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Perry Ellis’ final game shouldn’t tarnish his Kansas legacy

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.

Some with shortsightedness will judge the legacy of Kansas senior Perry Ellis differently now, unfortunately.

They’ll get caught up in his worst game that contributed to a bad game for KU that got the Jayhawks bounced from the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night in a 64-59 loss to Villanova in the South Regional final.

The 6-foot-8 Ellis, a model of consistency all season, scored four points, had four first-half turnovers and was mostly invisible down the stretch as the Jayhawks were dropping a game that could have gotten them to the Final Four.

There’s blame to go around, but much of it will be dropped into the lap of Ellis.