Jeremy Hazell and Tracy Smith suffer injuries

Two teams expecting to have rebound seasons lost a key player in the opening game of their respective early season tournaments.

Tracy Smith of NC State will miss three weeks after injuring his knee early in the Wolfpack's Charleston Classic opener against East Carolina. He went back to Raleigh where he had arthroscopic knee surgery which found no significant damage to the knee.

NC State still advanced to the finals where they will face Georgetown Sunday night.

Seton Hall's Jeremy Hazell broke a bone in his wrist against Alabama in the Pirate's Paradise Jam opener. He will miss four to six weeks, including Sunday's semifinal matchup with Xavier.

The injury to Hazell has to be especially frustrating. He finally seems to have learned how to be an efficient scorer. His last two games, Hazell has taken 23 shots and scored 55 points.