How will Auburn remember Dylan Cardwell and Chad Baker-Mazara?

It's probably not a question a lot of college athletes contemplate as they consider their next career move. Stay in college or go pro. Stay at your current school or enter the transfer portal. Honor the contract you already signed with your current school's NIL collective or try to renegotiate for more money.

There's a lot to ponder in planning your next four months without worrying about your next 40 years.

Which brings us to Dylan Cardwell and Chad Baker-Mazara.

They were two of the starters for the best basketball team in Auburn history, two key contributors known as much for their unique personalities as their consistent production. They said public good-byes to the Plains on the same day last week.

They did it for different reasons to head in different directions. Cardwell is moving on to life after college basketball, his eligibility clock expired. Baker-Mazara is leaving for one more season of college ball somewhere other than Auburn through the transfer portal.

They will be remembered by the Auburn family but in very different ways. ...

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