Per ESPN article: Starting center Marques Bolden suffered a sprained left MCL just minutes into Saturday's contest, and his status going forward is unknown.
Bolden has sprained MCL
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He done.
And if ZW doesn't play again, or is only about 50% of what he was, Duke is done too. Zion's big thing was his explosiveness. If that is gone, he's not Zion anymore.
And if ZW doesn't play again, or is only about 50% of what he was, Duke is done too. Zion's big thing was his explosiveness. If that is gone, he's not Zion anymore.
So Bolden...he a 4 and done player or does he go for a hardship year? Say...wasn't he supposed to be one and done?? He should be great with all that extra coachin' by Coach Rat.
Sprained MCL is all the rage this college basketball season. You ain’t cool unless you got a sprained MCL.
Bolden might suck, but he was their only true center ans post player. He's a big loss, if you can believe it.
I'm assuming he's out for 2 weeks or more? That would mean, no ACC tournament, and might miss opening weekend? Could be a disaster for Duke.
I run a few 8-team drafts for March Madness.. and no one wants to pick Duke in the first 3 spots. They could win it all as is.. or they could lose in the first weekend, quite easily
He should be fine. His mom has managed to live her entire life with a sprained brain.
#thebrotherhood
#thebrotherhood
Then Bolden is Miles Davis.
His sprain is probably worse than TR and ZW had. They both walked off the court on their own. Bolden had to be helped. I doubt he plays again this season.
That’s the grossest thing I’ve ever heard in my life!
I dont know. 6 and 5, 1.5 blocks and depth. They will miss him. DeLaurier or however you spell it, fouls a lot.
Wrong . If you said that last season I would agree but he was playing well the past month and averaging 10 and 6 in the last month . He is a vital piece of their team and now they zero bigs really .
He’s better than Richards. Richards has to have the worst +|- on our team when in the game.
K's magic is running out. He's gonna have to sacrifice several more babies if he wants another title.
No hardships are ever given when you are injured in the last game of the regular season
It is a wonder Barrett and Reddish don't have shooter's elbow or wrist as many 3's as they jack up
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This. He's a huge loss for them. They have ZERO inside game right now. Zion will be the only inside option if Bolden is out the remainder of the season, providing he does actually return.
He’s the cousin of John Walls and Karl-Anthony Townes.
If UNC and Duke meet up in the ACC Tourney, Duke may fear whos the next player going down for them lol. Thats two key players thats been sacrificed playing UNC
Good point,if they do meet again UNC has a problem,it is difficult to beat most any team 3 times a year.In this case a team with very similar talent.If Zion plays and Duke wins he will get too much credit and it will skew the committee's thinking more than it should.Lord knows no one needs that since we are talking about Duke. I think best case is that Virginia wins the ACCT
Look I am sorry but I no sympathy for anything dook, the committee will just figure out a way to give them some other type of break or benefit in the brackets
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Maybe, maybe not. Hell, Tre Jones acted like he would need a leg amputation last week and was back for the UNC game. Duke players tend to be drama queens, so it's hard to gauge the severity of injuries.
That Veronica Vaughn is a nice piece of Ace!
It's definitely something to keep an eye on though. Duke was already thin, this could be a potential serious problem for them.
Zion and RT have been out for over 2 weeks with a similar issue, if Bolden is out for 2 weeks, they're screwed.
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“Ok ok. I didn’t....but I know a guy, and him and her got. It. Ooonnnn!”
This is my thought .. Duke has a MASSIVE hole in the team now, if Zion stays injured, or if he gets into foul trouble, they have ZERO depth at the position. After seeing the injury, I seriously do NOT see him coming back. It was horrible, even if it was "only" an MCL.
Having said that, I still hope he can get well soon. But to underestimate the damage this does to Duke would, I think, be a mistake.