Minnesota high school forward Kris Humphries made his first official campus visit last weekend an excursion to Kansas University.

“He was there for the press conference Friday and then he played pick-up basketball. He had a chance to guard Drew Gooden seven games or so,” explained William Humphries, father of Kris, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound junior from Hopkins High in Minnetonka, Minn.

“He said it was a lot of fun. How often do you get to guard a lottery pick, especially as a junior in high school?”

The 6-10 Gooden ran pick-up against Humphries shortly after Gooden’s “I’m Leaving” press conference late Friday afternoon at KU’s Hadl Auditorium.

How did Kris fare?

“That’s behind closed doors,” Humphries’ dad said with a laugh.

William Humphries, a former University of Minnesota football player, and his wife, a former collegiate rower, also visited Lawrence last weekend.

The Humphries clan next will visit Duke University this Friday.

“I don’t really know,” Humphries’ dad said, asked how many trips his son would take.

A player is allowed to take up to five trips before signing with a school next November. Minnesota, Louisville, Michigan State, Florida and Texas also are on Humphries’ list of schools.

“We’re just trying one at a time,” William Humphries said. “The only ones he’s set up officially are Kansas and Duke. After that we’ll see. I feel he should take his time. We are in no hurry.”

Kris Humphries averaged 27 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and three steals a game last year for Minnesota’s Class AAAA state champions, who finished with a 28-2 record.

“He’s more of a point forward he can take it off the glass like Drew Gooden, take it up and run the offense and guard the perimeter,” William Humphries said. “He can do a lot of things.”

The bottom line from the trip?

“He liked it. He said the guys were nice. (KU) coach (Roy) Williams is a great guy,” Humphries’ dad said. “I thought it’d look like one big cornfield, but it was nice. It was different. I thought we were in tornado alley, but they informed me that’s Wichita.”

Kris Humphries will play for the U.S. Junior team at the World Amateur Basketball Championships, May 15-21 in France.

He’ll also participate in the Junior World championship team trials May 29-30 in Colorado Springs, play at the USA Basketball Festival June 26-30 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., then attend the Nike All-America camp July 5-10 in Indianapolis.

He is slated to travel to Brazil to play for a Nike League team Aug. 7-13.

The NCAA now allows juniors to begin taking official visits in April of their junior years of high school if they have taken the PSAT.

More recruiting: Mohamed Abukar, a 6-9 forward from Rancho Bernardo (Calif.) High, tells rivalshoops.com analyst Jon Kirby that he’s narrowed his choices to KU and Georgia. He’s planning on visiting Georgia on May 2 with a trip to KU to follow later in May. Abukar is a good friend of KU signee Moulaye Niang, 6-9 from El Cajon (Calif.) Christian High. The two work out together four times a week.