“There’s not an exact timetable,” Self said.

Giles, who did not make the trip to Waco with the rest of the team Monday, said he hurt his foot when he put back a Langford miss for a dunk at Kentucky.

“I came down on it wrong,” said Giles, who wears a boot at all times except when sleeping.

“I’m going to spend my time shooting and lifting, trying to get to 260 like I wanted to,” the 235-pounder added.

Giles said he wanted to return for the Missouri game Monday.

“But probably it’ll be the game after that,” he said of a Feb. 5 game at Nebraska.

Alex Galindo, who injured his groin 10 days ago, has been limited because of the injury. Self said the freshman should be able to play tonight. Moulaye Niang is over his recent flu-like symptoms and practiced Monday.

• Giddens shuns scribes: Sophomore J.R. Giddens said Monday he was not talking to the media anymore. He apparently was miffed at an article that appeared in an Oklahoma newspaper mentioning his on-court struggles this season. Giddens hasn’t said how long his media blackout would last.
• Bruce dandy: Aaron Bruce, a 20-year-old Baylor freshman point guard from Horsham, Australia, takes averages of 16.1 points and 3.7 assists into tonight’s contest.

“He’s really good. I didn’t know how good until I studied tape,” Self said of Bruce, who tops all Big 12 freshmen in four categories — scoring, field goal percentage (49.7), three-point percentage (41.7) and free-throw percentage (88.5).

“He definitely doesn’t have any fear,” second-year Baylor coach Scott Drew said of the 6-3, 190 pounder, who led his native country to the gold medal in the 2003 junior world championships.

“He grew up playing Australian-rules football, which is like rugby. He’s someone with a lot of international experience, playing against the top players in the U.S.A. and the rest of the world and doing very well against them.”

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• Bears scouting report: BU’s lone conference victory was a 67-59 decision over Colorado in Waco. The Buffs lost to Oklahoma, 65-61, in Waco and at Oklahoma State (82-53) and Texas (79-60).

“They play primarily all zone,” Self said. “They’ll have a short possession offensively, then long possessions. They get you playing at their pace. Then, all of a sudden, here’s a quick hitter, and they score again.”

• Anniversary update: Former KU players and coaches and boosters in coming weeks will receive invitations to attend a reception Feb. 25 at Allen Fieldhouse as part of the 50th-anniversary festivities.

“We’re in the middle of planning now,” KU associate AD Jim Marchiony said, noting videos will be shown at the invitation-only reception.

The event will be held Friday because the teams will need the building Saturday and CBS will need to set up Saturday for Sunday’s KU-Oklahoma State game.

“We think it’ll give everybody a great opportunity to get together and talk, another highlight of the 50th anniversary season,” Marchiony said.