5:59 p.m. Update:

Here’s the audio from Jamari Traylor and Brannen Greene talking after Wednesday’s camp scrimmage:

http://www2.kusports.com/podcasts/spodcasters/2014/jun/11/jamari-traylor-and-brannen-greene-talk-about-their/

And here’s the Nick Krug photo gallery:

4:16 p.m. Update: FINAL: Blue 79, Red 67

The Blue squad led from start to finish. Here are a few unofficial totals.

Brannen Greene led all scorers with 23, Selden had 17 and Mason had 16 to lead the Blue squad.

For the Red team, McLemore finished with 16, Aldrich 14, Frankamp had 13, Reed had 9, Oubre had 7 and Alexander had 6. Devonte’ Graham did not score.

More to come, including photos and audio so check back throughout the afternoon…

4:13 p.m. Update: Blue 77, Red 62

A bucket by Reed trimmed the lead to 10, but Ellis, who has been quiet, answered, with a runner on the other end and Mason fired an alley-oop pass to Selden who showed those hops have come back by soaring high into the air and throwing it down with one hand.

That play probably drew the loudest reaction of the afternoon.

Mason with another three-pointer from the top of the key gives him 16 and puts the Blue squad back up 15.

4:08 p.m. Update: Blue 68, Red 56

Greene now with 21 points and Selden with 15 to lead the Blue squad. Both guys have looked very strong today, as has Frank Mason, who has 11.

Frankamp has been looking to force the issue with his shot a little more here in the second half.

McLemore just flew high for a one-handed flush over Greene to cut the lead to 14 but an alley-oop from Selden to Traylor answered it.

4:06 p.m. Update: Blue 57, Red 47

After misfiring on most of his early three-point tries (short), Oubre knocked one down from teh wing to pull the Red squad to within 12. Perry Ellis answered on the other end though to keep the lead from shrinking.

A nice pick-and-roll by McLemore and Aldrich and a tip-in by Alexander and a break-away dunk by Oubre cut the Blue lead to 10.

4:03 p.m. Update Blue 51, Red 38

Greene switches ends but doesn’t cool down. He knocks another three-pointer to keep Blue’s lead at double digits.

4:00 p.m. Update: Blue 48, Red 34

McLemore and Selden checking each other has been a pretty entertaining match-up. Most of the young guys have shown their youth while trying to hang out there.

A step slow here, a missed cut or seal there. Nothing they won’t improve upon, it just really shows you what experience means.

Traylor just showed a little outside shooting touch and knocked down an open 15 footer on the baseline.

3:56 p.m. Update, HALFTIME: Blue 36, Red 27

Noticed a couple of minutes ago that Sherron Collins is here, too… But he is not playing. He did, however, have a nice moment with fellow-Chicago boy Cliff Alexander just before halftime.

Greene leads the Blue team with 16 points at halftime.

McLemore and Reed lead the Red team with 7 apiece.

3:52 p.m. Update, Blue 33, Red 23

Greene with another three-pointer. He’s been the standout so far and by far.

Wesley with a follow-dunk pulls red to within eight but Selden followed it up with an athletic take to the rim on the other end.

Not very much energy in the gym overall. Last year’s game, which featured the first appearance as a Jayhawk by Andrew Wiggins, had much more buzz.

3:50 p.m. Update, Blue 24, Red 17

Selden and Reed exchange long-range jumpers and Traylor throws one in with his left hand on a nice drive to the bucket.

The pace is still kind of slow but both teams are playing more cleanly at the moment.

3:46 p.m. Update, Blue 17, Red 9

Frankamp hits a three on his second attempt of the game to pull red close and the Blue team answered on the other end with a three pointer from Selden.

Jamari Traylor then flushed a nasty dunk with his right hand over Kelly Oubre, who simply ducked out of the way as the rim was still rattling.

3:41 p.m. Update, Blue 11, Red 2

Slow start to the scrimmage so far. Sloppy play on the red end. McLemore tried for a highlight reel dunk and came up short and Cole Aldrich followed that up a couple of possessions later with an easy dunk to put the Red Team on the board.

Brannen Green is off to a hot start shooting the ball.

3:38 p.m. Update:

Red Team (with alums):

Kelly Oubre, Devonte’ Graham, Cliff Alexander, Conner Frankamp, Ben McLemore, Justin Wesley, Tyrel Reed and Cole Aldrich.

Blue Team:

Perry Ellis, Jamari, Frank Mason, Jamari Traylor, Evan Manning, Wayne Selden, Brannen Greene and Hunter Mickelson.

Landen Lucas and Tyler Self are not playing today.

3:32 p.m. Update:

Warm-up time now that intros are finished. Remember, Self has to leave the gym when the scrimmage is going on, so he won’t get to see what he’s got just yet.

I think he’s got a pretty good idea, though.

3:24 p.m. Update

The campers beat the counselors in a tight one and KU coach Bill Self is now introducing next year’s team to the campers in the stands… Lots of cheers, as you might imagine.

As for the alums, the only guys I’ve seen out there so far, wearing red, are:

Cole Aldrich
Justin Wesley
Ben McLemore
Tyrel Reed

Not a bad group if they can find a point guard.

We’ll add to the list if/when more guys show up but it’s possible the alumni team might need to pick up a few of the current guys, which is pretty typical.

3:08 p.m. Update

The campers, youngest to oldest, are scrimmaging a few managers right now in what has become an annual tradition.

They’ll do a few 8-minute quarters of this and then the KU guys will take the floor.

Check back often because they’ve been known to wind the clock and skip ahead here and there during this one.

Stay tuned…

Original Post:

As you might already have noticed, it’s that time of year again, time for the annual Bill Self basketball camps to dominate Lawrence’s hoops scene for a few weeks.

Every summer, Self, with the help of current and former Jayhawks, welcomes hundreds of young hoopers to town for several days of instruction, entertainment and, of course, autographs.

In addition to featuring the fundamentals of basketball and some of the ins and outs of what goes on within the KU program, the camps often include some of the more entertaining alumni games in college basketball.

Today, sometime after 3 p.m., will be the first such game and its lineup figures to be as impressive as any we’ve seen in a while thanks to its proximity to the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic, which is set for 7 p.m. Thursday night at Lawrence High.

Each year that game, which, in the past, has included a ton of big names from KU history, treats fans to a fun night of good memories and laughable moments. With a lot of those guys being in town for that game tomorrow night, it ought to be interesting to see how many of them make it to today’s camp game, which usually pits the alums against the current crew.

That means an extended look at newcomers Cliff Alexander, Devonte’ Graham and Kelly Oubre, which we’ll document right here and have plenty more on after the scrimmage. Ukrainian sensation Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk is not yet in town, but those three other guys also figure to be key members of next year’s team and it will be interesting to see both how they mesh with KU’s returning roster as well as how well they hold their own against some crafty veterans from the past.

We’ll be up there to keep you updated on who made it to camp and I’ll also be doing a live blog of the camp scrimmage while Gary Bedore tracks down as many past greats as possible for interviews and our photography staff tries to capture all of the action.

Check back right here throughout the afternoon.