fav jams-clg/pro; mine toraino

[chapwilvaug72]

vs. villanov for overwhelming quick hitting putback ferocity; a thang of bootie/ chamberlain vs jumpin johnnie green of balt bullets: wilt goes for jam but jumpin john has all ball block but wilt is so strong the dunk is completed & 6-5 john almost loses arm

 

[Fishy]

Homeland Security is going to kick your door down one of these nights.

 

[HooperScooper]

I actually understood what he's talking about. I guess you just need to drink heavily before reading his posts and then they're actually coherent.

 

[Huskyforlife]

vs. villanov for overwhelming quick hitting putback ferocity; a thang of bootie/ chamberlain vs jumpin johnnie green of balt bullets: wilt goes for jam but jumpin john has all ball block but wilt is so strong the dunk is completed & 6-5 john almost loses arm

I think it's trying to communicate...

 

[Huskyforlife]

vs. villanov for overwhelming quick hitting putback ferocity; a thang of bootie/ chamberlain vs jumpin johnnie green of balt bullets: wilt goes for jam but jumpin john has all ball block but wilt is so strong the dunk is completed & 6-5 john almost loses arm

But in all seriousness, is this your fav dunk ever or somthing?

 

[intlzncster]

" a thang of bootie" in the middle made me chuckle.

 

[Horatio]

Beautiful. Jar Jar Binks meets Ebonics and written in hieroglyphics. I figured it out. One of My favorite dunks was Jeremy Lambs Vs Columbia

 

[CAHUSKY]

I find it hard to believe, and somewhat disturbing, that i generally understand and completely agree. Toraino's put back is, in my opinion, the greatest dunk in UCONN history.

 

[UconnU]

Its kind of crazy that someone who clearly doesnt understand the English language very well is so knowledgeable about uconn basketball.

 

[alexd]

I need "a thang of bootie" right about now.

 

[alexd]

I still have that Toraino dunk game on VHS tape. It was an ESPN game, The announcer was normally an NHL guy, can't remember his name..he screamed: "put that one on your VCR and keep it"

 

[CAHUSKY]

I still have that Toraino dunk game on VHS tape. It was an ESPN game, The announcer was normally an NHL guy, can't remember his name..he screamed: "put that one on your VCR and keep it"

You've got to post a video of it one of the days. I'd love to see if the reality matches the folklore status it holds in my memory.

 

[alexd]

I still have that Toraino dunk game on VHS tape. It was an ESPN game, The announcer was normally an NHL guy, can't remember his name..he screamed: "put that one on your VCR and keep it"

It was Gary Thorne who did the play by play.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

You've got to post a video of it one of the days. I'd love to see if the reality matches the folklore status it holds in my memory.

Good point.

I've watched every UConn basketball game since 1988, and Toraino Walker's dunk stands out over that long span. I remember it despite the game having no special significance, and despite the player's relative lackluster career. I wonder if put in the middle of a mix of Stanley Robinson and Rudy Gay dunks it would still stand out.

And to think, all because he mistimed his jump.

 

[alexd]

Good point.

I've watched every UConn basketball game since 1988, and Toraino Walker's dunk stands out over that long span. I remember it despite the game having no special significance, and despite the player's relative lackluster career. I wonder if put in the middle of a mix of Stanley Robinson and Rudy Gay dunks it would still stand out.

And to think, all because he mistimed his jump.

As a good comparison....see Dook's Grant Hill's one handed alley-oop dunk from the side of the rim in his 2nd NC game...except that Toraino's was a put back off a missed 3. Amazing timing.

 

[huskiesNhoos]

I always love re-watching sticks' dunk off the half court pass from dyson against texas

 

[CL82]

" a thang of bootie" in the middle made me chuckle.

Same. It also made me wonder if this is an act.

 

[RichZ]

There was a dunk that Ray made -- can't recall against whom -- he drove through a crowded lane from jut right of the foul line, looked like he was going to lay it in on the right side of the hoop, defense went up to stop him, he adjusted mid-flight and somehow managed to dunk it right handed on the left side of the hoop. I remember thinking it was the most awesomely athletic move to the hoop I'd ever seen from someone not named Julius.

And you have to give some point to Edzilla's dunk on Loren Woods, where he made Woods go cower in the corner and cover his head.

 

[Sibeerian]

I find it hard to believe, and somewhat disturbing, that i generally understand and completely agree. Toraino's put back is, in my opinion, the greatest dunk in UCONN history.

And at the time we barely knew who Toraino was. The guy played sparingly early in the season and then came out of nowhere... More or less introducing himself with that dunk.

 

[intlzncster]

You've got to post a video of it one of the days. I'd love to see if the reality matches the folklore status it holds in my memory.

Very few times is that the case. One I can think of of the top of my head is a Darrell Dawkins dunk.

For UConn (outside of the big shots), AJPs ankle breaker is amazing every time. So are a few of Tony Robertson's dunks, though I can't remember the context of one I'm thinking of. I love when smaller guys throw down.

 

[nomar]

I'm pretty sure the "post new thread" button is the only one this dude has figured out how to use.

 

[Strummer]

WHY HAS NOBODY POSTED A VIDEO OF THE TORAINO DUNK? OR AT LEAST A LINK. Hell, I'll take an animated GIF or a "vine," whatever the kids are calling them nowadays.

I don't care if one of you "I was watching UConn ball in 1817 before all of this new fangled "Jim Calhoun Era" crap was invented" old fogeys needs to dig a VHS tape out from under your Montelvani 8 track collection and use your "free" scooter and clapper hooked to your pacemaker which has been medical-taped to the end of your cane to act as a stun device to stage a nursing home jail break so that you can GET THAT TAPE TO TCS so that he can post the ----ing video.

GET IT DONE.

 

[jleves]

I've always loved the Saunders dunk that made the Zona center cower like a little girl.

 

[CAHUSKY]

WHY HAS NOBODY POSTED A VIDEO OF THE TORAINO DUNK? OR AT LEAST A LINK. Hell, I'll take an animated GIF or a "vine," whatever the kids are calling them nowadays.

I don't care if one of you "I was watching UConn ball in 1817 before all of this new fangled "Jim Calhoun Era" crap was invented" old fogeys needs to dig a VHS tape out from under your Montelvani 8 track collection and use your "free" scooter and clapper hooked to your pacemaker which has been medical-taped to the end of your cane to act as a stun device to stage a nursing home jail break so that you can GET THAT TAPE TO TCS so that he can post the ----ing video.

GET IT DONE.

Either that or throw the tape in your VHS player (all us old guys have at least one still in the closet or garage) and make a recording of the dunk with your iphone as it plays on the tv. Then toss it up on YouTube and post it here.

 

[Sibeerian]

WHY HAS NOBODY POSTED A VIDEO OF THE TORAINO DUNK? OR AT LEAST A LINK. Hell, I'll take an animated GIF or a "vine," whatever the kids are calling them nowadays.

I don't care if one of you "I was watching UConn ball in 1817 before all of this new fangled "Jim Calhoun Era" crap was invented" old fogeys needs to dig a VHS tape out from under your Montelvani 8 track collection and use your "free" scooter and clapper hooked to your pacemaker which has been medical-taped to the end of your cane to act as a stun device to stage a nursing home jail break so that you can GET THAT TAPE TO TCS so that he can post the ----ing video.

GET IT DONE.

Shame you've never seen it. Something about the way the roof parted, letting in a shaft of celestial light, and lightning erupted from toraino's buttocks, and the opposing coach spontaneously combusted made it pretty special. Oh well.