Kansas University basketball recruiting.

Schnider Herard, a 6-foot-10, 255-pound senior center from Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas, will attend the Oct. 9 Late Night in the Phog as part of an official recruiting visit to Kansas University, Herard’s mentor, Derrick Shelby, told Jayhawkslant.com on Tuesday.

Herard, who is ranked No. 41 in the recruiting Class of 2016 by Rivals.com, has a list of KU, SMU, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, Mississippi State, Alabama, Arizona, Cal and Indiana. He has one other visit scheduled — to Mississippi State on Sept. 11-12.

Herard, who also attended last year’s Late Night, has an in-home visit with KU on Sept. 9.

“There’s something to be said about big guys who like to play at the rim and play with power,” Rivals.com’s Eric Bossi told peegs.com. “That’s what Schnider Herard is all about.”

Herard, who is originally from Haiti, has been in the U.S. three years.

“I pretty much learned how to play basketball since I got here, I used to play soccer (in Haiti),” Herard told Peegs.com. “I think it helped a lot with my footwork.”

So far, one other prep senior has said he’ll be visiting the weekend of Late Night: No. 2-ranked Harry Giles, 6-10 from Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.

Top juniors who will attend Late Night: Michael Porter, a 6-8 forward from Tolton Catholic in Columbia, Missouri, who is ranked No. 2 in the Class of 2017; No. 28-rated Trae Young, 6-1 point guard from Norman (Oklahoma) North and No. 33 Mitchell Ballock, 6-4 shooting guard from Eudora High. Mitch Lightfoot, 6-8 senior from Gilbert (Arizona) Christian who is ranked No. 140, will visit KU on Sept. 18-19.

Embiid has surgery: Former KU center Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers had surgery for the second time on his right foot on Tuesday.

According to the AP, the 7-footer had two existing screws replaced and a bone graft of the site was done using bone from his hip. Embiid missed his entire rookie season after having surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot in June 2014.

The AP says the Sixers consulted with doctors from New York, North Carolina, Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Australia, the Netherlands and Qatar to discuss the medical course of action which resulted in Tuesday’s surgery.

Embiid posted a photo on his Instagram account with the message: “EVERYTHING WENT REALLY WELL…. Excited for the future. #BELIEVE.”

Statement from Sixers GM Sam Hinkie: “This morning, Joel Embiid underwent a bone graft procedure of the navicular bone at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. The highly accomplished team of surgeons involved in Joel’s procedure today included:

Dr. Martin O’Malley, associate attending orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery; Dr. Richard Ferkel, director of sports medicine fellowship program at Southern California Orthopedic Institute; Dr. Dufetti Fufa, Orthopedic and vascular surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery; Dr. Jonathan Glashow, Sixers chief medical officer and co-chief of sports medicine orthopedics at New York’s Mount Sinai Med Center; Dr. Christopher Dodson, Sixers head physician and orthopedic surgeon of the Rothman Institute at Jefferson.

“Everyone involved — our organization, Joel, and his agent Darren Matsubara of Wasserman Media Group — worked diligently to assemble this highly sought after group of professionals. The goal was simple: Provide the best possible care for Joel to maximize his opportunity for a long and successful NBA career.”

Kaun to Cavs soon?: Sasha Kaun, who played pro ball in Russia the past seven seasons after winning a national title at KU, is expected to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the near future, Northeast Ohio Media Group reports.

Kaun, 30, took a tour of Cleveland on Monday. “His visit was for the purpose of house hunting, among other things,” according to Cleveland.com.

Kaun, 30, earned $2.9 million per season in Russia. He was a member of the 2012 Russian National Team, which was coached by Cavs’ coach David Blatt. Kaun was taken 56th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by Seattle. His rights were traded to the Cavs for cash.

Dorsey on ESPN: KU graduate David Dorsey was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Tuesday. He discussed how KU coach Bill Self was able to provide comforting words to his parents, Gene and Nancy Dorsey, one day before Nancy died, on Aug. 4 at age 66, from triple negative breast cancer. Dorsey, 43, lives in Fort Myers, Florida, where he is a sports enterprise reporter for The News-Press. His column, which was recently reprinted in the Journal-World with Dorsey’s permission, is available at the Web address http://newspr.es/1MsiJhD

The column has drawn much attention nationally.

“Not surprised by @CoachBillSelf’s kindness and the love of @KUHoops,” Tweeted ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla.