I was expecting this and it's really unfortunate. Basically UConn has lost its two best players in consecutive early season games. I don't ever remember this happening before. I do recall back in 2001 when the UConn girls lost both Shea Ralph and Svetlana Abrosomova to season ending injuries very late in the year and it cost UConn the national championship although they made the Final 4 without those 2 players. Ralph had a season ending injury another year that also cost the UConn girls a possible championship. They could have 13 right now with better luck.
Getting back to Gilbert, I assume he and Larrier both get redshirts and another year at UConn so that's good news that we still will get to see these guys. I just hope they can both come back 100% and the same players as they were. With Gilbert I have some concern about that shoulder holding up but not so much concern about him being the same guy. Larrier having suffered a bad knee injury and being explosively athletic before the injury, I hope he still has that explosiveness.
