Paige Bueckers Appears Okay After UConn Injury Scare!

Robin reacts to the injury scare UConn star Paige Bueckers suffered in the team's win over Villanova.
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[@margiemcdaniel7178]

I so appreciate that you don’t do click bait for headliners. You’re so honest and have so much integrity and I greatly appreciate it. It’s rare on KZbin. People everywhere are saying Paige Bueckers’s knee injury just to get you to click. Geno even said in the interview that she was going to be just fine.

[@chhansen9813]

LOL

[@johnwagemann8578]

I like your viewpoint on Paige's injury. Good report!

[@BamaBoy81]

Glad to hear Paige is ok. 😊

[@retiredarchitect3462]

very good analysis buddy!

[@williamhoover3120]

Robin: I’d LOVE to see a podcast featuring you and Quita, from Quita Loves Sports. You are 2 of the most reasonable and ethical WBB commentators on KZbin. The two of you would be a dream team, in my opinion!

[@smoothblink]

@@williamhoover3120 I'd love to see the crossover!

[@SIWCO98]

That would be a cool podcast.

[@KarmaIsaTSpodcast13]

I was just thinking this same thing!

[@ericeggenbergrr2439]

Actually the best one to collab with would be Adrienne Ross. Quita is also very good, but Adrienne Ross is better than everyone, including this guy.

[@Beatles4Sale.]

Just want to clarify one point. Her ankle was also wrapped in ice and not just her knee. Praying for her to be okay. Agree no way it was a dirty play. ❤😢

[@philip6927]

. Geno Auriemma has a great sense of humor. Speaking about Paige's possible injury he said: "It's funny because we had someone at the scorer's table ready to check in. But she'll be fine. She looks good. I'm optimistic, let's put it that way."

[@RobertDeMartin]

Paige is so much more than a great basketball player. She is an eternal optimist and she has faith in God and believes she is here for a reason. She excels in whatever she does and it requires a lot of effort. She makes friends easily and is a people person. Her fan base consisting of people from around the world adore her and most are not shy to tell us they love her (as I do). She is a beautiful human being and fans from 9 to 99 years old cherish the moments they can watch her play and even watch those you tube clips where she is having fun with some of her teammates. When that play occurred on Sunday afternoon, the world literally stopped for all of her supporters. When you heard the quote, "You could hear a pin drop", it was the absolute truth . No one moved a muscle when she turned and put her face straight down onto the court. Stunned disbelief. Yes, thoughts about what will happen to UCONN if she was seriously injured surfaced but that thought came in second place to what everyone felt for Paige. Robin, besides the audience in the Arena, thousands (millions?) of us watching on TV felt exactly the same way. Then she struggled to her feet, uttered something in frustration about if there was a foul called on the play which everyone in the Arena heard even though it wasn't much more than a soft quote. At that point everyone began to breathe again. Of course, leave it to Paige to return to the court to try to let everyone know she'll deal with whatever happened and to stay close to her teammates. Oh, btw, lest we forget the crowd reaction was not a UCONN home court situation, it was Villanova's home court that day. To say that opposing players and their fans appreciate who Paige is and how she plays the game is an acknowledgement of how great she is.

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

I assume she is okay. Geno really downplayed the injury. And he really hasn’t done that with any injuries the last two years.

[@ChefDeli87]

A lot of people who haven’t played highly organized basketball don’t understand there is a social contract where you play hard but don’t put anyone in a dangerous position. Yes she dove for the ball, but she rolled a bit after. There was certainly unnecessary extra contact.

[@briana8332]

I do think that KK was close enough to go after that ball, before Paige even made her lunge at it, and I would imagine she’s thinking she should have, especially after the fact.

[@kentcarlson1841]

facts are Paige can't handle the physicality without getting hurt while Caitlin Clark got the crap beat out of her and still kicked ass

[@UConnNation12]

If CC got her knee rolled like this she would've gotten hurt as well.

[@RPW67]

@@UConnNation12 Yeah it looked painful.

[@Mellowyellow3]

It’s not hyper extension of the knee hyper extension of the knee usually occurs when it bends past. It’s normal range, which is usually in the opposite direction of the normal knee direction

[@PhilChavanne]

From the video though, she make a dive between Paige’s legs from a 3/4 back angle. They got entangled and the shock then pushed Paige further away. With the mass and kinetic energy of this type of move, the impact on the lower legs, ankles, and knees is very powerful. This is why they banned tackling from behind in soccer. Too many career-ending ankle and knee injuries.

[@MybestLucky]

Thank God!

[@Sooch694]

I love Paige but she is injury prone. As play gets rougher I'm afraid she is going to get another tear. Stat padding is not worth it.

[@Graybeard_]

100% agree on all points. I'm no fan of Geno at this point, but no wrong here. No wrong on Paige either. Crazy that some have been saying Paige needed to be more aggressive. Now it's she shouldn't be diving for balls (or in the game at all). lol I thought it was a great dive. : P Tough break at a critical time in the season though. Doubts will continue. I'm still confident that Paige will be fine, her ankle and her career going forward. Shout out to Strong, again. Other players like Hidalgo will get more shine, but Strong is a player who will produce for the next decade. To me this makes her really valuable.

