UW men’s basketball coach Lorenzo Romar gave a quick update on Jon Brockman, who, as I mentioned here earlier today, had ankle surgery Friday to remove a bone spur from his left ankle.
“His ankle injury never got to where it was 100 percent, and he continued to try to play on it and try to work on it, and it just nagged him a little bit—not enough to keep him out—but it just wasn’t getting better,” Romar said. “Further diagnosis decided that he probably needed to go in and get a spur that was floating around in there out. He had surgery on Friday and it was successful.”
Romar said Brockman should probably be running again in four weeks, and that the All-Pac-10 forward will be fine for his senior season.
Romar also addressed a few other topics today:
Artem Wallace, who is recovering from ACL surgery, is walking without a limp, lifting and working out on a stationary bike, Romar said.
Joe Wolfinger, who has been plagued by foot problems while at Washington, is taking a bit of time off from offseason workouts to rest his foot, but is expected to be ok for next season.
Another interesting subject that came up is Washington’s scholarship situation next season. If everyone comes back who is expected to return, the new class of four freshmen would give the Huskies 14 scholarship players, one over the limit.
Romar’s comment on the situation was that “When we start school, we’ll have 13 on scholarship.” But he would not go into detail as to how they will get to that number. It’s not that unusual for teams to offer more scholarships than they have because situations like transfers, early entry to the NBA draft and freshman not qualifying academically tend to take a player or two out of the pitcure, but as of now it looks like all 14 plan on showing up in the fall. Should be interesting to see how this one plays out.
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