Alexander impressive in scrimmage

Freshman big man Cliff Alexander wasted little making a splash in his Allen Fieldhouse debut on Friday night. The 6-foot-8, 240-pound power forward scored 12 points and pulled down four rebounds in 15 minutes of action.

Friday nights scrimmage between the Crimson and Blue team ended in a tie, 37-37. The Crimson team was led by Cliff Alexander, the 6-foot-8, 240-pound power forward from Chicago, Ill. On Friday night, Alexander in 15 minutes of action (20 minute running clock), scored 12 points and pulled down four rebounds. He connected on 5-of-8 field goals and was an absolute beast fighting on the glass.

There's no doubt that Alexander is going to play a major role this season.

"I thought Cliff did well," said Kansas head coach Bill Self. "That's not real ball, but I thought Cliff did good. I thought all our freshmen did well, and I thought Devonte' Graham looked pretty good. I thought Svi (Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk) looked great. All he did was just miss shots, but he was aggressive.

"He hasn't been that aggressive in practice the whole time," he added. "I thought that was good. Kelly (Kelly Oubre, Jr.) was good too. The first two possessions Kelly made three plays in first two possessions that got us possessions. That's what he does. I thought the guys did fine. It wasn't well played by any stretch, but I thought they did fine."

Alexander, who scored a number of his points with an impressive hook shot, talked about the development of his new move. Alexander, the No. 4 ranked player in the 2014 class, also talked about his tenacity on the glass, and his family being on hand for Late Night in the Phog.

"I've been working on it since I stepped foot on campus," said Alexander. "Coach (Self) told me it has to be my go to move. It's what I'm making it (go to move) and that's just in my game.

"That's what Coach (Self) wants me to do," he added. "That's what I provide (rebounds). Yea, my family was here tonight. Yeah, it was a great experience for him (dad) to come see me play for the first time."

Sophomore guard Wayne Selden, Jr., who scored a game-high 17 points on Friday night, was extremely impressed with what he saw from Alexander.

"He (Cliff) played real good," said Selden, Jr. "He didn't have to be best scorer on the team. If he's getting all rebounds, that's when he's going be best for us."

Selden, Jr., the 6-foot-5, 230-pound guard from Roxbury, Mass., was clearly on top of his game on Friday night. In 18 minutes of action, Selden, Jr., tallied 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field, including 3-of-5 from behind the arc.

Selden, Jr., who had his knee scoped at the end of last season, is closing in on 100 percent health.

"Right now I feel great," said Selden, Jr. "I'm feeling good. I'm finally starting to feel it a lot. I was skeptical about it (injury) the whole summer. It wasn't 100 percent, but I feel good now."

Rest of the scoring from Friday nights scrimmage

Conner Frankamp tallied seven points in 15 points of action. Overall, he was 3-of-5 from the field and 1-of-3 from behind the arc. Frank Mason and Kelly Oubre, Jr., chipped in five points each for the Crimson team, while Perry Ellis and Brannen Greene finished with four points each.

Hunter Mickelson, the 6-foot-10, 245-pound power forward from Jonesboro, Ark., chipped in eight points and a game-high six rebounds.

Devonte' Graham, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Jamari Traylor, and Tyler Self added three points each for the Blue team.

Frank Mason dished out four assists to just one turnover, while Wayne Selden, Devonte Graham, and Jamari Traylor all dished out three assists.

Self on Landen Lucas

When Kansas took the court for Friday nights scrimmage, Landen Lucas, the 6-foot-10, 240-pound power forward from Portland, Ore., was dressed out in street clothes. Shortly after Fridays scrimmage, Self provided an update on Lucas.

"Landen, hopefully will be back in two weeks," said Self. "We think it's a situation where it is already healing. It is something that hasn't been bothering him until lately. After getting it checked out yesterday, we found it's already beginning the healing phase. It is something you could play with if you had to.

"There's no reason to (play)," he added. "He should be back in two weeks and have two or three weeks before the first game. It's a stress fracture in the fibula and it's just a minor situation. It's not a big deal at all. If we were in season we would play him."