Who's Your All-Injury UK Team?

[numberone4ever2002]

Another thread got me wondering, who would be on your All-Injury UK Team? Specifically players with talent or ability, but who we never saw their full potential because of a history of being injury prone or a single injury that kept them out an extended period.

Just off the top of my head, I'd include:

Starters:
G - Terrence Clarke
G - Derek Anderson
F - Jarred Vanderbilt
F - Alex Poythress
C - John Stewart (incredibly tragic)

Bench:
Nerlens Noel
Sam Bowie
C.J. Frederick
Jason Parker

Honorable mention:
Kellen Grady, Tyty Washington, and Cason Wallace played hurt, but definitely wonder what could've been if they'd been fully healthy in their short UK careers.

We've had so many injuries and injury-prone players, I'm sure I'm missing a few.

 

[BlueWhite21]

Jeff Brassow, Derek Anderson, Rodney Dent, Sam Bowie, Mike Casey. If we had a guy like Larry Nasser as our team doctor he would had them back and healthy team in no time. 😂

 

[drbubba]

I remember a guy named Rubsum Dirtonit. He played hurt.

 

[clevenger32]

Jeff Brassow, Derek Anderson, Rodney Dent, Sam Bowie, Mike Casey. If we had a guy like Larry Nasser as our team doctor he would had them back and healthy team in no time. 😂

Mike Casey wasn’t injury prone. He was in a terrible car accident. Kent Hollenbeck without injury could have been one of the best guards ever to play at UK but broke
his foot, never healed and re-broke it multiple times.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

Another thread got me wondering, who would be on your All-Injury UK Team? Specifically players with talent or ability, but who we never saw their full potential because of a history of being injury prone or a single injury that kept them out an extended period.

Just off the top of my head, I'd include:

Starters:
G - Terrence Clarke
G - Derek Anderson
F - Jarred Vanderbilt
F - Alex Poythress
C - John Stewart (incredibly tragic)

Bench:
Nerlens Noel
Sam Bowie
C.J. Frederick
Jason Parker

Honorable mention:
Kellen Grady, Tyty Washington, and Cason Wallace played hurt, but definitely wonder what could've been if they'd been fully healthy in their short UK careers.

We've had so many injuries and injury-prone players, I'm sure I'm missing a few.

Good list...I'd elevate Bowie to starting center. Would also add Dale Brown to the bench. No doubt in my mind that if he doesn't go down against Michigan we hang a banner in '93.

 

[H00SIER-Cat]

I truly believe injuries to DA and Poythress cost us titles

 

[Catapult]

I truly believe injuries to DA and Poythress cost us titles

Not just those. I would also include Conley's flu in 66 tho technically not an injury. Think we still beat Zona if Allen Edwards doesn't have the bad ankle. Casey in 70, Walker in 84, Brown in 93 were all possible titles as well.

 

[kwhdmd]

How about Richard "Master Blaster" Madison?

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

Not just those. I would also include Conley's flu in 66 tho technically not an injury. Think we still beat Zona if Allen Edwards doesn't have the bad ankle. Casey in 70, Walker in 84, Brown in 93 were all possible titles as well.

I don't remember anything being wrong w/ Sky in '84?

 

[TopCatCal]

Another thread got me wondering, who would be on your All-Injury UK Team? Specifically players with talent or ability, but who we never saw their full potential because of a history of being injury prone or a single injury that kept them out an extended period.

Just off the top of my head, I'd include:

Starters:
G - Terrence Clarke
G - Derek Anderson
F - Jarred Vanderbilt
F - Alex Poythress
C - John Stewart (incredibly tragic)

Bench:
Nerlens Noel
Sam Bowie
C.J. Frederick
Jason Parker

Honorable mention:
Kellen Grady, Tyty Washington, and Cason Wallace played hurt, but definitely wonder what could've been if they'd been fully healthy in their short UK careers.

We've had so many injuries and injury-prone players, I'm sure I'm missing a few.

This conservation starts & ends with Sam Bowie. A 7'1" player that before the injuries hit played a foot & a half over the rim, that could beat the guards up the court, that a soft jumper, that was one of the greatest passing big men to ever play the game..... Oh my, what might have been.

 

[UK CAT in FL]

I don't remember anything being wrong w/ Sky in '84?

That was probably the St. Johns NCAA tournament game he got the eye poked - Mullins how did it?

 

[bthaunert]

I'm keeping this to injuries that happened while with the team, so someone like Mike Casey, won't be on the team. Also, needs to be someone who missed significant time, and not just a few games:

G - Derek Anderson
G - Jody Meeks (missed 20 games sophomore year - I had forgotten about that)
F - Jason Parker
F - Sam Bowie
C - Bill Spivey (missed first half of season after knee surgery)

G - Jeff Brassow
G - Kent Hollenbeck
F - Alex Poythress
F - WCS
C - Rodney Dent

 

[Mulder14]

Keith bogans ankle against Marquette

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

That was probably the St. Johns NCAA tournament game he got the eye poked - Mullins how did it?

Yep. St.Johns in '85. Don't think it cost us a championship, as we weren't very good that year. Lucky to get in the tourney, really.

 

[BlueWhite21]

Mike Casey wasn’t injury prone. He was in a terrible car accident. Kent Hollenbeck without injury could have been one of the best guards ever to play at UK but broke
his foot, never healed and re-broke it multiple times.

That's true. You're right..

 

[Soupbean]

That's true. You're right..

Casey's car accident almost assuredly cost us a title.