[@Pharaohx115]

You guys should cover Ashley Watkins going down in the gamecocks vs Mississippi game

[@TheRobinLundberg]

I’m waiting for info…haven’t seen video and Dawn didn’t give update

[@Pharaohx115]

@TheRobinLundberg okay thanks

[@TheRobinLundberg]

Thanks for keeping up with channel

[@00126601528]

Big uconn fan...Wasn't a dirty play I agree with you, just an unfortunate thing,

[@nancy9891]

Anyone who has had a serious injury thinks about what an injury can mean for the future. I hope she will be fine for her. She is not out of college yet. I hope she’s working on a masters degree.

[@basilfawlty241]

Nicely done Robin. Not everything needs to have blame assigned. Nothing wrong with this play, it's good basketball. Just an unfortunate event. The only reason anyone is talking about it is because of media hype, media searching for the Clark replacement, and that she has unfortunately had several injuries previously.

[@Ray-h8u8y]

Get well soon and hang in there.😊

[@510MyTube]

If that was draymond green people would demand the dea, fbi, homeland security, atf, marines, arm, navy, air force, international tribunal to arrest him.

[@almawasilewski]

Lol

[@kaydeezmolik7524]

Poor girl!! I hate that for her. I’m sure she’s got PTSD. Yeah definitely wasn’t a dirty play, just a bad situation.

[@MargueriteFahey]

Bueckers bounced the ball of her foot and lost control of it making it a loose or free ball. The defender NEEDS to try and pounce on it especially seeing you're down by thirty in the 3rd!! It was an unlucky "bounce" for Paige getting her leg pinned that way but ish like this happens ALL the time in basketball.

[@FabrizioPati-i6f]

Not a dirty game, but definitely borderline. If you go looking for the ball by throwing yourself against the legs planted on the ground of an opponent who already has his hands on the ball, the risk of hurting him is high, and sometimes really high

[@roxydejaneiro5640]

Just like you don't trip, leg whip, elbow, etc on purpose. She purposely rolled into her legs to get the ball. Just because you're not trying to hurt someone doesn't mean it's not dirty play.

[@corbieone]

glad Paige is going 2B ok. thanks 4 the update

[@rlrudedog]

It was a basketball play that should have been better. Geno could have taken Paige out sooner only most times like the scores this happens around the 4th quarter. Two things that should have happened where Paige would not have gotten hurt. 1. The opposite player should not had dived to the ball seeing Paige's leg was in the way. 2. Paige should have positioned her body more clocking the ball then picking it up. Back in my time of playing before most of you were thought about and your parents may not have been born or in grade school, we were taught about noticing where everyone would be on the court and do not go after the ball like a crazy person. Our basketball coach was our Science and Chemistry teacher.

[@brandonsleep9156]

Scary! Robin you should fire up a Sunday night live. It’s been awhile.

[@TheRobinLundberg]

I’ll try to do one tomorrow I think

[@almawasilewski]

She wasn't carried off, so that's a positive for Paige.

[@henrymarkson3758]

But she should have been carried off. Letting her walk to the locker can potentially aggravate an injury.

[@inertial6]

Is she still going to be drafted as the No. 1? Despite her talent, I don't think she is physically strong to be good in WNBA. She also seems injury-prone. She is also with a bad coach Geno, and I think he is restricting her ability.

[@unoquill2906]

Her leg got run into wtf is u talkin bout? Like what

[@anthonytaylor7928]

I'm not even a UConn fan but the winning est coach in college basketball history with a lot of chips and final four he's a bad coach?? If ur just caught up in the dumb social media gossip??

[@inertial6]

@@anthonytaylor7928 Geno coaches women's college bb. Enough said.

[@FabrizioPati-i6f]

@@inertial6 And the two Olympic golds and two world championships won as head coach of Team USA, where do we put them? Enough said.

[@inertial6]

@@FabrizioPati-i6f The only men who can't coach men's college or NBA, coaches in women's bb. Enough said.

[@johnchampion6022]

It was the same as a clip in football. The play is disallowed because it is injury producing.

[@jessepena5847]

Looks very similar to Beverly undercutting Westbrook some years back and that one looked very intentional.

[@chhansen9813]

First off Geno doesnt know squat on whether she will be okay or not, and second, even if he did hes not going to say shes out for the season or a few games. NOBODY knows until she gets her knee scanned. Flagrant foul? Yea right Paige, girl was going for the ball just like you! I hope shes going to be okay even though I dont like UCONN, Geno, or her! Im just glad she understands her white privilege!

[@buggie1872]

Paige made a big mistake coming back for another year. Chasing the clout of being the first pick in the draft let her to a bad year with a bad coach and a bad team in Dallas.

