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Non-conference schedule 2011-2012
Kansas Athletics announced the non-conference schedule for the 2011-2012 men's basketball season Sunday. On Nov. 15, Kansas will face Kentucky in the inaugural Champions Classic, which is a three-year series that also features Duke and Michigan State. The Jayhawks will face Michigan State in Atlanta in 2012, followed by a matchup with Duke in Chicago in 2013.
The team will travel to Hawaii for the EA Sports Maul Invitational from Nov. 21 to 23. With a field of perennial college basketball powers, Kansas could potentially face Arizona, UCLA, Georgetown, Memphis and Duke while in Hawaii, Kansas and Ohio State also begin a home-and-home series in 2011. The Buckeyes begin the series with a trip to Allen Fieldhouse Dec. 10. Other notable games include a matchup with Davidson at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., on Dec. 19, a home game against Big East eagle South Florida on Nov. 19, and a trip to USC on Dec. 22.
- By Kory Carpenter
Fort Hays State, Lawrence
(Exhibition)
PITT Nov.8 (Tuesday)
Dec. 3 (Saturday)
South Florida, Lawrence
Pittsburg State, Lawrence (Exhibition)
Nov. 11 (Friday)
Towson, Lawrence
(EA Sports Maui Invitational First Round)
Dec. 6 (Tuesday)
Long Beach State, Lawrence
Dec. 10 (Saturday)
Ohio State, Lawrence
Nov. 15 (Tuesday)
Kentucky, New York City
(Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden)
Dec. 19 (Monday)
Davidson, Kansas City, Mo.
(M&l Bank Kansas City Shootout at Sprint Center)
Potential opponents : Arizona, Chaminade, Duke, George-town, Memphis, Michigan, Tennessee, UCLA; Maui, Hawaii (EA Sports Maui Invitational)
Nov.21-23 (Monday-Wednesday)
Dec. 22 (Thursday) USC, Los Angeles
Nov. 30 (Wednesday) Florida Atlantic Lawrence
Florida Atlantic, Lawrence
Dec. 29 (Thursday)
Howard, Lawrence
Dec.31 (Saturday)
North Dakota, Lawrence
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Kansas OK with its last- second recruits
Coach Bill Self has become somewhat of an expert at landing last-second recruits in the late signing period. He has snagged a pair of top-selling recruits.
BY KORY CARPENTER kcarpenter@kansan.com
Marcus Morris
- Xavier Henry in 2009 and Josh Selby in 2010 - each of the last two springs. Kansas has had extra scholarships to give late in the signing periods, and when top unsigned
Markieff Morris
recruits have been searching for a home late in the recruiting process, Self and his staff have cashed in on those opportunities.
The coaching staff has also had a late push for Daniels' IMG teammate Jamari Traylor, a three-star, 6-foot-7 power forward. Self has visited the teammates in Florida as recently as last Wednesday. Traylor has offers from Oklahoma State, St. Johns, Indiana and Kansas, among others. Self has also offered a roster spot to LaSalle big man Aaric Murray, who announced his decision to transfer from LaSalle after the season. Murray, a 6-foot-10 forward, has narrowed his decision to Kansas or West Virginia and will have two years of eligibility remaining but would have to sit out next season in accordance with NCAA rules.
With the early departures of the Morris twins and Josh Selby to the NBA, the Kansas roster has plenty of room to welcome any unsigned recruits still searching. The first later-period commit came from St. Louis native Ben McLemore, who is currently a four-star recruit and Scout.com's 10th-best shooting guard in his class. McLemore, who narrowed his choices down to Kansas and Missouri, chose the Jayhawks on April 3.
This year is no different.
Canadian power forward Braeden Anderson was a relatively late bloomer. After initially signing a letter of intent with DePaul, he began receiving late interest from schools like Arizona, Kentucky, Memphis and Kansas. After an in-home visit from Kansas assistant Joe Dooley, Anderson verbally committed to Kansas shortly after.
With room to more recruits this spring, the coaching staff still has its eyes on five-star recruit DeAndre Daniels and four-star Trevor Lacey. Daniels, a 6-foot-8 forward from IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla., has a final list of Kansas, Duke, Florida, Texas, Colorado and San Diego State. Lacey, a 6-foot-3 guard from Huntsville, Ala., has cut his final list to Kansas, Kentucky and Alabama. He is set to visit Kansas this weekend.
With the departures of the Morris twins and Selby, Kansas has three scholarships open for the four recruits still available.
Edited by Erin Wilbert