Re: dunks

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I'll add a funny one I saw at a UC game. I think the year was about 94 or  
95. UC was having a halftime outside shooting contest and they had to many  
contestants. By the time it got to the last two contestants the UC players had  
come out of the locker room and were standing on the baseline waiting. The  
skinny kid on the south basket (looked about 17, maybe 5-10 at best) saw  that he 
had only 8 seconds left and was trailing badly. He grabbed his last ball  and 
took off. He came sailing in, dunked it hard with one hand, and got a  
standing ovation as the players all surrounded him and gave him high  fives. It was 
pretty cool.  
 
In a message dated 2/1/2005 9:40:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
address@hidden writes:Corie Blount in Memphis in the 1st game? at the  Pyramid, 
gets the look ahead pass on the break, runs the lane and two hand jams  running 
full speed. The rim breaks......... it never comes back up from it's  
breakaway position. 40
minutes later the facilites staff replaces it and the  game restarts.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DeJuan  McGuire" <address@hidden>
To:  <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:59  AM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] dunks


> I don't remember the  date, but I will add:
>
> Jermaine Tate vs. Louisville, I think,  sometime in the
> late 1990s
> Tate dribbled along the baseline,  then took flight and
> went right over a stunned opposing defender for the  dunk.
> He took off so far from the basket that he was really
>  reaching to get it there, but he still threw it down. I
> used a picture  of the dunk as my computer wallpaper for
> months  afterward.
>
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:45:55 -0600  (CST)
>   John Hall <address@hidden> wrote:
>  >
> > After James White's reverse alley-oop last night it
>  >seems like a good time to reopen the discussion of the
> > most  spectacular Bearcat dunks in the Huggins era.
> >
> > Here are  my rankings. Opponents/dates are sometimes
> > guesses; please correct  if you know better. There are two
> > stipulations: must be in live  action (no dunk contests),
> > and no player can appear more than once  (perhaps unfair,
> > but makes it more interesting).
>  >
> > 1. Levett vs Alcorn St. 12/3/97
>  >
> > No contest here. Best dunk I've ever seen at the  college
> > level. My favorite view is from the baseline, where  you
> > see the missed shot bounce way up with Brannen
>  >positioning himself for the rebound. Suddenly Mel pops up
> > like  he's shot out of a cannon, reaches back over his
> > head (he's jumping  sideways), grabs the ball with one
> > hand and slams it through. Then  he does a helicopter
> > move, holding onto the rim and spinning his  body around
> > parallel to the floor to avoid landing on Brannen.  He
> > lands on his feet and skips backward up the court like he
>  >can't believe what just happened.
> > 2.  Bostic vs UNC 12/3/94
> >
> > I remember as a kid wearing out  the VCR trying to watch
> > this one frame-by-frame. Curtis gets the  ball on the
> > side, with only Jerry Stackhouse between him and  the
> > basket. Both players jump straight up as high as they
>  >can. In one frame the ball is about a foot above the rim,
> > with  Bostic using two hands and Stackhouse blocking it
> > cleanly on the  other side. The next frame Curtis is even
> > higher, while Stackhouse  starts to fall. Still don't know
> > how he got the ball through the  basket.
> >
> >
> > 3. White vs Houston  1/29/05
> >
> > The most amazing thing was how easy he made it  look.
> > There's no way Jihad was trying to toss it short and
>  >directly in front of the rim.
> > 4.  Patterson vs Howard 12/17/96
> >
> > Reuben stole the inbounds  pass at full speed, took one
> > dribble and threw it down. Only time  I've ever seen that
> > play. Eight years later in the NBA Reuben still  gets more
> > steals for breakaway dunks than anyone.
>  >
> > 5. K-Mart vs Charlotte 1/5/00
>  >
> > Kenyon had lots of dunks like this one: steal the ball
>  >at midcourt, two dribbles and bam! He was so fast no one
> > else  would even be in the picture.
> >
> >
> > 6. Fortson  vs Memphis 2/29/96
> >
> > Danny didn't jump so high, and  almost always used two
> > hands. This one he took the pass from Burton  under he
> > basket, dribbled once then spun and tomahawked it
>  >one-handed over a Memphis player (Lorenzen Wright?).
> >
>  >
> > 7. Flint vs McNeese St. 12/30/95 ???
> >
> >  Not even sure of the season on this one, but I think it
> > was at home  against some blue and yellow uni's. Damon
> > pulled a Dr. J, cupping  the ball and extending his arm
> > straight up before throwing the ball  down on some poor
> > guy's head.
> >
> >
> >  8. Dermarr at Louisville 1/27/00
> >
> > Dermarr got the ball  on the break, with one Louisville
> > player back. It looked like there  was no way he could
> > dunk it, but he made it look easy, avoiding the  contact
> > and ducking his head under the backboard.
>  >
> > 9. Blount at Memphis 3/7/92
>  > Corie's follow dunk against Virginia in the tourney was
>  >probably better, but this one bent the rim and caused a
>  >20-minute delay.
> > 10. Erik Martin vs  UNC 3/28/93
> >
> > Van Exel should get equal credit for this  one. Set play
> > out of bounds to Gibson, then over to Nick who  dribbles
> > left and on the move throws a perfect alley-oop to  Erik.
> > Neither player could see the other. Why don't we run  this
> > play anymore?
>  >