Ballin' is a Habit: Dunk of the Year

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

#POSTERIZED: Victor Oladipo sends it in

What you are about to see is the clubhouse leader for Division-I Dunk of the Year. Indiana's Victor Oladipo is morphing into one of the premier "Human Highlight reels" in the country this season and it showed against Central Connecticut State last night.

If you can throw down a dunk like this, you deserve to have our name chanted by the entire arena.

Dunk of the Year?

As of 12/9/12, I certainly think so.

But was it as good as these:
Travis Releford - Kansas vs. Colorado, 12/8
Archie Goodwin - Kentucky vs. Portland, 12/8
Rodney Williams, Minnesota vs. Florida State, 11/27
Week In Review - Feast Week, 11/18 - 11/25
Tarik Black - Memphis vs. Minnesota, 11/23
Ben McLemore - Kansas vs. Washington State - 11/20
Andre Roberson - Colorado vs. Murray State, 11/18
Doug Anderson - Detroit vs. Drake, 11/17
Archie Goodwin - Kentucky vs. Lafayette, 11/16
John Brown - High Point vs. Appalachian State, 11/13
Stefan Jankovic - Missouri vs. Alcorn State, 11/14
Cole Dickerson - San Francisco vs. Cal State-East Bay, 11/13
Clancy Rugg - Vermont vs. UConn, 11/13
Jamari Traylor - Kansas vs. Michigan State, 11/13
Doug Anderson - Detroit vs. St. John's, 11/13
Kris Brewer - Kent State vs. Temple, 11/13
Rakeem Christmas - Syracuse vs. San Diego State, 11/11
Deandre Daniels - UConn vs. Michigan State, 11/9
Ben McLemore - Kansas vs. Emporia State, 10/31
Keion Bell - Missouri vs. Northwest Missouri, 10/31

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

POSTERIZED AWARDS: The Winners

The day you have all been waiting for is finally here. After a week of voting, it is time for us to announce the winners of the 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Awards.

Every dunk that was nominated had the potential to win an award, because every dunk that was nominated was a fabulous display of posterization. Every nominated dunk got at least an "OHHHH DAMN" out of me when I first viewed it. This whole process of documentation dunks has done remarkable things for this site, as evidence by the 9,300 votes we received during this past week. Never did I think we would reach out to that many people and we are beyond grateful for your input on our POSTERIZATION Awards.

Voting Method: Winners will be determined based on the number of fan votes. If and only if the B.I.A.H voting panel unanimous selects a different dunk than the winner of the fan votes, the vote will be overturned.

All Nine of our awards are listed below, and You can click on the Award link to see all the nominees and voting results. You can go to the original posts by clicking the links of the award winners names.

Best "Two-Footed Dunk"

Winner: TIE DJ Stephens, Memphis and Phillip McDonald, New Mexico
B.I.A.H Panel Choice: Rodney Williams, Minnesota and Brady Jardine, Utah State

Yes ladies and gentlemen we had a tie. When Voting closed both McDonald and Stephens had garnered 37% of the nearly 6000 votes. But to be honest, these were the two best two-footed dunks of the year, so it only makes sense that a two-footed dunk award be shared by two dunkers. McDonald's was fantastic because it was in transition and added in a large posterization. Stephens was spectacular because he needed little movement to throw down the nasty dunk, and he too posterized the hell out of his opponent. So Phillip McDonald and DJ Stephens will both receive B.I.A.H. POSTERIZED Awards for "Best Two-Footed Dunk".

Best "Play-by-Play Call"

Winner: CJ Fair, Syracuse (Dickie Simpkins on the call)
B.I.A.H Panel Choice: Jared Cunningham, Oregon State and CJ Fair, Syracuse

This dunk may very well become a YouTube classic, and it's due in large part to Dickie Simpkins' masterful call. I don't think anyone will ever question the seriousness of CJ Fair's "dunk-nasty face".

Best "'Chestnuts' Dunk"

Winner: CJ Fair, Syracuse
B.I.A.H Panel Choice: Dwayne Lathan, Indiana State, and Kyle Kuric Louisville

CJ Fair takes home another award with his fierce chestnutage of some poor bloke on Cornell. Fair cocked back the ball perfected, took the perfect angle, and got just the right amount of air. This was about as perfect a "chestnuts" as you will ever see. Plus look how happy he is after a dunk. Too often you see guys mean-mug the crowd or flex their muscles. It's refreshing to see a kid flash a big smile.

