bleacherreport.com - 11/19/2008
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Ramon Harris must have been hanging around Duke's Gerald Henderson before the game against North Carolina on Nov. 18. With 1:26 remaining in a UNC blowout, Harris gave a hard foul on UNC starting center Tyler Zeller, who injured his wrist when he crashed to the floor.
One could say, "Why was the starting center in the game with 1:26 left?" Well, the answer is because he was starting for Tyler Hansbrough, already sitting out his second straight game with a stress reaction.
Zeller ...
Penn vs UNC: The Preview
unc5corners.blogspot.com 11/15/2008 — For those of you that watched the "Lord of the Rings", there's a scene at the end of the second of the three movies where Gandolf says "and so it begins". Watching the months turn into weeks and then into days and finally into hours, that is what I think about as this team gets ready to give it ...
Zeller out 3 to 4 months
unc5corners.blogspot.com 11/20/2008 — After a night and a day of waiting to see what the "official" word would be on Tyler Zeller's wrist, the verdict we all knew, and didn't want, has come in.
NCAA says ex Heel must sit a year
unc5corners.blogspot.com 11/20/2008 — As the Tar Heels worry about what might be a somewhat thin front line now that Tyler Zeller is out for the season, word comes from the west coast about an ex big man for head coach Roy Williams.
Conquering the World (Wide Web) - 11/20/2008 —
Kornheiser's Cartel
Now that college basketball has officially begun, The Siets and the rest of the staff here at the Cartel couldn't be more excited. For one thing, our Boilers are looking sharp in the preseason NIT and are headed to NYC. Secondly, is there a more exhilarating sport to watch than college hoops? ...
What Zeller’s Injury Means —
Tar Heel Fan
That depends on what happens with the rest of the walking wounded.
Jeff Goodman at Fox Sports has essentially dismissed the injury to Tyler Zeller as not being significant this season because minutes were going to be sparse anyway with Tyler Hansbrough and Deon Thompson starting followed ...
ZELLER'S LOSS MAY NOT BE ALL THAT SIGNIFICANT —
goodmanonfox's blog listings.
The only way that the loss of Tyler Zeller becomes overly significant for the North Carolina Tar Heels is if Tyler Hansbrough's stress reaction doesn't fully heal. Let's be honest. Once Hansbrough returns, which is likely to happen fairly soon, there will only be room for one of the freshmen ...
11.19.08 Fast Breaks —
Rush The Court
The news is piling up again, so let’s knock one of these out quickly today…
The injury bug continues to strike the nation’s #1 UNC Tarheels. Tyler Zeller broke his wrist in a breakaway foul near the end of last night’s game vs. Kentucky (see below video) and will ...
STEPHESON WILL SIT A YEAR AT USC —
goodmanonfox's blog listings.
It's been a fairly busy day in college hoops today - especially involving current and former Tar Heels. North Carolina freshman Tyler Zeller suffered a broken wrist in last night's game and FOXSports.com reported earlier this afternoon that he is expected to miss the rest of the season. Now ...
North Carolina loses freshman forward —
SmackCaster SmackBlog
North Carolina has been without Tyler Hansborough and now it has lost another Tyler . This one is Tyler Zeller, who suffered a "serious injury" to his left hand while attempting a dunk late in the Tar Heels’ win over Kentucky on Tuesday. The challenges of being No. 1 are ...
Two-Liner! —
The Big Lead
Coco Crisp traded … UNC Freshman Tyler Zeller breaks wrist - could be done for the season …
Breaking: Tar Heels’ Zeller Out for Season —
College Hoops Journal
Not a lot of details here, but Jeff Goodman of FOX Sports is reporting Tyler Zeller will be done for the year after he suffered multiple fractures in his left wrist last night against Kentucky.
Hansbourgh is expected to be sidelined for at least another game and Marcus Ginyard won’t see ...
UNC loses Tyler Zeller to horrifyingly painful wrist injury —
The Dagger
Last night, even UNC was running roughshod over Billy Gillispie's
ability to get any sleep for the next three weeks, the Tar Heels
suffered a loss of their own. Freshman Tyler Zeller, playing in place
of injured Tyler Hansbrough, rose for a fast break dunk when he was
fouled hard from behind ...
Injuries Mount for North Carolina —
March Madness All Season
Will all these injuries eventually catch up to top-ranked North Carolina? With Player of the Year favorite Tyler Hansbrough and starting forward Marcus Ginyard already out, another injury has hit the Tar Heels. Freshman center Tyler Zeller is likely to miss the rest of the season after ...
Tar Heel's Injuries Mount: Tyler Zeller May Have Broken Wrist —
FanHouse
by Sportz Assassin Video by News & Observer's Jason Arthurs The North Carolina Tar Heels are so talented that many feel that injuries are the only thing that could stop them from winning the national championship. So, of course, they have injury issues. Tyler Hansbrough and Marcus ...
Zeller's wrist could be broken —
The 5th Corner
Just a small update on Tyler Zeller's injury from last night. From what is being said around the internet, the wrist is broken, which is what we all feared and none wanted. I think that head coach Roy Williams said it best during his post game presser, which is the featured video on the site ...
No Hansbrough? No Problem as North Carolina Pounds Kentucky —
FanHouse
by Sportz Assassin It's rare that a meeting between the two winningest programs in college basketball history would be missing something. Yet, there were a few things that weren't available when Kentucky took on North Carolina in the Dean Smith Center. First was Player Of the Year Tyler ...
College Hoops has first meaningful day —
The Sports Corner
Oklahoma 82, Davidson 78
In what seemed liked the first meaningful game of the young college hoops season, #14 Oklahoma took down #21 Davidson 82-78. But the real story of this game, the performance of the two pre-season all-americans in this game.
First off, Stephen Curry of Davidson, son ...
Zeller’s Wrist —
Tar Heel Fan
In case you missed it, Tyler Zeller was fouled hard on a breakaway dunk attempt with 1:26 remaining in the game and landed on his left wrist. Zeller was in obvious pain and taken immediately to the locker room. Based on the way Roy addressed it and other comments from Woody Durham on the ...
UNC 77 Kentucky 58 —
Tar Heel Fan
Defense was good, offense was iffy, Tyler Zeller may have broken his wrist.
Basically it went like this, UNC came out, did a lot of damage early with aggressive defense that earned them a huge lead then threw it into cruise control the rest of the way. The defense showed great intensity ...
UK vs UNC: The Final Thoughts —
The 5th Corner
With a bit more than an hour to go between the Kentucky Wildcats and the top ranked North Carolina Tar Heels it is time to do my "The Last Thoughts" post, where I speak about what I feel about the game coming up. Just so you know, if you don't see the preview of the game on "The Fifth Corner" , ...
After the Buzzer: Opening Weekend Wrap —
Rush The Court
News & Notes . First, a few notable pieces of news from the weekend.
As many as six of Arizona’s players could be ineligible for their opener Monday against Florida Atlantic in the Preseason NIT. This relates to the ‘big mistake’ that Lute Olson made by allowing ...