Kendrick Davis

[NT1978]

"Something that may hurt more than the defeat could be losing senior guard Kendrick Davis, who was sent to the hospital after the game when he punched a glass door."

Kendrick may have taken the loss a little too hard.

[GangGreen]

I can hear the sound of another season beginning to crumble.

[untbowler]

nice to see the team can control themselves, guess football is not the only team with major discipline issues.

[marc_moffitt]

not good.

who was it that hit the scoreers table during the game?

[Green Crazy]

nice to see the team can control themselves, guess football is not the only team with major discipline issues. 

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I think this is more of a frustration of losing thing, than a discipline thing.

[untbowler]

I think this is more of a frustration of losing thing, than a discipline thing.

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Sorry yes it is frustration like the rest of the team but he chose to punch a glass door which is a discipline issue and in doing so he has hurt the team.

[UNT_92_Fan]

discipline issues...Come one thats bull...ITS AN EMOTIONAL GAME! If I was playing and I lost on a BS shot after fighting back into the game....granted the first half didnt help them out...I would be punching throwing kick shit all over the place...

IT ISNT DISCIPLINE...ITS EMOTION! These are 18-23 year old men that have one thing on their mind...Basketballl.... Stop trying to find bad things in everything

[Quoner]

discipline issues...Come one thats bull...ITS AN EMOTIONAL GAME!  If I was playing and I lost on a BS shot after fighting back into the game....granted the first half didnt help them out...I would be punching throwing kick shit all over the place...

IT ISNT DISCIPLINE...ITS EMOTION!  These are 18-23 year old men that have one thing on their mind...Basketballl.... Stop trying to find bad things in everything

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That's why I was proud of the 1998 U.S. men's olympic hockey team at Nagano!

[CMJ]

That's why I was proud of the 1998 U.S. men's olympic hockey team at Nagano!

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[untbowler]

discipline issues...Come one thats bull...ITS AN EMOTIONAL GAME!  If I was playing and I lost on a BS shot after fighting back into the game....granted the first half didnt help them out...I would be punching throwing kick shit all over the place...

IT ISNT DISCIPLINE...ITS EMOTION!  These are 18-23 year old men that have one thing on their mind...Basketballl.... Stop trying to find bad things in everything

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Thats the great thing about Boards you can post opinions, you have your and I have mine. Very disappointing he chose to take out his aggressions on a hard glass door, a pillow or sheetrock wall might have been better

[UNTflyer]

Early reports... broken hand.

[MeanGreenBuzz]

Tough break. Hell I punched a few things after the game as well when all I really wanted to do was punch all 3 of those refs.

[Keith7]

Early reports... broken hand.

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ouch, how long would that keep him out?? a couple of months at best?

[marc_moffitt]

Most likeely it is a hairline fracture in the metacarpals or the knuckle area. I think he will likeley be out, at a minimum, 4 weeks. The fracture itself probably doesnt hurt that much, it will be the swelling and the bruising that will hurt him.

[UNTLifer]

Most likeely it is a hairline fracture in the metacarpals or the knuckle area. I think he will likeley be out, at a minimum, 4 weeks. The fracture itself probably doesnt hurt that much, it will be the swelling and the bruising that will hurt him.

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Opinions or facts from Davis or his doctor?

[MeanGreenBuzz]

He may be able to play with the injury. Depends on which hand its on I guess. Anyone have any info on which hand and how serious?

[e-bone ver2.awesome]

This is huge. If these rumors are true, we will see how JJ can handle the situation and who will step up while Davis is out.

[Keith7]

who will step up while Davis is out.

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I think Sturns needs to be the one to step up...

maybe Chris Higgs

Edited November 16, 2006 by Keith7

[untwillrise]

If Davis is out Sturns will start and collin Mangrum will be put into the spotlight.

[IslandEagle]

He may be able to play with the injury.  Depends on which hand its on I guess.  Anyone have any info on which hand and how serious?

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I suspect, unfortunately, it will be his dominant hand. That is usually what people lead punch with.

[untwillrise]

If he is hurt he does not need to play until confrence play which is in little more than a month.

[NT80]

not good.

who was it that hit the scoreers table during the game?

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Ben Bell. He either chased a pass or botched a dribble to the sidelines and slid past the side of the scorer's table into the end of the UTA bench area. He wasn't hurt but pounded the side of the table as he got up because of frustration of a turnover. He did hustle well on the play.

[TallGreen06]

Hands are tricky things. Even if its a minor break (something that doesn't need surgery) time off and not being able to use it could really affect the touch on the ball, whether its shooting, passing, dribbling.

Saying basketball is an emotional game is an understatement. How many people does this happen to every year? Nearly every team has a player with some sort of "frustration injury." You can look at the current situation in the NBA, with all the excess technical fouls. They are trying to make guys play a game like its a business, and that doesn't work with sports.

End of rant.

[GreenEggs&Ham™]

If Davis' hand is broken it is huge for NT. We need to gel before conference play and that can't happen with our star player on the bench for 4 weeks.

We need to be 100% healthy and play an almost perfect game to beat WKU on 12/19 to start SBC season. We also need Davis in a big way for that game. I think NT can be a 1st seed in SBC tourny if Davis is healthy. He could have just blown our chances of an NCAA berth with this punchy time incident.

Thnx

[CMJ]

Yeah, even if he does come back in 4 weeks, our team chemistry will be out of whack for awhile afterwards. We may not gell untill the end of January.