Wayne Selden Jr. trying to re-gain rhythm after ankle sprain

By Gary Bedore Mar 9, 2015

Nick Krug

Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. (1) soars in to the bucket as he is fouled by Baylor guard Kenny Chery (1) during the second half, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Wayne Selden, Jr. might not be back to where he wants to be quite yet, but Kansas University’s starting sophomore shooting guard said Monday he’s getting closer.

Selden said the ankle he sprained against West Virginia last week “is getting better; still probably not 100 percent, still not where I want to be, but it’s definitely getting better.”

In fact, he practiced full-go on Monday.

“He looked fine,” KU coach Bill Self said. “His rhythm is off, but he’ll be fine.”

Before practice, Selden said: “I sprained this ankle a while back (high school). I was out for quite a while. I sprained it bad and missed the rest of the season or something like that. This one doesn’t seem nearly as bad. I’m feeling pretty good about it.”

Said Self: “Wayne keeps complaining the flu is bothering him as much as his ankle, but I think he should be 100 percent by Thursday.”

Selden wasn’t certain about what ailed him.

“I wasn’t feeling myself,” he said of his 18 minutes versus Oklahoma. “I couldn’t breathe really well. I don’t think it was the flu.”