Kyle Anderson underwent an MRI on his injured thumb Wednesday and was told that surgery is necessary.

“Dr. Urquhart says he has torn ligaments in his thumb and after reading the MRI and seeing the MRI he believes he needs surgery,” Kyle Anderson Sr. said. “We respect his opinion and judgment but are still going to have a second opinion.”

Anderson initially injured the thumb during a late-season practice and tweaked it again during a recent scrimmage for the McDonald’s All-American Game.

Elijah Johnson underwent surgery to have floating particles removed from his left knee.

Johnson will return to the court in six to eight weeks, Kansas coach Bill Self indicated.

“The reason we’re not going to bring him back sooner is there’s no reason to rush it,” Self said, explaining, “it was a scope. There was some swelling. When you have floating particles, they need to get in there and clean it up. By the middle of June he should be close to 100 percent. He should be good to go in June. This will not set him back at all.”

Johnson averaged 10.2 points, 3.5 assists and 3.2 rebounds this past season.

Kyle Anderson injured his left thumb in practice earlier this year and one specialist believes there may be ligament damage.

“He will have an MRI within the next day or so,” Anderson’s father, Kyle Anderson Sr. said. “He could possibly need surgery. I’m glad he was able to get through the all-star games.”

The UCLA signee could miss up to three months after surgery.

Marcus Paige has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of his left foot, but his high school coach expects him to be fully recovered by the time he arrives at North Carolina in June.

“By the time he leaves in June to head down [to North Carolina], he’ll be fine,” said Chris Robertson, Paige’s coach at Linn-Mar High in Marion, Iowa.

Paige will be counted on replace NBA bound point guard Kendall Marshall.

“He’s just so excited to get down to Carolina,” Robertson said.

Patric Young will return to Florida for his junior season, according to multiple sources.

The 6-foot-9, 247-pound Young was projected as a late first-round pick by most draft analysts.

The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NBA draft is April 29.