Diante's senior season wasn't that bad, actually. It was the same season as that Syracuse win, as the team also included Stoney, Sanjay and LaDrell Whitehead. They should have won more, but it was a fun season. Syracuse was huge, and they had that really close home loss to Rhode Island, which at the time had Lamar Odom on it.

I wish I could have seen Hilt play.  My father, a sportswriter in NE Ohio, saw Ohio play several times in the 1960s and '70s, so he no doubt saw him.

To clarify my much-vilified opinion regarding Devo's dunking skills, there is really no comparison between him (or any other Ohio player I have seen since 1979) and Gary Trent.  It's like saying Peyton Hillis is as good as Jim Brown. Folks, no one is better than Jim Brown and the same holds true for Trent in the "modern" era of Ohio hoops.  The guy could dunk over anyone, in any style or circumstance.  He was simply unstoppable.  Plus he had very soft hands - which Devo really does not, although he has been a good player for us - so he could catch and dunk any pass near the hoop, even with players hanging on him. As Charlie Coles, then the coach at CMU, once said (paraphrasing), "Gary Trent is better than the combined ability of any five defenders when he gets the ball."

So in my mind, he wins the dunk competition on all measures, including style points.

My all-time favorite Trent Dunk was against Miami in the MAC Championship game in 94' at Battelle Hall, on an oop that was thrown well behind Gary.  Gary in mid air reached back and one handed the bad pass and brought it over the top for a monster slam.  This was the explonation point on the game and the MAC Title and our 13th win in a row! 

I like your picks and your 2 throw in notables with one possible exception. I don't remember Snoopy being much of a dunker. He was very unique player but I think he was as likely to do a George Gervin finger roll as to throw it down.

That late 80's period saw several exceptional dunkers visit the Convo
- Dan Majerle became a 3 point threat in the NBA but got his nickname "Thunder" with his dunks and they had a guard at the same time at CMU called "Lightning"
-Ron Harper dunking had comparisons to Julius Erving when he was in college
-Chandler Thompson I think would be remembered due to him playing so big for his height and being on the BSU team which played UNLV the closest on their run to the national championship in 1990.
** I have not yet seen Kenny Battle mentioned, maybe because he was at NIU one year before transferring to Illinois if I remember correctly. He was a highlight reel but seemed to be more interested in entertaining than winning. I remember near the end of a game in the Convo he had a fastbreak when the game was out of reach. Instead of letting it go, Rich Stanfel wrapped him up to prevent him from dunking. I think Stanfel learned the technique from his dad who was a coach with the Chicago Bears.

My favorites were Stonerook and Hunter.  Justin Orr was underrated  and threw down a few nice dunks also.  Most legendary practice dunker is definitely Bridgewater.

What's hard to believe that I actually don't remember any dunks from Van Kempen or McVicker, who were both 7 footers. 

Maybe I've missed it, but I don't think anyone has mentioned Mick Isgregg from the early 1980s.

I rarely get on here P.G.   but if you are the real Snoopy ...I will never forget you bud!  remember ... i was the the ball boy in the the Vo ..... Nobody remembers you played for the HAWKS.  you had the best finger roll of all time at OHIO

Are yall crazy? Lets discuss some of the slams Devaughn threw down over his career.  It began as a freshman with a windmill against  bowling green, check youtube for the highlight.  Do you remember the two handed reverse windmill (where his hands went the opposite direction than normal) against Kent State in the MAC tournament? Watch the highlight tape from last years run and you will see plenty of breathtaking dunks.

Who else has made the top ten on Sportscenter from OU for a dunk?  He caught alley oop after alley oop and has the most infamous dunk in the history of the basketball program at Ohio. How many people did he body and slam on throughout this year, not even considering over his whole career? He has to be close to the all-time leader in dunks at Ohio.

He is one of the most underrated players ever to dawn a Bobcat Jersey, with out Devaughn neither team would have endured nearly as much success as they did.  He didnt get the ball nearly as much as he should have and it never affected his play, this is a guy who gave everything on every possession for you guys and grew a ton as a player and a person and I think he deserves a lot more love.

Have you seen the other players we've mentioned?  If not, how could you possibly compare to Devaughn?  I've seen many/most, and can tell you that while Devaughn was/is an exciting player who made some great plays, he's not  remotely close to a Gary Trent.

Jerome Tillman was on Top10 as he beasted on maryland not once but twice that game. That was Devaughns freshman year.

I agree with the rest of what I left up there. Still work to be done. Hope he gets a ride overseas and takes the time to finish his degree so that he can pass that love of the game on to those who come behind him where ever he ends up.

My favorite...a young DW, winning team losing team ....pass up from his roomie and punctuating the win.

I agree. Curtis Simmons was up there too, plus Paul Graham.