Memo to entrepreneurs: Don’t start printing “Late Night With Bill Self” T-shirts yet.

Yes, there will be a season-opening basketball celebration Oct. 17 at Allen Fieldhouse, but the official name will remain a mystery.

“It won’t be ‘Late Night With Bill Self,'” KU’s first-year hoops coach said Saturday.

“The marketing people are coming up with something real unique. It will be a fun night,” Self said. “We’ve got some special things planned. We’ll release what we’re going to do in a week or so. There will be a lot of people who will want to get in the building this year. There always is. This will be a special one.”

Kansas associate AD Jim Marchiony said an announcement on the new Late Night name would come Monday.

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Thomas, Robinson attend game: Two top high-school prospects were on campus Saturday on official recruiting visits. Russell Robinson, 6-foot-1 from New York, and Quentin Thomas, 6-4 from Oakland, Calif., attended the KU-Missouri game with the current Jayhawks. C.J. Giles, a 6-10 forward from Seattle, Wash., had travel problems and could not make the trip. There was no pick-up game Saturday.