halofever004
Member
As was speculated here previously, it's now official:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/06/knee-injury-ends-season-usd-career-for-jackson/
De'Jon was truly a pleasure to watch and will be really missed at USD. He will always be known for the "the shot" against UCONN in the NCAA Tourney. I hope he heals well and wish him luck in future endeavors.
Cyclone
Member
What's sad is that he hurt his knee on a dunk attempt long after the whistle had blown the play dead for a timeout. De'Jon went down the lane uncontested for the dunk and landed awkwardly on his left leg, and it buckled. Not that it really matters.
But he was solid player who gave his all; too bad he had to go out this way, on a bad team, with an injury.
brutal way to go out any way you slice it....will always remember that UCONN ending....
Blue Usd Fan
Member
Yah it was a dumb move by a guy who has torn his ACL twice already thats for sure. You don't see BJ going WILD and running around like a mad man, but they are two different players.
Not having both these guys will hurt us next year, and during our tourney run these guys were fantastic. At the same time I am excited to see this team hopefully move to a whole new New Mexico-esque level next year. Remember New Mexico this year had a bunch of talented and big freshman and sophomores and already got ranked numerous times. I can see this happening with the team next year, if Grier would just give guys like Rancifer, McCollum, Miles, and Manresa the majority of the playing time. BJ gets his normal 25-30, but I don't want to see Ginty get more minutes than any of our freshman. HE HAS NO FUTURE ON THIS TEAM!
matto1526
Member
I'm almost embarrassed to dignify that post with a response but...Are you seriously comparing USD's outlook for next year to this year's New mexico squad? That is so ludicrous I'm not sure where to start.
First of all, New Mexico was also pretty darn good last year, finishing 21-10 in the MWC. Second, the Lobos returned a pretty studly PG (Gary). Third, while New Mexico does play a good amount of youngsters, it's still a trio of upperclassmen (Gary, Hobson, Martinez) that stir the drink.
Conversely, the Toreros are on pace to finish in the bottom half of the WCC, lose 4 starters and arguably their two best players (BJ, DJ), and will lack a clear cut point guard, player who can consistently create his own shot, and in general, toughness. When you consider how thin the team projects to be in the backcourt next year (Miles, McCollum, Vozzola, Dorr, Ginty...and that's it)...now, I'm a glass half-full kinda guy, but methinks your glass is overflowing with Kool-Aid.
HoopDreams
Member
From what I heard De'Jon has always been a leader in the locker room, a perfect team mate and never cared about anything but winning. I heard he was the glue who kept that Tournament team together, often calling out BJ and Gyno if they were slacking. Without Dj, the toreros lose their best perimeter defender, most unselfish player, someone who can set up the O, a guy who does a lot of the dirty work that goes unnoticed around here, and most of all is a great guy. Cut it with idiot and dumb move talk, this kid just had his career and future seriously messed with. De'Jon has always flown under the radar and it is fit that he hit the biggest shot in torero history. I wish nothing but the best for him and his future.
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