He was inducted into the inaugural tech basketball ring of honor class after a career where he. Webhe was a pine bluff zebra and played on football and basketball teams that won state championships his senior year. He was picked the no. 1 player in the state of arkansas. Webnice feature on the late great jim reed ‘56 who passed yesterday at 90. Webhe chose texas tech university to be closer to his family. Webbefore they played in the united supermarkets arena, texas tech basketball teams called municipal coliseum home. Before the municipal coliseum, there was the. Webjim reed is truly a red raider legend. When he left texas tech in 1956, he held almost every major scoring and rebounding record, including career points (1,697). Webhe helped lead tech to border conference championships in 1954, 1955 and 1956 and is a member of the texas tech hall of fame. Reed averaged 14. 03 rebounds.
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