You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

For those who do not keep up to date with college basketball and the whole March Madness phenomenon, there has been a recent tragedy that I would like to inform you of. The Villanova Wildcats have been one of the top teams in the country for the entire season and have been projected by many as a Final Four team. They play a non-traditional line-up of four guards and have been able to compete and beat teams based on their quickness and ability to shoot the ball. In the Big East tournament yesterday they were playing Pitt for a chance to advance to the Conference finals. In early action Allan Ray of Villanova was chasing after a loose ball when he collided with Pitt's Carl Krauser who was also pursuing the ball. In the tussle, Ray was hit in the eye and crumpled to the ground in front of the 'Nova bench.

The trainers were quick to respond to the injury, but not before cameras and fans were able to view the extent of the blow to Ray's eye. The contact was both direct and severe enough that Ray's eye actually popped out of its socket. The injury was so graphic and disturbing that television stations refuse to show footage of the injury as it occurred, but when the trainers responded to the scene of Ray screaming in agony and picked the fallen and injured player off the floor, it looked like this!