Utah is already without Gabe Madsen, who suffered a high-ankle sprain on Jan. 28 at Oregon.
Utah Utes guard Rollie Worster as Utah hosts Colorado, NCAA basketball in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023.Losing one starter from a short rotation was a significant problem for the University of Utah basketball team.Speaking on his weekly ESPN700 radio show on Monday evening, Utes head coach Craig Smith indicated he does not expect third-year sophomore point guard Rollie Worster to play Thursday night against No. 4 UCLA at the Huntsman Center .
Worster’s injury is officially being called a lower-leg injury, but the initmation on the radio from Smith Monday night was that it is an ankle issue. Utah is already without second-leading scorer Gabe Madsen, who suffered a high-ankle sprain at Oregon on Jan. 28. The timeline on Madsen is 4-6 weeks. Saturday will mark four weeks since Madsen’s injury, but he is not believed to be near-ready for competition.
“The message is, we might be different again, and there’s going to be some different guys that are going to have to do some different things and be in different roles. We, as coaches, need to evaluate everything, from who’s playing, your scheme, what are we going to do differently to beat UCLA and USC.”
Exacte has taken on a larger, more consistent role for most of the last month and would seem to be a reasonable option as the fifth starter alongside Stefanovic, Marco Anthony, Ben Carlson and Branden Carlson.
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