Introducing... Sam Maniscalco

"He was basically a captain from the moment he stepped foot in the gym," St. Pat's coach Mike Bailey says. "The seniors let everybody on the team know, 'This kid is like a senior right now,' "

"He was a high-major guard coming out of high school. That's a misnomer, that he wasn't," Mullins adds. "But he went to play for Jim (Les, the former Bradley coach). The calls didn't stop coming after he committed to Jim. He could have played in the Big East or the Big Ten."

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