Best dunker in OU basketball history?

[kbsooner]

So is Cam creeping up this list? I like his style lately, waiting for the 360 but I am not sure the Krugs would approve.

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[AdaSooner]

Shawn Clark would be in my top two, right behind Blake. He could flat out get up for a guy listed at 6' 2" his senior year. I never really thought he was that tall.

 

[61sooner]

After Blake there was only 1 HELICOPTER in OU history. Anybody got a 360 of Bell?

 

[NMSooner'80]

The best dunk I've ever seen in the LNC, bar none, was by Jason Detrick against Central Connecticut State in the first game of the 2002 season. He drove the baseline and threw it down over the top of some poor dude with EXTREME prejudice. It was gorgeous.

The second best dunk is the first full play you see on the '88 highlight tape. King blocks a shot and rifles the carom, one-handed, up the floor to Blaylock. Blaylock corrals the ball behind his back, I **** you not, and kinda flicks it to his left hand. Once under control, he feeds it to a streaking Tony Martin who's roaring into the lane. Some clown from Missouri tries to take a charge and gets totally tea-bagged. Full blown destruction. You get a glance at the OU bench as Martin does the cabbage patch above the poor Mizzou clown and you can see the whole group has formed some sort of patchwork conga line in celebration of the dunk (assistants included). You've got to see it. It's fantastic.

The best dunkers:

Calvin Pierce
Shawn Clark
Andre Wiley
Mike Bell
Angelo Hamilton
Taylor Griffin
Blake Griffin

By the way, I did find that B&W print of Martin dunking on Lee Coward. Unfortunately my home scanner isn't working, so I'll try it at work on Monday. Think you'll like it.

 

[Chiefdaddy]

Here's my list:

1. Blake Griffin
2. Andre Wiley
3. Mike Bell
4. Angelo Hamilton
5. Jackie Jones
6. Skeeter Henry
7. Tony Martin
8. Taylor Griffin
9. Nate Erdmann
10. Cam Clark?

That's 10 good Sooner dunkers.

 

[sanguinetti]

no love for Anthony Bowie?

 

[BigTime]

M’Baye can really throw it down according to those that have been to a bunch of the practices.

Next year’s squad may rival Blake, Taylor, Pattillo, Willie, Crocker, and AJ for the best dunking Sooner team in history with Osby, Cam and Amath.

 

[BigTime]

Pattillo (even though we only had him for a semester) deserves at least an honorable mention on some of these lists. Guy could throw it down...

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[TINY]

pattillo (even though we only had him for a semester) deserves at least an honorable mention on some of these lists. Guy could throw it down...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqkv2xz0xve

the chosen juan!!!!

 

[jmizzy4ou]

I probably would also mention Wayman. He had some emphatic dunks and alley oops as well. Power dunker.

 

[Sooner04]

Anybody ever heard of Calvin Pierce?

 

[jmizzy4ou]

Anybody ever heard of Calvin Pierce?

He has been mentioned at least once or twice. NM 80 mentioned him on the 1st page. He was a powerful one handed dunker with huge hands. He also was a very nice guy, very humble and approachable.......:OUbball-logo:

 

[NMSooner'80]

The Tony Martin Dunk at 1:45

Here is the still of Tony's dunk that I got back in '88 (from press row, west side of the court):

 

[BigTime]

Here is the still of Tony's dunk that I got back in '88 (from press row, west side of the court):

Oh my.

 

[Sooner04]

I was there!

 

[MNsooner]

I was there!

Should we look for the Padres hat in the background of the photo

 

[vbdad]

Shawn Clark. He didn't play much but was unbelievable. 48 inch vertical. He dunked on Dave Hoppen 6"11" center for Nebraska and pulled out his six shooter afterwards.
Calvin Pierce was unbelievable on follow slams although Anthony Bowie's follow against Georgia Tech and John Salley with about 2 minutes to go in the game was amazing. I think he grabbed the ball at about 12 feet.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

Andre Wiley. Put on a show in warmups for the Final Four in 88. Had the opposing fans giving standing O's. Some of the best I have ever seen.

"Dunking with two balls, over a manager. Think he was worried about the Final Four"?

-Bill Rafferty on Andre Wiley.

I'll never forget watching them practice before the FF. Even the humps from KU and Duke couldn't believe it. Everyone that saw that practice thought the games were just a formality.

Calvin Pierce was the first player I saw that jammed an offensive rebound when starting about midway through the lane flying toward the basket.

I will always remember that, he was strong man with plenty of ups.

He was a beast. I'll always remember him going hard and jamming it one handed while he had that cast on the other.

And maybe not overall, but has there ever been a better dunk than AB against Ga. Tech? Forget that it put us ahead. He must have dropped out of the lights for that one.

And too bad AA, Clifford Ray and Gar Heard couldn't dunk. I'd have liked to have seen that.

 

[Sooner23]

I'll never forget Angelo Hamilton's 360 slam against Duke in Cameron Indoor in a close game.

 

[Triple Threat]

I have to put Choo Kennedy in the mix as well. Lotta hops for a 6'4 guy playing inside.