<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Darren Collison sets the pace for UCLA, so the Bruins have to hope that his injury doesn't trip up their NCAA Tournament journey. Collison suffered a grade one sprain of his left ankle on Tuesday during practice, ESPN.com's Andy Katz has learned. The guard is listed as probable for UCLA's first-round game against Weber State in Sacramento on Thursday. UCLA earned a No. 2 seed in the West Regional of the tournament. Collison missed time earlier this season with a shoulder injury. The sophomore averaged 12.6 points and a team-leading 6.0 assists for the Bruins (26-5) this season.</div> Source
Hopefully he gets better soon. The Bruins have some easy matchups in the beginning, so they may not need him as much early on.
<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Hopefully he gets better soon. The Bruins have some easy matchups in the beginning, so they may not need him as much early on.</div> Don't forget that West Virginia beat them without Collison. The same WVU team that didn't make the tourney. Collison is a HUGE part of the team and they need him badly. Hopefully for them he can play and be effective.
I definitely didn't mean to underscore how important Collison is to this team. My point is that we may be able to afford playing with a "not 100%" Collison early on, because we have some easy matchups. btw, even though WVU didn't make the tourney, I thought they were the type of team that could beat any team on any given night, if they were shooting the ball well. They would've been a great tourney team.
