McCollum's recovery is in line with the eight to 10 weeks the school estimated at the time of his injury or right around thePatriotLeague tournament that begins this week.
ThePatriotLeague champion Black Knights, in Charlottesville for the second year in a row and in the tournament for the fifth time in 10 years, return with just 10 holdover players from last year's team on a roster dominated by freshmen and sophomores.
Theleague cast John Stagikas, 32, to play RJ Brewer, an ultraconservative American patriot who, his online biography declares, "feels that good morals and strong family values are the key to a successful country".