Monday night was the first Travis Steele radio show of the season and Xavier University's men's basketball coach quickly provided an update on the injury to star forward Zach Freemantle.
It was reported last week that Freemantle's out indefinitely with a foot injury.
Steele said on his show that Freemantle underwent surgery by the New York Knicks doctor in New York the day before Big East Conference Media Day on Oct. 18.
"It was supposedly reported the other day that (Freemantle) may not be back until Big East play. I'd say that's on the very, very safe end. I think it could be before that as well," said Steele.
The recovery timeline given following that surgery was six weeks, said Steele, but foot injuries are hard to predict.
"Six weeks is what they say (on Freemantle's recovery)," said Steele. "Now listen, is he gonna be full go? I don't know. He's not practicing for those six weeks. I can say that we're gonna do e
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It's been two weeks since Freemantle's surgery and the timeline provided would – best-case scenario – have Freemantle back on Nov. 29, but it's not a given that he'll be ready at that time.
Steele said they shut Freemantle down in early August because of the injury.
The Enquirer will update this story.
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