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NCAA Basketball

Tar Heel's Injuries Mount: Tyler Zeller May Have Broken Wrist

Posted Nov 19, 2008 12:03PM By Shiloh Carder (RSS feed)

Filed Under: UNC, ACC, Injuries, Video

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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 Ginyard have missed the Tar Heels' first two games of the season. Hansbrough just began practicing after taking a few weeks off to rest a stress reaction in his shin. Ginyard had surgery to fix a stress fracture in his foot and may not be back until after New Year's Day.

Now freshman center Tyler Zeller could miss some significant time with a wrist injury suffered late in last night's game with Kentucky. While there isn't an update on his condition, speculation is that he broke the wrist. He was taken to the university's hospital for x-rays. We will update his status when it becomes known.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-19-2008 @ 5:18PM

Rodpatt14 said...

Can Tyler Zeller redshirt now? What is the limit on playing and then redshirting?

11-24-2008 @ 8:53AM

JOJOBEAN said...

According to the ncaa website (a bunch of .pdf files)

Red Shirt
Red shirting is not an official NCAA term, but the term is used when a student-athlete does not participate
in any competition during a particular academic year (i.e., neither in the championship nor the nonchampionship
segment of the playing season). A student-athlete may be red-shirted at any point in his/her
athletic career.
A “medical red shirt” is not an official NCAA term either, but the term is used when a student-athlete is
injured after participating in a limited amount of competition during a particular academic year and then
qualifies for a Medical Hardship Waiver. More detailed information regarding Medical Hardship Waivers is
included below.

Medical Hardship Waiver
If a student-athlete suffers a season-ending injury or illness after competing in a limited amount of
competition during a particular academic year, he/she may qualify for a medical hardship waiver which
would allow him/her an additional season of competition during the five-year period of eligibility. To qualify
for a medical hardship:
• The student-athlete’s injury or illness must occur in one of the four seasons of intercollegiate
competition at any two-year or four-year collegiate institution or occur subsequent to the first day of
classes in the student-athlete's senior year in high school;
• The injury or illness must occur prior to the completion of the first half of the playing season that
concludes with the NCAA championship in that sport (measured by the number of scheduled contests
or dates of competition) and result in incapacity to compete for the remainder of that playing season;
and
• The injury or illness must occur when the student-athlete has not participated in more than two
contests or dates of competition (whichever is applicable to that sport) or 20 percent (whichever
number is greater) of the institution's scheduled or completed contests or dates of competition in his or
her sport.
Student-athletes should note that medical hardship waivers are not automatic and, therefore, the studentathlete
should consult with his/her head coach along with the Head Athletic Trainer and Assistant Athletic
Director for Compliance Services.
50 NCAA Compliance