Jason King of Yahoo! Sports conducted a Question and Answer with Tom Crean that included an interesting tidbit about the health of junior guard Maurice Creek.
The health of Creek has been an hot topic among Hoosiers fans ever since his freshman season was cut short when he hurt his left knee on December 28, 2009 against Bryant. During his sophomore season, Creek battled more knee problems and only played in
18 games.
Here is the quote from head coach Tom Crean about Creek as the Hoosiers are still more than three weeks away from the first official practice of the 2011-2012 season.
"He's not 100 percent. He's not ready to practice. He's done some one-on-one in limited settings but it hasn't been with his teammates, unless he's sneaking in here late at night and doing that along with his shooting drills, which I don't think he is. He's smarter than that. We're not in a rush with him. His rehabilitation has been fantastic. He's getting stronger. Right now he's doing things in controlled settings with managers and coaches. We haven't put him into live action drills yet. There's not a time period on that just yet. He was evaluated at length again [on Friday]. He's definitely doing the right things. The mental part was the biggest hurdle for him last year, as far as overcoming that injury. As a coach I'm more concerned with that than the physical aspect, because we're certainly not going to put him out there and ask him to do things that the doctors and trainers tell him he can't do."
