Jalen Wilson Injury:

[sdoyel]

Broken ankle. Surgery next week. Out 3 months.

[Mjl]

Sucks for him.

Enaruna is so good that it doesn't change anything for Kansas.

[sdoyel]

I would imagine he gets a medical redshirt. Doubtful he plays for KU this season.

[sdoyel]

Jesse has the video over on Twitter. Appeared to be a non-contact injury. Very strange.

[jhawks99]

Hopefully a full and speedy recovery.

[sdoyel]

Self pretty much confirmed they will continue to start 2 bigs to (if anything) not put as much pressure on Braun and Enaruna off the bench.

We still have a 9-man rotation. I think we will be fine. It’s just frustrating not knowing what Wilson was going to contribute for us this season.

Self definitely talked like a medical RS was a strong possibility.

[Geezer]

They played a lot of 4 around 1 in the second half.

[Trustee]

I think the second half was entirely 4-1. And a huge chunk of the first half. A deep run will probably require that. The spacing is terrible with 2 bigs.

Feel terrible for Jalen. Never seen anything like it. I thought he had a terrible cramp because he just checked in, ran down the court and then hopped over to Self.

[Geezer]

Was it in the game, I didn't see anything.

[Trustee]

I think he broke it coming to a stop or pivoting. Not sure anyone saw it live. I don’t fully remember but it seemed like he was in the game less than 10 seconds and it happened in that span.

[randylahey]

Self pretty much confirmed they will continue to start 4 bigs to (if anything) not put as much pressure on Braun and Enaruna off the bench.

We still have a 9-man rotation. I think we will be fine. It’s just frustrating not knowing what Wilson was going to contribute for us this season.

Self definitely talked like a medical RS was a strong possibility.

yes we will start 4 bigs. dotson at the point. pull mitchs redshirt. then we can have:

dotson
mitch
de sousa
mccormack
dok

[Geezer]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's the clip of Jalen Wilson injuring his ankle. Was easy to miss. Bill Self on radio show said Wilson could be out three months with his broken ankle. <a href="https://t.co/6cBBZkU8G2">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) <a href=" 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[ousdahl]

Damn.

[Deleted User 289]

It's interesting to me how soon they knew it was broken, would require surgery, and the time table for his return. Obviously an x-ray can show what they needed to see but I am thinking often an MRI is also ordered and done. I guess this must be a pretty clear and hopefully "clean" break.
I feel terrible for Jalen. Hard to tell how and why he broke his ankle.
Me being a bit of a lobster (someone who questions things that probably shouldn't be questioned) I am wondering if we have one more ankle injury and the coaches and medical staff start questioning which Adidas shoes our players should and should not be wearing.

[CrimsonNBlue]

2 games in and we’re down a 4-man for the season. Wonderful.

[twocoach]

I think the second half was entirely 4-1. And a huge chunk of the first half. A deep run will probably require that. The spacing is terrible with 2 bigs.

Feel terrible for Jalen. Never seen anything like it. I thought he had a terrible cramp because he just checked in, ran down the court and then hopped over to Self.

It depends entirely on the opponent. UNCG was a bunch of small, skinny guys. 4-1 worked well against them.

[DCHawk1]

2 games in and we’re down a 4-man for the season. Wonderful.

Probably be until the UMKC/Sprint (12/14) game before Dok sleeps awkwardly and wakes up with a broken femur.

[ousdahl]

Dear lord.

[CrimsonNBlue]

2 games in and we’re down a 4-man for the season. Wonderful.

Probably be until the UMKC/Sprint (12/14) game before Dok sleeps awkwardly and wakes up with a broken femur.

This isn't helpful!

[DCHawk1]

But the press conference where HCBS calls him a pussy -- and Leawood shows up carrying a "Dok is a pussy" sign -- will be a classic.