Man-Man's shoulder...
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Yep. Cortisone shots are months apart. If he had one before OU. He won't be gate ting another for some time.
CW made a point yesterday on the radio that didn't really surprise me. Monte had been struggling before he hurt his shoulder and he basically said Monte is playing up the injury a little bit and it could be more mental than anything. If he can't shoot he needs to getting 10 assists instead of 2 assists.
That's what his goal needs to be in these games IMO. Get about 12+ assists and don't worry about scoring. Leave that up to the other guys.
i don't doubt that this injury is getting into montes head a bit. Just listening to him he sounds depressed. Part of the reason the assists might be down though is because he can't make the pass. People watching the game seemed to think this could be the case. I'm not sure though.
However, I am sure that he was nursing his hip/knee injury before the shoulder. His play in previous games was almost exactly like it was after the Iowa game.
Cyclonepride
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I agree that his struggles against OU were probably a little due to the injury, and a little bit of a continuation of the struggles he's had. However, assists involve throwing the ball too, so if his shoulder is bothering him, some of those passes might not have as much zip on them, so he may have been more cautious on which passes he threw.
Whatever the issues are, can ISU's offense be sufficiently effective without a credible scoring threat and/or scoring at point guard to make any kind of tourney run? The offense can be effective, but can it be effective enough to overcome the defensive rebounding and defense issues?
Yes, ISU did recently play KU and OU very well without scoring from the point guard, but in the end, those were both losses.
The amount and frequency of Cortisine injections very greatly. Depends on dosage, frequency, area, age, pain level, other meds, etc..
Not all Cortisone injections are same. They gave him a shot of something before OU game because MM said they did. Might not have been Cortisone. And no having a couple Cortisone shots won't affect the liver. Hence the shot not a pill. Unless MM is a severe diabetic.
We almost won at Kansas with Monte being non existent the first 35 minutes so it's possible but unlikely.
If CW thinks he is playing up the injury then he has never had a rotator cuff injury. I've had one and it really limits your range of motion and it is painful. The ISU trainer himself said that he probably won't be 100% for 3 weeks. They aren't having him practice before the NCAA tournament. That's not something that is just in his head.
Almost 3 weeks? He hurt his shoulder getting fouled on the 3 pointer late in the KU game didn't he? It won't even be 2 weeks by the time they play Iona.
Even though AJ is a PG I'm guessing we see MT on him a lot. This will let MM rest a little on D.
This Iona team will all be about shooting threes. We certainly over power them inside but we've got to execute the pick and roll and 3pt shot if we are going to control this game.
This Iona team will all be about shooting threes. We certainly over power them inside but we've got to execute the pick and roll and 3pt shot if we are going to control this game.
You're right. I was off by a week. Man, time is moving slow leading up to the tourney! to my point, that's even worse news. I'm sure working with the training staff though, he'll recover better than I did.
Cyclonepride
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Yeah, our bigs are going to have to really come out on the screens. No hanging back and giving them four feet. Looks like they aren't scared to shoot it from 23'
I wonder if other teams are going to go after Monté and mess with his shoulder. I doubt Iona will, but if we are lucky enough to advance, I could totally see Purdue or Virginia taking some cheap shots.
