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Woolridge finally signs to play for the Jayhawks

11:31 PM CST

In the euphoria after the Kansas Jayhawks won the 2008 national championship, KU coach Bill Self was suddenly on the phone with a high school sophomore from Phoenix who really wanted to play for Self starting in the fall of 2010. Self hadn’t seen Royce Woolridge play, but KU assistant Kurtis Townsend had. Townsend liked what he saw in Woolridge, a 6-foot-3 combo guard, and hey, life was good, so why not? Self offered Woolridge a scholarship, Woolridge accepted, and for the last year and a half, neither side has budged on their mutual interest.