Arizona basketball: 30 Greatest Wildcats of all time
Arizona Basketball Greatest Player No. 21 – Khalid Reeves
Position: Point Guard, Shooting guard
Years at Arizona: Point Guard, Shooting guard
College Stats: 15.0 pts, 3.3 reb, 3.1 Ast, 1.5 stl, 0.1 blk
College Awards:
1990 McDonald’s All-American MVP
1994 Consensus All-America (2nd Tm)
1994 NCAA Tournament All-Region
1994 First-team All-Pac-10
NBA Draft: 1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall Selected by the Miami Heat
Years in the NBA: Five
FIBA U19 Gold Medalist: 1991
In his book, 100 Things Arizona Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, Steve Rivera explains how Khalid Reeves and Sean Elliot were the reasons behind the naming of Arizona Basketball being “Point Guard U.” Rivera goes on to say that Reeves was well respected by Lute Olson and his teammates, that it was obvious he had a ton of talent but that Reeves didn’t necessarily concentrate only basketball.
One of Reeve’s claim to fame in Tucson is when he scored 40 points going 13-14 and 11-12 at the free-throw line in the Fiesta Bowl Classic title game against Michigan’s Fab Four. He led the Wildcats to the 1994 Final Four (24.2 apg) and set the UA record in a single-season by scoring 823 points.
The McDonald’s All-American is a New York Christ the King product, just like Rawle Alkins, and one of few East Coast recruits for Olson. It was the head coach at Christ the King, Bobby Oliva, that called Olson to tell him Reeves wanted to visit.
The Hall of Famer ended his college career third in all-time scoring points. He earned an NBA first-round draft pick by the Miami Heat at No. 12 overall and spent five years in the NBA.