Perry Ellis

Perry Ellis impresses at LeBron James camp

Former NBA coach John Lucas was impressed by Kansas University junior forward Perry Ellis at the LeBron James Skills Academy, Thursday in Las Vegas“Perry Ellis is playing at another level right now. Doing all the intangibles,” Lucas wrote on Twitter. “Perry Ellis #12 ... Ballin!” Lucas ...

KU’s Ellis, Oubre invited to LeBron James camp

Kansas University junior Perry Ellis and freshman Kelly Oubre, Jr., are two of 30 college basketball players invited to the LeBron James camp, which runs July 9-12 in Las Vegas. Other Big 12 players to be attending: Marcus Foster, Kansas State; Georges Niang, Iowa State and Juwan Staten, West ...

Notebook: KU aware OSU seed doesn’t match talent

Bill Self says he can never remember a No. 8-seeded team in a conference tournament as talented as 21-11 Oklahoma State.“I had a national radio guy call me this morning,” Self, Kansas University’s 11th-year coach, said, entering storyteller mode. “He said, ‘Oklahoma State ... just ...

Column: Forward rotation good motivation for Ellis, Traylor

Whenever smart coaches talk to the public through the media, they often tailor their messages to specific targets, namely their players.Sometimes it’s easy to determine at which player Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self aims his message. At other times, he camouflages his delivery ...

Column: Understated Perry Ellis easing into standout talent

Sometimes, the smoother the basketball player, the more you want to see out of him, the more you suspect the pedal isn’t all the way to the metal. Perry Ellis takes eight shots from the field and comes away with 22 points and 11 rebounds in Wednesday night’s victory at Oklahoma, and our ...

Wiggins, Ellis earn Big 12 honors

The Kansas duo of sophomore forward Perry Ellis and freshman guard Andrew Wiggins have been named the Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week in a vote by a media panel which covers the league, the conference announced Monday.Ellis earned co-Big 12 Player of the Week honors, along with Iowa ...

Classic win: Ellis, Wiggins lift KU past Duke

Chicago ? Kansas University’s first victory in three tries at the Champions Classic proved to be one worth waiting for.The Jayhawks, who fell to Kentucky and Michigan State the first two years of the three-year, early-season college basketball extravaganza, rode a career high 24 points from ...

Wiggins wakes up, helps Kansas top Fort Hays State, 92-75 in exhibition finale

Box score• Kansas-Fort Hays StateAndrew Wiggins-watchers had to wonder what the heck was going on late in the first half as Kansas University’s basketball team built a 22-point lead over Fort Hays State on Tuesday night with the freshman phenom scoring nary a point.“If you watch the game, ...