After a 4-4 start to conference play, the University of Miami men’s basketball team is looking for some sort of spark to finish the regular season on a high note.
Wherever that spark comes from, it will happen without Bruce Brown.
UM announced Tuesday that Brown, a sophomore guard, will undergo surgery on his left foot Thursday after sustaining the injury in practice Monday. He is expected to miss about six weeks — a timeline that lines up with the start of the NCAA Tournament.
Brown has played in 19 of the Hurricanes’ 20 games this season and leads the team in rebounds per game (7.