Best "Highlight-Reel Dunk"

Winner: Derrick Williams, Arizona
B.I.A.H. Panel Choice: John Williams, UNC-Asheville, Derrick Williams, Arizona

Derrick Williams put together one of the most impressive sophomore seasons in recent memory. This 360-jam he threw down on a fast break was impressive because a) he had a defender trailing him close by, and b) he never touched the ball prior to taking off of the ground. This dunk was certainly the best highlight-reel dunk of the year.

Best "Tip-Dunk"

Winner: Drew Gordon, New Mexico
B.I.A.H Panel Choice: Drew Gordon, New Mexico, and Jared Cunningham, Oregon State

Some of the best dunks of the year have been of the "tip-dunk" variety. Any of the dunks could have won, but the votes have been tallied and Drew Gordon's was chosen as the best. There is no denying Gordon's dunk was phenomenal. His arm was extended as far back as it could possibly be, and grabbed the ball from beyond the limit of the backboard. We may never see a tip-dunk as impressive as this one.

Best "Alley-Oop"

Winner: Derrick Williams, Arizona
B.I.A.H. Panel Choice: Derrick Williams, Arizona (Unanimous)

This was by far the most spectacular alley-oop I have seen in the past decade of college basketball. Derrick Williams was nominated for nearly every award and you can certainly see why. This alley-oop was off-the-charts. He caught the ball almost outside of the backboard, with his back to the basket, and threw down with full extension. We may never see an alley-oop this good ever again, and I mean that.

B.I.A.H POSTERIZED "Poster-Dunk of the Year"

Winner: John Williams, UNC-Asheville
B.I.A.H. Panel Choice: John Williams, UNC-Asheville and Shay Shine, Hight Point

John Williams aka "The Masked Dunker" is the best two-foot leaper in the business, and this filthy posterization shows just why. Don't get me wrong, there were a bunch of great posters that could have won, but you chose John's as the best, and I won't argue with that at all.

B.I.A.H POSTERIZED "Dunker of the Year"

Winner: John Williams, UNC-Asheville
B.I.A.H Panel Choice: John Williams, UNC-Asheville (unanimous)

- Dunk 1 & 2

- Dunk 3

- Dunk 4

There is a reason we hyped this guy up all season. There is a reason we tweeted about him around the clock. There is a reason we turned him into College Hoops first and only superhero. Did you see the NCAA Dunk Contest? Yes, Jacob Tucker was good, but in any other year, Williams would have owned the show. But I mean, he spent much of the season owning SportCenter Top Plays and owning poor weak-side defenders. John Williams is the best dunker in the country, and it's not because just B.I.A.H thinks so, but because hundreds of you voted and felt the same way.

B.I.A.H POSTERIZED "Dunk of the Year"

Winner: Drew Gordon, New Mexico
B.I.A.H Panel Choice: Tom Pritchard, Indiana and Kyle Kuric, Louisville

I'll be honest with you all. I did not think this was the best dunk of the year. It was certainly a top-5 dunk of the year, but I do believe their may have been a dunk or two better than this. But that is just one man's opinion, and 57% of the 1400 votes were for Drew Gordon, so there is no denying the fact that the people have spoken, and Drew Gordon threw down the 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Dunk of the Year.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

POSTERIZED Awards: "Dunk of the Year"

B.I.A.H has spent the whole season documenting the best dunks, posters, gym-jammers, rim-rockers, tip-dunks and alley-oops. With the Final-Four upon us, it is time to decide what dunks were the best of the best.

Over the course of the week, we will announce the finalists for each category, and you, the viewers, will be given a chance to vote for the winner using the interactive poll at the bottom of each post. We will also have a panel of experts vote, and the dunk with the most overall votes from judges and viewers will be declared the winner.

The time has come for us to decide on the "Best Dunk of the Year"

The Other Categories

Best Two-footed Dunk
Best P-b-P Call
Best 'Chestnuts' Dunk
Best Highlight-Reel Dunk
Best Tip-Dunk
Best Alley-oop
Best Poster-Dunk
Dunker of the Year

We have documented close to 100 of the best dunks of the season. Thanks to your help, and a lot of YouTube searches, we have an adequate pool of candidates to choose from.

Without further ado, it is time for you to vote for the 2010-2011 B.I.A.H "Dunk of the Year"

Here are the Nominees:

CJ Fair, Syracuse

Drew Gordon, New Mexico

Scotty Hopson, Tennessee

Brady Jardine, Utah State

Kyle Kuric, Louisville

Dwayne Lathan, Indiana State

Brandon Paul, Illinois

Tom Pritchard, Indiana

Shannon Sharpe, Colorado

Will Sheehey, Indiana

Shay Shine, High Point

Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt

Derrick Williams, Arizona

John Williams, UNC-Asheville