Tyrel Reed (born April 8, 1989) is an American former

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player who played for

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. He is the winningest player in KU Jayhawks history, with a combined record of 132–17 record in his four seasons at the

. Reed wrote a book, ''Reed All About It: Driven to be a Jayhawk'', about his experience growing up in Kansas and playing with the Jayhawks. It was co-written by Tully Corcoran and published by Ascend Books.

High school

In Reed's senior year of high school at Burlington High School, he averaged 26.4 points per game, 7.0 rebounds per game and 5.0 assists per game. This was good enough for him to be named Mr. Kansas Basketball as well as Kansas' Gatorade Player of the Year. Reed was also an outstanding

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athlete, winning the state championship for long jump his senior year and also finishing second in the 400 meter dash.

College career

Freshman season

Reed appeared in twenty-three games his freshman season, but only averaged 6.2 minutes per game and 2.0 points per game. In the 2008 NCAA tournament, he made an appearance in the final minute of the semi-final match-up against the

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, but did not play in national championship game, which Kansas won.

Sophomore season

Reed saw an increase in playing time his sophomore season averaging 20.7 minutes per game and also started two games. Reed also increased his scoring average to 6.5 points per game.

Junior season

In his junior season, Reed appeared in all thirty-six games and also averaged 5.1 points per game in 15.6 minutes per game. Reed scored a season-high fifteen points against

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in the

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championship game. In the

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the first seed Jayhawks were upset by the ninth seed

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in the round of thirty-two.

Senior season

In his senior season, Reed was an honorable All-Big 12 selection. He also averaged career highs in points per game (9.7), rebounds per game (3.1), assists per game (1.7), steals per game (1.5), and minutes per game (28.7). The

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lost to the

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in the

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of the

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. Reed scored nine points in the game, but only went 1–9 from the field and 1–7 for three-pointers.

Professional career

Following the end of his college career, Reed signed with VOO Verviers-Pepinster of the

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. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. He was released in December 2011.

Graduate school

Following his playing career, Reed attended graduate school at the

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. He began classes in summer of 2012 and graduated in May 2015 with a doctorate in

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. He currently works as a physical therapist in

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. His wife, Jessica, is an occupational therapist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

References

External links

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at ESPN.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Tyrel 1989 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American men's basketball players Basketball players from Kansas Guards (basketball) Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players People from Burlington, Kansas People from Eureka, Kansas Sportspeople from Lawrence, Kansas RBC Pepinster players