Though it wasn’t his first choice, James Reid’s decision to wear No. 55 as a Boise State basketball player makes a lot of sense.
The redshirt senior guard had donned No. 11 his entire playing career. It was his number at Mountain View High in Bend, Ore., where he played for his father, Craig. It was his number at the College of Southern Idaho and at Arkansas Little-Rock.
But when Reid made the decision to leave Arkansas Little-Rock and walk on at Boise State, Zach Haney already had No. 11. There were no options left in single digits, either, so Reid chose the number of former NBA player Jason Williams.