Basketball seasons that end early, it's an epidemic

Just when I was beginning to think I knew it all.

From Jessie Bennett comes word that the College of Notre Dame is not the first women's basketball team ever to cancel a season for lack of players. The same thing happened at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota six games into the 2004-2005 season. The Fighting Macalesters perservered, though. And today the program thrives. Last Wednesday, the Scots (real school nickname) broke a three-game losing streak, thumping St. Mary's 61-48.

One game in, and the basketball season is over

This is a first, as far as I know. The College of Notre Dame in Baltimore just canceled the basketball season due to a rash of serious injuries. Its depleted roster now stands at six. Its first - and only - game of the season was a 73-19 loss to Goucher.

From the Baltimore Sun's article:

"School officials scrapped the Gators' season after one game...because of injuries to nearly half the team. Five of the 11 players on the roster, including [Heather Krolicki, a senior guard](torn knee cartilage), are sidelined indefinitely, leaving six to shoulder the load of a 25-game season."