Neil Reed

Burgess Neil Reed[3] (November 29, 1975 – July 26, 2012) was a college basketball player at Indiana University and the University of Southern Mississippi.[4] He was noted for an incident during which he was choked by controversial Indiana coach Bob Knight in 1997.

Neil Reed
Personal information
Born(1975-11-29)November 29, 1975[1]
Hot Springs, Arkansas[2]
DiedJuly 26, 2012(2012-07-26) (aged 36)
Santa Maria, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolEast Jefferson (Metairie, Louisiana)
College
NBA draft1999 / Undrafted
PositionGuard
Number5

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,[5] 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.[6]

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 1426 points (11.7 ppg).[7] 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).[7] Indiana appeared in the NCAA Tournament during each of Reed's three seasons there, losing in the first round in March 1995, March 1996, and March 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.[8] 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.[9] Knight was later dismissed from Indiana, in September 2000.

Further information: Bob Knight § Dismissal from Indiana

Reed's life after basketball included work as an intern at ESPN The Magazine.[10] 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.[11]

Reed died at the age of 36 following a massive heart attack,[12] at the Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, on July 26, 2012.[13]

References
  1. Obituary: R.G. Armstrong, Norman Alden, Ted Hinshaw, Neil Reed - Los Angeles Times
  2. Neil Reed - Indiana Hoosiers Basketball
  3. Obituary for Burgess Neil Reed, Nipomo, CA
  4. Neil Reed Southern Miss Basketball - Eagle Fever
  5. Rex Kirts (1993-07-29). "Ex-South star Reed picks IU". Bloomington, IN: The Herald-Times. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  6. "Reid, Vollrath honored". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. March 16, 1994. p. 12. Retrieved November 29, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "Neil Reed". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  8. "The Knight Tape: Video captures encounter between IU coach, ex-player". CNN Sports Illustrated. 2000-09-09. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  9. CNN.com - Fired Bob Knight calms angry student demonstrators - September 11, 2000 Archived May 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Rabjohns, Jeff (July 26, 2012). "Report: Former IU player Neil Reed dies". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  11. "Pioneer Valley coach Neil Reed dies". santamariatimes.com. July 26, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  12. Strom, Mike (26 July 2012). "Neil Reed, former Indiana University basketball player and East Jefferson High School standout, dead at age 36". The Times-Picayune. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012 – via highschoolsports.nola.com.
  13. "Neil Reed Obituary". legacy.com. July 28, 2012.

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