[quote="Windy City Johnny Fan" post=376504][quote="SJU61982" post=376502][quote="Windy City Johnny Fan" post=376499][quote="Paultzman" post=376498]Zach B
When it rains, it pours.
Already struggling to find wins in the Big East, St. John’s will now be without senior guard Mustapha Heron for “likely” the rest of the season, the school told The Post in a statement.
Heron, the Johnnies’ second-leading scorer at 13.8 points per game, re-aggravated a pre-existing right ankle injury and is in a walking boot. He will not play Wednesday night against Providence at Carnesecca Arena and may have played his last college game.
“A timetable for Heron’s return has not been set, but it is likely he will miss the remainder of the 2019-20 season,” the school said in a statement.
Heron initially injured his right ankle Dec. 10 against Brown and missed the next three games, returning in a road loss to Xavier on Jan. 5. He struggled in Big East play, averaging 12.4 points on 36.1 percent shooting. He started coming off the bench two games ago, replaced by sophomore Greg Williams Jr.
Now it appears St. John’s, which is 13-11 and 2-9 in the league, may have to finish out the season without one of its most talented players.
https://nypost.com/2020/02/11/mustapha-heron-likely-done-for-season-in-huge-st-johns-blow/[/quote]
We've been in a 20 year monsoon. #cursed[/quote] Maybe a good thing in the long term. It's obvious now that this was impacting his performance, and it will give someone who is a part of this team's future, a chance to play more minutes. If we were 5-6 in the league, this would be a lot more crushing, IMO.[/quote]
It doesn't matter for this year because we already stink. It's just the point that literally anything that can go wrong with this program will go wrong. It's really unbelievable at this point.[/quote]
The kid came here and did everything the right way. He worked hard and represented the team and the university as well as anyone could have hoped. Now he gets the devastating news that his college career is over, and your first thought is to feel empathetic towards our basketball program?? Heron gave his heart and soul to the program, and your attitude about this situation is, "oh well, this season was a lost cause anyways." Shame on you.
Maybe that's why some players don't want to commit here? Because we have some fans that only care about players that can help them be able to brag about the success of the basketball program. But the moment they can't contribute to the team, they are cast aside and forgotten about.
