Tyrel Reed: Diary to Home

Final entry: Losses tough to take

*Former Kansas basketball guard Tyrel Reed is writing a diary during his free time in Belgium, where he is playing professional basketball.* After starting the season out with a record of 6-2, we have struggled these past few weeks and lost three straight games. Looking back at my time ...

Entry 5: Belgium provides shift in driving experience

*Former Kansas basketball guard Tyrel Reed is writing a diary during his free time in Belgium, where he is playing professional basketball.* Getting around the state of Kansas has never really been a problem for me. Having lived in Kansas my entire life I have come to the conclusion that ...

Entry 4: Seeing familiar faces overseas

*Former Kansas basketball guard Tyrel Reed is writing a diary during his free time in Belgium, where he is playing professional basketball.* The game of basketball in Europe has some similarities and differences to the game in the States. I would have to say the biggest difference is the ...

Entry 3: Difficulties of a language barrier

*Former Kansas basketball guard Tyrel Reed is writing a diary during his free time in Belgium, where he is playing professional basketball.* As I mentioned before, I am currently living in Verviers, Belgium, a town of about 55,000 people. The main language spoken in this area is French, ...

Entry No. 2: Comparing Kansas to Belgium

Former Kansas basketball guard Tyrel Reed is writing a diary during his free time in Belgium, where he is playing professional basketball. Life in Europe is definitely different than my life in Lawrence, Kansas. First off, I still find it hard to fathom that almost everything is closed ...

Entry No. 1: Introduction to Belgium

*Former Kansas basketball guard Tyrel Reed is writing a diary during his free time in Belgium, where he is playing professional basketball.* How do I write a basketball diary? They never taught me this while I was at Kansas! But my friends at Ascend Books proposed the opportunity for ...