Louisville's Kevin Ware Breaks Leg in Cardinals Victory

(AP) Louisville’s Ware breaks leg in tourney game
By MICHAEL MAROT
AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS

School officials say that Louisville guard Kevin Ware has been taken to a local hospital after sustaining a broken lower right leg during the first half of Sunday’s Midwest Regional final against Duke.

The injury occurred with 6:33 left in the first half as Duke’s Tyler Thornton made a 3-pointer. Ware tried to contest the shot and his leg buckled when he landed, bending almost at a right angle.

Louisville spokesman Kenny Klein said hospital officials told the school that Ware was “resting comfortably” and that the pain is “under control.”

Klein also said that a team of doctors is being assembled to treat Ware but was uncertain whether that meant Ware would undergo surgery in Indianapolis at Methodist Hospital.