KU Men's Basketball AY2023-24 Scholarships

As we are all well aware, as part of its agreed to punishments in the recently decided infractions case, KUMBB self-administered a reduction of a total of 3 scholarships for the program, to be taken during the period AY2023-24 through AY 2025-26.

As this particular punishment was set up, KUMBB nominally would lose one scholarship a year for each of those AYs.
That is KUMBB would have
12 scholarships (instead of 13) each AY to count against each of
AY2023-24, AY2024-25 and AY2025-26.

However, as set up there is nothing to stop KUMBB from using more than one unused scholarship in any of the given academic years against that total of 3, as long as a total of 3 of the potential 39 scholarships are left unused during that period.

In other words, since KUMBB has less than the nominal 12 scholarships for this AY, it could use more than 1 of the unused scholarships against the penalty in this AY.

So...

KU has just 10 scholarship players (instead of the normal 13) on the roster this AY.

THE QUESTION
Can all 3 unused scholarships be used to pay off the penalty in full this season?

THE ANSWER?
Arterio Morris seems to mean "no".

If KUMBB does not add any other scholarship players to the roster this AY, KUMBB will still have 11 "counters" against the annual 13 scholarship limit, leaving just 2 scholarships to be applied against the penalty from this AY.

At least as far as my understanding of the NCAA regulations.
I'll gladly stand corrected if I am not correctly understanding the regulations.

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NCAA Division 1 2023-24 Men's Basketball manual

(First some terms - HE)
15.02.3 Counter.
A "counter" includes any individual who is receiving institutional financial aid that is countable against the aid limitations in a sport. Unless an exception is satisfied, once a student-athlete becomes a counter, the student-athlete remains a counter for the entire academic year. Further, an undergraduate four-year transfer awarded or issued athletically related financial aid in the academic year of initial, full-time enrollment at the certifying institution shall be a counter for the period of the award (see Bylaw 15.3.3.3) unless a provision of Bylaw 15.5.1.2.1 is met.
(NB: KU does AY awards, not multi year - HE)

15.02.3.2 Replacement of Counter.
An institution may apply a legislated exception to replace a counter who is no longer participating with the program and the replaced student-athlete shall not be a counter for the remainder of the academic year.
(Adopted: 11/14/22)

(Now some substance re: the situation - HE)

15.3.4.2.1 Undergraduate Four-Year College Transfers.
Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability awarded or issued to an undergraduate four-year transfer student in the academic year of initial, fulltime enrollment at the certifying institution may only be reduced or canceled during the period of the award if the recipient: (Adopted: 8/31/22 applicable to transfer student-athletes seeking eligibility during the 2023-24 academic year and thereafter, Revised: 11/14/22, 1/11/23, 6/28/23)

(a) Transfers to another institution (see Bylaw 14.5.2); (Arterio transferred to a JUCO, does that count?)
(b) Loses amateur status and is no longer eligible for intercollegiate competition in the applicable sport (see Bylaw
12.1.2); or
(c) Is disqualified or suspended from receiving institutional financial aid by an institutional (as opposed to athletics
department) proceeding (e.g., disciplinary process). However, the student shall remain a counter for the period of
the award; or
(d) Does not meet any of the conditions affecting transfer status at the certifying institution (for nonathletically
related reasons) in the first regular term of the student-athlete’s aid agreement.
(See Bylaw 15.5.1.2.1 for exceptions to counter legislation for undergraduate four-year transfers.)

and

15.3.5.1.2 Undergraduate Four-Year College Transfers.
[A] Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability awarded to an undergraduate four-year transfer student in the academic year of initial, full-time enrollment at the certifying institution may only be reduced or canceled during the period of the award if the recipient: (Adopted: 8/31/22 applicable to transfer student-athletes seeking eligibility during the 2023-24 academic year and thereafter, Revised: 11/14/22, 1/11/23, 6/28/23)

(a) Transfers to another institution (see Bylaw 14.5.2) ; (Again, Arterio transferred to a JUCO, does it count? - HE)

(b) Loses amateur status and is no longer eligible for intercollegiate competition in the applicable sport (see Bylaw 12.1.2) ; or

(c) Is disqualified or suspended from receiving institutional financial aid by an institutional (as opposed to athletics department) proceeding (e.g., disciplinary process). However, the student shall remain a counter for the period of the award; or

(d) Does not meet any of the conditions affecting transfer status at the certifying institution (for nonathletically related reasons) in the first regular term of the student-athlete’s aid agreement. (See Bylaw 15.5.1.2.1 for exceptions to counter legislation for undergraduate four-year transfers.)
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Note that these last two sections refer specifically to "Undergraduate Four-Year College Transfers", and no one else
And note that in both sections it seems that only parts (c) require the losing institution to carry the student-athlete as a counter for the "period of the award" (again, AY2023-24 in Arterio's case).

I've not seen anything anywhere about a proceeding being held leading up to his dismissal.
Anyone know if there was one?

And if the answer is "no", then was his dismissal really a "disqualification" as described above, or was he allowed to voluntarily leave the program and KU rather than face such a proceeding and KU just called it being "dismissed" from the squad?

And does his transfer to Garden City CC and then Los Angeles Southwest College, a junior college in the West Athens area of Los Angeles, count as a "transfer" for the NCAA since these transfers were not to another 4 year school?

Because it seems it makes a difference?...