Sherron Collins has been granted a leave of absence from Kansas University basketball Boot Camp today through Friday.

KU’s junior point guard – who according to coach Bill Self has been “great” at the Jayhawks’ first six early-morning conditioning workouts – today is headed to the doctor’s office to have his tonsils removed.

“He’ll be out the next several days,” said Self, whose Boot Camp runs through Friday. “He has had some (throat) problems of late. The doctors said, ‘Let’s take them out.’ We don’t need to have this flare up during the season. It’s the only time we can do it based on the schedule.”

Collins has fully recovered from offseason arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and should be ready for the start of practice Oct. 17 (Late Night in the Phog).

Meanwhile, junior Mario Little has been doing “40 to 50 percent of the stuff (at Boot Camp),” Self said of the 6-foot-5, 210-pounder, who the past five weeks has been rehabbing a stress fracture in his lower left leg.

“A lot of this is precautionary. He’s doing fine. He’s getting better every day,” Self added. “The target date has always been the first day of practice. That’s when we’ll be comfortable enough to turn him loose. His lower leg is sore. It’s healing, not 100 percent pain-free yet.”

Self said he was pleased with the effort of his players at Boot Camp.

“For a bunch of young guys, they are doing well,” Self said.