Scientific Proof that Cooper's Dunk was the GOAT

gillmic said:
I think the thread was intended be about Corey Alexander’s silence.
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I hope not. We have an announcer thread for that. And if it were just about the dunk, well, that's what the Pitt postgame thread is for.

Frankly, the responses with other video candidates for Greatest Duke Dunk are the only things redeeming the original post. Now this thread has a life of its own.

Anyone who starts a thread here is taking on the responsibility of having to sell it to the rest of us. If you want to start a thread about the dunk, include a video of the dunk, instead of waiting for me to do it in post #17. Otherwise, don't start a thread.

(P.S. I will admit the thread title is fine, because it tells us something about the subject matter inside. I'll never understand the purpose of vague thread titles -- sure, I'll click it open, but I'm already experiencing resentment.)
 
Much to some folks' dismay, we routinely rename threads when the original title didn't fit, no longer fits, or on a whim. ;)

-jk
 
kako said:
I agree ranking dunks is subjective. But though Flagg's dunk was spectacular (I'm bowing, accolades given, total respect), IMO it wasn't my greatest dunk in Duke history. Likely top 10, maybe even top 5, but not #1. I'm actually not sure what would be my #1, as I think each dunk has its own context. Athletically, the Zion dunk v. UVA was the most powerful and most impressive. He was like a tank doing ballet down the court, then windmilling it in over Huff. My gawd... GHill v. Kansas was the most meaningful being it was the early moment's of the '91 national championship, which Duke had not won yet at that time. Kansas and Ol' Roy looked at that in awe (along with the rest of us) and basically lost the game there... Henderson against Mourning and GTown in the '89 E8 was the most arrogant - "We aren't afraid of you, and we are going to win this game" dunk. Remember GTown was the #1 seed and Alonzo was a beast of a shot blocker... Dawkins doing the '86 reverse dunk, "kiss my @ss as we rout you Navy and go to the FF", was perhaps the most celebratory, closely followed by GHill (again) doing the reverse slam as the coda in that 2nd half run against Michigan in the '92 Final (time to go to bed, Fab Five kids - he should have started Curry's night-night thing then). And he was here for too short a time, but Cassius Stanley's dunk v. Miami where he flew through the lane and caught the inbound pass/alley oop one-handed and jammed it was an amazing airborne spectacle (this video below says it was #6, which IMO was way off). In fact, I think Stanley might have had the greatest dunking single season at Duke of all time (him being "only" 6'5" helps the visuals).


9F
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That was a fun watch. Dude could fly.
 
A very impressive, first of a kind dunk was executed by the one and only Kenny Dennard in 1978 in a regional final in Rhode Island in a game that propelled Duke to the Final Four. A 90-72 victory over Villanova shocked the world with a rags to riches story played out in Durham. While Kenny's teammate Gene Banks received some love upthread for his audacious slam, Kenny did something reportedly never done before on national TV, and perhaps anywhere in college: The reverse slam dunk. I can assure you that those of us who witnessed this in person (from the pep band in my case) it could not be more shocking. The dunk had been outlawed from 67-76. Most of had seen only a few dunks. None of us could conceive such a thing. And although this film/video is grainy (and perhaps my vision), the memory is vivid.

 
Atldukie79 said:
A very impressive, first of a kind dunk was executed by the one and only Kenny Dennard in 1978 in a regional final in Rhode Island in a game that propelled Duke to the Final Four. A 90-72 victory over Villanova shocked the world with a rags to riches story played out in Durham. While Kenny's teammate Gene Banks received some love upthread for his audacious slam, Kenny did something reportedly never done before on national TV, and perhaps anywhere in college: The reverse slam dunk. I can assure you that those of us who witnessed this in person (from the pep band in my case) it could not be more shocking. The dunk had been outlawed from 67-76. Most of had seen only a few dunks. None of us could conceive such a thing. And although this film/video is grainy (and perhaps my vision), the memory is vivid.

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Legendary!
 
brevity said:
I hope not. We have an announcer thread for that. And if it were just about the dunk, well, that's what the Pitt postgame thread is for.

Frankly, the responses with other video candidates for Greatest Duke Dunk are the only things redeeming the original post. Now this thread has a life of its own.

