Less than 24 hours after what was likely Tony Hicks' best overall performance as a Cardinal, Louisville fans woke up to the news on Wednesday that the graduate transfer was going to be sidelined for the next 6-8 weeks while he recovers from a broken bone in his right hand.
As it turns out, we might not have to wait quite that long to see Hicks back in uniform, at least according to his head coach.
"Good news," Rick Pitino said on 93.9 The Ville Wednesday afternoon. "He was supposed to be out 6-8 weeks with surgery, and now it's no surgery, and 4-6 weeks.