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Marshall’s 360-degree flush against Seton Hall in 1994, not to mention the celebratory scream afterward, nearly blew the roof off Gampel Pavilion from the crescendo of noise it created from the fans. And being 6-foot-9 with extremely long arms and extremely athletic in general didn’t hurt, either. With hands big enough to palm a ball with ease, dunking was second nature to the UConn superstar. A star running back in high school, the ultra-athletic Dyson would have been a star at any sport he chose, but UConn fans were lucky enough to watch him frequently fly on the basketball court. John’s at Madison Square Garden was only one of the impressive throw downs by Dyson during his UConn days. The greatest dunk of his career, which would qualify for the greatest dunk of 99 percent of the basketball players on the planet’s careers, was somehow disallowed and ruled a charge. And we may be remembering a few too many of his NBA jams instead of his collegiate ones, but considering 90 percent of Drummond’s points at UConn were dunks and most of them threw the fear of God in the Huskies’ opponents if they tried to get in the way, he makes the list. OK, we said no centers but here’s the exception. The rising sophomore at UConn has something of an “incomplete” on his collegiate dunking resume but his one-handed throw down of an alley-oop against East Carolina this season, not to mention a few of his other exploits, have him heading for the top of the list. The Hartford native’s exploits in the old Field House, including a slam against Villanova his freshman season, were the stuff of legends. The NCAA banned dunking from 1967-76, and few celebrated its return as much as Bailey. Are we overrating Gordon just a bit? Perhaps, but we owe him one after leaving him off our top 10 players’ list. The 6-foot-2 Gordon had a knack for outside shots, but he rarely let a breakaway opportunity go by without a serious flush. He may be the greatest shooter in UConn history, and one of the best-ever in NBA history to boot, but Allen could dunk as impressively as any of his contemporaries in the Big East in the mid-1990s. Former Husky guard Doug Wrenn (1999-2000), who could, as the phrase goes, jump out of the gym, also fits in the category of best that wasn’t seen. The 6-foot-7 native of Alaska didn’t play very many games for the Huskies (25) and wasn’t the greatest all-around player, but he could windmill with the best of them.
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The only UConn player largely recruited because of a highlight film of himself dunking, has some of the springiest legs ever. Ryan Boatright is the shortest impressive dunker in UConn history, but we kept him just off our list. We also are trying to avoid giving the vertically challenged extra credit. So, apologies up front to Emeka Okafor, Amida Brimah and the like. We’re giving extra credit to the guards who have shown the ability to get above the rim from a lesser starting point. If you’re around or over 7-feet-tall, you’re pretty much ineligible. It’s time to choose the greatest dunkers in Husky history.Ī few rules that we started with should be noted.
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Now we’re entering the most debatable of topics.