Carl Hall Out

[Jeffrey Korchek]

Via Suellentrop on Twitter: "Carl Hall will have surgery Tuesday. Will miss about a month."

[vtshocker]

Typically with surgery on the thumb it'll be casted for 2-6 weeks and may take several months to get full motion back. Hopefully Carl is a quick healer because we will need him

[Ta town]

The kansas.com article stated he will have surgery tomorrow and the cast will come off two weeks later. They are putting a screw in to hold it in place. It also said he could be ready for the Evansville game on Jan 13.

EDIT: I noticed they said Wessel is still thinking about surgery. To me it must mean redshirting for him if he elects surgery. Otherwise why the wait?

[WUs Your Daddy]

This sucks. But on the flip side, this will develop our bench more.

[proshox]

The kansas.com article stated he will have surgery tomorrow and the cast will come off two weeks later. They are putting a screw in to hold it in place. It also said he could be ready for the Evansville game on Jan 13.

EDIT: I noticed they said Wessel is still thinking about surgery. To me it must mean redshirting for him if he elects surgery. Otherwise why the wait?

Yes, my guess is that we do what is necessary to get the redshirt...

[Dan]

is wessel eleigible for a medical redshirt? What's the requirement of number of games played?

[newshock1234]

Ya this sucks, but if he can be back by Jan 16 home game against ISUr, then we may be fine. Outside of UNI at home, our valley schedule isnt very tough, and if we can go 3-2 or 4-1 until CH gets back, I think we will be ok.

[newshock1234]

is wessel eleigible for a medical redshirt? What's the requirement of number of games played?

Kennedy said he was eligible during the pregame show against Tenn.

[WstateU]

The kansas.com article stated he will have surgery tomorrow and the cast will come off two weeks later. They are putting a screw in to hold it in place. It also said he could be ready for the Evansville game on Jan 13.

EDIT: I noticed they said Wessel is still thinking about surgery. To me it must mean redshirting for him if he elects surgery. Otherwise why the wait?

Could be a great opportunity for a 2 for 1…

[shocks771]

I fractured my thumb this summer and I still do not have my full range of motion back. This is going to be a tough injury for Carl to overcome but with a great training staff I'm sure they will get him up to speed as soon as possible. Missing four weeks would put Carl back for the game on January 16th against Illinois State before the January 19th game against Creighton. Hope the surgery goes well tomorrow and the healing can begin!!!

[SubGod22]

I believe it's been said that Wessel could play in two more games and still get a medical hardship. If he wants, he can test it in game action a couple of times and make a decision. With his style of play and his shooting ability, I'd would bet it'd be in his best interest to have surgery and take the redshirt.

[C0|dB|00ded]

I don't understand how they are supposed to "go right after" Carl Hall's broken thumb while he is sitting in plain clothes on the bench for 4 weeks? You're thinking they are going to go all Tonya Harding and send a thug in to hammer his thumb while he is sleeping in the middle of the night?

Funny joke, but keeping injuries under wraps (pardon the pun) is very serious business in most sports. It was very interesting finding out how many of our players were battling injuries after our NIT championship. It's quite common for players to play with fractured fingers. It all has to do with their pain tolerance.


T


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[im4wsu]

I believe it's been said that Wessel could play in two more games and still get a medical hardship. If he wants, he can test it in game action a couple of times and make a decision. With his style of play and his shooting ability, I'd would bet it'd be in his best interest to have surgery and take the redshirt.

I believe that would be correct. WSU has scheduled 31 games plus one for the MVC trounament (the entire tournament counts as one game. 30% of 32 is 9.6 which , by rule, any fraction is incrreased to the next whole number. So Wessel could participate in 10; he has participated in only eight.

[Aargh]

Funny joke, but keeping injuries under wraps (pardon the pun) is very serious business in most sports. It was very interesting finding out how many of our players were battling injuries after our NIT championship. It's quite common for players to play with fractured fingers. It all has to do with their pain tolerance.


T


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I can't remember his name right now, but we had a first baseman who played in the College World Series with a broken leg. That's a great example of playing through the pain. Catching a basketball with a thumb injury is an entirely different deal.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

I can't remember his name right now, but we had a first baseman who played in the College World Series with a broken leg. That's a great example of playing through the pain. Catching a basketball with a thumb injury is an entirely different deal.

Bryant Winslow