1999-00 (M) Basketball Roster
Roster
Alan Huss
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
- High School:
- North Kansas City
1999-00 (Junior) - Appeared in all 33 games and made a career-high 15 starts ... ranked second on the squad with nine blocked shots and was sixth with 31 assists ... finished the season with per game averages of 4.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists ... made 54-of-110 (.491) field goal attempts ... started first career game versus Grambling State and finished with six points and a pair of boards in 13 minutes ... reached double-figures for the first time in his college career by making 5-of-7 field goals for 11 points in the win at SMS ... was 7-of-7 from the field for a career-best 15 points to go with four rebounds versus Northern Iowa ... started the final 14 games of the year after his effort against UNI ... connected on 5-of-8 field goal tries, finishing with 11 points and five caroms in a win at home over league-leading Indiana State ... dished out a career-high three assists and made 4-of-4 field goals and 1-of-1 free throws for nine points in the regular season finale blowout of Evansville ... grabbed four or more boards six times, including a career-high seven at Drake.
1998-99 (Sophomore) -
Played in 22 games and averaged 1.7 points and 1.6 rebounds per outing ... made his only career three-pointer with 2:53 to go against 17th-ranked Oklahoma State to pull the Jays within one point in the eventual 66-60 victory ... finished with seven points, six rebounds and two assists (all career-highs at the time) in the win over the Cowboys ... spent four days in the hospital due to a viral infection during Christmas break and lost 25 pounds ... then suffered a thigh bruise in his first practice with the team after the illness.
1997-98 (Freshman) -
Averaged one point and one rebound per game while playing in seven of Creighton's first nine games before missing the rest of the season due to knee surgery over the Christmas break ... made his first collegiate field goal attempt to finish with two points and also blocked a pair of shots in a victory against UMKC ... scored three points, all at the free throw line, and pulled down a rebound in a win over Grambling State ... had three rebounds, two points and an assist versus Southern ... by appearing in his seventh game of the season on December 20 at Towson, Huss missed out on the chance to declare a medical redshirt, which requires a student-athlete to compete in no more than 20 percent of the team's games.
North Kansas City High School - Huss averaged 26 points and 12 rebounds per game for the Hornets as a senior ... three-time first-team all-Suburban Mid Seven Conference selection ... rejected 51 opposing shots as a senior and shot 55 percent from the field, including 42 percent (25-of-59) from three-point range ... honorable mention all-Kansas City Metro pick ... played in the Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Association and Missouri-Kansas all-star games following his senior season ... the team's Most Valuable Offensive Player as a sophomore and junior and the overall MVP as a senior ... was a three-time varsity letterman on the basketball court and also lettered for football as a sophomore and junior ... led team in scoring and rebounding in each of his final three seasons ... played for basketball coach Dave Velasquez.
Personal - The son of Melinda and Craig Huss, Alan was born on January 15, 1979, in Decatur, Ill. ... the oldest of three boys, Alan's brothers are David (19) and Tommy (15) ... father played basketball at Southeastern Louisiana ... majoring in management information systems.
