I don't love this quote:
"Timing wise and recovery wise, and there’s also a little bit of a guessing part, in terms of just the best medical treatment at the best time,” Pope said. “They’re both pretty serious injuries. The guys are desperate to play and they’re desperate to get healthy, short-term and long-term, and kind of balancing all those out with the calendar, not just for the season but for the summer and for next year. Trying to fit all those pieces together, and see day by day what kind of returns they get from new medical treatments.”
There's a few phrases in there that I kind of find peculiar. "Long term" and "for next year". Sure sounds like there might be some extra considerations being weighed for "beyond" UK.. and i get that, it's their future. But we really need them now. And if these injuries are kind of more along the lines of pain management, then we might have to make the call that says they're playing.. even if we still give them some games off leading to the tournament.
We need probably just 2 wins to have a safe-ish spot as a 6-seed or better.. and if we go into the tournament a little healthier this team could absolutely win an Elite 8 or more as a mid-seed. But that won't happen if we sit these guys the ROS and we lose out.
