Perry Ellis signed autographs for two hours on Friday night and felt the love, no doubt.
The former Kansas forward and Wichita native only had look in front of him and his three teammates at the line of fans that snaked down a large staircase in the atrium at East High’s gymnasium, through the lobby, outside and down a sidewalk to see the reception he was getting.
But even if that wasn’t enough to show the soft-spoken Ellis, a two-time All-Big 12 pick, what he meant to his hometown, he needed only wait until the halftime auction of Friday’s Kansas Barnstorming Tour stop to be sure.