Agreed guinness...the second it happened and I saw how he wasn't getting up, got carried off and was writhing in pain I was thinking the worst: ACL or MCL tear and done for the year. Thank god it was just a sprain...don't get me wrong it will still probably take 3-4 weeks to recover but at least he will be back before the big east tourney.
Jamal Branch
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Hoping today's mri shows only a slight strain.
Jamal Branch sprains left knee
Kieran Darcy
ESPNNewYork.com | February 4, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- St. John's guard Jamal Branch sprained the MCL in his left knee early in the second half of Saturday's 68-56 loss to Georgetown.
Branch had his knee re-examined in New York on Monday, but will also have an MRI on Tuesday.
His status for Wednesday's game against Connecticut is uncertain.
Branch went down in a tangle under the basket and could not put any weight on the leg afterward. Branch was treated with ice, and was returning to New York with the team.
"Because we're so young, we need to be as close to full strength as we can be," St. John's coach Steve Lavin said. "We hope he's gonna be OK. We don't have enough information at this point from the trainers and the doctors, other than the sprained knee."
Branch, a sophomore who just became eligible in late December after transferring from Texas A&M midseason last year, had started the past six games for the Red Storm. He was third on the team in scoring, averaging 9.0 points per game.
"Jamal, he's our general on the floor; he's an extension of our coach on the floor," said forward Jakarr Sampson. "It hurt a lot when you see him going down clutching his knee, having to get carried off the court."
Branch spent the rest of the game on the bench, watching the game with a towel draped around his face. He was not made available to the media after the game because of the injury.
"He's kind of hurt right now," Sampson said. "Kind of sad. But he's gonna be all right."
Jamal Branch sprains left knee
Kieran Darcy
ESPNNewYork.com | February 4, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- St. John's guard Jamal Branch sprained the MCL in his left knee early in the second half of Saturday's 68-56 loss to Georgetown.
Branch had his knee re-examined in New York on Monday, but will also have an MRI on Tuesday.
His status for Wednesday's game against Connecticut is uncertain.
Branch went down in a tangle under the basket and could not put any weight on the leg afterward. Branch was treated with ice, and was returning to New York with the team.
"Because we're so young, we need to be as close to full strength as we can be," St. John's coach Steve Lavin said. "We hope he's gonna be OK. We don't have enough information at this point from the trainers and the doctors, other than the sprained knee."
Branch, a sophomore who just became eligible in late December after transferring from Texas A&M midseason last year, had started the past six games for the Red Storm. He was third on the team in scoring, averaging 9.0 points per game.
"Jamal, he's our general on the floor; he's an extension of our coach on the floor," said forward Jakarr Sampson. "It hurt a lot when you see him going down clutching his knee, having to get carried off the court."
Branch spent the rest of the game on the bench, watching the game with a towel draped around his face. He was not made available to the media after the game because of the injury.
"He's kind of hurt right now," Sampson said. "Kind of sad. But he's gonna be all right."
So in other words, our knee jerk posters, who are not doctors, but play doctors on this site, were calling for leg amputation. Now it is a sprain and he may be back this season.
I am shocked so many were so off in thier evaluations. How could this be? It makes perfectly reasionable sense to conclude an extent of an injury on TV from the living room couch.
I am shocked so many were so off in thier evaluations. How could this be? It makes perfectly reasionable sense to conclude an extent of an injury on TV from the living room couch.
tom in salem
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Per #stjbb medical staff, MRI results confirm Jamal Branch's knee injury as a MCL sprain. More from Coach Lav on that momentarily
Per #stjbb medical staff, MRI results confirm Jamal Branch's knee injury as a MCL sprain. More from Coach Lav on that momentarily
beast of the east
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A sprain is actually a strain of ligaments that is likley accompanied by minor tearing of the ligament.
I actually thought that it was possible that it wasn't a complete or moderate tear of the ligament because it appeared that Brnach was upright when lughead bowled into him, and wasn't grotesqeusly twisted. It was impossible for anyone to tell how severe the injury was until the aftermath: It is likely IMO that BRanch could still miss several weeks, and be far form 100% when he does come back
Here's the definition of a sparined knee:
Definition of Knee Sprains
By definition, a knee sprain is an injury to a knee ligament. The sprain may vary in severity from a slight stretch to a complete tear of the ligament.
A mild, or grade 1, sprain simply stretches the ligament and causes pain and swelling. A moderate, or grade 2, sprain partially tears the ligament and is much more disabling. A severe, or grade 3, sprain is a complete rupture and often needs surgical repair.
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Description of Knee Sprains
Most ligament injuries of the knee involve a tearing of either the medial collateral ligament (MCL) on the medial side of the knee (medial means toward the midline of the body, and lateral means away from the midline), the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deep inside the joint, or both ligaments. The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is much less likely to sustain an injury than the ACL.
terrificboss
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I hope he is back in time for the BE tourney
JackofVirginia
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Will he be back on Wednesday? If not, what is his situation?
It sucks we are missing him in the part of the schedule where every win will now be absolutely MASSIVE. This team has to come out as if it's playing Duke for the rest of these games. Providence is dangerous as hell with Cotton, USF competed with L'Ville until deep in the game and appeared they belonged for a while, ND will be home and due for a win after we have won a ton against them recently, and Marquette/Pitt are obviously the favorites against us. The only games I see as true coin flips are Providence and USF. We will really have to pull a rabbit out of our hat to beat 2 of Pitt/Marquette/ND.