He's going to have surgery on Wednesday and we expect him to make a full recovery. It's obviously not a quick recovery, but Dr. Waldrop will do the surgery and he'll be able to get back to a high level of basketball after his recovery.

In eight games this season, Wrightsell was third-highest on the team in points per game (11.4), free throw shooting (85.7 percent) and minutes per game (25.6). Because he has played less than 30 percent of the schedule,

Alabama basketball guard Latrell Wrightsell Jr. is out for the year with a ruptured Achilles, head coach Nate Oats shared on Tuesday.