KU basketball, football players involved in three altercations

LAWRENCE | Tuesday night’s conflict between Kansas football and men’s basketball players spilled into this morning, and the latest incident reportedly involved prominent players from both teams.

The University Daily Kansan, KU’s student newspaper, reported on its Web site that witnesses saw basketball players Sherron Collins, Tyshawn Taylor, Marcus and Markieff Morris, and Mario Little, among others, at the scene of the altercation outside Wescoe Hall.

Football players Dezmon Briscoe, a standout wide receiver, and Chris Harris, a starting cornerback, were seen talking to police.

Taylor was the only player known to have been involved in one of the two incidents that occurred Tuesday night. He was treated at a hospital for an injury that he revealed on his Facebook page at 12:10 this morning as a dislocated finger he hurt while throwing a punch. Schuyler Bailey, the captain of the KU Public Safety Office, said that his officers had been called to skirmishes between football and basketball players three times in the last 24 hours. Each time, the reporting officers couldn’t find anybody involved who considered themselves a victim or wanted to press charges. Bailey said his office can’t do anything until someone comes forward. (more…)