Kansas guard Tyrel Reed shoots over Missouri's Marcus Denmon on Monday, February 7, 2011 at Allen Fieldhouse.

KU coach Bill Self on Tyrel Reed’s left foot injury

“He has a sore foot in a tough spot. It’s kind of a bone-bruise-type spot on his heel. It is not an Achilles. Don’t read into that at all, but it’s in a location that can create a nuisance such as an Achilles in that area.”

Reed figures to play in pain the rest of his senior season.

“He will not be in a situation he hurts it worse, but it will take time to get better. We don’t have time. He can’t take two to three weeks off,” Self said. “Honestly, it’s probably going to be one of those situations he’ll have to take two to three months off for it to totally heal.

“One thing about Tyrel … if you really study his movements, you can tell certain cuts and certain things bother him just a little bit. But you’d never know it by his words, appearance or body language. That’s one pretty tough kid.”

Dandy dunk

KU sophomore Travis Releford’s windmill slam dunk against UMKC on Jan. 5 has been selected as a 2011 Dunk of the Year nominee, announced Feb. 7 by sports television production and event marketing company Intersport. The 2011 Dunk of the Year is determined by fan voting and will be announced on a one-hour “Dunks of the Year” special airing on ABC April 2. Fans can vote on Facebook.

Recruiting

DeAndre Daniels, a 6-8 senior forward from IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla., will remain at IMG the rest of the school year, Rivals.com reports. Daniels, who had hoped to enroll at KU, Texas or Kentucky second semester, apparently cannot make up his mind on a school, Rivals.com indicates.

“The prevalent school of thought is that Daniels was being strongly encouraged to go to Kansas, but when it came down for him to make his own decision, he was not ready to make that commitment,” wrote Jerry Meyer of Rivals.com.

Angelo Chol, a 6-8 senior forward from San Diego’s Hoover High, will visit Washington this weekend, then announce his college choice on Feb. 17, Rivals reports. He also has KU, Alabama, North Carolina and Arizona on his list.

Also, KU reportedly is looking at Sam Grooms, a 6-1 sophomore point guard from Chipola (Fla.) CC, Mario Little’s former school. North Carolina, Louisville and South Florida are among those looking into Grooms, a native of Greensboro, N.C.