Anderson Hunt is a retired American basketball

Basketball

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 player.

NCAA career

Hunt is best known as a member of the successful 1989-91 Runnin' Rebels

UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball

The UNLV Runnin' Rebels are a NCAA Division I men's basketball team who play at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada. Their most recent appearance in the NCAA Tournament was in 2011 when they received an at–large bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8-seed in...

 from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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 that made back-to-back Final Four

Final four

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 appearances including a national championship

1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 1990, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Denver, Colorado...

 in 1989-90 where he contributed 29 points in a 103-73 rout of the Blue Devils of Duke University

Duke University

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 and named Most Outstanding Player

NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

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 of the tournament by the Associated Press

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In May 1991, the Las Vegas Review Journal published photos of Hunt with teammates David Butler

David Butler (basketball)

David Butler is a retired American basketball player. He won an NCAA championship as a senior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and played professionally in several countries, including a stint with Liga ACB in Spain....

 and Moses Scurry

Moses Scurry

Moses Scurry is a former college and professional basketball player.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Scurry played power forward for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels during the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons. The Rebels beat Duke University 103-73 to win the title game of the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball...

 in a hot tub

Hot tub

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 with known sports fixer Richard Perry

Richard Perry

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, igniting a monumental firestorm between coach Jerry Tarkanian

Jerry Tarkanian

Jerry Tarkanian , also known as "Tark the Shark", is a retired college basketball coach known as one of the winningest coaches in college basketball history...

, UNLV president Robert Maxon, and the NCAA. 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

Point guard

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 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

1991 NBA Draft

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. The La Crosse Catbirds

La Crosse Catbirds

The La Crosse Catbirds was an American basketball team based in La Crosse, Wisconsin and member of the Continental Basketball Association. The team has since disbanded.The Catbirds were the 1990 and 1992 CBA champions...

 selected him in the second round of that year's Continental Basketball Association

Continental Basketball Association

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 draft with the 25th overall pick. In later years, Hunt ended up playing professionally in Turkey

Turkey

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, Poland

Poland

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, and France

France

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Legal troubles

In October 1993, Hunt was arrested for marijuana possession 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

Embezzlement

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 after he failed to return a rental car for an extended period of time. He was ordered to pay $1,300 in restitution and placed on probation

Probation

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Currently

After his retirement from basketball, Hunt worked at the Burger Palace located inside the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. He is currently involved in Detroit's real estate market and is working toward finishing his degree.