Neil Reed
{{Short description|American basketball coach and former player (1975–2012)}}
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| name = Neil Reed
| image = Neil_Reed_(basketball_player).jpg
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| number = 5
| position = Guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date|1975|11|29}}[https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings-20120801-story.html Obituary: R.G. Armstrong, Norman Alden, Ted Hinshaw, Neil Reed - Los Angeles Times]
| birth_place = Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.[http://www.lostlettermen.com/neil_reed-indiana-basketball-big_10-p35339/ Neil Reed - Indiana Hoosiers Basketball]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|7|26|1975|11|29}}
| death_place = Santa Maria, California, U.S.
| high_school = East Jefferson (Metairie, Louisiana)
| college =
- Indiana (1994–1997)
- Southern Miss (1998–1999)
| draft_year = 1999
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Burgess Neil Reed[http://www.arkansasonline.com/obituaries/2012/jul/29/burgess-reed-2012-07-29/ Obituary for Burgess Neil Reed, Nipomo, CA] (November 29, 1975 – July 26, 2012) was an American college basketball player who played at Indiana University and the University of Southern Mississippi.[http://eaglefever.com/roster_player/neil-reed Neil Reed Southern Miss Basketball - Eagle Fever] He was noted for an incident during which he was choked by controversial Indiana coach Bob Knight in 1997.
Biography
Reed played high school basketball at South Spencer High School in Reo, Indiana, as a freshman, Bloomington High School South in Bloomington, Indiana, as a sophomore,
{{cite news |last=Kirts |first=Rex |date=1993-07-29 |title=Ex-South star Reed picks IU |publisher=The Herald-Times |location=Bloomington, IN |url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/1993/07/29/archive.19930729.c804345.sto |accessdate=2018-04-28}}
and East Jefferson High School in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, as a junior and senior. Reed was named the Louisiana High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year in March 1994.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25834253/reid_vollrath_honored/ |title=Reid, Vollrath honored |newspaper=The Town Talk |location=Alexandria, Louisiana |page=12 |date=March 16, 1994 |accessdate=November 29, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}
Reed played college basketball with the Indiana Hoosiers for three seasons, and after sitting out a year, one season with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Reed appeared in a total of 122 games, scoring 1,426 points (11.7 ppg).{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/neil-reed-1.html |title=Neil Reed |website=sports-reference.com |accessdate=November 29, 2018}} He led the Big Ten in free throw percentage for the 1996–97 season (.854), and led Conference USA in the same statistic for the 1998–99 season (.845). Indiana appeared in the NCAA tournament during each of Reed's three seasons there, losing in the first round in 1995, 1996, and 1997.
On March 14, 2000, the CNN Sports Illustrated network ran a piece in which former player Reed claimed that he had been choked by Indiana coach Bobby Knight during a 1997 practice.{{cite news|title=The Knight Tape: Video captures encounter between IU coach, ex-player|publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated|date=2000-09-09|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/thenetwork/news/2000/04/11/knight_cnnsi/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815202719/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/thenetwork/news/2000/04/11/knight_cnnsi/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2000|accessdate=2008-09-29}} Knight denied the claims in the story. However, less than a month later, the network aired a tape of an Indiana practice from 1997 that appeared to show Knight choking Reed.[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/09/11/knight.protest.02 CNN.com - Fired Bob Knight calms angry student demonstrators - September 11, 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518025450/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/09/11/knight.protest.02 |date=May 18, 2008 }} Knight was later dismissed from Indiana, in September 2000.
{{more|Bob Knight#Dismissal from Indiana}}
Reed's life after basketball included work as an intern at ESPN The Magazine.{{cite news |url=https://indiana.rivals.com/news/report-former-iu-player-neil-reed-dies/printable |title=Report: Former IU player Neil Reed dies |first=Jeff |last=Rabjohns |website=Rivals.com |date=July 26, 2012 |accessdate=November 29, 2018}} In 2007, he joined Pioneer Valley High School in Santa Maria, California, as a physical education teacher, later coaching boys' basketball, boys' and girls' golf, and football.{{cite news |url=https://santamariatimes.com/high-school/pvhs/pioneer-valley-coach-neil-reed-dies/article_4df90b12-d786-11e1-b8b6-0019bb2963f4.html |title=Pioneer Valley coach Neil Reed dies |website=santamariatimes.com |date=July 26, 2012 |accessdate=November 30, 2018}}
Reed died at the age of 36 following a massive heart attack,{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Strom |work=The Times-Picayune |url=http://highschoolsports.nola.com/news/article/2308430138356018741/neil-reed-former-indiana-university-basketball-player-and-east-jefferson-high-school-standout-dead-at-age-36 |title=Neil Reed, former Indiana University basketball player and East Jefferson High School standout, dead at age 36 |via=highschoolsports.nola.com |date=26 July 2012 |access-date=27 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730000401/http://highschoolsports.nola.com/news/article/2308430138356018741/neil-reed-former-indiana-university-basketball-player-and-east-jefferson-high-school-standout-dead-at-age-36/ |archive-date=30 July 2012 |url-status=dead }} at the Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, on July 26, 2012. Reed was married to Kelly with two children, Marley and Presley.{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanluisobispo/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=158787103 |title=Neil Reed Obituary |date=July 28, 2012 |website=legacy.com}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |first=Bob |last=Knight |title=Knight: My Story |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books |date=2002 |isbn=0312282575 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/knightmystory00knig/page/277 277, 311–312, 313, 314, 327] |url=https://archive.org/details/knightmystory00knig/page/277 |url-access=registration}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-opinion/choking-is-not-what-i-remember-about-neil-ree/ |title=Choking Is Not What I Remember About Neil Reed |first=Evan |last=West |website=Indianapolis Monthly |date=July 27, 2012 |accessdate=November 29, 2018}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPApzXM7K-8 The Last Days of Knight | 30 for 30 Trailer | ESPN] via YouTube
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnXPM2eoGx0&t=0m35s Bob Knight CNN/SI Report] via YouTube
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm3YFFjj5y8 Bob Knight Chokes Neil Reed] via YouTube
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