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With Ricky Tarrant and Devin Mitchell already having decided to transfer in the aftermath of Alabama’s head coaching change, a third player who was considering a possible move will stay.
Forward Shannon Hale, who missed the Crimson Tide’s final six games of the season with a foot injury, will return to Tuscaloosa for his junior season according to Michael Casagrande of AL.com. Hale’s decision makes him the leading returning scorer for new head coach Avery Johnson, as he averaged 8.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per contest in 2014-15.
“There was a thought about (transferring), but not really,” Hale said Thursday after Alabama’s team banquet.