Dunk contests are a favorite event of just about every basketball fan. But as the years pass it seems to be getting harder and harder for the dunkers to come up with innovative dunks. We often now just see variances on older dunks, or sometimes even the same dunk, but thrown down with a bit more athleticism or authority. Hey, i’m never one to complain though. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…
This week there was quite a heavyweight battle for the NCAA College Basketball dunk championship. The event had to be taken to a ‘dunk off’ (equivalent of a playoff) between Charlie Coley and Tony Danridge. The crowd seemed to think Coley had the contest locked up after he successfully completed a dunk by jumping over retired NBA Star Jalen Rose who was seated in the key. But Danridge, who plays for New Mexico, wasn’t giving up that easily. Danridge pulled off the dunk of the night with a double reverse windmill. To those in the know, the degree of difficulty is off the charts given the fact you have to be able to cup the ball without losing your grip while simultaneously doing two windmill rotations against the normal direction you would do a windmill.
If you weren’t able to catch the contest, check out the winning dunk by Danridge…..big ups….
