By JAMES MADDEN
Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. will be inactive for his team’s opening round game in the NCAA Tournament against South Florida on Thursday, per release. Brown Jr. missed the ACC Tournament with a back injury and was originally expected to be ready for the NCAAA Tournament.
In a release, the program said Brown Jr. will also miss a potential second round game, should Louisville advance on Thursday,
“University of Louisville freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. (back) will be out for Louisville’s NCAA Tournament Round of 64 game on Thursday against South Florida and would remain out the rest of this week should the Cardinals advance to the Round of 32. Going into the ACC Tournament, the goal was to have Mikel available for the NCAA Tournament, unfortunately that is not the case,” the program announced.
The Cardinals are 7-5 without their point guard this season and will have to play without him again in Buffalo this weekend.
In just 21 games this season, Brown is averaging 18.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.
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