Mark Pope says Kerr Kriisa is out of his boot (sometimes), ‘making progress’ on return

No, Kerr Kriisa will not be playing against Texas A&M on Tuesday, nor will he be taking the floor against Alabama when Nate Oats brings the Crimson Tide to Lexington on Saturday. Maybe not the trip to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt a week later, either. His timeline for return remains firmly up in the air with no clear backstop at this point.

But he’s making progress, says Mark Pope, and we’re taking the little wins when we can get them. Today’s update from the Kentucky head coach can be considered a little win.

Kriisa, out since breaking his foot in the Wildcats’ win out in Seattle over Gonzaga, is out of his boot — for brief periods, at least. That will lead to more physical rehab in the coming weeks, followed by a return-to-play ramp-up.

 “Kerr is out of the boot for at least little segments of the day, which he’s excited about,” Pope said during his call-in radio show Monday evening. “It’s not full-time, but he’ll kind of begin some rehab here in the next couple of weeks, and then it’s just a matter of seeing how fast and cleanly he can progress. So we still don’t really have a timeframe, but we’re making progress on that.”

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