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COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M guard TJ Starks is entering the NCAA transfer portal and is exiting A&M. Starks already had been suspended indefinitely following his arrest nearly two weeks ago on charges of marijuana possession.

“We appreciate all that TJ gave our program during his time here, and wish him the absolute best going forward,” first-year A&M coach Buzz Williams said in a statement.

Starks, who has 33 starts in the past two seasons, has averaged 11 points per game. The volatile playmaker spent a chunk of his first two years in then-coach Billy Kennedy’s doghouse, but was one of the Aggies’ most explosive players when times were good.

Starks’ 19 points led the Aggies in their upset of then-defending national champion North Carolina in the second round of the 2018 NCAA tournament in Charlotte, N.C.

Meantime the 3-1 Aggies will take on Harvard on Thanksgiving Day in the Orlando Invitational in Florida, with either Maryland or Temple on tap on Friday in Orlando. The Aggies don’t play at home again until Dec. 15 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

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