Kansas head coach Bill Self, during his post-game press conference was asked about the statement put out by Cliff Alexander's lawyer as well as the status of Perry Ellis.
Here is what Self had to say:
I heard that he put out a statement. I haven't seen it so I'm really not capable of commenting on it because I have no idea what it said. To my knowledge, everything is status quo. We have approached it like we're just moving forward where we're not going to have him. And if we have him it will be a bonus, but certainly I'm not going to let it be a distraction for our team. Everybody says Cliff Perry, Cliff Perry, Cliff Perry, and you're talking about two guys that didn't even play.
It'll be a bonus if we get him, but certainly after being around the situation for a couple of weeks and there hasn't been much movement, I'm not certainly holding my breath. Then on Perry, Perry practiced a little bit Monday, noncontact. Some contact Tuesday, full speed Wednesday, and then we practiced him this morning at 8:00.
He felt really good. When I talked to him he said "Coach, I feel really good. I think another day would probably do me some good, but I can play." And I said, "Well, if you think another day would do you some good, then we're going to wait another day."
He said he wanted to play, but when he threw in there, I think another day would help me, I made the decision right there, we're going on play him tomorrow. Hopefully he will play tomorrow. But we will get him up and practice him in the morning. He went through a 30 minute workout and if he feels good, which he tells me he feels great he said he could have played today. So there was no reason to put him out there, but I would like to see him play in this tournament, because I think he would do well to put him in competitive type situations before next week.
Here is what Self had to say:
I heard that he put out a statement. I haven't seen it so I'm really not capable of commenting on it because I have no idea what it said. To my knowledge, everything is status quo. We have approached it like we're just moving forward where we're not going to have him. And if we have him it will be a bonus, but certainly I'm not going to let it be a distraction for our team. Everybody says Cliff Perry, Cliff Perry, Cliff Perry, and you're talking about two guys that didn't even play.
It'll be a bonus if we get him, but certainly after being around the situation for a couple of weeks and there hasn't been much movement, I'm not certainly holding my breath. Then on Perry, Perry practiced a little bit Monday, noncontact. Some contact Tuesday, full speed Wednesday, and then we practiced him this morning at 8:00.
He felt really good. When I talked to him he said "Coach, I feel really good. I think another day would probably do me some good, but I can play." And I said, "Well, if you think another day would do you some good, then we're going to wait another day."
He said he wanted to play, but when he threw in there, I think another day would help me, I made the decision right there, we're going on play him tomorrow. Hopefully he will play tomorrow. But we will get him up and practice him in the morning. He went through a 30 minute workout and if he feels good, which he tells me he feels great he said he could have played today. So there was no reason to put him out there, but I would like to see him play in this tournament, because I think he would do well to put him in competitive type situations before next week.
