POSTERIZED: James Michael McAdunk

B.I.A.H POSTERIZED has been dormant for a while, and we apologize sincerely for this. But we've seen outsiders try to usurp our reign as masters of the college dunk domain. Don't get it twisted. B.I.A.H is the only place you should ever go to view the best dunks in college basketball.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's get back to the actual posterization. The Tournament has been relatively void of great dunkage, but UNC's James Michael McAdoo did his best to buck this trend.

At least the Catamounts got the memo ordering them to stay out of the lane.



McAdoo got the starting nod due to Jon Henson's wrist injury, and the freshman certainly showed why he he was so highly-touted as a recruit.

But was it as good as these?

Julian Boyd, Long Island vs. Robert Morris, 3/8
Andre Drummond, UConn vs. Syracuse, 3/8
C.J. Leslie, North Carolina State vs. Boston College, 3/8
Rondey Williams, Minnesota vs. Nebraska, 3/3
Isaiah Sykes, Central Florida vs. Memphis, 2/28
Brandon Mitchell, Arkansas vs. Ole Miss, 2/28
John Henson, North Carolina vs. Virginia, 2/25
C.J. Aiken, St. Joseph's vs. Temple, 2/25
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Anthony Davis, Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt, 2/25
Dion Waiters, Syracuse vs. UConn, 2/25
Weekend Recap, 2/18
Tony Wroten Jr./Aziz N'Diaye, Washington vs. Arizona, 2/18
Chris Czerapowicz, Davidson vs. Wichita State, 2/18
Darius Miller, Kentucky vs. Ole Miss, 2/18
Rodney Williams, Minnesota vs. Ohio State, 2/16
Darrion Pellom, Hampton vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore 2/15 (DotY Candidate)
Trency Jackson, Northwest Florida vs. Chipola, 2/15
Kwame Alexander, Cal St. San Bernadino, 2/12
Tahj Tate, Delaware State vs. Coppin State, 2/11
Weekend Recap, 2/10 - 2/12
Kyisean Reed, Utah State vs. Louisiana Tech, 2/9
Joshea Singleton, Bucknell vs. Colgate, 2/8
Kelsey Barlow, Purdue vs. Ohio State, 2/7
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State, 2/7
Roscoe Smith, UConn vs. Louisville, 2/7
Weekend Recap, 2/2 - 2/5
Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State vs. TCU, 2/4
Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse vs. St. John's, 2/4
Kwame Alexander, Cal State-San Bernardino vs. Cal State-Dominguez Hills (D-II), 2/3
Bradley Beal, Florida vs. South Carolina, 2/2
Doug Anderson, Detroit vs. Valparaiso, 2/2
Thomas Robinson, Kansas vs. Oklahoma, 2/1
Markel Brown, Oklahoma state vs. Texas Tech, 1/31
Royce White, Iowa State vs. Kansas State, 1/31
Savalace Townsend, Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Grambling State, 1/28 (DotY Candidate)
Weekend Recap, 1/25 - 1/29
Tony Wroten Jr., Washington vs. Arizona State, 1/26 (DotY Candidate)
Ronald Roberts, St. Joseph's vs. Dayton, 1/25
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State vs. Missouri, 1/25 (DotY Candidate)
Larry Nance Jr., Wyoming vs. San Diego State, 1/24
Dion Dixon, Cincinnati vs. Syracuse, 1/23
Victor Rudd Jr., South Florida vs. St. John's, 1/17 (DotY Candidate)
C.J. Fair, Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh, 1/16
TrayVonn Wright, North Dakota State vs. South Dakota, 1/14
Bandja Sy, New Mexico State vs. Utah State, 1/12
