JT Toppin - torn ACL

[ISU_phoria]

Bummer to hear, but apparetly Toppin torn his ACL last night. Huge blow for TTU.

Texas Tech's JT Toppin has torn ACL, out for season

Texas Tech forward JT Toppin, who leads the team in scoring, rebounds and blocks, has a torn ACL in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season.

www.espn.com

(SIAP)

 

[12191987]

Bummer to hear, but apparetly Toppin torn his ACL last night. Huge blow for TTU.

(SIAP)

This just sad news and really a huge blow to the league and the post season in general.

 

[JP4CY]

Brutal. Guy is absolute playmaker out there.

 

[demoncore1031]

That sucks. I saw him play a few times at The Pit when he was a freshman and always cheered for him (unless he played ISU) after he transferred.

 

[ForeverIowan]

And the committee has already marked them in as the 4 seed in Duke's region....

In all seriousness though horrible news. I think they could have made a Final 4 run.

 

[mj4cy]

Damn. Sucks for the Big 12. Until Saunders/Toppin went down, I legit thought we'd see 5-6 Sweet 16 teams.

 

[CascadeClone]

Feel for the guy. Hope it doesn't damage his future career, he's a force on the court.

Rough for Tech too. Lose your best guy, but also they were not deep with him. Mac will have to reinvent the team for the NCAA to an extent. BUT they do have 3 really good guards in Anderson, Atwell, and Petty. IDK maybe you just switch to a lot of small ball and let the chips fall where they may.

 

[NetflixAndClone]

Injuries really suck. Last year our team was just a completely different animal when we started getting all our injuries with Gilbert and Lipsey. Idk if Tech can make the sweet 16 now.

 

[Cyched]

A healthy Tech could’ve made the Final 4. Brutal.

 

[cytor]

That sucks. I wish him the best. Hope to see him in the NBA someday soon.

 

[Peter]

Love watching that guy play. Total warrior. Feel awful for him.

 

[NENick]

Too bad for the team and for him, especially considering it's his senior year. I don't know that he would've been a lottery pick, kind of a tweeter, like Fizer), but I suppose this will affect his draft stock.

 

[Pope]

I heard Kelvin Sampson talking a few days ago about the very long basketball season and he said Nov/Dec/Jan were all about getting better as a team and Feb was all about trying to keep everyone healthy. So true.

Crossing my fingers that our 8 man rotation stays healthy through March. We're due this season.

 

[HoraceGrant]

Too bad for the team and for him, especially considering it's his senior year. I don't know that he would've been a lottery pick, kind of a tweeter, like Fizer), but I suppose this will affect his draft stock.

He's a junior - saw some speculation it might be in his best interest to redshirt next year and come back in 2027 as basically highest paid player in sport (which is what TTU was going to make him next season if he didnt tear his ACL)

 

[Letterkenny]

I'm just glad we're missing both Saunders' and Toppin's "Ewing Effect" games.

 

[David Freshman1982]

Not being ghoulish about Toppin one bit, but suddenly ISU's path to winning out the regular season seems much more doable. You still gotta win the games and, being ISU, we're always vulnerable to a nut punch like TCU. But I see BYU, TTU and Zona short-handed and I like our chances at getting at least a share of the conference title. Which would be awesome.

 

[12191987]

Feel for the guy. Hope it doesn't damage his future career, he's a force on the court.

Rough for Tech too. Lose your best guy, but also they were not deep with him. Mac will have to reinvent the team for the NCAA to an extent. BUT they do have 3 really good guards in Anderson, Atwell, and Petty. IDK maybe you just switch to a lot of small ball and let the chips fall where they may.

It is hard to fathom the hat-trick of horrors McCasland endured last night:

Drop a game to one of the worst teams in the league, lose your star player for the season….and shake hands with a Hurley.

 

[12191987]

He's a junior - saw some speculation it might be in his best interest to redshirt next year and come back in 2027 as basically highest paid player in sport (which is what TTU was going to make him next season if he didnt tear his ACL)

Presumably they’ll need to pay him good money to redshirt? I’d assume someone will if they don’t.

 

[IceCyIce]

ACL's are like hangnails. I don't see it affecting his draft stock significantly. Might drop a few spots but the ACL won't keep teams from drafting him.

 

[1SEIACLONE]

Hate to see anyone get hurt, but that has to help ISU when we play.