Just as Oregon was getting healthy with N’Faly Dante and Nate Bittle returning to the starting lineup, the Ducks suffered a major blow to their depth. Keeshawn Barthelemy went down with a lower leg injury in the second half against Arizona on Saturday and was hospitalized before the game ended.
On Tuesday, Oregon head coach Dana Altman said Barthelemy would “probably not” return this season as he has a long road to recovery ahead of him.
“He’s doing well,” Altman said. “A lot of the tests came out okay, we still got some more to run. He’s resting comfortably, not getting around, he’s laid up in his apartment. He’ll take a long time to recover here, it’ll be a while, but hopefully the rest of the tests will come out good.”
Barthelemy suffered his lower leg injury on a drive to the basket that resulted in his shoe falling off and his foot facing the wrong way.
“For me personally I’ve been through a lot,” Dante said after Sunday’s game. “So seeing my teammate go out like that is not something that I want to see.”