LSU forward Darius Days heads to locker room after apparent ankle injury
The injury bug continues to hit LSU.
Forward Darius Days, who’s second on the Tigers with 14 points per game, rolled his ankle late in the first half against Alabama on Wednesday. He went back to the locker room for further evaluation and didn’t come out for warm-ups to start the second half.
At the time of the injury, Days had five points and two rebounds for LSU, which trailed Alabama 33-32 at halftime. Days’ 14 points per game ranks second on the Tigers roster to Tari Eason’s 15.4 points per contest.
Days had a rough showing last time out for LSU, scoring just three points in the Tigers’ loss to Arkansas on Saturday. But he had 20 points and six rebounds in the Crimson Tide’s 64-58 win over Florida last week.
Days is just the latest injury for LSU. Point guard Xavier Pinson isn’t playing against Alabama as he deals with an MCL sprain.
Alabama and No. 13 LSU are currently facing off on ESPN2.
LSU comes in at No. 13 in latest AP Top 25 poll
The story of this college basketball season has been upsets and surprises. That was no different during Week 10 of the season. During Week 10, Baylor was on the wrong end of history as the curse for top ranked teams continued. Following all of the Week 10 action in college basketball, a new AP Top 25 Poll has been released.
New AP Top 25 Poll following Week 10
- Gonzaga (14-2) (25 first place votes)
- Auburn (16-1) (36 first place votes)
- Arizona (14-1)
- Purdue (14-2)
- Baylor (15-2)
- Duke (14-2)
- Kansas (14-2)
- Wisconsin (14-2)
- UCLA (11-2)
- Houston (15-2)
- Villanova (13-4)
- Kentucky (14-3)
- LSU (15-2)
- Michigan State (14-3)
- Iowa State (14-3)
- USC (14-2)
- Illinois (13-3)
- Texas Tech (13-4)
- Ohio State (11-4)
- Xavier (13-3)
- Providence (14-2)
- Loyola Chicago (13-2)
- Texas (13-4)
- Tennessee (11-5)
- UConn (11-4)
Another week, another team at the top
The curse is real. Gonzaga opened the season as the top ranked team, but the Bulldogs eventually lost, leading to Duke taking over the top spot in Week 4. A week later, Duke suffered a loss and Purdue sat in the top spot. One week after that, Purdue lost, leading to Baylor taking control of the top ranking in Week 6. Baylor has held that spot ever since, until this week.
The Bears lost two home games this week against Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. In doing so, Baylor became the first top ranked team in the AP Poll to ever lose two home games in a single week.
Aside from Baylor, the top ten saw plenty of other surprising finishes. Gonzaga (previously No. 2), Auburn (previously No. 4), Duke (previously No. 8), and Kansas (previously No. 9) all had 2-0 weeks, while Purdue (previously No. 7) went 1-0. The rest of the top ten, though, was far from perfect.