Wasn't Wade given an honorary degree?

Also - out of the guys that some say "never should have been here", I still love the fact that DJO & Jimmy Butler have their degrees. DJO took a heavy workload his last year and finished the last summer despite being drafted because Buzz & Aki made him do it as they made a promise to his mom when they recruited him that he would leave MU with a degree. Jimmy came back and finished what he needed while being in the NBA.

To me, that is awesome.

Sometimes it is tough though, what was the deal with Tony Smith? He was an engineering major who left for the NBA while being about a dozen credits shy? Comes back after career is over to finish up and finds that the requirements of the major had changed, and he now needed like 30 plus credits? Something like that.

Also on that front - Aaron Hutchins has had a tough go of it over the years. I know someone contacted me about him a few years ago saying he wanted to come back and if there was anything I could do. I passed it on to anyone who would listen.

A couple of months ago someone on this board hit me up saying they heard he was looking to get involved.

I am happy to report that someone in the know told me that he is back and that the university has been very accommodating helping him get the classes he needs as well as some employment work as he tries to finish up. After this many years - that takes balls, I hope he does it and will pull for him every step of the way.