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INDIANAPOLIS – Solo Ball is in a walking boot a day before UConn plays in the NCAA men's basketball championship game.
Ball has "some type of a foot sprain," UConn coach Dan Hurley said Sunday, April 5.
"Solo just sprained a foot early in the game," Hurley said. "So he was able to finish in the game. He won’t participate in anything today. We’ll see how he’s feeling tomorrow."
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UConn is trying to win its third title in four years. But it will have to get through a dominant Michigan team, which has scored 90 or more points in all five of its NCAA tournament games and blew out Arizona, the only other No. 1 seed left, by 18 points in the Final Four.
Ball will be key to that. He's UConn's third-leading scorer, at 12.9 points a game, and had 13 in the Huskies' win over Illinois in the Final Four.
"Thankfully it's not a seven game series," Hurley joked. "Tough to get an MRI on Sunday."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Solo Ball injury: UConn guard status unclear for national championship game
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