A.J. Price Cleared to Play for UConn

There’s a compelling article about A.J. Price, the point guard for the University of Connecticut Huskies, at SportsIllustrated.com. Price, as you might know, went down in the first half of last year’s opening round game between UConn and the University of San Diego. After the game was over and the Toreros has upset the heavily favored Huskies, Price was told he has a torn ACL. If you’ve followed sports at all, you know that this usually means a nightmarish recovery, of any at all. Well, Price had surgery and has taken the offseason to recover and rehab. Now the knee would be fine, but he’s still working on strengthening it. This week is the first time that A.J. has been cleared to play basketball.

Getting A.J. Price back in business would be a great thing for the Huskies, because with the team that Jim Calhoun has assembled around Price, which includes future first round pick Hasheem Thabeet, the Huskies might be in the Final Four in Detroit. It’s also remarkable that A.J. is even on the team at all. His freshman season he had a life-threatening brain injury, and after that he was suspended for involvement in crime on campus. Let’s hope this is the comeback that all UConn basketball fans have been waiting for.

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