Kenny Hall, Tennessee vs. Mississippi State, 1/12
Dezmine Wells, Xavier vs. Duquesne, 1/11
Kadeem Batts, Providence vs. Louisville, 1/10
Karam Mashour, UNLV vs. CS-Bakersfield, 1/6
Tony Snell, New Mexico vs. Houston Baptist, 1/3
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Georgia Tech, 1/3
Trevis Simpson, UNC-Greensboro vs. Miami, 1/2
Orion Outerbridge, Rhode Island vs. Boston College, 1/2
Sam Thompson, Ohio State vs. Indiana, 12/31
DeShon Minnis, Texas Tech vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 12/30
Keith Gabriel, VMI vs. Old Dominion, 12/22
Eric Etherly, Loyola (Md.) vs. Kentucky, 12/22
Chris Evans, Kent State vs. Texas-Arlington, 12/21
P.J. Hairston, North Carolina vs. Texas, 12/21
Robbie Hummel, Purdue vs. IPFW, 12/20
Robert Brown, Virginia Tech vs. North Florida, 12/19
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Kansas State, 12/17
Torye Pelham, Southern Mississippi vs. Ole Miss, 12/17
Quincy Diggs, Akron vs. Florida A&M, 12/17
Anthony Davis, Kentucky vs. Chattanooga, 12/17
Langston Galloway/C.J. Aiken/Ronald Roberts, St. Joseph's vs. Villanova, 12/17
Terrence Ross, Washington vs. UC-Santa Barbara, 12/16
Jared Cunningham, Oregon State vs. Howard, 12/15
Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech vs. McNeese State, 12/14
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Detroit, 12/12
Vander Blue, Marquette vs. UW-Green Bay, 12/11
Ronald Roberts, St. Joseph's vs. Creighton, 12/10
Dion Waiters, Syracuse vs. George Washington, 12/10 (DotY Candidate)
Victor Oladipo, Indiana vs. Kentucky, 12/10
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, 12/10
Vander Blue, Marquette vs. Washington, 12/6
Terrence Ross, Washington vs. Marquette, 12/6
Deville Smith, Mississippi State vs. West Virginia, 12/3
Terrence Jones, Kentucky vs. North Carolina, 12/3
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Georgetown, 12/1
Anthony Marshall, UNLV vs. UNC, 11/26
Michael Kidd-Glichrist, Kentucky vs. Portland, 11/26/11 (DotY Candidate)
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech, 11/25
Rodney Williams, Minnesota vs. DePaul, 11/24
Thomas Robinson, Kansas vs. Duke, 11/23
Stan Okoye, VMI vs. Ohio State, 11/23
Kyisean Reed, Utah State vs. Southern Utah, 11/19
Ra'Shad James, Iona vs. Western Michigan, 11/18
Alandise Harris, Houston vs. Arkansas, 11/18
Sam Thompson, Ohio State vs. Jackson State, 11/18
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Wichita State, 11/18
Eric Griffin, Campbell vs. North Carolina A&T, 11/18 (DotY Candidate)
Olek Czyz, Nevada vs. Pacific, 11/17
Chris Watson, Pikeville vs. Mountain State, 11/16
Ray Willis, North Carolina Central vs. Wagner, 11/16
Mike James, Lamar vs. Ohio, 11/15 (DotY Candidate)
Quincy Acy, Baylor vs. San Diego State, 11/15
Deniz Kilicli, West Virginia vs. Kent State, 11/15
Chris Evans, Kent State vs. West Virginia, 11/15
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Oakland, 11/14
Isaiah Brown, East Tennessee State vs. Virginia Tech, 11/12
Michael Lyons, Air Force vs. Army, 11/11
Dezmine Wells, Xavier vs. Morgan State, 11/11
Jeremy Lamb, UConn vs. Columbia, 11/11 (DotY Candidate)
Andre Drummond, UConn vs. CW Post, 11/4
Moe Harkless, St. John's vs. CW Post, 10/26

