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Louisville basketball player Hercy Miller out for remainder of season
Miller will have a season-ending procedure after trying to play through an injury, the team announced Monday.
Author: WHAS11 Staff
Published: 11:31 AM EST February 5, 2024
Updated: 11:31 AM EST February 5, 2024
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville men’s basketball team will be down another player for the remainder of the season.
The team announced Monday junior guard Hercy Miller will have season-ending surgery on his hip. He attempted to play through the injury this season.
According to a UofL spokesman, Miller and his family consulted with outside medical professionals and decided to move forward with the procedure, which will happen in California.
“I know he’s down about it,” head coach Kenny Payne said during Monday’s ACC coaches call. “I know his family’s down. But we support Hercy.”
Miller played in 10 games this season, but never logged more than 10 minutes. He played most recently Jan. 20 against Wake Forest.
Miller averaged 1.1 points, 0.1 rebounds and 0.3 assists, and shot 27% from the field.
The Cardinals (7-15, 2-9 ACC) have lost several players this season for a variety of reasons.
In August, 5-star recruit Trentyn Flowers announced he would skip college and play professionally this season in Australia. He was poised to play a big role on this year’s team.
Transfer Koron Davis was dismissed from the team in December in a messy split. UofL initially said he chose to enter the transfer portal, but Davis took to social media saying that was not true.
The team then put out a second statement saying he had been dismissed. Davis never played in a regular season game for Louisville.
In January, UofL announced freshman Dennis Evans was no longer medically cleared to compete at the university.
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Southern Indiana will be cheering for Trey-Kaufman Renn during Final Four
Silver Creek High School’s head basketball coach is ready to watch Trey Kaufman-Renn on the biggest stage in the NCAA.
Author: Sarandon Raboin
Published: 7:02 PM EDT April 5, 2024
Updated: 7:03 PM EDT April 5, 2024
SELLERSBURG, Ind. — Purdue hasn’t made it to a Final Four in over 40 years. But now, southern Indiana will have another reason to be cheering the Boilermakers on, thanks to a personal connection.
Purdue’s forward Trey Kaufman-Renn graduated from Silver Creek High School.
During his 21-year tenure as head coach, Brandon Hoffman has seen a lot of success. Especially during the years Kaufman-Renn played.
The Dragons won two State Championships, and Kaufman-Renn was recognized as Kentucky’s Gatorade Player of the Year.
But now, he’s doing something no former player of Hoffman’s has ever done.
He’s playing in a Final Four.
“Like anyone in southern Indiana, you know, in the last 50 years? Who starts for a Final Four team. I mean, it’s kind of like a fairy tale, right?” Hoffman said.
And it’s not only him. The entire area is witnessing history.
Basketball is in Kaufman-Renn’s blood; his mother and his grandparents all played at Silver Creek High School, and two of his uncles also played at the collegiate level Hoffman said.
Kaufman-Renn put in the work early, separating himself from the pack back in high school.
“People see the big strong guy that kind of makes it look easy sometimes,” the head coach said. “But he was in the gym for thousands of hours.”
During open locker rooms in Phoenix, Kaufman-Renn reflected on that hard work.
“Just building those fundamentals with Coach Hoffman,” he said. “Just everyday you had to go in and compete and practice and work hard. ”
Now he’s putting southern Indiana on the national stage.
“There’s a lot of talent down there in southern Indiana,” Kaufman-Renn said. “Not a lot of scouts or media cover it, but it is really cool to represent southern Indiana.”
And this Saturday, his southern Indiana community will be cheering for both him and Purdue on to a National Championship.
“The announcers will say, ‘from Sellersburg, Indiana, Silver Creek High School, two time state champion,'” Hoffman said. “And I still kind of get goosebumps.”
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