There is no sugar coating the news from earlier today. Killian Tillie is out for approximately eight weeks with a stress fracture in his ankle. No team, not even a top-5 team, just rebounds from that situation.
The initial reaction was extreme panic, and that is justifiable. Tillie is as huge of a piece to the puzzle as any Zag, and we are just a few months removed from a surprise Tillie injury ensuring an earlier than desired exit from March Madness.
So, let’s pause for a second, and breathe together.
Yeah, the Zags season opens on Nov.