[@ad7711x]

She came back because she wanted to try and win a title. All great UConn players have won at least 1 championship. That's the ONLY reason why she came back. Not to mention, she's making more money in NIL than she would've been making in the WNBA.

[@StarTraffic-z1o]

Biggles1872 eyes were in a Foggle.

[@ericeggenbergrr2439]

After she yelled God Damn we lost respect for her. She should have received a technical line everyone else gets when they yell And One. She yelled That's A Flagrant as well. No more sympathy for Paige, another whiney UConn player.

[@ecalager]

Geno Auriemma the well known orthopedic surgeon declares PB's knee is just fine. But seriously, no one wants to see a player injured, unfortunately PB seems injury prone (knee). This does not bode well for her viability in the roller derby melee aka the WNBA. Anyone who thinks she is now the 1# draft prospect is not paying attention.

[@azulpup]

ok is relative. she never be 19 agin

[@KB_OMeara]

Sometimes shit happens.

[@anthonyalifano2420]

So wrong dirty play didn’t have any clear path or position to get the ball.

[@gualbertogarcia305]

Paige Bueckers is “INJURY PRONE”! AT TIMES Her body is “BRITTLE”! DALLAS had BETTER keep a Close Eye on this !

[@Cmanne18]

Latson all day.. Great to hear. Don't wanna see injuries.. Paige is injury prone

[@paulburr5072]

No one teaches you to go through a player to get the ball Your attitude is wrong. Maybe this is why there are so many injuries in today's game! Your rationalization that this is all just basketball is a joke.

[@TheRobinLundberg]

She didn’t go through her intentionally…the ball was on the floor

[@mikehall4517]

Algorithm comment 😊

[@annika777]

If Paige and her fans are this fragile, they're going to have a really hard time in the W.

[@smoothblink]

I give Paige fans a lot of slack (maybe too much) because I think a lot of them are 12-15 lol. The blame game is def silly...but everyone wants to know why Uconn is so lackluster. 🧐

[@almawasilewski]

College is not that exciting, maybe the last 5 min.

[@smoothblink]

@almawasilewski what do u mean?

[@AntronHagood]

The play was dirty you don't drive your body into somebody knees going for the ball or not . Play was dirty paige knows what she is talking about .

[@almawasilewski]

She better hope she doesn't get creamed every game like CC in her Rookie year . I don't think she could handle it.

[@BettyR-qd2zr]

So is she a flopper and a stat padder? Dont think shes tough enough for WNBA.

[@september9113]

Paige is just an average player at this point she had a great freshman year. Her rabid fans are annoying. Olivia Miles is a better player and makes amazing passes she should be the No 1 draft pick but Dallas will take Paige because she sells tickets and has a large fan base....oh well

[@hosehead3179]

She won't get treated like CC, but if she thinks that's flagrant, wait till next year. She only checks off one box, and it's not the sacred 13% one😅

[@lindysmallwood2039]

Why would Genocide continue to let her play. They were winning. Bring to question if Paige will continue to have problems with injury. This kind of thing happens but can Paige handle the physicality in the WNBA. Genocide said early he had a sub coming in before it happen. Will this effect Paige mentally. Will see. 😊

[@FabrizioPati-i6f]

Many of you continue to treat Paige as if she were made of crystal, forgetting that last season she played at least 35 minutes per game and most of these as 4. For the right team mix it is necessary for the starters to also play garbage minutes

[@lindysmallwood2039]

@@FabrizioPati-i6f Paige had not been the same since her injury. Is it Geno, is it mental? Who knows. UConn was winning no need for Page to go back in. Fact. Paige has had injuries and her physicality this years is lacking also. We’ll see what she does.

[@FabrizioPati-i6f]

I hadn't read your initial post carefully, but from now on I refuse to argue with anyone who distorts the name of a decent person (until proven otherwise) to make it perhaps the most horrible word in the dictionary. There should be no room for people like that among those who love basketball

[@madmike7934]

Honestly nobody cares every KZbinr trying to force her on everyone… all I and most people care about is to watch Clark …. They should fire the coach for playing her in a blowout game dumb ass coach

[@foobar5477]

how is she mentally, she is already passive. now she would be even more.

[@cbrend22]

She’s avg 27pt oer 40 minutes, she’s far from passive. There’s a big difference between being a no conscience gunner like CC and JuJu and a leader who sets the tone on the D end and gets everyone involved. With the exception of the Louisville game, she’s avg 26/7/6 against ranked teams and was better than that in the post season last year. There’s a reason she’s gotten three avg teams to the FF. She changes the entire tenor of the game when she’s in, she gets doubled all the time and opens up everything and is the only one who takes last shots and clutch shots, and certainly the only one who makes them. This guy is right, it was just an accident and Geno was NOT at fault. Period

[@almawasilewski]

​@@cbrend22The only leader I have seen is CC. She takes losing teams to the Finals. Paige has a stacked Team and wants to go to a stacked Team. That's not a Leader. It's a good player on a stacked Team.