MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nathan Adrian played the final five games of his West Virginia basketball career with a torn rotator cuff, an injury that will prevent him from playing professionally next season.
He sustained the injury while tangling arms with Texas forward Jarrett Allen during the Big 12 quarterfinals, and afterward told reporters he felt OK while sporting an ice pack on his left shoulder.
Taking injections to numb his left shoulder, Adrian made only 13-of-36 shots over the remaining two games of the Big 12 tournament and West Virginia’s three-game run to the NCAA Sweet 16.