Is Onuaku done for the tournament?

The news is official now.

Syracuse's Arinze Onuaku will not be playing tonight against Butler. According to Jim Boeheim, he hasn't even practiced since injuring his right quad with about five minutes left is the Orange's Big East tournament quarterfinal loss to Georgetown.

It is ludicrous to say that having Onuaku out of the lineup won't hurt the Orange. Nothing against DaShonte Riley, the 7-foot freshman that has played 27 minutes the last two games in Onuaku's stead, but he's just that -- a 7-foot freshman. In those 27 minutes, he has 6 fouls, 4 turnovers, 2 boards, and not a single point.

Onuaku is a double-double waiting to happen.

While I don't think the loss will hurt that much against Butler -- the Bulldogs are not known for their size in the paint -- I think the question Syracuse fans need to start asking themselves are whether or not they will have Onuaku back at any point during the tournament.

When he first suffered the injury, word was that it wasn't that serious, no of a day-to-day kind of thing. Clearly, if he still isn't practicing two weeks later, than the injury was much more serious that Boeheim first let on.

And without Onuaku, I don't know if Syracuse can get to a Final Four.

On another note, doesn't it seem like there have been a lot of injuries during this post season? Onuaku, Truck Bryant, Kalin Lucas, Robbie Hummel -- four Sweet 16 teams will be playing without a key member of their team this weekend, and with the possible exception of Onuaku, for the rest of the tournament.