The hits just keep on coming for the Michigan basketball team. After Michigan survived against Northwestern on Saturday, on Sunday morning they announced that Caris LeVert would miss the rest of the season. LeVert will have surgery on the same foot that he had surgery on last May and is expected to need about 12-weeks to recover.
Here’s more from MGoBlue.com:
“Caris has been working so hard this season, and for this to happen is very unfortunate,” said U-M head coach John Beilein. “If we know anything about Caris, he will do everything it takes to not only get better but to help his teammates during this time. He is a tremendous young man who I will really miss coaching the remainder of the season. However, I am optimistic he will have a complete recovery.”
“While this is obviously not what I wanted, I know this team will come together and be stronger because of it,” said LeVert. “Now more than ever, it is important for all of us support this team. For me, I am familiar with the recovery process and what work lies ahead for me. I am very confident that I will return 100 percent and have already begun work to ensure that happens.”
It begs the question of whether or not Saturday was the last time we will see LeVert in a Michigan jersey.
UPDATE: Here is the play where Caris was injured.
