Connor Hickman injury

[Da Coach]

I heard Hickman has crutches and a boot on.

He has a bad sprain, not a fracture. He is day to day, but will sit tonight's game out.

[BUBraves2006]

Tonight showed how important he really is to this team, especially if Mal is off. I hope the doctors are smart and don't rush him back. We should be able to win the next four without him and I'd rather he's totally healed for the rest of the Valley season.

[ManMythLegend]

Tonight showed how important he really is to this team, especially if Mal is off. I hope the doctors are smart and don't rush him back. We should be able to win the next four without him and I'd rather he's totally healed for the rest of the Valley season.

Over the next 4 here's my prediction.

2-2 without Hickmania
3-1 with Hickmania

Hope they prove me wrong but, they haven't been proving much lately.

[tomahawk chop]

Very hard to predict how many games we can win unless we get many weaknesses fixed. Free throw shooting and rebounding have been stinking bad. I would hope Connor is available for our next game simply because he is not replaceable on this roster.I also hope the staff figures out how to tweak our offense so we get back to passing more and dribbling less with a lot more movement.

[BUBraves2006]

Of course it's difficult to predict but aside from the "road" game in a high school gym, if we can't beat three average teams at home, we have a lot bigger problems. Murray State (even with just an average team last year) is 14-3 in their last 17 home games, Indiana State might be the best team in the Valley and Akron is picked to win their league. We're not talking about losing to the Little Sisters of the Poor here. It's really easy to let the pendulum swing way too far from wow we should be ranked (we were never THAT good) to now we can't teams at home (also an overreaction).

[ManMythLegend]

Of course it's difficult to predict but aside from the "road" game in a high school gym, if we can't beat three average teams at home, we have a lot bigger problems. Murray State (even with just an average team last year) is 14-3 in their last 17 home games, Indiana State might be the best team in the Valley and Akron is picked to win their league. We're not talking about losing to the Little Sisters of the Poor here. It's really easy to let the pendulum swing way too far from wow we should be ranked (we were never THAT good) to now we can't teams at home (also an overreaction).

I think 2-2 and 3-1 are entirely fair predictions based on our recent play and not overreactions at all. I haven't seen a sign of improvement since Murray and we don't have our floor general. The season is not lost but we have very little margin for error since opening conference play 0-2. The valley is going to be an absolute grind every time out this season and my honest assessment is it's going to be very difficult to be in the top 4 for Arch Madness.

[tomahawk chop]

I think 2-2 and 3-1 are entirely fair predictions based on our recent play and not overreactions at all. I haven't seen a sign of improvement since Murray and we don't have our floor general. The season is not lost but we have very little margin for error since opening conference play 0-2. The valley is going to be an absolute grind every time out this season and my honest assessment is it's going to be very difficult to be in the top 4 for Arch Madness.

It definitely will be if we have to rely on a select few to score.

[Bradley8792]

Any word on how Hickman is doing?

[Da Coach]

Any word on how Hickman is doing?

He's better. I'm hearing there is a chance he could play Friday, but maybe a better chance they'll wait until the next game in Akron (vs. Duquesne) on Monday. They'll decide tomorrow.

[LittleBrave]

He's better. I'm hearing there is a chance he could play Friday, but maybe a better chance they'll wait until the next game in Akron (vs. Duquesne) on Monday. They'll decide tomorrow.

Why are we playing in Akron on Mon. vs Duquesne? Is it part of a tourney?

[Da Coach]

Why are we playing in Akron on Mon. vs Duquesne? Is it part of a tourney?

No. It is a home game for Duquesne. They have played occasional games in Akron, at LeBron James' old high school (St. Vincent-St. Mary HS) since 2018 after Keith Dambrot took over as head coach.
Dambrot was fired as head coach at Central Michigan in 1993 for using a word considered a slur. However, he did not use it as a slur (It's a long story, so read the Wikipedia link below). Nonetheless, he was fired and blackballed from coaching for the next 4 years. St. Vincent-St. Mary HS hired him, and he went on to have tremendous success there, including coaching LeBron James. He eventually was hired by Akron, where he continued having success, and not at Duquesne. So now he plays a game once every year or two at SVSM in Akron as a tribute to them for hiring him and resurrecting his career.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Dambrot

[PhiAlphaBoy]

He's better. I'm hearing there is a chance he could play Friday, but maybe a better chance they'll wait until the next game in Akron (vs. Duquesne) on Monday. They'll decide tomorrow.

Any word on Hickman for Duquesne? Personally I'd prefer we give him extra time to heal before the conference season heats up. There's little value in risking him against Duquesne when I doubt we'd win even with him on the floor.

[ManMythLegend]

Of course it's difficult to predict but aside from the "road" game in a high school gym, if we can't beat three average teams at home, we have a lot bigger problems. Murray State (even with just an average team last year) is 14-3 in their last 17 home games, Indiana State might be the best team in the Valley and Akron is picked to win their league. We're not talking about losing to the Little Sisters of the Poor here. It's really easy to let the pendulum swing way too far from wow we should be ranked (we were never THAT good) to now we can't teams at home (also an overreaction).

I'm going to keep checking on this post to see how it ages. We just lost to an average team at home. I don't see us winning on the road/neutral site game on Monday. And honestly I'm a little concerned about SIUE on our home court if Hickman isn't in the lineup. 2-2 best case. 1-3 worst case. And if for some reason it's 0-4....I see full meltdown mode coming lol. I hope these boys prove me wrong. Didn't see a whole lot of fire in them for most of the Cleveland State game.

[Da Coach]

Connor dressed for practice today in Akron, but still no word whether he'll play tomorrow- https://twitter.com/BradleyUMBB/stat...90442496090257

[KillerB]

I was a tweet that said he is out