DEKALB, Ill. — One of the biggest feel-good stories of the entire college basketball season took place on Saturday at the NIU Convocation Center.
At the 8:36 mark of the first half of the Toledo-Northern Illinois game, UT’s A.J. Edu stepped foot on a basketball court for the first time in 443 days. The fourth-year sophomore has encountered horrendous luck during his career, suffering three major knee injuries over the past three years that cost him 84 games.
“It was pretty surreal,” Edu said. “I wasn’t even thinking, to be honest. It felt natural. I thought it was going to be more awkward.