UCONN's Hamilton Breaks Foot

By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff

July 9, 1998 / 7:32 PM EDT / CBS Sportsline

University of Connecticut forward Richard Hamilton, one of three collegians invited to tryouts for the hexed United States World Championship team, suffered a broken right foot Wednesday night at practice in Chicago.

A release from the university said Hamilton fractured the fifth metatarsal of his right foot in Wednesday's last scrimmage session. It was described as a non-contact injury and Hamilton will undergo surgery performed by NBA medical director Dr. John Hefferon on Friday in Chicago.

The 6-6 Hamilton, the Big East Conference Player of the Year, is expected to be recuperated for the upcoming college basketball season. However, he leaves shorthanded a team that already has had to scramble for players following the NBA's boycott of the event in their labor dispute with owners.