Education
A 6"5" shooting guard, Tucker attended the University of Minnesota from 1978 to 1982, leading them to a Big Ten Conference championship in his senior year.
A 6"5" shooting guard, Tucker attended the University of Minnesota from 1978 to 1982, leading them to a Big Ten Conference championship in his senior year.
He was then selected by the New York Knicks with the 6th overall pick of the 1982 National Basketball Association Draft. He retired after that season, having tallied 6,237 career points and 1,532 career assists. On January 15, 1990, when Tucker was with New York, with 0.1 of a second remaining in a game against the Bulls, he got off a wild three-point shot before the buzzer and made the basket.
After Bulls coach Philosophy Jackson vociferously complained following the game, the National Basketball Association immediately established a rule that states that 0.3 needs to be on the clock in order for a player to get a shot off whether they make it or not.
Inside of 0.3 seconds, only a tip-in or a high lob will count. After retiring, Tucker worked as a broadcast analyst for Minnesota Timberwolves basketball games.
He has also worked for KFAN radio. Tucker has also been an active philanthropist.
He founded the Trent Tucker Non-Profit Organization in 1998.
On April 15, 2013, Trent began his duties as Director of District Athletics for the Minneapolis, Minnesota Public School District.