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James McAdoo to return to high school, enroll at UNC in 2011

Remember all that talk about James McAdoo enrolling at North Carolina a year early?

Well, we can put it to rest.

"I'm going back to high school," McAdoo told Adam Zagoria. "I made that decision like a week ago."

"I was telling myself that I wanted to go to Carolina, and that I really wouldn't mind missing my senior year and the McDonald's game. But once I thought about it, its something that I really wanted to do"

Personally, I think this is the right decision. During your senior year in high school, there are a lot of experiences that are once in a lifetime. Prom, graduation, senior week, the chance to be the star of his high school. You don't want to pass those up. I would love to be able to go back to college, but I'd never give up my senior year in high school to do so.

I understand the argument for enrolling early. It's incredibly impressive that McAdoo has prepared himself physically and academically to get to college a year early. He deserves praise for that. I also understand that he would face infinitely better competition in Chapel Hill than in high school not just in games but every day in practice.

But McAdoo is too young to be able to enter the NBA Draft until next season. And based on what we have seen from Andre Dawkins and Daniel Hackett, the last two players to enroll in school early, its not a guarantee to be successful.

Finish out high school. Enjoy your senior year and senior season. Come to UNC in 2011 and dominate against your age group.

There's no need for a 17 year old kid to rush his childhood.
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James McAdoo may enroll at UNC early, making early entry into college offically a trend

Prior to the start of the 2009-10 season, Duke looked like they were going to be in trouble.

With Greg Paulus graduating, Gerald Henderson heading to the NBA, and Elliot Williams transferring out of the school, Duke had just two true back court players on their roster -- Nolan Smith and Jon Scheyer. But they did have class of 2010 recruit Andre Dawkins committed to the school. Dawkins elected to enroll at Duke a year early, providing valuable minutes as a back up and knocking down some big shots as Duke ended up ACC champs and won the national title.

Could UNC do the same thing this year?

James McAdoo is the nephew of Bob McAdoo.
(photo credit: Inside Carolina)

The Tar Heels lost David and Travis Wear to UCLA, Ed Davis to the NBA, and Deon Thompson to graduation. Roy Williams was left with just two front court players on this roster -- John Henson and Tyler Zeller.

UNC has enough talent in their back court to be considered a Final Four contender, but it is difficult to seriously put the Heels in that discussion when the only two big men they have on the roster are Zeller and Henson.

Williams addressed the problem when he convinced Alabama transfer Justin Knox to finish his career in Chapel Hill. Its not a knock on Knox, but the big man averaged a meager 6.3 ppg for Alabama last season. He isn't exactly an all-american.

But James McAdoo is.

McAdoo is a top five recruit in the class of 2011, a 6'8" forward with length and athleticism for days. He's also committed to North Carolina, where he should flourish in the Heels uptempo system. And with the opening in UNC's front court, McAdoo is now considering enrolling a year early at UNC.



"This type of decision is very personal and is laden with both pros and cons, Janey McAdoo told the Dagger in an email. "When we have made a final decision, we will release that information to the press. We would like it to be known that we approached North Carolina with this prospect and it was in no way initiated by anyone at The University of North Carolina."

McAdoo will be at least the third player this year that would have skipped their senior years in high school in order to get to college a year early. Scottie Wilbekin is graduating from The Rock School in Gainesville in order to enroll at Florida early. Matt Carlino, a guard from Bloomington, Indiana, will enroll early at UCLA as well.

It is a bit of a confusing trend.

On the one hand, it is completely understandable that a recruit is going to want to get to college earlier. I mean, its college. You get to play college basketball (at UNC, Florida, and UCLA for these three kids, that's pretty awesome), go to college parties, and meet college girls. Isn't that the dream of every high schooler?

It is also a chance to better themselves basketball-wise. Instead of spending a year playing against high school competition where these kids dominate -- let's not be foolish, anyone going to a high major is a star at the high school level -- they spend a year in college, getting the best coaching in the country and playing against the best competition in the country.

And as long as the kid isn't an 18 year old junior, its not a loophole to the NBA, either. The rule is that you have to be a year removed from high school and 19 years old. McAdoo turns 19 on January 4th of 2012, which means he would have to spend two seasons at North Carolina.

So McAdoo gets to college -- the coaching and the college life, which at North Carolina doesn't seem that terrible -- a year early, but Roy Williams gets to keep him there for two years?

Win on both sides, right?

Yes, it is, but the worry is that these kids are growing up too quickly. Leaving high school early is now officially a trend, and its not necessarily a good one. Think about your senior year in high school. There are a lot of experiences during that year that are once in a lifetime. Senior prom. Graduating with your classmates. The parties. The memories.

Its a great year. And these kids are missing out on it because they are not patient enough to wait the normal four years it takes to get through high school.

Is compromising one of the best parts about growing up worth becoming a college basketball player a year early?

Its the player's decision, and what he believes is in his best interest, who am I to argue. But what I will do is point out that the two players that have made the jump in recent years -- Dawkins and Daniel Hackett at USC -- didn't exactly become all-americans and lottery picks. Dawkins had a so-so freshman season individually (one that could have been a lot better had he not been forced to deal with the death of his sister), and Hackett played three seasons as a role player for USC before declaring for the NBA Draft. He went undrafted and is now a pro in Italy.

And we all know how Jeremy Tyler's decision to leave high school early worked out.

So while the bright lights of the Dean Dome, Pauley Pavilion, the O-Dome, and ESPN may be tempting, getting to college a year early is not exactly a gateway to the NBA.

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