Bad News for the Redbirds

[PurpleRedbird]

Sampay out for 4-5 months.

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/08/06/usports/doc4898be4363aad368053107.txt

ISUs three you big men better grow up quickly.

[bcg]

What does that leave in the post area for ISU?

[redbirdfan21]

What does that leave in the post area for ISU?
Dinma Odiakosa- JR 6'8"
Jeremy Robinson- FR 6'8"
Ty Modupe- FR 6'8"
Kellen Thornton- FR 6'8" (transfer from a prep school)
Bobby Hill- JR 6'7" (coming off ACL Surgery- just started jogging- will probably be NOV/DEC til he can really get to playing)

Hopefully Brandon will be fine for conference play...

By the looks of the Birds non-conference schedule, it might not matter much- it appears to be a cup-cake schedule that wont get them into the NCAA tournament unless some suprises pop up when the official schedule is released shortly.

[BTbird]

What does that leave in the post area for ISU?

Not much.

Mostly freshman newcomers. I thought we were a little thin before the injury.

Hopefully for our sake, he has a quicker than expected recovery.

[WakanTanka]

Speaking for the rest of the Valley, if I may, Sampay probably wasn't much of a threat anyway. Although, obviously it hurts, on top of Hill going down.

The real question is ... how much will Odiakosa step up?