Tuesday, January 19, 2010

College Basketball: An unlikely injury and a transfer

  • Many of you at the Texas State men's basketball game last Saturday afternoon might have been wondering why Bobcats head coach Doug Davalos was limping on the sideline. Well, Davalos dislocated his kneecap playing pick-up basketball last week. He underwent surgery Monday afternoon to repair the damage.
  • Wednesday edit: Davalos won't be missing any time on the sideline.
  • Davalos should be walking normally again in six to eight weeks.
  • Those of you at the game last Saturday afternoon might have also noticed two new faces at the end of Texas State's bench.
  • One is Matt Staff, a who is in the process of transferring from the University of New Mexico, and the other is Eddie Rios, a walk-on practice player from the University of Miami (Fla.).
  • Staff is a 6-foot, 9-inch forward from Houston. He averaged 19 points, 13.8 rebounds and three assists per game in high school.
  • Rios, is a 6-foot, 190-pound point guard from Miami (Fla.). He was considered the 17th-best point guard in the nation coming out of high school in 2006-07.
  • Rios ran out of favor with the Hurricanes after running into some legal trouble. Take it as you may.

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