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, April 6, 2011
POSTERIZED AWARDS: The Winners |
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
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POSTERIZED Awards: "Dunker 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.
It is now time to determine who should be named as the 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED "Dunker 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
Dunk of the Year
A great dunk can take place at any time. But it takes a certain individual to be able to do it over and over again. There are not too many college players in the country who have the athleticism, talent, and moxy to throw down a show-stopping dunk when it matters most. But there have been a small contingency of players who could be counted-on on a week-to-week basis to put on a show for the fans.
The nominees for "Dunker of the Year" have both quality and quantity. Take a look at the videos and links to properly decide who should be named B.I.A.H POSTERIZED "Dunker of the Year".
Here are the nominees:
Terrence Jones, Kentucky
- Dunk 1
- Dunk 2
- Dunk 3
Travis Leslie, Georgia
- Dunk 1
- Dunk 2
- Dunk 3
- Dunk 4
Tony Mitchell, Alabama
- Dunk 1
- Dunk 2 & 3
Shay Shine, High Point
- Dunk 1
- Dunk 2
Derrick Williams, Arizona
- Dunk 1
- Dunk 2
- Dunk 3
- Dunk 4
John Williams, UNC-Asheville
- Dunk 1 & 2
- Dunk 3
- Dunk 4
Rodney Williams, Minnesota
- Dunk 1
- Dunk 2
- Dunk 3
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POSTERIZED Awards: "Best Poster-Dunk of the Year" |
B.I.A.H has spent the whole season documenting the best dunks, posters, jim-jammers, gym-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.
It's time to determine which poster-worthy dunk should be named B.I.A.H POSTERIZED "Poster-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
Dunker of the Year
Dunk of the Year
A poster-dunk is the ultimate display of hardwood embarassment.
We have compiled more than ten of the best poster-dunks from this seasond for you to decide on. Watch the videos and make your choice at the bottom of the page. We are counting on you to provide poster-worthy judgement. After all, this is what we pride ourselves on. We wouldn't have called this POSTERIZED if we didn't take true poster-dunks seriously.
Here are the nominees for the B.I.A.H POSTERIZED award for "Best Poster-Dunk of the Year":
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State
Miles Cartwright, Penn
Jamelle Horne, Arizona
Joe Jackson, Memphis
Brady Jardine, Utah State
Marcus Jordan, UCF
Tim Johnson, Wofford
Travis McKie, Wake Forest
Anthony Nelson, Niagara
LaMarcus Reed, UT-Arlington
Will Sheehey, Indiana
Shay Shine, High Point
DJ Stephens, Memphis
John Williams, UNC-Asheville
Rodney Williams, Minnesota
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
POSTERIZED Awards: "Best Alley-oop 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 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Awards continue with the "Best Alley-oop 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 Poster-Dunk
Dunker of the Year
Dunk of the Year
There is no "I" in "team", and likewise, there is no "I" in "alley-oop". Selflessness and teamwork and timing are needed to pull this dunk off. When executed properly, an alley-oop can be the ultimate showstopper. Alley-oops come in all shapes and sizes: lob passes, full-court heaves and fast-break exclamation points.
Here are the nominees for "Best Alley-oop of the Year":
Laurence Bowers, Missouri
Kenny Gabriel, Auburn
Tony Mitchell, Alabama
Terrence Ross, Washington
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt
Derrick Williams, Arizona
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POSTERIZED Awards: "Best Tip-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 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Awards continue with the "Best Tip-Dunk of the Year"
The Other Categories
Best Two-footed Dunk
Best P-b-P Call
Best 'Chestnuts' Dunk
Best Highlight-Reel Dunk
Best Alley-oop
Best Poster-Dunk
Dunker of the Year
Dunk of the Year
Not enough players work hard for offensive rebounds. But the ones who do are often rewarded with a trip to SportCenter's Top Plays. Tip-jams are raw, they are powerful, and they are absolutely electrifying.
here are the nominees for "Best Tip-Dunk of the Year":
(NOTE: Voting begins at the bottom of the post)
Jared Cunningham, Oregon State
Keith Gabriel, VMI
Drew Gordon, New Mexico
Travis Leslie, Georgia
DJ Newbill, Southern Mississippi
Tom Pritchard, Indiana
Shannon Sharpe, Colorado
Derrick Williams, Arizona
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POSTERIZED Awards: "Best Highlight Reel Dunk" |
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 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Awards continue with the "Best Highlight Reel 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
Dunk of the Year
Not all dunks have to be about power and authority. Given time and space, a dunker's creativity can be put on display. This B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Award goes to the dunk that best exhibited creativity and execution.
