Northwestern’s Drew Crawford out for season with labrum injury

You may have been wondering why Northwestern forward Drew Crawford may have been struggling so much during his senior season. His game has been off enough that we’ve seen his NBA Draft stock drop significantly. Now we know why. From the NU SID: Crawford (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) will undergo surgery on his right shoulder and will miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season. Crawford has been diagnosed with having a torn labrum. He is eligible to seek a medical hardship waiver. “Drew’s situation is similar to Tre Demps’ a year ago,” Carmody said. “Drew aggravated a previous injury in early September and attempted to play through it, but it just hasn’t responded as we all would have liked. “While it obviously hurts to lose a player of Drew’s caliber, it provides an opportunity for his teammates to step up and contribute.” Crawford has started all 10 of the team’s games to date and ranks second on the squad with an average of 13.5 points per game. A third-team All-Big Ten sel...