A big-time performance — or a key injury — can be the difference for teams eyeing a spot in March Madness. With the final weeks of the NCAA hoops regular season upon us, it’s now crunch time. Final Four hopefuls, potential Cinderella squads, and bubble teams are gearing up for a sprint to the finish. Keeping track of notable injuries, news and happenings across men’s and women’s college basketball.Mar. 2Tennessee freshman Nate Ament to miss next gameTennessee freshman Nate Ament won’t play Tuesday at South Carolina because of a leg injury that knocked him out of the 23rd-ranked Volunteers’ loss to Alabama on Saturday. Ament’s right knee bent awkwardly after he became tangled in a scrum of players in the first half.Tennessee officials said Monday the timetable for Ament’s return is uncertain.Ament, a 6-foot-10 forward, is averaging 17.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He leads Tennessee in rebounding and is the Vols’ second-leading scorer. Reporting by The Associated Press.Update on Iowa forward Hannah StuelkeFollowing No. 9 Iowa’s win over Wisconsin on Sunday, Hawkeyes coach Jan Jensen expressed hope that senior forward Hannah Stuelke would be able to return from the arm injury that kept her out against the Badgers in time for the Big Ten tournament. Iowa, a 2-seed, gets a bye to the quarterfinals and will not play until Friday, granting Stuelke additional time to recover from the injury suffered, against Illinois on Feb. 26.Per USA Today, Stuelke was unable to practice prior to the game against Wisconsin, as well, and that the goal is just to get her healthy. “If that could be by game time on Friday, I’m gonna be grateful for that instead of stressed out about what may or may not happen.” While Stuelke returned to the lineup against Illinois, Jensen assumed that it was going to feel worst the next day after the adrenaline wore off, saying, “I had a feeling that it was gonna be one of those things that when you wake up, if excitement’s down, it’s gonna be swollen.”Stuelke is averaging a career-best 13.9 points per game, with along 8.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists, putting her as the second-leading scorer and top rebounder on the Hawkeyes. Iowa already lost senior guard Taylor McCabe (8.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists in 27.1 minutes) for the season with an ACL tear.Michigan considers options at pointNo. 3 Michigan lost the best backup point guard in college basketball, according to coach Dusty May, when L.J. Cason tore a knee…
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