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Arizona basketball: Ray Smith won't be cleared for full-contact drills until August

Don't call it a setback

The Arizona Wildcats are eager to get Ray Smith — who is recovering from a torn ACL that forced him to miss his freshman season — back on the court, but they'll have to wait a bit longer before he's able to take on a full workload.

Sean Miller told Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports that Smith won't be cleared for full-contract drills until August.

Arizona's Ray Smith (ACL) will not be cleared for full-contact drills until August, Sean Miller told @CBSSports.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 20, 2016

ACL tears can take around 12 months to fully recover from and Smith tore his in late-October, so this timetable seems about right.