With his left foot encased by a hard cast and elevated off the floor, PJ Washington rode a scooter around Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday. That did not send a reassuring message about Kentucky’s main man playing against Wofford in Saturday’s second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Associate coach Kenny Payne put the sight of UK’s leading scorer and rebounder off his feet into perspective.
“Look, we’re trying to buy PJ time,” Payne said. “We’re trying to live to fight another day. We win this game, it gives him a couple more days to get healthy.