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Returning Player Refresher: Shaq Thomas

Its time for me to come clean. I have never been, nor will I likely ever be, a college basketball coach. I know, you're stunned. Despite this earth-shattering revelation, I think I can say with some certainty that all coaches like to have players they can rely on to do multiple things on the floor. Mick Cronin is definitely one of those coaches, or at least that is what his recruiting resume has shown. Shaq Thomas is one of those players and although he has never really lived up to his four-star recruit ranking, he has proven to be a strong cog in Cronin's engine, littering the stat sheet and buying into the defense first, second, third, fourth and fifth system.