Hoosier Nation can breathe a sigh of relief today, as it appears that their star guard James Blackmon Jr. will be ready to play against North Carolina on Wednesday night.
“We fully expect that, if James continues to progress the way that he has, that he’ll be available to us tomorrow night,” head coach Tom Crean said, addressing the media on Tuesday evening.
Blackmon had missed Sunday’s game against Mississippi Valley State due to an undisclosed knee injury. That’s concerning because, in addition to having to miss much of the 2015-16 season following a knee injury, Blackmon has already had three surgeries on his knees. He tore an ACL as a sophomore in high school, he had surgery to repair his meniscus after his freshman season at Indiana and the injury that cost him last season was reportedly a partial tear of his ACL.