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Quinn Cook Didn't Tear ACL, Likely to Return in Five Weeks

Sep 3, 2010 – 3:03 PM
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Quinn Cook, one of the nation's top point guard recruits, got much better news than anticipated after surgery on his right knee Friday.

Cook only partially tore the meniscus cartilage in his knee, rather than the ACL as originally feared, and will miss five weeks at the most, a source told FanHouse Friday. Cook was injured in the final minutes of last Sunday's Boost Mobile Elite 24 all-star game at Venice Beach in California. Results of an MRI done Monday, according to reports, indicated torn knee ligaments.

Steve Smith, the head coach at Virginia's Oak Hill Academy, tweeted this Friday afternoon: "Good news (from) Quinn Cook. No ACL tear should be back in 4-5 weeks! Go Warriors!'' Cook transferred to Oak Hill in the offseason from DeMatha High School in the Washington suburb of Hyattsville, Md. He was to have traveled to Oak Hill this week for the start of classes.

Cook is rated in the top five of point-guard recruits for the class of 2011. After leading DeMatha to a league and city championship as a junior last season, the 6-foot-1 guard is expected to help Oak Hill toward the top of the national rankings this season; the program has won four mythical national championships since 2001, and recently produced star point guards Nolan Smith (Duke) and Brandon Jennings (Milwaukee Bucks). Oak Hill has not posted its schedule for this season yet, but with the high-school season usually starting in November, Cook is unlikely to miss any games.

Duke, Arizona, Georgetown, UCLA North Carolina, Rutgers and St. John's are reportedly all in the running to land Cook.
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