UCF's Matt Williams eager to play after suffering string of injuries

Tacko Fall's fight to earn clearance from the NCAA thrust UCF into the national spotlight.

But one of the team's more compelling comeback stories was quietly unfolding when junior guard Matt Williams started practicing last week after taking time off to recover from a broken wrist.

It wasn't the worst injury coaches have seen, of course. But it was a cruel fate for Williams, who suffered from a life-threatening ruptured appendix during his freshman year only to then discover the nagging knee pain he felt during his sophomore season was the result of a rare genetic condition that prompted a career-saving knee surgery.

And then he was hit with a broken wrist during the summer as he was preparing…