One of the keys to Alabama basketball’s renaissance has been the play of a healthy Jordan Bruner in the post. However, as the calendar turned, so too did ‘Bama’s injury luck — Jelly missed several games for illness; Herb Jones has had a banged up tailbone, a hurt back, a gimpy wrist, and even a busted nose; and perhaps the greatest loss of all — Bruner went down with a meniscus injury.
Meniscus tears are similar to hamstring injuries, in that the recovery time is notoriously finnicky. Some players can return within two to four weeks; for others, it is a season-long outage.