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Omar Shariff Sneed (born October 9, 1976) is an American professional
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of
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(TBL). A
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native, Sneed played
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at West Brook in Beaumont. He then played two years in
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at San Jacinto, being named a first team
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All-American. He played his junior and senior seasons in the
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with the
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, being a two-time all-conference selection. After going undrafted in the
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, Sneed started his professional career in
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. Over the years he has played in several countries in
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,
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and
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, being the top scorer of the Dutch league in 2001 and being named in the top-5 of the
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. He retired from professional basketball in 2015 after a season in the Turkish second division.


High school career

Sneed was born in Texas to Robert and Gertrude Sneed. He attended
West Brook High School West Brook Senior High School is a high school in the city of Beaumont, Texas. It is operated by the Beaumont Independent School District and was formed in 1982 as a court-ordered measure to integrate the schools of the formerly separate South P ...
in Beaumont, where he averaged 32 points per game as a sophomore in the 1992–93 season. As a senior, Sneed averaged 21 points and 13 rebounds per game, being selected in the All-State First Team by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC).


College career


San Jacinto

Sneed was recruited by
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programs
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and
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during his high school career. He signed with Houston in April 1995; however, Sneed did not qualify academically to play in the
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, and he decided to play for a
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in the
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, choosing
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, a community college in the
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area which competed in the NJCAA Division I. In his freshman season Sneed averaged 21 points and 10.9 rebounds per game, shooting 60.3% from the field. At the end of the season, Sneed was named in the All-TEC first team as one of the best players in the conference. As a sophomore, Sneed played along future
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, who had joined San Jacinto as a freshman in 1996; in a game against
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, Sneed scored a career-high 43 points. Sneed averaged 24.2 points and 11.3 rebounds per game, shooting 58.2% from the field, and was ranked 7th in the nation among junior college players. San Jacinto reached the championship game during the 1997 NJCAA Division I tournament in
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, losing to
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of
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, 80–89. Sneed was the top scorer of the game with 26 points (18 in the first half). At the end of the season, Sneed was named the 1997 TEAC MVP, and was included in the All-Conference First Team; he was also a first-team All-American, and the ''
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'' named him JUCO National Player of the Year.


Memphis

In May 1997, Sneed signed a
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to play for
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in the NCAA Division I. He chose to wear jersey number 31 and made his debut with the Tigers in the season opener against Louisiana–Monroe on November 15, 1997; in the following game, he recorded a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds against Vanderbilt.''1998-99 University of Memphis Basketball Media Guide''. University of Memphis. 1998. p. 44. On December 20, he scored a new career-high 30 points against
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. On February 2, 1998 Sneed was named
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Player of the Week; on February 11, he posted 37 points and 20 rebounds, career-highs at Memphis, in a double overtime loss against DePaul. On February 21, he scored 34 points (with 8 rebounds) against
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, earning his second Conference USA Player of the Week nomination on February 23. He had 12
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s in the season,''1998-99 University of Memphis Basketball Media Guide''. University of Memphis. 1998. p. 82. leading the team in scoring in 18 games and in rebounding in 16 games.''1998-99 University of Memphis Basketball Media Guide''. University of Memphis. 1998. p. 61. He also led the Conference USA in scoring (22.7 points per game) and rebounding (9.7) in conference games only (16 appearances). He started all 29 games, playing a total of 1,053 minutes (36.3 per game), and averaged 20.9 points and 9.2 rebounds for the season, shooting 58.5% from the field. At the end of the season he was named the team MVP, and a first-team All-Conference USA selection. He was also named in the
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All-District 4 team and in the NABC District 7 First Team, and the Tennessee Sports Writers Association named him Player of the Year. Before the start of his senior season, Sneed was named in the preseason first-team All-Conference USA by the coaches, who also named him the preseason Conference USA Player of the Year. The USBWA also named him in the preseason watchlist for the
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. Sneed debuted in the season opener against
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, scoring 10 points. Sneed averaged 16.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, leading the team in scoring and rebounding. During his senior year he recorded 6 double-doubles, bringing his career total to 18. He started all 28 games, playing 890 total minutes (31.8 per game). He played his last game with Memphis on March 3, 1999, against
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during the 1999 Conference USA tournament, fouling out in the final minute after having posted 16 points and 10 rebounds. At the end of the year, Sneed was named in the NABC All-District 7 First Team and in the All-Conference USA Second Team. Sneed scored a total of 1,072 points in two seasons (the fourth player to do so in Memphis history), which at the time of his retirement ranked him 29th in the program's all-time scoring list.


College statistics

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Professional career

After the end of his senior season, Sneed was automatically eligible for the
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, where he went undrafted. He was selected by the
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in the third round (24th overall) of the 1999 IBL draft, and by the
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in the eighth round (65th overall) of the 1999 CBA draft. Sneed opted to play abroad, and signed with Sabios de Manizales in
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in the
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of 1999, playing in the Copa Costeñita, the national basketball championship of Colombia. He then signed in November 1999 for
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in
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, and played one game for the team; he also played for San Lázaro in the
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. In 2000 he signed for
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of the
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, and he led the league in scoring in the 2000–01 season, averaging 27.1 points per game. He was also named the All-Star Game MVP after posting 30 points and 14 rebounds. In the summer of 2001, Sneed played for the
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in the Rocky Mountain Revue, an
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tournament. He then joined Power Wevelgem in Belgium, where he ranked second in the league in scoring with 20.9 points per game. Sneed was selected by the
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in the 12th round (92nd overall) in the
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. Instead of signing for a NBDL team, Sneed joined
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, and during the 2002–03
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season he averaged 17.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game over 25 appearances. In October 2003, Sneed signed for the
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in the
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. He played 33 games in the 2003–04 BBL season, averaging 22.3 points, 8.8 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.7 steals per game, placing fifth in the league in rebounding. Sneed had his first experience in
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in the 2004–05 season, during which he played for
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: he averaged 18.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, earning his first selection in the
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, the all-league first team. In 2006, Sneed signed a contract for
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of the
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, and he averaged 11.5 points, 7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game over 22 appearances, placing fifth in the league in rebounding. He also took part in the
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with the team. He stayed with the club for the following season, and played 4 games (14.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2 assists) before moving to
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and signing for Kaveh BC of
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. During the
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he also took part in postseason play in the series lost 0–3 by Kaveh to
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, scoring 30, 23 and 27 points, respectively. He also played in the
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with
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, another club from Tehran. In July 2008 he signed with
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, thus returning to Israel and finding coach
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who had already coached him Maccabi Rishon LeZion in 2004–05. With Hapoel he averaged 14.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5 assists (a career-high) per game in the 2008–09 season, earning his second nomination in the Premier League Quintet. He also took part in the
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, averaging 15.8 points and 5 rebounds over 5 games. In 2009 he left Hapoel and returned to Elitzur Ashkelon for a second stint with the club. He averaged 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game during the 2009–10 season. He then signed for Pinar Karşıyaka of the
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and played 7 league games (13 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists) and 4 games in the
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(2 in the qualifying rounds and 2 in the regular season) before leaving the team in December 2010. In late 2011 he participated in the
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with
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, and was later cut during the season after 3 games. He signed for Mersin BB in January 2012, and played 15 games during the
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, averaging 16.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. In 2012 he played 9 games between June and July for the
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during the 2012 PBA Governors' Cup. He returned to Mersin for the
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, averaging 12.5 points and 6.1 rebounds over 11 appearances. After being inactive for the 2013–14 season, he briefly played for Ankara DSİ in the
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, the second tier of Turkish basketball, appearing in 2 games (2 points and 4 rebounds per game).


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External links


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