LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville men’s basketball program will once again not have their star point guard available for their upcoming matchup against Duke.
Head coach Pat Kelsey revealed Monday on the ACC Coaches Call that Mikel Brown Jr. will not play in the Cardinals’ ranked showdown against the Blue Devils. Kelsey said that Brown has had a couple setbacks in his recovery from a lower back injury.
“He’s chomping at the bit,” he said. “I mean, he wants to be out there so stinking bad, you can tell. It’s just been kind of a couple disappointing setbacks as we tried to ramp him back up and practice full go to see if he could sustain throughout the game. Then what we did several days ago is just completely shutting down from practice, and give him a little bit more time, trying some different treatment things.”…