Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook

Lots of schools considered: Willie Warren, a 6-foot-4 senior from Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., will visit Oklahoma next weekend and Kansas University the weekend after that.

“Willie is getting ready to take his two visits, but as far as narrowing down his school list, we discussed it but never put anything down,” Warren’s mother, Malaika, told Rivals.com. “He’s been so up and down with his recruitment, I’m just letting him have some fun with it right now. So I don’t want to say how many schools or what schools it is down to because it might change tomorrow.”

He’s also looking at UConn, Cincinnati, Kentucky and others.

¢ Decisions, decisions: Mario Little, a 6-6 sophomore guard from Chipola (Fla.) Community College, who has said he has grown tired of the recruiting process following visits to KU, Kansas State and Illinois, enters the weekend still pondering his three finalists. Chipola coach Greg Heiar said a decision could be reached Sunday.

¢ Boot Camp over: Kansas University’s two-week Boot Camp conditioning program concluded Friday.

The purpose in making the players report at 6 a.m. daily Monday through Friday for conditioning drills and sprints was twofold: to get in shape for the season and build camaraderie.

Mission accomplished.

“We got through it together. That’s one of the things we strive for, team unity,” freshman Cole Aldrich said. “It’s given us team unity.”

“It was everything I expected it to be,” rookie guard Conner Teahan, of Rockhurst High, said. “It was a challenge. You could get through it as long as you did what you had to do. It’s in your head pretty much. If you came in with a good attitude, you’d get everything done. I’m not saying it’s not tough, but if you go in thinking it will be terrible, you already lost.”

He said the seniors – Jeremy Case, Darnell Jackson, Sasha Kaun, Russell Robinson and Rodrick Stewart – set great examples.

“In the locker room, they have fun. On the court, they take everything seriously. They set the tone for everybody else,” Teahan said. “They showed us the way.”

Next up is next Friday’s Late Night in the Phog. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for Late Night, which should end about 9:30. KU’s men’s and women’s teams will hold intrasquad scrimmages at the event.

¢ Pollard hobbled: Former Kansas University forward/center Scot Pollard has not practiced with the Boston Celtics yet this preseason at training camp in Rome. He has a left ankle sprain.