"Is he very, very questionable for Saturday?" Izzo asked. "I’d say very, very questionable for Saturday. Do I know? I don’t know. Would I hide it from Illinois? Not in a million years and definitely not from you (reporters).

It was a little more swollen this morning, which was disappointing, but it’s gone down a little bit," Izzo said. "What they’re trying to get him to do is get him walking on it again and get some blood through it."