Reggie Smith (born 1970/71) is an American former basketball player known for his college career at

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. A native of

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's South Shore neighborhood, Smith starred at South Shore High School before finding success at the collegiate level. He first competed for

San Jacinto College San Jacinto College is a public community college in the Greater Houston with its campuses in Pasadena and Houston, Texas. Established in 1961, San Jacinto College originally consisted of the independent school districts (ISD) of Channelview, De ...

(SJC), a junior college in

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, from 1990 to 1992 before his two-year stint at Northeastern Illinois (1992–94). During Smith's freshman season at San Jacinto he was named to the All-Texas Junior College Athletic Conference First Team as well as the All-TJCAC Tournament Team. Smith was also a teammate of future

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star

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. Smith signed to play basketball at the

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after his time at SJC. He was ineligible, however, for not completing his

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. He instead enrolled at Northeastern Illinois, a more affordable in-state option, and became eligible to compete beginning in 1992–93. The Golden Eagles were an independent (not affiliated with an athletic conference) during Smith's junior season in which he averaged 17.9 points and 5.0 rebounds a game. In 1993–94, Smith's senior season, Northeastern Illinois joined

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(ECC). Behind Smith's 25.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.0 steals per game, the Golden Eagles finished in second place. Smith was selected to the All-ECC First Team and was named the ECC Player of the Year. No team selected Smith in the following

1994 NBA draft The 1994 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1994, at Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Two NBA rookies of the year were picked in the first round, as Jason Kidd and Grant Hill were co-winners of the award for the 1994–95 NBA season. Kidd and Hill ...

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