Bill Courtney Provides Injury Update on Key Players for the Hurricanes

The Hurricanes are still without their star guard and was also missing a key player against Cal.
Jan 25, 2025; Berkeley, California, USA; Miami Hurricanes interim head coach Bill Courtney signals a play to his team during the first half against the California Golden Bears at Haas Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images
Jan 25, 2025; Berkeley, California, USA; Miami Hurricanes interim head coach Bill Courtney signals a play to his team during the first half against the California Golden Bears at Haas Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images / D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Miami Hurricanes (4-16, 0-9 ACC) have some life in the team after narrowly defeating the California Golden Bears in their last game of the West Coast road trip and now they return home to face off against a struggling Virginia Cavaliers team.

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A shocking revolation on saturday was when Lynn Kidd was missing from the lineup and now listed as questionable for the game on Wednsday.

Miami interim head Coach Bill Courtney spoke about the injury to Kidd and provided an "update" on star guard Nijel Pack who has been missing from action since the home loss against Clemson.

 "first start with Nigel, I have no idea. I've had no idea for a while now and so uh you know obviously that's difficult for us because he's our leading scorer leading assist team captain but we don't have him um and we got to prepare as if he's not going to be around," Courtney said during his ACC Media block on Monday. "With Lynn, it is day to day. We'll probably have some more idea of what's going on by tomorrow um but hopefully he's ready for Wednesday."

The Hurricanes without Pack struggled offensively but without Kidd, the defensive gameplan improved some. Kidd has struggled on the defensive side of the ball all season but has been a semi-consistent player on offense when he's not in foul trouble. Having him back would be huge for the offensive side of the ball but defensively, the Hurricanes look cleaner without him on the floor.

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Justice Sandle is a graduate of Mississippi State University earning a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Communications with a concentration in Print and Digital Journalism. During his time in Starkville, he spent a year as an intern working for Mississippi State On SI primarily covering basketball, football, baseball, and soccer while writing, recording, and creating multimedia stories during his tenor. Since graduating, he has assumed the role of lead staff writer for Miami Hurricanes On SI covering football, basketball, baseball, and all things Hurricanes related.