Favorite RU Dunk of the Season

[MadRU]

 

[soundcrib]

D then C

 

[onesimus]

B - Baker's dunk against Indiana was on a different level.

 

[LOU-RU85]

D then B

 

[Zak57]

B,D,C,A

 

[ScarletDave]

Missed the best one, the Harper alley oop against Purdue at home after the crazy floor diving save and Johnson swat, where all 5 players touched the ball in a span of about 5 seconds

 

[shields]

D then Baker.

 

[rubaseball78]

Three stick out in my mind.

1. Harper alley oop because of the pure craziness of the entire play.
2. Baker dunk against Indiana as it was a statement we are here
3. Young dunk over Haarmes. Who doesn't like a Prius dunking on a runaway dump truck.

 

[phlop87]

D then D again then B The announcers reaction to Young's Dunk was priceless

 

[RUChoppin]

D, B, C.... D leads for me because it was in OT with the score tied, it was our shortest player vs. their tallest, and it just was hugely deflating for Purdue.

 

[LBusDoor90]

The backstory of the kid from Baltimore flushing it HARD on the Maryland kids he played against for many years makes C my #1.

 

[SirPerceval]

B,D,C,A

 

[HeavenUniv.]

B,A,D, C

 

[Yeah Baby]

If I watch them all 10 times I will probably have 10 different reactions and orders. But I have to go with the Geo dunk.

Loved every one of them. Realize now the RHJ dunk is probably underrated because he made it look so easy. The other 3 were statement dunks at big moments.

 

[JohnRU]

I can't pick one. I just can't. Love them all....

 

[BellyFullOfWhiteDogCrap]

Missed the best one, the Harper alley oop against Purdue at home after the crazy floor diving save and Johnson swat, where all 5 players touched the ball in a span of about 5 seconds

Maybe not the dunk of the season, but certainly a contender for "play of the season".

 

[BellyFullOfWhiteDogCrap]

Maybe not the dunk of the season, but certainly a contender for "play if the season".

Couldn't find a clip of just that play, but it starts at 0:35 of the highlight vid.

 

[RUtrumpet92]

For me, the top two are D and B. I'll pick D slightly, just because of how important that play was to our season ending on a high note.

Baker's dunk was POWER and the final nail in the coffin for Indiana.

C was a great dunk but we were up 20, it could've clanged out to midcourt and it would not have affected the outcome.

Same with A, awesome play but it lacked the power of the other three and was very early in the game. It set a tone that we meant business that day.

 

[cubuffsdoug]

More than the dunks themselves, is the reaction of the announcers that is priceless. Young's dunk caught the announcers speechless. All they could do is make sounds. It took them a second to find the words to describe the play. Barker's dunk caused the announcer to get a hard-on with "Baker with the hammer." Mathis' dunk should have gotten a bigger reaction, but the announcers tried hard to remain cool. The announcers for Harper's dunk was underwhelming because the crowds' excitement drowned them out.

 

[jrm75]

D, B, A, C

 

[Joey Bacala]

It's B and not even close

 

[rutcor]

D, B, C, A.

D got us into the tournament, IMO.

 

[Goku]

they were all important to get us to the tournament, but D and C were the most important in getting us the 2 big wins at the end of the year to stamp out ticket.

 

[G- RUnit]

All great but in retrospect, Young's by far!!! None close. Got RU in the tourney, the huge road win, the exclamation point for our season, sadly the end of the season, the underdog RU team highlight reel dunking on a giant, and for Purdue, probably ended their tourney hopes and Haarms transferring.

 

[LeapinLou]

Harper - for most humans, that pass sails over his head. For him to go that high to catch it and flush it was insane.

Geo - IMOP the most exciting play of the season.

Mathis - revenge is sweet - 2nd time in his career he posterized Smith and made UM coach rethink decision not to recruit him.

Young - after nearly costing us the game in regulation with a poor box out and foul, totally redeems himself with a play for the ages.

So yeah, love them all. And agree the play where 4 different guys touch the ball ahead of the alley oop slam is the best possession of the season.

 

[hbbsm713]

Regardless of the situation when they occurred, B is my favorite. Based on importance of the game, I’d go with D

 

[fbc1866]

Baker's return dunk.

 

[winfield102]

I'd love to know the dunk total this year.

 

[Scarlet Shack]

Legit question

Anyone have a way to know how many dunks we had on the season

Bet it was close to a hundred ...

 

[Goku]

And I remember how in 2018-2019 we kept trying ally-oops early in games with putrid results. The players just kept forcing them up. Much better results this year.

 

[soundcrib]

We used to dunk so infrequently we had the Dunkin Donuts Dunk Total.

 

[rufeelinit]

All were good but I would go in reverse order D, C, B, A. C and B are very close.

 

[RUHouston]

D! D was a bitch slap if there ever was one. D, because who can’t cheer for a 6’2” guy posterizing a 7 footer...

 

[82RU]

D at 1 with B at 1.1.