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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2012 22:18:02 GMT -6
According to a tweet from Lance Allen tonight, Larry Reed has passed away. My thoughts and condolences go out to his friends and family.
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Post by PantherU on Apr 10, 2012 8:53:07 GMT -6
Was coming on here to write the same thing - one of the coaches told me yesterday.
He had a wonderful, influential life. He was a great man, and he'll be missed.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 10, 2012 8:56:27 GMT -6
I can't speak to Larry as a person, but some of the numbers he produced were ridiculously good.
He may have been the best player in the program's history, regardless of classification.
May he rest in peace.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2012 10:43:48 GMT -6
Ironically, I had just sent his card to Marc Mitchell last week, as Marc had offered to help me with Larry to sign his card.
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Post by kingsteve on Apr 10, 2012 15:15:16 GMT -6
I am old enough and fortunate to remember Larry Reed first as a player. He was just a great all-around athlete and I think of him despite a different era and NCAA affiliation the greatest Panther player of all time.
More importantly he was a wonderful man. A kind, modest person who was an excellent citizen and a loyal and gracious representative of the university. Frankly, I always felt a bit in awe of him and enjoyed seeing him at the games. One of those people you just say was a special and honorable person who will be greatly missed.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 10, 2012 15:29:52 GMT -6
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 11, 2012 7:03:22 GMT -6
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Post by Hack on Apr 11, 2012 7:38:19 GMT -6
Really wish the athletic department would've retired "30" for Reed and Tucker (and McCabe  ) sometime in the past few years. |
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 11, 2012 8:18:52 GMT -6
Great catch, Hack.
It's just not the same retiring these numbers posthumously.
Let's not wait another 40 years to retire Clay's jersey, OK?
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 12, 2012 7:01:54 GMT -6
FYI, former program standouts Kevin Jones, the program's 22nd-leading scorer, and Andy Ronan, the leading scorer on the 1988-89 Division 2 Elite Eight team, also wore the number 30.
That makes at least five key players in UWM hoops history that wore the storied number.
So I began to think that No. 30 had become a so-called legacy ... before being reminded that Jerry Ajami also wore it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 8:21:04 GMT -6
Pat Easterlin and Joe Schultz also wore #30 in the 90s. It's always interesting to look back at who all wore a specific number. Like 44 for example. Tigert pretty much made it his own during his career while Haggerty wears it now. It's also been worn by Dylan Page as a freshman, Steve Wright, Dimitre Dintchev, Michael Hughes, Ray Perine and Rob Kukla since 1987. If you go back a little farther into the 70s, Glen Allen and Kirk Tatge also had the number. So for the most part, its been worn by fairly key players in the program's modern history.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 12, 2012 8:35:34 GMT -6
Michael Hughes, Ray Perine and Rob Kukla were also terrific players.
Frankly, that's the second number that should be retired ... for A.T.
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Post by PantherU on Apr 12, 2012 12:39:48 GMT -6
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Post by parkerj on Apr 12, 2012 12:40:46 GMT -6
Syracuse does the same with #44...they just haven't had anyone worthy of it in awhile
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) sometime in the past few years.