hopeful that he will return with the team and hopefully travel to atlanta for the final four. >> that would be amazing if he makes that trip. thanks to you. >> just the presence on the court will help his team come saturday. want to talk a little bit more about this injury with cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. and i know this was an open fracture. his right tibia. he's already undergone surgery. what did doctors have to do, elizabeth? >> the first thing you mentioned that it broke the skin, brooke, the first thing they worry about is infection. making sure to keep that site clean then they go in and do surgery, they fix it, they did this very quickly. i was talking to ordrt pedic surgeons not involved with his care and they said it looked gruesome but it's relatively easy to fix. you put a rod, steel or titanium, put a rod in that bone so he's now got a rod in his shin bone, and it works quite well. it was a two-hour surgery. and believe it or not, brooke, they told me that people on him