Duane Washington Jr. raised a white towel above his head, covering his face. The junior guard stood on the left side of the baseline by himself, the rest of his teammates standing side by side on the opposite side of the stanchion with their eyes first trained on CJ Walker, then on Kyle Young, as they gave teary-eyed Senior Day speeches to the families scattered across the seats inside the Schottenstein Center. Washington slowly paced alone. He muttered to himself and weakly swung the towel around.
When Young ended his address to the crowd, he and Walker solemnly strolled over to their fellow Ohio State players who embraced them with hugs before walking back to the locker room.