McRoberts has back surgery
Duke forward should be ready for start of 2006-07 season
Published: Fri, Aug. 04, 2006 12:00AM
Modified Fri, Aug. 04, 2006 03:13AM
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closeDuke sophomore forward Josh McRoberts had lower back surgery on Thursday and is scheduled to need several weeks of rehabilitation, the school announced.
The school's official release stated that McRoberts will be healthy in time for the 2006-07 college basketball season.
Drs. William Richardson and Dennis Turner performed the surgery, called a lumbar discectomy, which alleviated pressure on nerves within McRoberts' lower spine.
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Duke spokesman Jon Jackson said McRoberts has been dealing with the condition since his high school days in Carmel, Ind. Duke basketball trainers and doctors had helped McRoberts work through the discomfort during the 2005-06 season, his first at Duke.
McRoberts, a 6-foot-10 forward, will be the Blue Devils' leading returning scorer next season. He averaged 8.7 points and 5.3 rebounds and shot 60.5 percent from the field while earning a spot on the ACC All-Freshman team.
(Luciana Chavez)
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MAUI INVITATIONAL FIELD SET: NCAA runner-up UCLA will play host Chaminade in the opening round of the 2006 EA Sports Maui Invitational.
The matchups for the eight-team tournament to be held Nov. 20-22 were announced Thursday. The winner of the UCLA-Chaminade game will advance to a semifinal against the winner of the Kentucky-DePaul first-round game.
The other bracket has Oklahoma against Memphis and Purdue playing Georgia Tech.
(The Associated Press)
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