Auburn's Chuma Okeke has a torn ACL in his left knee and will have surgery next week, coach Bruce Pearl said on Saturday.
The news comes ahead of the Tigers' Elite Eight matchup with Kentucky on Sunday.
Okeke suffered the injury with 8:08 left in the second half of the Tigers' Sweet 16 win over North Carolina, crashing to the floor while going up for a layup. He grabbed his knee in obvious pain before standing and limping off the court.
Okeke had scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down 11 rebounds before going down with the injury.