ORU Director of Sports Medicine John Joslin was predictably evasive about Sam's recovery during the "EOOC Health Minute" on the radio pre-game Thursday night, saying only that he is "progressing".
He said "playing our first-round game in Sioux Falls on Sunday instead of Saturday" was fortuitous, to give Sam another day to heal, but honestly the whole thing sounded a little pie-in-the-sky.
Reading between the lines, I'm guessing the prognosis is actually something like, "He's not able to play now, we can't predict how much better it will be 10 days from now, but he'll give it a go if he can."