PROVO — BYU sophomore guard Jesse Wade, who has been dealing with a knee injury since last January, will undergo an exploratory medical procedure Tuesday to determine what is causing the pain.
Wade’s status is uncertain.
”It could be a couple of weeks or it could be six months,” coach Mark Pope said Monday, on the eve of BYU’s season-opener against Cal State Fullerton. “We just don’t know.”
Wade, Utah’s Mr. Basketball in 2014-15 from Davis High School, served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France before spending his freshman year at Gonzaga. Wade transferred to BYU and sat out last season.
“He’s a really talented player. He can really shoot the ball. He’s pretty heady and he’s got a little bit of toughness to him,” Pope said last week about the 6-foot-1, 175-pound guard. “Right now, his knee is plaguing him. It’s not enough to keep him out of practice so much as it is it’s something that’s bothering him. We’re trying to figure out how to move ahead with that. If he can get over that — it’s been since last January — he’s trying to work through that. If he can get healthy at any point, he’s going to really, really help us.”