IRVING, Texas (March 8, 2023) – University of South Florida senior guard Tyler Harris was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, the league announced on Wednesday. Harris was named Third Team All-AAC, earning league honors for the first time since being named to the AAC All-Freshman Team in 2018-19 while playing at Memphis.
Harris ranked eighth in the American in scoring this season (16.6 ppg), eighth in assists (3.4) and eighth in free throw percentage (83%). He ranked fifth in three-point shooting (38%) and led the league with 91 three-pointers made.
After spending three seasons at Memphis, and one at Iowa State, Harris transferred to South Florida in 2022-23 for his final season of eligibility. Harris not only led the Bulls in scoring this season, but rewrote the USF record book in his lone season with the Green & Gold.
Harris set a new AAC career record for three-pointers (284), breaking the old record of 265 on February 8, 2023 in Tampa against his former team, Memphis, where he registered 193 of those career triples.
Harris' 91 three-pointers this season set a new South Florida single-season record, breaking the previous record of 88 held by Derrick Sharp (1991-92). He enters the AAC Tournament poised to land in USF's top five for career field goal percentage.
Harris eclipsed 1,500 career points this season while scoring a career-best 514 points during the 2022-23 campaign. He is just the 14th player in program history with a 500-point season. Harris registered three 30-point games this year, the most in a season since Dominique Jones (2009-10). He is only the 11th Bull to have at least two 30-point games in a season and his three total are tied for fourth all-time in program history.
On February 25, 2023, Harris scored 27 of his 30 points in the second half in a win against SMU, tying the record for most points in a half by a Bull (Jimmy Baxter, December 14, 2002).
Harris posted his first career double-double on February 15, 2023 at Tulsa with 10 points and a career-high 11 assists. His assist total in that game stands as a new USF record in an AAC game.
Additionally, Harris led South Florida with 106 assists this season, the most by a Bull since Laquincy Rideau (130) in 2019-20. His previous career high in assists was 68 as a freshman at Memphis.
Harris and the Bulls open play in the American Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday, March 9 against ECU. Tipoff is set for 12:30 p.m. ET at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
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About USF Men's Basketball
The USF men's basketball team is led by head coach Brian Gregory, who enters his sixth season in 2022-23. Gregory was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history in March of 2017 after previously leading programs at Georgia Tech (2011-16) and Dayton (2003-11). Gregory spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach under Michigan State's Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo and helped the Spartans win the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Gregory owns over 300 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship with Dayton. In his second season at the helm of the Bulls, Gregory led the team to the best win turnaround in the NCAA, the most single-season wins in school history and the 2019 College Basketball Invitational championship.
USF has retired three numbers in its history: Chucky Atkins (12), Charlie Bradley (30) and Radenko Dobras (31). The Bulls have earned three NCAA tournament bids, appeared in the NIT eight times and won the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.
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