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The 32nd annual Late Night in the Phog begins tonight at approximately 6:30 PM and is expected to run until about 9:30 PM.
How to Watch
The festivities are being broadcast on Time Warner Cable and the Jayhawk TV Network, including online streaming on ESPN3. (I’m guessing blackout restrictions in the state of Kansas and the Kansas City metro will apply, but I don’t know.)
As always, admission is free and it is a first-come, first-served, ticketless event.
This year, a new feature adjacent to Allen Fieldhouse will be open to the public - the DeBruce Center opened last month, and will be many fans’ first opportunity to view the original rules of basketball as penned by Dr. James Naismith.
Student doors open at 5 PM and the general public doors open at 5:30 PM. Kansas Athletics will consider opening the entrances earlier if warranted by a large enough crowd.
Late Night is also a HUGE recruiting event for Bill Self and the Jayhawks. The following is a list of prospects who said they would be in attendance (ranking from Rivals):
| POS | NAME | STATE | RANK | CLASS |
| PG | Trevon Duval | FL | 3 | 2017 |
| PG | Collin Sexton | GA | 7 | 2017 |
| PF | Billy Preston | VA | 8 | 2017 |
| SG | Troy Brown | NV | 12 | 2017 |
| PF | Cody Riley | CA | 34 | 2017 |
| PG | Tremont Waters | CA | 36 | 2017 |
| PG | * Marcus Garrett | TX | 37 | 2017 |
| PG | Immanuel Quickley | MD | 12 | 2018 |
| PF | Bol Bol | KS | 14 | 2018 |
| PG | Brandon Williams | CA | 25 | 2018 |
| PF | Keenan Fitzmorris | KS | 109 | 2018 |
| PF | Matthew Hurt | MN | 5 | 2019 |
| PF | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | KS | 18 | 2019 |
| SG | Grant Sherfield | TX | 19 | 2019 |
| PG | Brandon Williams | CA | 25 | 2019 |
| G | Markese Jacobs | IL | NR | 2019 |
| G | Zach Harvey | KS | NR | 2019 |
* Verbally committed to Kansas.
In addition, Brandon Schneider and the women's hoops team have a big night of recruiting, including two top-10 recruits. Per Jesse Newell:
| POS | NAME | STATE | RANK | CLASS |
| Guard | Chennedy Carer | TX | 6 | 2017 |
| Wing | Rennia Davis | FL | 9 | 2017 |
| Wing | Michala Wilson | LA | 51 | 2017 |
| Wing | Kayla Wells | TX | 76 | 2017 |
| Post | * Bailey Helgren | MN | 95 | 2017 |
| Post | Joanna Grymek | KS | #1 JuCo | 2017 |
* Verbally committed to Kansas.
The women's team already has two transfers in from last year that were both highly rated recruits. From Newell's article:
Jessica Washington, who came from North Carolina, was ranked 14th in her class by HoopGurlz and is the first McDonald's All-American on the KU women's team since Lauren Ervin in 2003. Southern California transfer McKenzie Calvert also was HoopGurlz's 15th-best player.
Both guards are eligible to play this season for KU after sitting out in 2015-16.
It should be a fun night in Allen Fieldhouse tonight. If you can't be there, hopefully you can tune in!