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Hoping for healthy returns

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Friday, August 16, 2002

The injury remains too freaky for Ball State coach Tim Buckley to fathom. Buckley has given up trying to explain how, or why, it happened not only to his best player, but maybe the best player coming back to the MAC next season. Theron Smith, considering leaving Ball State after his junior season, had declared his intentions to join the NBA draft, and was working out for the Toronto Raptors in late May when the unexpected happened on a normal cut to the basket. Smith's knee popped -- he'd tore ...

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