Anyone who starts a thread here is taking on the responsibility of having to sell it to the rest of us. If you want to start a thread about the dunk, include a video of the dunk, instead of waiting for me to do it in post #17. Otherwise, don't start a thread.

(P.S. I will admit the thread title is fine, because it tells us something about the subject matter inside. I'll never understand the purpose of vague thread titles -- sure, I'll click it open, but I'm already experiencing resentment.)
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I stand by my post. The thrust of the thread is the “scientific proof”, which is CA’s silence.
 
Atldukie79 said:
A very impressive, first of a kind dunk was executed by the one and only Kenny Dennard in 1978 in a regional final in Rhode Island in a game that propelled Duke to the Final Four. A 90-72 victory over Villanova shocked the world with a rags to riches story played out in Durham. While Kenny's teammate Gene Banks received some love upthread for his audacious slam, Kenny did something reportedly never done before on national TV, and perhaps anywhere in college: The reverse slam dunk. I can assure you that those of us who witnessed this in person (from the pep band in my case) it could not be more shocking. The dunk had been outlawed from 67-76. Most of had seen only a few dunks. None of us could conceive such a thing. And although this film/video is grainy (and perhaps my vision), the memory is vivid.

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I was about to post regarding this dunk, which I still consider the greatest. Cool that you were there to witness. Great outlet pass from Banks to get the play started, too. The dunk from the other #33 - Grant Hill - is a close 2nd in my opinion.
 
Atldukie79 said:
A very impressive, first of a kind dunk was executed by the one and only Kenny Dennard in 1978 in a regional final in Rhode Island in a game that propelled Duke to the Final Four. A 90-72 victory over Villanova shocked the world with a rags to riches story played out in Durham. While Kenny's teammate Gene Banks received some love upthread for his audacious slam, Kenny did something reportedly never done before on national TV, and perhaps anywhere in college: The reverse slam dunk. I can assure you that those of us who witnessed this in person (from the pep band in my case) it could not be more shocking. The dunk had been outlawed from 67-76. Most of had seen only a few dunks. None of us could conceive such a thing. And although this film/video is grainy (and perhaps my vision), the memory is vivid.

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I was there. Rollie Massimino, Villanova coach, said, before the game, that they would run Duke out of the gym. The opposite happened. Great game, goob memories.
 
Atldukie79 said:
I believe Rollie used words like a herd of elephants to describe a ponderous style of play. Forever's Team was motivated!
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It was Penn's coach Bob Weinhauer that said that before the Regional Semi-Final. The Villanova game was the Regional Final.
 
TWish said:
It was Penn's coach Bob Weinhauer that said that before the Regional Semi-Final. The Villanova game was the Regional Final.
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Upon further reflection, the Penn coach made that remark after his team lost to Duke. Sour grapes I suppose.
 
brevity said:
I hope not. We have an announcer thread for that. And if it were just about the dunk, well, that's what the Pitt postgame thread is for.

Frankly, the responses with other video candidates for Greatest Duke Dunk are the only things redeeming the original post. Now this thread has a life of its own.

Anyone who starts a thread here is taking on the responsibility of having to sell it to the rest of us. If you want to start a thread about the dunk, include a video of the dunk, instead of waiting for me to do it in post #17. Otherwise, don't start a thread.

(P.S. I will admit the thread title is fine, because it tells us something about the subject matter inside. I'll never understand the purpose of vague thread titles -- sure, I'll click it open, but I'm already experiencing resentment.)
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I apologize that my original post needed redeeming and that I neglected my responsibility to include a video. Next time I'll be sure to clear my thread starting posts with you. (I think this was my first.) Also, you may want to reprimand all the other posters who seemed to enjoy the thread and the original "videoless" post, as they obviously don't understand the ground rules either. Please forgive us all.
 
JayWill said:
I apologize that my original post needed redeeming and that I neglected my responsibility to include a video. Next time I'll be sure to clear my thread starting posts with you. (I think this was my first.) Also, you may want to reprimand all the other posters who seemed to enjoy the thread and the original "videoless" post, as they obviously don't understand the ground rules either. Please forgive us all.
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The video of Cooper's dunk had already been posted in at least two other threads by then. IMO it did not need to be duplicated here.
 
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