NICE!  I remember when WOUB used to play all home games ... this is back in the 80's .. but I remember when Marty Lehman got taken down by a Farshall player and "a hockey game " broke out... John Rhodes picked him up ... I was 10 years old and a ball boy.....my dad had to come down to the court and get me cause Farshall fans were not kind!

what did i say wrong? 

Here's a guy who played last night for UNC Asheville....John Williams....goes over a 7'2" freshman....must have 40+ verts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VolUlrcVHzA

Kirk Lehman?  His brother played for Toledo.  And John Rhodes and Kirk were of different eras.

And for my money, no one can touch Trent.  He performed a thunder slam from behind the backboard at BGSU that simply stunned the crowd. It was my only enjoyable trip to that godforsaken place.

34 posts on this thread and not one mention of Bridgewater?

Sure he didn't get a lot of run, but the Dunk Contests between Bridgy and Flomo in practice were legendary.

Do not think Vic was condisered a project. Was one of top players in Philly (Ben Franklin HS I believe) and was a huge get for Coach Nee.  Next to Trent (his dunks were sick-vicious-dangerous) Vic Alexander would rate #2. He had some girth and when he slammed one down the backboard would sway for what seemed like a few minutes.  Vic was fun to watch and him and Devereaux  along with Snoopy-G and Jamerson were the best 1-2 punch Bobcats that I ever saw.

I don't remember him either.


Edit: Just looked him up and he's there.  Marty Lehmann 1985-1988.  I left Athens for good 12/1984 so that explains it.

Correct me if I am wrong but didn't Basra briefly walk on to the football team? It may have only lasted a few days in the spring but I swear I walked over to catch a spring paractice circa 1997 for that specific reason.

If we include Grover we have to include - Jason LaFerla, 5-11, St. John the Baptist (West Islip, N.Y.); Justin LaFerla, 5-11, St. John the Baptist (West Islip, N.Y.).

Having grown up in Athens and then going to OU, I'll chip in with three top dunkers that I saw over that spread:

1. Gary Trent: Hands down. Gets #1 status for that breakaway windmill dunk on BG his junior season all by itself. I was in middle/high school then, so the one thing I remember from those days - other than the ancient Legion ushers never knowing which section was reserved and which wasn't - were flashes of Gary stealing cross-court passes at foul line extended or half-court and rushing to the other end for slams. He had killer drop step moves, too, that ended in dunks. So, too, did Curtis Simmons. Let's not forget how good he was. I know he had some issues when he was at OU, but he could be a bad man on the court.

2. Diante Flenorl: I can't believe he only has gotten a passing mention on here. Perhaps the best dunker on the team over the entire post-Trent era, save maybe Devo. You could fill a highlight tape with nothing but him dunking alley oops from Corey Reed and, later, Dustin Ford. He was a nice guy, too, but again, a bad mofo with some of the craziest ups I can remember from a Bobcat.

3. Shaun Stonerook: Again, he got a passing mention in a few posts, and he didn't necessarily have a ton of dunks (compared to now, when his highlight tapes from Italy are some real dunkfests). BUT, I did have the benefit of seeing two of his all-time greatest dunks, both taking place in the same game - the win over a then-undefeated and then-12th (or so) ranked Syracuse team in their own building in the first round of their own tournament. One was a tip jam that saw Stoney rise to seemingly Dwight Howard levels of altitude and the other was a baseline slam that came in a crucial moment toward the end of the game. Both were in very close proximity to Etan Thomas, who's had a nice pro career. He had an amazing game that night, as did Sanjay, but Stoney looked like the prequel to Blake Griffin that night.

I sat at midcourt on press row and was a couple of seats away from Donovan McNabb, who was still at Syracuse and was doing color for the home hoops feed. I think, having seen the tape, that he set the NCAA record for saying "most definitely" during a broadcast. That game was awesome. We beat them fair and square, led the whole game and saw the contest end in a handshake line shouting match between Jim Boeheim and the dean of MAC assistant coaches, Mike Elfers. Reason why: Syracuse was something like 6-0 at the time, but most of their games had been on TV, so we had tape of them all. We, on the other hand, were 2-0, having beat (I think) Wilmington and BG. Well, MAC rules prevented Syracuse from getting the BG tape. And Wilmington was coached by a former Hunter guy, so there was no way in hell he was sending that tape. Fast forward to the end of the game, handshake line. Elfers, who had jawed with Boeheim during the game, rhetorically asked the coach if he still needed some scouting tape. That sent Boeheim over the edge and some "mofos" were thrown around. It was hilarious.

Thanks for the clarification.  I was going from memory.  You, obviously, took the time to look up the actual facts.  Hey, moderators, is that grounds for suspension?