes I’ve seen him play, but his dribble skills haven’t blown my socks off. NorCal do you think he’s the PG of the future?
He's a combo guard, so the learning curve will be steep.
But he’s very a polished scorer. Right now he’s not getting more minutes because he’s lost on defense.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this is bad, very bad. FSU is not a 3 guard type of team because it doesnt have guards that protect the ball, or shoot well enough to get teams away from playing a zone D against this team.
Unless we transform in to a Big East team circa 1990’s keeping games in the 40-50 point range (playing all bigs, and slow half-court sets) this team wont be a threat in the NCAA’s. If it gets in at all.
"You're either carrying a spear, or running from it"
by BigSpearDiplomacy on Feb 14, 2011 7:51 AM EST reply actions
For some reason,
I’m not too heart-broken over the Singleton injury. While I understand losing the best defensive player in the nation cannot be a net plus (by any stretch of the imagination), I think our tendency to rely on him as our offensive playmaker contributed to the maddening experience of watching this team play.
So…. we’ll have a lower overall ceiling and have probably lost our ability to compete against the likes of Duke, but we may very well improve in our consistency – which may prevent us from throwing out the @Auburn- or @Clemson-levels of suckage. It will be a lot easier on the heart/stomach not to have to (inexplicably) turn to Mr. ADHD himself to carry us on offense.
The worst thing about this is that it serves as somewhat of an excuse to NOT make chances in the assistant coaching group at the end of the season. “We would have done so well, if only…”
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