Anthony Bennett missed Monday's UNLV practice and could miss Wednesday's game against UC Irvine with lower-back stiffness.
Bennett missed parts of the past two seasons at Findlay Prep with the same issue.
Before the year began, Dave Rice said athletic trainer Dave Tomchek and strength coach Jason Kabo were taking extra precautions to try to keep Bennett healthy.
Bennett has been UNLV's leading scorer, averaging 19.5 points and 8.3 rebounds in 26.3 minutes per game.
Julius Randle will miss three months with a fractured right foot.
Randle is a consensus top-five player in the class of 2013.
“It’s a minor setback, but Julius is a fighter,” his mother Carolyn Kyles said. “We’ve already begun to set up rehabilitation for him and he’s a naturally a little down now, but he’ll be back before you know it. We’re just staying positive about everything. We know he’ll come back stronger than ever.”
Randle will decide between Kentucky, N.C. State, Florida, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma and could “potentially” return toward the end of the season.
Gary Harris injured his left shoulder in Michigan State's 74-70 win over Boise State on Tuesday.
Tom Izzo was pessimistic about the diagnosis of Harris.
"Not good," he said. "Don't know what it is yet. He'll have an MRI tomorrow. But he'll be out for a while."
Harris was injured when he took a hard hit on a screen.
Kentucky's Ryan Harrow could return to practice on Tuesday.
Harrow has not played in a game since Nov. 9 as he has been suffering from an illness that caused him to lose seven pounds.
Shabazz Muhammad is "real close" to being healthy enough to play in UCLA's season opener against Indiana State, coach Ben Howland said Tuesday.
"At the end of practice, he was running with our team, and he's able to shoot now," Howland said.
Muhammad, who is recovering from right shoulder strain, has yet to be cleared by the NCAA, which is investigating ties his family and AAU team allegedly had with two financial agents.
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