 

[bbncal02]

Keith bogans ankle against Marquette

Yeah, that hurt.

Knew we had a significant chance to lose with him at less than optimal and we did.

Marquette was also really good that year, under creepy Crean.

What hurt the most is that it really wasn't close. We got a good whupping.

That was also when the true magic was over for Tubby I think. That was one of his last really fun teams and it just kinda slowly died off until 2007. We never were really the same with him after that loss.

 

[otis-gip]

Sam Bowie has to be first team. He was really good and was injured most of his career.

 

[clevenger32]

Casey's car accident almost assuredly cost us a title.

I will die believing that it did.

 

[FurdTerguson]

Rodney Dent in 94

 

[Catapult]

I don't remember anything being wrong w/ Sky in '84?

Sprained ankle against Illinois in regional final. He played but obviously wasn't up to par.

 

[kygent2]

Randle was injured in Championship game

 

[VernHatton52]

Derek Anderson was the best player in college basketball when he got hurt, even better than Tim Duncan. Had he not gotten injured, we would have cruised to a title and he would've been remembered as one of the greatest players here ever. His jersey would be in the rafters. He was unbelievable that year.

 

[DreadLox]

I don't remember anything being wrong w/ Sky in '84?

Didn't Chris Mullin poke Walker in the eye?

 

[DreadLox]

Derek Anderson was the best player in college basketball when he got hurt, even better than Tim Duncan. Had he not gotten injured, we would have cruised to a title and he would've been remembered as one of the greatest players here ever. His jersey would be in the rafters. He was unbelievable that year.

I have to say that all of my memories of DA are of him airborne. There are all those cave paintings of hunters looking like bolts of lightning. That's DA. He just looked like the perfect guard.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

Didn't Chris Mullin poke Walker in the eye?

Yes; but in '85 tourney

 

[jrpross]

I truly believe injuries to DA and Poythress cost us titles

Oh DA is a no-brainer. He and Mercer were unstoppable that year. That one still haunts me 25 years later as we lost a 3-peat because of it.

 

[JonathanW]

Bowie, Noel and especially DA we saw their potential. In fact DA was in the 2-man conversation for NPOY (w/ Duncan before he got hurt).

 

[drbubba]

Keith bogans ankle against Marquette

Dwayne Wade tore us to pieces and Tom Crean was famous for 5 minutes. That was a bad day.

 

[EdgeHD]

Another thread got me wondering, who would be on your All-Injury UK Team? Specifically players with talent or ability, but who we never saw their full potential because of a history of being injury prone or a single injury that kept them out an extended period.

Just off the top of my head, I'd include:

Starters:
G - Terrence Clarke
G - Derek Anderson
F - Jarred Vanderbilt
F - Alex Poythress
C - John Stewart (incredibly tragic)

Bench:
Nerlens Noel
Sam Bowie
C.J. Frederick
Jason Parker

Honorable mention:
Kellen Grady, Tyty Washington, and Cason Wallace played hurt, but definitely wonder what could've been if they'd been fully healthy in their short UK careers.

We've had so many injuries and injury-prone players, I'm sure I'm missing a few.

Derrick Jasper
Mike Casey
Derek Anderson
Sam Bowie
Nerlens Noel

People forget about Jasper because his knee rehab was mismanaged and he did not finish his career at Kentucky. When healthy, he was a hell of a player.

 

[numberone4ever2002]

Derrick Jasper
Mike Casey
Derek Anderson
Sam Bowie
Nerlens Noel

People forget about Jasper because his knee rehab was mismanaged and he did not finish his career at Kentucky. When healthy, he was a hell of a player.

Yes! Totally forgot about Jasper. He was a damn good player when healthy.

The only reason I don't have Bowie starting in my lineup is because we saw more of his potential than we did John Stewart's, but also very unlikely that any center mentioned in this thread would start over Bowie in real life. Phenomenal player, obviously.

But yeah, Jasper. Definitely overlooked him.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

WCS 2014
Jared Vanderbilt
Derek Anderson
Keith Bogans
TyTy Washington
Sam Bowie
Jodie Meeks 2008 even if it was BCG
Patterson going down late in 2008
Alex Poythress
PJ Washington
Derrick Jasper

 

[bthaunert]

Derrick Jasper
Mike Casey
Derek Anderson
Sam Bowie
Nerlens Noel

People forget about Jasper because his knee rehab was mismanaged and he did not finish his career at Kentucky. When healthy, he was a hell of a player.

I always kind of thought that about Jasper, but you go back and look and his numbers his freshman year just weren't that good:

3.9ppg
2.9apg
2.1tpg
21% from 3

At UNLV, he averaged 5.7ppg.

I think we wanted him to be good and we liked his size for a PG, but he was never good.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Jodie Meeks & Derrick Jasper both earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors during Tubby's last season. The microfracture knee surgery certainly impacted his basketball playing career, came back early during BCG's first year and wasn't much of a shooter ever. I do remember his last game at Rupp, the 2008 Senior Day win at Rupp he had one of his best games as a Wildcat with 14 points and made 4 3's in the game.

 

[Catzman]

You all have such short memories! # 1 has to be Sahvir Wheeler. No one has ever gone through such a mysterious injury!

 

[true blue1]

Mike Casey
Derrick Anderson
Bowie
Noel
Rodney Dent

 

[bucsrule8872]

Bowie has to start on any all-injury team.

 

[VA/UK]

Dale Brown in the Final Four versus Michigan.