Several basketball recruits were in attendance at Late Night. Pictured, from left to right, are Royce Woolridge, Josiah Turner, Josh Selby, Doron Lamb and Harrison Barnes.

Prep Jones liked KU

Blue-chip basketball prospect Terrence Jones, who completed his official 48-hour recruiting trip to Kansas University on Tuesday afternoon, returned to his hometown of Portland, Ore., with positive feelings about KU.

“The support the players receive at Kansas is something that stands out,” Jones, the No. 13-rated player in the recruiting Class of 2010, told Rivals.com. “Everybody knows who those guys are, and there is a lot of support. Kansas is one of my options, and they are even with the other schools.”

Jones, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound senior from Jefferson High, will sign with either KU, Washington, Kentucky, Oklahoma, UCLA or Oregon at a yet-to-be-determined time Friday at his high school.

“The trip to Kansas was great. I got to see how the team interacts with each other and how it’s a family atmosphere,” said Jones, who told Rivals.com his host was sophomore Tyshawn Taylor and he also spent a lot of time with freshmen Thomas Robinson and Elijah Johnson.

Woolridge honored

Incoming KU freshman guard Royce Woolridge was named Phoenix Sunnyslope High’s Student of the Year at the school’s year-end awards ceremony.

Woolridge, a 6-foot-3 guard, has a 3.8333 grade-point average and a weighted-grade-point mark of 4.0658, according to an article on the Glendale Union High School District website.

“Royce is very respectful and willing to join in and help out any time. His smile, great attitude and drive will get him far in life. He is a team player on and off the basketball court,” Darrell Preston, Woolridge’s advanced marketing teacher, told the website.

Final Four

Former KU center Sasha Kaun’s CSKA Moscow team has reached the Euroleague Final Four for the second straight season.

CSKA will meet Regal FC Barcelona, the defending Euroleague champion, in the semifinals on May 7, in France. The other semifinal will match Partizan Belgrade versus Olympiacos Piraeus.

Former University of Missouri forward Linas Kleiza plays for Olympiacos.

Former Baylor forward Lawrence Roberts and former Nebraska center Aleks Maric play for Partizan.

Kaun, who was a reserve last season, is a starter this year.

He has made 72.7 percent of his shots, second best mark in the league.

“I just try to do what I do best — play defense, rebound, run the floor and try to help the team wherever it is needed. I don’t try to do too much or too little, I just try to do what I have always done,” Kaun said in a Q and A session with Euroleague.net.

Of his shooting percentage he said: “I don’t take any jumpers and try to take my shots close to the basket, do what I do well, so maybe this is why I had such a high percentage. There have been many dunks and layups, and that definitely helps it.”