By ADAM ZAGORIA
No. 2 Alabama is set to face No. 15 Robert Morris on Friday in an NCAA Tournament first-round game, but Alabama forward Grant Nelson is likely to miss the game with a left leg injury.
“Not sure he’ll be ready by Friday,” Alabama coach Nate Oats said Monday during his “Hey Coach” radio show on the Crimson Tide Sports Network. “We’re hoping at a minimum that he’d be ready by Sunday with the possibility of maybe Friday.”
He added: “We dodged one. It wasn’t anything too serious with his knee, but for sure will be questionable for Friday.”
The 6-foot-11 forward missed the second half of Alabama’s SEC tournament semifinal loss to Florida on Saturday with a left leg injury sustained in the first half.
Alabama would play the winner between No. 7 Vanderbilt and No. 10 Saint Mary’s in the second round on Sunday. Nelson is averaging 11.8 points and 7.6 rebounds on the season. Alabama could face Cooper Flagg and No. 1 Duke in the East Regional final in Newark.“We’re hoping, at a minimum, he’d be ready by Sunday with the possibility of maybe Friday…
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We dodged one, it wasn’t anything too serious with his knee but for sure will be questionable for that first game Friday.” Nate Oats on Grant Nelson
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