Thomas never got a guarantee he would be a first-round pick, which meant a guaranteed three-year contract. Thomas withdrew on June 6 to return to Notre Dame for the 2003-04 year. Junior He was named to the Associated Press Honorable Mention selection and BIG EAST second-team honoree for the second straight year. He became the career leader in assists with 638, setting the record in home game against Connecticut on February 9, 2004. He is the only player in Notre Dame basketball history to score more than 1,700 points and dish off 600-plus assists. Senior Chris never missed a game during his Irish career and started all 128 contests despite undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery for a cartilage tear in left kneecap on April 9. Despite playing with knee injury throughout the season, averaged 14.2 points, 6.7 assists, 5.0 rebounds in 38.3 minutes per game. Professional career 2006/07: Anwil (PLK) 2007/08 and 2008/09 CB Murcia, Spain Thomas was currently playing for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, Ayuda en acción Fuenlabrada in Spain's top professional basketball league the Liga ACB during the 2009/2010 season. The American guard left the club due to the team's financial difficulties but did not have wait too long for a new job because he signed a 2-year contrant with Anwil Wloclawek in Poland, in which he played for in 2007 and their team won the Cup in Poland. Thomas terminated his contract with Anwil Wloclawek and went to play in Israel's top league for Galil Gilboa, which finished 2nd this past season. There he won the Balkan League Championship with the club, their first European title in club's history. See also List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 11 or more steals in a game References External links Player Profile @ ESPN.com Notre Dame Player Profile Eurobasket.com Profile 1982 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players American people of Polish descent Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players Basketball players from Indianapolis CB Murcia players Fabriano Basket players Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon players KK Włocławek players Liga ACB players Maroussi B.C. players McDonald's High School All-Americans Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Point guards Polish expatriate basketball people in Spain Polish men's