Bryce Hopkins to miss remainder of 2023-24 season with torn ACL

The Providence basketball team just received some terrible news regarding junior star Bryce Hopkins. According to a team release, he is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL suffered vs. Seton Hall Wednesday evening.

Here was that news via release from the Friars:

“It was confirmed this morning (Jan. 4) that Providence junior forward/guard Bryce Hopkins (Oak Park, Ill.) suffered a season ending injury on his left knee (torn ACL).”

The release also included a statement from Providence Head Coach Kim English:

“We all feel for Bryce and his family in this difficult time. We will be with him throughout this process to help him comeback stronger than ever.  We ask that all of Friartown keeps Bryce and his family in your thoughts and prayers.”

Hopkins leads the team in total points this season and was its leading scorer last season as a sophomore after transferring over from Kentucky, where he spent his true freshman season.

During the Friar’s home matchup with the Pirates, Hopkins went down rather early in the second half. According to FOX broadcaster and Big East hoops aficionado John Fanta, Hopkins cried out in pain when he initially went down but was eventually helped up and to the locker room by teammates, coaches and trainers.

“Bryce Hopkins is helped off by teammates to the Providence locker room. He was shrieking in pain at center court, holding his leg,” tweeted Fanta.

From the jump, it was obvious Hopkins suffered very serious injury aznd in the worst possible spot: the knee. Initial reports were that he hyperextended his leg, an injury with a large umbrella since minor extensions can be healed up in less than a month, while severe tears, such as to the ACL, are immediate season-enders, especially halfway through the college hoops season.

The whole ordeal just stinks for Bryce Hopkins most of all, since he had shunned the NBA to come back for another year and likely solidify second-round draft position — or perhaps even higher — while leading yet another decent Friar team on the court.

Then, it’s a bummer for Kim English and Providence, too, since they were off to a promising start in this new era after Ed Cooley stabbed them in the back en route to a move to Georgetown.

Luckily, there’s still plenty of talented pieces in Friartown and English does have a second ace, Devin Carter, averaging 16 points a game who is the obvious choice to take over as the lead man in Hopkins’ absence.