Kansas University men’s basketball coach Bill Self said Thursday there was no truth to the rumor J.R. Giddens would be arrested today or kicked off the basketball team.

“I will not comment on any disciplinary action publicly until the investigation is complete,” Self said of Giddens’ involvement in a fight last week outside a Lawrence bar.

“I will not discipline somebody through events we don’t know transpired…

“There are all kind of stories of what happened that night,” Self said. “Nobody knows what the truth is yet. The police have to be allowed to do their job.”

Asked if Giddens was drinking the night he was stabbed in the calf outside the bar, Self said: “I do not know that.”

Asked if he threw the first punch that led to him being stabbed, Self said: “I do not know. I can’t comment on that.”

Reached Thursday in Oklahoma City, Giddens said: “I heard somebody will be printing stuff I know is false. You have to be better than that and let the police do their job.”