SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame star Tim Abromaitis is out for the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during practice Friday morning.
The 6-foot-8 fifth-year senior is expected to have surgery in the next two weeks.
Abromaitis played in two games and was averaging 14 points and seven rebounds. He had missed Notre Dame s first four games due to misunderstanding of an NCAA rule governing seasons of competition that dated to the 2008-09 campaign, when he played in the first two exhibitions of his sophomore season and then sat out the rest of the season.
Abromaitis averaged 15.4 points and six rebounds a game last season when Notre Dame went 27-7. He received an MBA in business from Notre Dame in May.
The senior scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his first game back to the Irish lineup, Notre Dame s 87-58 loss to Missouri in the semifinals of the CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo., on Monday night .
Tim Abromaitis is one of the great stories in college athletics and represents everything that is good about college basketball, Irish head coach Mike Brey said in a statement.
We are all disappointed for Tim because of all that he has meant to our program. He has been such a big part of our success over the past three seasons. Tim is such a special young man and an unbelievable representative of Notre Dame both on and off the basketball court.
Abromaitis was a preseason All-Big East selection and a member of the 2011 USA Men s Basketball World University Games team.
The Irish now have only one starter remaining from last year s stellar team forward Scott Martin. He and point guard Eric Atkins will have to pick up the slack for the Irish, who are off to a 4-2 start and play at home against on Sunday.
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