The disappointing ending to the UConn men's basketball season just got worse.
A.J. Price, who left midway through the first half of the Huskies' 70-69 overtime loss to San Diego Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament, has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, tests determined late Friday night, and is expected to miss six months.
The junior All-American guard will return to Storrs along with the rest of the team Saturday morning and is expected to undergo surgery at the end of next week, though an exact time and date has not been determined. Team doctor Jeff Anderson said the recovery time for the injury is a half-year. Under that timetable, Price is not expected to miss any of next season.
Price injured his knee with 9:39 to play in Friday's upset when while driving to the basket, he was stripped of the ball on a shot attempt and felt his knee buckle. After being carried to the team's bench and walking under his own power to the locker room, he returned on crutches to watch the second half but didn't play.
It's a sad ending to a breakout season for Price. He finished the year averaging 14.5 points per game with a team-leading 192 assists. He was named a First Team All-Big East, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association District I Player of the Year and a USBWA Second Team All-American.
Price underwent tests Friday evening at the USF Tower at Tampa General Hospital.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
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That is just terrible. This kid just seems snake-bit. I wish him well and hope he comes back.
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