My understanding is that they only honor players who will complete their degree by year's end (or perhaps the following fall quarter) and have informed their coaches that they will be done competing. I think the pre-game ceremonies are more for allowing the fans to recognize and say goodbye to them. If it weren't about the fans they could just as easily hold private recognition events-and they probably do anyway.

Isn't Fuller from the UK ? Even with whatever scholarships he could get not sure he'dwant to pay for another year out of state tuition just to play basketball.

I thought Shaw graduated high school in 17, then went to some academy for a year. Ba in graduated high school in 18. Not sure how Shaw is still a sophomore even with a redshirt and the extra year unless that academy year is still ‘high school’?

Both could/should be on track to graduate.

Fuller has made tremendous progress during his time here so he'll be a key loss. I've always felt that Ba and Shaw were quite talented but their playing time was very limited each season.

These three are all quality teammates and have been excellent aggies. Obviously losing Fuller is a big loss on the court. Adeybayo could step back into the starting lineup if Les is looking for a better defender. Or maybe McGill steps in. I feel likes he's shown a few glimpses of what he can do on the offensive side.