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Cellis033

4/27/2023 3:13 PM

Just wanted to start a fun offseason debate - What is the best dunk in Convo history? I could see Gary Trent or Jerome Tillman taking credit for some - but the ones I remember seeing in person are of BVP's dagger dunk against Belmont, Hadaway's alley oop against BG during WT/LT (shades of DeVaughn Washington and Jon Sanderson), and Dwight's posterjob of former Bobcat Sam Towns.

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shabamon

4/27/2023 3:46 PM

Cellis033 wrote:expand_more

The best dunk I've seen in the Convo was not performed by an Ohio player. Ric, I'm sorry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PISGoL7UZTk

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OhioCatFan

4/27/2023 3:53 PM

Best dunks I've seen in the Convo were by Gary Trent.

Best dunks by an OHIO player would be Don Hilt in Grover Center.

In both cases, I can't single out any one dunk. They each had many that were memorable.

Probably the best dunk I ever saw in person in a game OHIO was playing in would have been on OHIO game at BG when Nate the Great was playing for the Falcons.

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GoCats105

4/27/2023 4:01 PM

What is, Buffalo sucks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltdC2c0vHzM

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spongeBOB CATpants

4/27/2023 4:24 PM

Maurice N'dour at home against Valpo. I know one user has the pic as their profile pic but he rose up way above the rim and threw the hammer down.

First clip in the below video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqyvrXJxLic

Last Edited: 4/27/2023 4:27:22 PM by spongeBOB CATpants

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SBH

4/27/2023 4:43 PM

Victor Alexander breakaway dunk against EMU (I think) in 1983. There was a poster featuring the dunk displayed throughout Athens for several years.

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Joe McKinley

4/27/2023 5:59 PM

Lots of excellent dunkers and dunks over the last 40+ years that I've been watching games in the Convo. I can't pick the best dunk I remember from an Ohio player, but I remember the most exciting one for me.

Maurice N'Dour caught a full court pass from Tony Campbell near the foul line and slammed it home right at the buzzer to beat Buffalo. The play started with just 3 seconds or so.

Here's a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltdC2c0vHzM

Last Edited: 4/27/2023 6:00:18 PM by Joe McKinley

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FearLeon

4/27/2023 6:28 PM

Joe McKinley wrote:expand_more

If the conversation involves dunks at the Convocation Center then the sentence better include Ball State's Chandler Thompson.

Last Edited: 4/27/2023 6:29:41 PM by FearLeon

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M.D.W.S.T

4/27/2023 6:28 PM

Joe McKinley wrote:expand_more

Came here to post this.

Not exactly Vince Carter, but a TD pass + game winning dunk? Can't beat it.

Ndour had a lot of gems.

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SBH

4/27/2023 6:54 PM

That was the famous fist pump game.

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Alan Swank

4/27/2023 7:34 PM

John Devereaux used to bring the house down back in the day.

https://www.cholet-basket.com/personne/john-devereaux

Last Edited: 4/27/2023 7:36:40 PM by Alan Swank

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OhioCatFan

4/27/2023 11:05 PM

SBH wrote:expand_more

That was the famous fist pump game.

Believe that's correct. That was one exciting dunk. I had remembered the play and that N'dour had gotten the wining basket with a close in shot but had forgotten that it was a dunk until I looked at the video that was posted. Upon review, I'd have to agree that that is one of the top dunks ever in the Convo.

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Andrew Ruck

4/28/2023 8:15 AM

Recency bias may be at play, but Jason Preston's one arm put back dunk his Sophomore year was a jaw dropper. I believe it was right before the pandemic.

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100%Cat

4/28/2023 9:39 AM

shabamon wrote:expand_more

Cellis033 wrote:expand_more

The best dunk I've seen in the Convo was not performed by an Ohio player. Ric, I'm sorry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PISGoL7UZTk

I was there for that one, that Lamar player could fly.

As for OU players, Mo N'Dour had some good ones (Buffalo winner, one vs UMASS I think?). Devaughn Washington had some good ones, one late vs Fiami at home. An underrated one, mainly because it was an exhibition, but Jaaron Simmons had an exhibition game dunk (vs Rio maybe?) that was nuts. Keep in mind he was a roughly 6' PG. Someone missed a 3 and Jaaron came in from the arc and 2-hand tip dunked the missed 3. It was one of those "woah" dunks, for me.

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BillyTheCat

4/28/2023 10:01 AM

Dante Fenoral (sp?) and Curtis Simmons had some pretty awesome dunks back in the day.

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ohiocatfan1

4/28/2023 10:14 AM

spongeBOB CATpants wrote:expand_more

Or this one vs. UMass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN5HXTGg-bU

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Deciduous Forest Cat

4/28/2023 10:56 AM

Justin Orr posterizing an NMSU player.

Reggie Kelly posterizing a zippy guy after feed from dj.

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OhioCatFan

4/28/2023 11:46 AM

Was the shattered backboard in the home game against WVU the result of a dunk?

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SBH

4/28/2023 12:10 PM

Yes. Jerome Tillman.

Expanding the topic to all-time best dunk (home or away) by a Bobcat, I'd vote for freshman Gary Trent vs. OSU (pass off the backboard by Gus Johnson) or sophomore Gary Trent at Anderson Arena, where he escaped a double team beneath the basket to somehow complete a reverse slam that about brought the roof down. He got a standing ovation from the BG fans.

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BillyTheCat

4/28/2023 12:37 PM

SBH wrote:expand_more

Yes, that dunk vs BGSU was something else, a display of his raw power.

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Deciduous Forest Cat

4/28/2023 1:24 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more

Was the shattered backboard in the home game against WVU the result of a dunk?

That was Sanjay Adell from the Hunter era. The backboard remained intact but the rim was destroyed causing a 30 minute delay while they brought in a replacement.

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OhioCatFan

4/28/2023 1:51 PM

Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:expand_more

OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more

Was the shattered backboard in the home game against WVU the result of a dunk?

That was Sanjay Adell from the Hunter era. The backboard remained intact but the rim was destroyed causing a 30 minute delay while they brought in a replacement.

So, it was a dunk by Sanjay that caused the problem? I thought that I remembered that some small segments of glass/plastic from the backboard had to be swept up from the floor. I may be wrong about that, but yes now that you mention it, I do remember that most the backboard remained intact.

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SBH

4/28/2023 2:00 PM

So...to confirm that it was Sanjay Adell rather than Jerome Tillman, I Googled "Sanjay Adell broken rim" -- and, yikes, the news story that came up...

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Cellis033

4/28/2023 2:09 PM

SBH wrote:expand_more

So...to confirm that it was Sanjay Adell rather than Jerome Tillman, I Googled "Sanjay Adell broken rim" -- and, yikes, the news story that came up...

Yeaaaa.... Shame. Saw he also had an incident on campus in Ping as well in '97

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SouthernCat

4/28/2023 2:33 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more

Was the shattered backboard in the home game against WVU the result of a dunk?

Yes that was Sanjay Adell in the 98-99 season and that would be my vote.

Last Edited: 4/28/2023 2:33:29 PM by SouthernCat