POSTERIZED: P.J. Hairston is a bad, bad man (w/ bonus dunk)

If you are reading this, it's very likely that you aren't watching the North Carolina vs. Texas game on ESPN. And since you're probably not watching the game, you probably didn't get to see P.J. Hairston's spectacu-large poster-dunk on Julian Lewis.

But thanks to B.I.A.H. POSTERIZED, you'll be able to see this monster jam well before the 11PM SportsCenter puts it in "Top Plays".



The post-dunk freeze frame that Hairston does it equally impressive. That right there is one of the best moments in college hoops. When others would strut, scream, and get loud, Hairston just takes it all in, like a cold-blooded assassin.

And as if things weren't good enough for Julian Lewis, he's currently 0-5 from the field and has two fouls.


As usual, @Bubbaprog is the first on the scene with an epic .gif of the encounter.

Yowsers!

(H/T MockSession)

But wait, there's more!!!

Dexter Strickland had a filthy dunk even before Hairston took flight.



Yeah, it was pretty nasty too.

But was it as good as these?

Robbie Hummel, Purdue vs. IPFW, 12/20
Robert Brown, Virginia Tech vs. North Florida, 12/19
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Kansas State, 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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Hoops Housekeeping: PJ Hairston upgraded to questionable

The most pressing injury news of the day involves PJ Hairston.

North Carolina's hired gun off the bench injured his wrist in the Heel's win over Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Originally, it looked like the injury was bad enough that it was going to keep Hairston out of Saturday's showdown with Kentucky. Earlier today, Hairston tweeted "Sorry to say, but I will not be playing Saturday."

But as an hour ago, his status was updated to questionable. Jeff Goodman tweeted out that Hairston only sprained his wrist, and that there would be a chance that he could see the floor this weekend.

Hairston comes off the bench for the Heels, averaging 12 minutes per game and hitting 14-31 from beyond the arc. If Hairston doesn't play, expect sophomore Reggie Bullock to see more time. Bullock has hit 11-25 from three this year.


DeWayne Dedmon has a stress fracture in his foot: USC's sophomore JuCo transfer was supposed to be the next big thing for the Trojans, but his season has been derailed by injuries.

After breaking his hand in the middle of October and missing much of the preseason, the seven-footer suffered a stress fracture in his foot and will be sidelined for the next 4-6 weeks.

"It's not like it's at the end of the season where I can't finish out the season," Dedmon told the LA Times on Tuesday. "I can hopefully be back before conference." The Pac-12 kicks off on Dec. 29th.

7'1" junior James Blasczyk will start in place of Dedmon, while sophomore forward Garrett Jackson will see his minutes increased as well. But the guy that will be expected to to shoulder the bulk of Dedmon's workload is Iowa transfer Aaron Fuller, who is currently averaging 13.9 ppg.


Michael Eric to miss more than a month: The hot starts by both Xavier and St. Louis have put Temple's chances at winning the Atlantic 10 in doubt.

Those chances took a bigger hit on Wednesday when the team announced that Michael Eric, the Owl's starting center that was averaging 10.5 ppg, 11.3 rpg and 2.0 bpg on the season, will be out for up to six weeks after aggravating the patella injury that ended his 2010-2011 season.

Eric sat out when Temple lost to Bowling Green over the weekend, and in his place Anthony Lee, a freshman, went for 11 points and nine boards. But for a team with minimal depth in its front court in the first place, losing their best big man is a major blow.


Erik Murphy's injury not as bad as thought: The Gators got some great news this week when it was announced that their junior big man would only be out for a week.

And while they will be without Murphy on Friday night when they travel to take on Syracuse at the Carrier Dome, Murphy could be back in the lineup as soon as Dec. 7th, when Florida hosts Arizona.

"The meniscus tear was from when he hurt it his sophomore year in high school," Florida head coach Billy Donovan told CBSSports.com. "It looks like this was just a bone bruise."


Oregon loses another freshman: Little more than a week after it came out that Jabari Brown had left the Oregon program, fellow freshman Bruce Barron left the team as well. Barron played just 21 minutes in the last three games after missing the early part of the season due to a concussion.

"We'll move forward with the 13 players we have on the team," UO coach Dana Altman said. "I'm not going to talk anymore about guys not on the team. We’ll just move on from here."


Three more Quinnipiac players arrested: Back in mid-September, James Johnson and Ike Azotam were arrested for an on-campus brawl. Three more players -- Jamee Jackson, Nate Gause, and David Johnson -- were arrested on Thursday. And according to NBC Connecticut, that brawl was a doozy:

Police have charged a total of five of Quinnipiac University's 16 basketball players in connection with the attack, in which one student suffered a bruised jaw, cracked tooth and a laceration to the face that required 17 stitches. A second student suffered a broken nose, which required surgery. A third student was allegedly knocked unconscious and a fourth student suffered facial injuries.
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