Anderson Hunt

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Anderson Hunt

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| height_ft = 6

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| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|5|5}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

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| high_school = Southwestern (Detroit, Michigan)

| college = UNLV (1988–1991)

| draft_year = 1991

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| career_position = Shooting guard

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| highlights =

NCAA champion (1990)
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1990)
First-team All-Big West (1991)
No. 12 retired by UNLV Runnin' Rebels

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Anderson Hunt (born May 5, 1969) is an American former basketball player.

NCAA career

Hunt is best known as a member of the successful 1989–91 Runnin' Rebels from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV) that made back-to-back Final Four appearances including a national championship in 1989–90 where he contributed 29 points in a 103–73 rout of the Blue Devils of Duke University and named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.{{Citation

|title=Division 1 Tournament MVP's

|url=http://www.betting-collegebasketball.com/mvp.php

|access-date=2008-04-09

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410135624/http://www.betting-collegebasketball.com/mvp.php

|archive-date=2008-04-10

}}

In May 1991, the Las Vegas Review-Journal published photos of Hunt with teammates David Butler and Moses Scurry in a hot tub with known sports fixer Richard Perry, igniting a monumental firestorm between coach Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV president Robert Maxson, and the NCAA.{{Citation

| last=Youmans

| first=Matt

| title=FROM MIGHTY TO MEDIOCRE: UNLV's Fall from Grace

| newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal

| date=November 12, 2006

| url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Nov-12-Sun-2006/sports/10774819.html }} This battle would eventually lead to Tarkanian's resignation at the end of the 1991–92 season. Hunt left school as a junior after the 1991 season to enter the NBA Draft, much to the dismay of his coach, who had hoped to convert him to point guard and make him the centerpiece of the team in the 1991–92 season.

Professional career

Despite his solid college resume, Hunt was not selected in the 1991 NBA draft. The La Crosse Catbirds selected him in the second round of that year's Continental Basketball Association (CBA) draft with the 25th overall pick. He played 42 total CBA games over three seasons with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, Fort Wayne Fury and Quad City Thunder, averaging 11 points per game for his CBA career.1996–97 Official CBA Guide and Register, page 276

Hunt also played professionally in Turkey, Poland, and France.{{Citation

|last=Burvick

|first=Michael

|title=Where Are They Now? College Basketball Edition, Part 1

|url=http://www.blickees.com/articles/16/1/Where-Are-They-Now-College-Basketball-Edition-Part-1/Page1.html

|access-date=2007-07-12

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122065056/http://www.blickees.com/articles/16/1/Where-Are-They-Now-College-Basketball-Edition-Part-1/Page1.html

|archive-date=2008-01-22

}}

Legal troubles

In October 1993, Hunt was arrested for marijuana possession{{Cite web |last=Douchant |first=Mike |title=Final Four Most Outstanding Player Postgraduate Occupations |newspaper=College Sporting News |date=March 31, 2002 |url=http://collegesportingnews.com/article.asp?articleid=17047 |accessdate=May 20, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020923211258/http://collegesportingnews.com/article.asp?articleid=17047 |archive-date=September 23, 2002}} in connection with a traffic stop and later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges. In 2002, he again ran into legal trouble, facing charges of attempted embezzlement after he failed to return a rental car for an extended period of time.{{Cite news |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Sep-10-Tue-2002/news/19599438.html |title=Photo: Sentencing |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=September 10, 2002 |accessdate=May 20, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030317020052/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Sep-10-Tue-2002/news/19599438.html |archive-date=March 17, 2003}} He was ordered to pay $1,300 in restitution and placed on probation.

After basketball

After his retirement, Hunt worked at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. He is now with a youth basketball program sponsored by 4POINT4 Sports.{{Citation

| last = Rasmussen

| first = Chris

| title = Hunt's current occupation

| url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120815006262/en/Sports-Apparel-Brand-4POINT4-Launches-Brand-Philanthropic

| access-date = 2010-04-05 }}

UNLV retired Hunt's number 12 jersey on November 11, 2023.{{cite news|last=Grimala|first=Mike|title= UNLV to honor Anderson Hunt with jersey retirement |url= https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/sep/07/unlv-to-honor-anderson-hunt-with-jersey-retirement/ |date=September 7, 2023|website=Las Vegas Sun|accessdate=November 4, 2023}}

References

Category:1969 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen

Category:American expatriate basketball people in France

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Poland

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Turkey

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:Basketball players from Detroit

Category:Fort Wayne Fury players

Category:Quad City Thunder players

Category:Shooting guards

Category:Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) players

Category:United States Basketball League players

Category:UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball players