The clock keeps ticking, but the timeline’s not shrinking when it comes to Keion Brooks Jr.’s return to action.
Fighting through a tricky calf injury he suffered back in early October, the sophomore forward remains out of practice during contact drills. He’s still a loose participant and progressing ever-so-slightly, but his timeline for return remains uncertain.
“He’s in practice, but he’s not doing anything that’s contact yet,” UK head coach John Calipari said during his call-in radio show Monday evening. “I don’t want to say, but he’s in, he’s there, he’s leading. He’s involved in everything until we do contact stuff, then he’s not.