I feel like there should be Facebook updates on this. “Levance’s groin feels good today, not so much in the tailbone.” I just don’t know. It’s like this injury is randomly moving around.
First it was a bruised tailbone. Then it was that he strained his groin. Now it seems to be some sort of sports hernia. The actual severity of any of these things is in dispute. One minute he can barely stand, the next he is good to go.
He’s sitting out practices, but there for games. It doesn’t help that Pitt and Coach Dixon have contributed to the confusion and questions over his status. Maybe they feel it is creating some sort of advantage. I don’t see it. Teams are going to prep assuming he’s healthy. It’s not like putting Gibbs, Wanamaker and/or Dixon out there instead is going to confuse them.
Yet Fields’ status barely gets a mention compared to Ty Lawson’s toe. I guess, because at least Lawson’s injury has remained in one spot.
Let the paranoia and overanalyzing of useless statistics begin!!!!
Then plays 38 against WVU in the B.E. tourney.
Doesn’t make sense if his injury is that “bad”.
Why play him 38 gainst WVU in pretty much a meaningless game ? If his injury was that bad wouldn’t you rest him more ? The minutes he has played just doesn’t jive with a lot of he rumors. Esp the WVU game him and Sam both lead the team with minutes playe at 38.
(Okay, since I couldn’t rant about the men, and it’s my time-of-the-year to rant about the committee, I had to get that out of the way.)
Not to mention, Pitt has to travel more than any other 4 seed. Vanderbilt has to go 1300 miles, but the Pitt women have to go 2500. Besides that, Vanderbilt gets to go to Raleigh if they win while Pitt goes all the way to Oklahoma City. What baffles me possibly the most is that Cal, another 4 seed, is in the Trenton region, while Pitt is in the Oklahoma City region. I feel like, given that the seeding is the same, you may as well have Cal and Pitt switch. Or put Cal in Berkeley, Pitt in Trenton, Iowa State in Oklahoma City, and keep Vandy in Raleigh.
“Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said he’s concerned about Levance Fields’ back and groin injury so much that he wouldn’t rule out holding him back from playing Friday in the first-round 1-16 matchup with East Tennessee State in Dayton to give him a few more days of rest.”