Here are the nominees:
Travis Cohn, Jacksonville
Elijah Johnson, Kansas
Travis Leslie, Georgia
Peyton Siva, Louisville
Justin Tubbs, East Tennessee State
Derrick Williams, Arizona
John Williams, UNC-Asheville
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Monday, March 28, 2011
POSTERIZED Awards: "Best 'Chestnuts' Dunk" |
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 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Awards continue with the"Best 'Chestnuts' Dunk of the Year"
You don't need to think very hard about why the term "Chestnuts" is used. At the risk of losing our core audience of 9-14 year-olds, we'll spare the details.
But before we continue, we must first clarify a few specifications. First, there is a substantial difference in a poster-dunk and a chestnuts-dunk. A posterization implies that the defender tried to contest the dunk with a shot-block. Giving an opponent "the chestnuts" implies that the defender went for the charge call, only to have the ball-handler leap over him, thus "chestnutting" him.
Now, that being said, some of the nominees for this category are also candidates for Dunk of the Year, but we aren't asking you to vote for Dunk of the Year right now. We want you to determine which of the following dunks featured the most brutal and humiliating display of "Chestnuts". Emphasis should be put on the actual "chestnutting". If the defender falls on his back at the first point of contact, the "Chestnuttage" is weakened.
(Remember: voting begins at the bottom of the post)
The Other Categories
Best Two-footed Dunk
Best P-b-P Call
Best Highlight-Reel Dunk
Best Tip-Dunk
Best Alley-oop
Best Poster-Dunk
Dunker of the Year
Dunk of the Year
Now that we have clarified this issue, let's move on to the nominees:
CJ Fair, Syracuse
Ramon Galloway, South Carolina
Jordan Hamilton, Texas
Scotty Hopson, Tennessee
Kyle Kuric, Louisville
Dwayne Lathan, Indiana State
E’Twaun Moore, Purdue
Marcus Morris, Kansas
Andre Roberson, Colorado
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POSTERIZED Awards: "Best Call" |
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 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Awards continue with "The Best Call" after the jump
By themselves, dunks are pretty-awesome. But when we are provided with a person's audible reaction to an epic dunk, the value of the highlight goes way up. After all, What would Jerome Lane's backboard-shattering dunk be withouth Bill Raftery's "SEND IT IN, JEROME!"?
(Voting begins at the bottom of the post)
The Other Categories
Best Two-footed Dunk
Best Chestnuts Dunk
Best Highlight-Reel Dunk
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Best Alley-oop
Best Poster-Dunk
Dunker of the Year
Dunk of the Year
Here are the nominees for "The Best Call"
Kyle Casey, Harvard (Mark Adams on the call)
Jared Cunningham, Oregon State (Kevin Calabro on the call)
CJ Fair, Syracuse (Dickie Simpkins on the call)
Brady Jardine, Utah State (Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham on the call)
Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette (Dickie Simpkins on the call)
Tony Mitchell, Alabama (Clay Matvick & Joe Dean on the Call)
Tom Pritchard, Indiana (Gus Johnson & Jim Jackson on the call)
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POSTERIZED Awards: "Best Two-Footed Dunk" |
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 2010-2011 B.I.A.H POSTERIZED Awards will get underway with the first category, "Best Two-footed Dunk of the Year", after the jump
It's easy to posterize somebody when you get a running start and can jump off of one foot. but not every player is given such luxury. A junk off of two feet is ussaully more power than finesse, but it still can be just as beautiful as a tomahawk or windmill jam.
(NOTE: Voting begins at the bottom of the post. the Polls will stay open until Monday, April 4)
The Other Categories
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
Dunk of the Year
Here are the nominees:
John Holland, Boston
Brady Jardine - Utah State
Terrence Jones, Kentucky
Phillip McDonald, New Mexico
DJ Stephens, Memphis
Mitchell Watt, Buffalo
John Williams, UNC-Asheville
Rodney Williams, Minnesota
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