define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); torn acl – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:56:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court ACL Well: Analyzing Six Huge Returnees From ACL Injuries http://rushthecourt.net/2012/08/29/acl-well-analyzing-six-huge-returnees-from-acl-injuries/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/08/29/acl-well-analyzing-six-huge-returnees-from-acl-injuries/#respond Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:33:58 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=73690

Chris Johnson is an RTC columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn.

The fickle nature of college hoops owes itself to a number of different factors. Every year there are a handful of teams that underperform or overperform versus expectations for various reasons, from team chemistry to coaching philosophy to collective work ethic. Perhaps the most uncontrollable element of a team’s performance is injury, the sudden and often catastrophic medical ailments that – in the blink of one single cut to the hoop, defensive rotation or hard sprint down the court – dramatically alter teams’ seasons and programs’ trajectories. Last season we [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/08/29/acl-well-analyzing-six-huge-returnees-from-acl-injuries/feed/ 0 Robbie Hummel: Back In Action But Not the Same Player? http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/01/robbie-hummel-back-in-action-but-not-the-same-player/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/01/robbie-hummel-back-in-action-but-not-the-same-player/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:22:20 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=58214 As North Carolina’s Dexter Strickland held onto his foot in extreme pain two weeks ago against Virginia Tech, every Tar Heel fan knew that their chances to get to the Final Four decreased immediately.  Purdue fans can relate to that feeling.  They experienced the same drop in their heart rate on February 24, 2010, when star forward Robbie Hummel tore his ACL in Minneapolis.  To make matters worse, the Basketball Gods were really upset with West Lafayette because Hummel injured his knee again just before the 2010-11 season.

Robbie Hummel's Resurgence Is Worth Rooting For

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