Does anyone know why Marvell Wynne wasn't on the field or even on the bench in street clothes for UCLA's loss to SMU? His absence from the bench has me wondering if something's going on.
Sandon Mibut posted this on the results thread last night... INJURY UPDATE: Sophomore Marvell Wynne did not practice Tuesday due to a swollen ligament in his left foot. Wynne, who leads the Bruins with eight assists this season, is expected only be out for a few more days. "My foot should heal soon, and hopefully I'll be ready for Thursday's game," Wynne said. Whether he's hustling in the backfield or sitting on the bench nursing his injured foot, Wynne said he tries to contribute to the team. "I try to help our offense with constructive criticism," Wynne said. "I tell them what I see from my point of view because we can see everything from the back."
Interesting. Gowick, the quote you posted from the Daily Bruin is several weeks old. The question remains, if he's injured, why wasn't he on the sideline with the team?
The NCAA only allows 20 players to be dressed and present on the team bench for Tournament games. All others must join the general population in the stands. A silly rule, but a rule nonetheless. Jorge must have felt that having a healthy player that could possibily help the team off the bench would be more important than Wynne providing constructive criticism to his forwards.
Fine, fine. I'll let it go. I guess he just got unlucky given that his foot injury was only supposed to keep him out a few days and wound up keeping him out 3 weeks.
UCLA probably didn't anticipate that tough a game against SMU (and so left him out to allow a few more days to heal). Otherwise, one wonders if Wynne would have dressed.