Creek likely done for the year

Shooting guard, Mo Creek, should miss the rest of the year as yesterday we found out he is to have surgery tomorrow on a stress fracture in his right knee. This report is per a tweet from Tom Crean yesterday. This is not only bad news for the Hoosiers but devastating news for Creek. I'm sure all of you remember Creek's awful knee injury last year, and this only adds to it, unfortunately. This is his right knee he injured which is good news for the Hoosiers, because the knee he fractured last year was his left knee. His knee was still not 100% from last years injury, so he will have time to restore his strength in that knee.
On another positive note, this injury probably isn't near the load last year's was. This may be a good thing for the Hoosiers and possibly Creek in the future. You see, this should give Creek a lot more time to heal up his left knee and regain  strength there which has been a serious issue for him this year. Creek would be around until 2013 if the Hoosiers decided to red shirt him for the 2011-12 season. That means in 2012 and 2013 years, when the Hoosiers are supposed to be one of the power-houses in the B10, they would be that much better with Maurice at full strength.
Tom Crean says that this is a very disappointing injury because he thought he was just about to "turn a corner" offensively which is what all IU fans have been yearning for this whole year.
This is not as big of a loss for IU basketball as it was last year, because Creek was just simply not the factor he had been last year since the left knee injury. I personally think that this is a bigger blow to Creek than it is for the Hoosiers themselves. Just think about it, this opens up a more playing time for players such as Victor Oladipo, Will Sheehey, and one name not mentioned much who should benefit from this, Matt Roth. This should help their future. Also if the Hoosiers do indeed red-shirt Creek, as mentioned before, this could help Austin Etherington also. I hope I just shed some light on Creeks situation. We are all with you Mo. We always will be.