McDermott Hopeful For College Basketball Season

CU men's basketball coach Greg McDermott is hopeful that some sort of college basketball season can be played.

SEASON...COLLEGE BASKETBALLTEAMS KEEPING THEIRFINGERS CROSSED THATTHEY WON'T HAVEANOTHER SEASONDISRUPTED BY COVID-19...TODAY, CREIGHTONMEN'S HEAD COACHGREG MCDERMOTTDISCUSSING THEUPCOMING YEAR...GREG: BECAUSE TIMEIS ON OUR SIDE, WEHAVE ANOPPORTUNITY TOREALLY PLAN FORSEVERAL POSSIBLESCENARIOS.I THINK THEY'LL...ITHINK THEY'RETHROWING A LOTAT THE WALL HEREIN THE EVENT THATWE CAN'T STARTTHE SEASON ONTIME.THE MEN'SBASKETBALLTOURNAMENT ISREALLY, REALLYIMPORTANT TO THENCAA AND TO GOWITHOUT THAT FORTWO YEARS WOULDBE DIFFICULT FOR ALOT OF PEOPLE.SO I'M HOPEFULTHAT WE'RE ABLE TOPLAY SOME SORT OFSEASON.I THINK RIGHT NOWIT'S ALL SYSTEMSGO.MCDERMOTT ALSOUPDATING A COUPLE OFJAYS' INJURIES TODAY ...MARCUS ZEGAROWSKIUNDERWENT KNEESURGERY IN MARCH,WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TOSIDELINE HIM FOR THREETO FOUR MONTHS...WHILE CENTER JACOBEPPERSON SUFFERING ABROKEN LEG LASTOCTOBER...GREG: THEY'RE BOTHDOING GREAT.MARCUS CAMEBACK IN APRILREALLY RIGHTAFTER, PROBABLY AMONTH AFTER POSTOP.HE'S RIGHT ONSCHEDULE,PROBABLY AHEADOF SCHEDULE.HE SAYS THAT HISKNEE FEELS BETTERTHAN IT DID BEFORETHE INJURY.JACOB'S BEENDOING INDIVIDUALWORKOUTS WITHCOACH LUSK.I THINK HE'S IN ABETTER PLACE THANHE WAS PRE INJURY.HOPE FOR GOODTHINGS FOR HIM.HE CERTAINLYDESERVES IT.CREIGHTON EXPECTEDTO BEGIN IN-PERSONCLASSES AUGUST 17TH...