Louisville's Ware Breaks Leg in Game, Has Surgery He was taken into surgery at Methodist Hospital after the game to repair the fracture. School officials said the leg, broken in two places, was reset and a rod inserted into his right tibia. Ware is expected to stay in Indianapolis until at least Tuesday. Even as he was being treated on the court, Ware was encouraging his teammates, Pitino said. The brutal mishap occurred after Ware jumped to contest a 3-pointer by Tyler Thornton. Nearly six seconds ran off the clock before the officials, at Pitino's urging, stopped the game with 6:33 left in the first half. Louisville star Russ Smith heard the break and Chane Behanan, Ware's closest friend, couldn't believe what was happening. The bone was literally out. I saw white, it was literally out," said Behanan, who collapsed to his hands and feet at the sight. The two spoke at halftime. Two doctors speculated Ware might have had stress fractures that predisposed him to such a break. It turned out Bush was watching the game on TV. "I just cried," he wrote on Twitter. I feel so bad. Flashback of myself. Anyone if he needs anything please let me know. I dropped to go the ground. I've never seen anything like that," Behanan said. I don't remember the last time I cried. As Ware was being loaded onto a stretcher, the Cardinals gathered at midcourt until Pitino called them over, saying that Ware wanted to talk to them before he left.