In Reply to: Re: The 5's posted by jerseybruin on November 22, 2025 at 10:17:04
just 2 seasons ago. If he's not a "post up center," the definition is so restrictive that it's meaningless. He definitely isn't a strecth 5.
Jalen Hill (RIP) was also pretty good. He averaged 9 points and 7 rebounds as a sophmore and could practically jump out of the gym. A tragic loss.
At Cincinatti, Cronin had 7-0, 240 Nysier Brooks from 2017 to 2019. His junior season, he averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds. Pretty good for a guy who was likely low 3-star to begin with.
Before that, he had 6-10 270 Coreonte DeBerry in 2015 and 2016 (6 & 4 in 16) and 7-1 250 David Nyarsuk in 2013 and 2014, although didn't register much in the way of meaningful stats.
And all of doesn't even take Mara into consideration.
Regardless, the idea that Cronin doesn't like and has never had effective post-up centers is demonstrably false.