Langdon sidelined for 6 weeks

From staff reports

Coach K is back.

The men's basketball team began practice at 9 a.m. on Oct. 15 with head coach Mike Krzyzewski at the helm. Krzyzewski has recovered from back problems which sidelined him for most of last season, but unfortunately, not all of Coach K's players are healthy.

Sophomore guard Trajan Langdon, who averaged 11.3 points per game last season, will be out for six weeks due to a stress reaction in his left knee.

"He has what's called a stress reaction," Krzyzewski said. "It occurred over the summer. When he played for the United States, he had a severely sprained ankle. He tried to compensate for the injury and created some knee problems that only rest and unloading the knee will cure."

He is listed as questionable for the Blue Devils' opener in Langdon's hometown of Anchorage, Alaska.

"We need Trajan," Krzyzewski said. "Trajan is as fundamentally sound as anybody. He's questionable even when he comes back. This is not the type of thing where it's an ankle sprain or a break and you say, `Well, three weeks it's going to be healed' . . . You can measure it. It's a very unusual injury, therefore the time lines are indeterminable."