Georgetown point guard Chris Wright missed the past 2 ½ gams with a broken bone in his left hand.

"He's progressing as we hoped he would," Coach John Thompson III said. "Obviously, he's limited in what he can do. But it's good to have him back out there and participating in parts of practice. Absolutely we are expecting him to return."

Thompson said the target date for Wright's return remains the first round of next week's NCAA tournament.

"I doubt very seriously if he will play this week [despite] how well his recovery is going," Thompson said. "One of the reasons he's not going to participate this week is to make [the NCAA tournament] a possibility."

The Hoyas have lost three straight since Wright injured his hand against Cincinnati.