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Ohio State sophomore Nikola Kecman shoots a 3-pointer against Houston Baptist on Jan. 9. OSU won 89-65. Kecman tore the ACL in his left knee in practice three days later and missed the rest of the season.

After serving a 12-game suspension for playing for a semi-pro team overseas, Kecman returned to action Jan. 9 with six points and five rebounds in an 89-65 win over Houston Baptist.

Three days later, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during practice, cutting short his first season at OSU after just one game.

The roller coaster season took its toll on the 6-foot-8-inch forward, but Kecman said it's all part of the territory that comes with playing basketball.

"That's all part of what happens in sports," he said. "That'll be part of my career that I had to go through so I'll be ready for next season. I'll start from the beginning and I'll finish it well."
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The recovery process is no stranger to Kecman, who suffered the same injury to his right knee four years ago. He has worked throughout the offseason on tactics to avoid becoming injury-prone, he said.

"The part that was injured, you have to make it stronger so that the same thing can't happen again," he said. "I've done a lot every day with cardio workouts, shooting and knee workouts."

Kecman said he should be fully healed by July, and has his sights set on team practices in the fall.
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Men's Basketball: Lighty, Kecman on the road to recovery - Sports
 
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osubuckeyes2731;1493510; said:
I think this kid is gonna be good. He can shoot and that translates. I mean 60 percent from the field and 46 percent from 3...Can't get better than that.
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Be careful on expectations for Kecs. EA AZ isn't exactly high JUCO competition and a 6'8 guy who only pulled down 3.5 rebounds makes me think SOFT as cotton. I think he'll struggle to adapt at this level particularly coming off of a blown out knee to boot. With so many good-to-great wings I'm not sure how he gets any PT anyway as we'll probably start Lighty at 4 and have Turner back him up there MOSTLY. I don't see Kecs eating into PT that could be going to whichever wing doesn't start ( most think that's Buford - I hope its Diebler ). If he's just a 3 pt shooter I'd maybe rather Diebler or Buford is in for that role anyway ( they are both going to be better than Kecs at 3 shooting )!

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Kecman sidelined again by knee injury

Junior Nikola Kecman will be out indefinitely after suffering his second torn knee ligament in as many years with the Ohio State men's basketball team, athletic trainer Vince O'Brien confirmed through an athletics department spokesman tonight.

Kecman, a 6-foot-8 forward from Belgrade, Serbia, had surgery Thursday to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, spokesman Dan Wallenberg said by text message.

It is the second such injury to the right knee that required surgery, Wallenberg added. Kecman had the ACL in the knee repaired five years ago in Serbia.
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Kecman sidelined again by knee injury (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)
 
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Got a feeling that the doc doing the operation this time is going to get it done a bit better than the Serb doctor did last time. Tough break for the kid and we could use all the depth we can get this season.

Hopefully he recovers well and gets one more chance to play.
 
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Bestbuck36;1730629; said:
Got a feeling that the doc doing the operation this time is going to get it done a bit better than the Serb doctor did last time. Tough break for the kid and we could use all the depth we can get this season.

Hopefully he recovers well and gets one more chance to play.
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I don't know why you think a doctor from Serbia performed the first operation because I remember one of our former recruits, I believe Offult, tore his ACL in two consecutive years. Don't know if it was the same knee or not. Sorry. Just reread the article and noticed in the last line where they said that the surgery was done in Serbia 5 years ago.

I also don't understand your statement about us needing so much depth this year because we do have 6 recruits coming in this year and many of them will see quite a bit of playing time.

Feel sorry for Kecman but this might be the end of his playing career at Ohio State. He did not seem much time last year after going through all that rehab and don't know if he would want to do it again.
 
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Clarification of Kecman's injury

Ohio State coach Thad Matta said this morning that the anterior cruciate ligament in Nikola Kecman's right knee was not torn but was repaired during surgery Thursday.

I reported last night that the ligament was torn when Kecman was injured during a spring workout.

Kecman is out indefinitely, athletic trainer Vince O'Brien said through an athletics department spokesman.

Kecman previously had the ACL in his right knee repaired after it was torn five years ago in his native Serbia, spokesman Dan Wallenberg said.
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Clarification of Kecman's injury (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)
 
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ScriptOhio;1730885; said:
Nikola only played 1 game in the 2008/2009 season before injuring his knee; however, he was suspended for the first 12 games. Is he elgiable for a medical redshirt year or does the suspension mess that up?

Nikola Kecman - Ohio State Buckeyes - College Basketball - Rivals.com
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Sort of knowing how the NCAA operates, I would think that the games he missed because of the suspension will probably count as games played and so that year he would not be eligible for a medical redshirt but that's just me thinking and when it comes to the NCAA:crazy:
 
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Normally a medical redshirt can be given if a player never played past the midpoint of the season and an injury prevented him from participating in more than 30% of his team's games, rounded up.

In 2008-09, tOSU was 22-11, so 10 games would be the cutoff point for 30% rounded up.

In 2009-10 tOSU was 29-8, so the cutoff would be 12 games.

I don't know how the suspended games are factored into the calculation.
 
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