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Men’s basketball: Robinson out 3-6 weeks with knee injury

The Pitt men’s basketball team will have to weather the next three to six weeks without one of… The Pitt men’s basketball team will have to weather the next three to six weeks without one of its starting players because power forward Nasir Robinson tore the meniscus in his right knee.

“We expect Nasir to make a full recovery,” head coach Jamie Dixon said in a news release. “The surgery was a success and we know that Nasir will work hard during the rehabilitation process.”

Robinson had surgery Wednesday morning, and his expected timetable for a return could have him back in the lineup anywhere from the team’s third game to its ninth game.

The 6-foot-5, 220 pound junior averaged 6.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest last season, starting in every game for the Panthers.

Pitt will probably turn to sophomore J.J. Richardson or redshirt freshman Talib Zanna to fill Robinson’s spot in the starting lineup while he’s sidelined.

The team’s first exhibition game is this Sunday against Northwood University, at 2 p.m. at the Petersen Events Center.

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