In news that unfortunately didn’t come as a surprise to anyone John Egbunu was officially ruled out for the remainder of the season as a result of nagging knee issues related to his devastating ACL injury suffered last year. Upon sustaining the injury during SEC play last year his return was tentatively scheduled for late-December to early-January though optimism for his return starting to fade as his expected return day continued to crawl further and further back until an expected date was finally taken off the table. One of the best defensive big men in the country, Egbunu used his gigantic 6’11”, 260 pound frame to patrol the paint and his shocking dexterity to switch out and lock down perimeter players.