LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Yet another Louisville men’s basketball player has been lost for the season due to injury.
Walk-on junior guard Hercy Miller, who has been dealing with a lingering hip injury since his freshman season, will undergo a procedure on his hip that will force him to miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season, the program announced Monday.
Per a statement from Louisville, Miller and his family “elected to move forward with the procedure” after receiving “outside medical consultation.” The procedure will take place in California.
Miller is the third Louisville player to be lost for the season due to injury, after senior forward J.J. Traynot re-injured his shoulder and true freshman center Dennis Evans was not medically cleared to compete. Add in junior guard Koron Davis, who was dismissed from the team in December, Louisville has lost four players since the season began.
The 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard has missed the last three games, with head coach Kenny Payne only stating that he had been “seeking medical consultation.” So far this season, Miller has played in 10 games and made thre newse starts, totaling 11 points, three assists and a rebound.
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Miller, who is the son of hip-hop legend Master P, joined Louisville prior to the 2022-23 season after spending his freshman season at both Tennessee State and Xavier. During his first season as a Cardinal, he made 27 appearances and registered 48 points, 30 rebounds and 12 assists.
The Los Angeles, Calif native played just six games for TSU as a true freshman, suffering a hip injury in their season opener that eventually ended his season. Master P said that Miller would be leaving Tennessee State after he did not receive the proper medical attention from TSU.
He then joined Xavier as a walk-on in mid-January, but was forced to sit on the bench for the rest of the 2021-22 season due to his status as a mid-season transfer. He re-entered the transfer portal after head coach Travis Steele was fired.
