‘It’s A Fluid Situation’: Eilert on If Jesse Edwards Plays at UCF

Jesse Edwards, WVU’s big man, has been out of action since Dec. 16 with a fractured right wrist. Edwards recently had his brace removed and has returned to basketball activities. The 6-foot-11 center warmed up and was dressed against Kansas on Saturday.

WVU interim HC Josh Eilert had conversations with Edwards about going against the Jayhawks but the result was an emergency situation if Edwards was needed. Eilert spoke with the media over Zoom on Monday morning, leaving Edwards’ status for the UCF game up on the air.

“[Monday] when we travel down to Orlando, we’ll see where he’s at, what his comfort level is and throw him out there probably at some more five-on-five to see where he is,” Eilert said. “It’s a fluid situation. Not sure if he’ll go tomorrow or not but the good thing is Pat [Suemnick] is playing really well and giving us great minutes. We don’t have to force the issue as much as we probably would have maybe a week or so ago.”