LAWRENCE | The Kansas basketball program may have actually had some good news for a change Thursday when freshman forwards Marcus and Markieff Morris were given approval by the NCAA Clearinghouse to play this season for the Jayhawks.</p><p>The twins from Philadelphia had already missed 10 days of classes, and there was concern about their ability to catch up academically.</p><p>&#8220;We probably had a few more days,&#8221; KU coach Bill Self said, &#8220;but we didn&#8217;t have many. I don&#8217;t think any faculty member would recommend missing 10 days of class. So obviously that was our biggest concern.&#8221;</p><p>Self has said he didn&#8217;t expect it to take this long for the Morris twins to receive word from the NCAA. Any longer and Self may have had to think hard about whether to enroll the twins in fall classes. Self said that former KU standout Brandon Rush, who also had a delay in being cleared by the NCAA, started his college career at about the same time in September 2005.</p><p>&#8220;We are concerned about this,&#8221; Self said. &#8220;That&#8217;s why the next two weeks our biggest commitment will be academically to make sure we get the guys to the point where they&#8217;re caught up and comfortable and moving forward. Athletics is obviously important for us, but the biggest thing for them right now is to get acclimated in the classroom.&#8221;</p><p>The Morris twins will take their first fall classes today. Something finally went right for the KU program, which has had to navigate its way through a rocky offseason since winning the NCAA championship in April.</p><p>A day after it was reported that former stars Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were kicked out of the NBA&#8217;s rookie transition program for having women and marijuana in their hotel room, Self can now focus his gaze directly to the future. The 2008-09 Jayhawks will have their full allotment of players, including seven newcomers from a class Rivals.com ranked No. 2 in the country.</p><p>Self coached an undersized KU team during its three-game Canadian exhibition last weekend, using the 6-foot-5 Mario Little at power forward. Markieff Morris is 6-10 and Marcus Morris is 6-8.</p><p>&#8220;From a size standpoint,&#8221; Self said, &#8220;we got a lot bigger. But I can&#8217;t comment on their abilities because I haven&#8217;t seen them (play) since earlier in the year last year. There&#8217;s no doubt they&#8217;re both talented. We certainly have some really good pieces that hopefully we can begin to put together.&#8221;</p><p>Self refused to comment on Markieff Morris&#8217; legal situation. Markieff Morris was charged with battery last month after being accused of shooting a woman with an airsoft BB gun from a Jayhawker Towers window. Morris has a court date on Dec. 12. Self has said that Morris would be punished.