UConn Dunks by season

[tcf15]

Was bored so I started doing this stupid thing - every dunk from every season.

First up...

2017-2018 Season

Total dunks: 48

Mamadou Diarra (12)
Isaiah Whaley (8)
Josh Carlton (6)
Antwoine Anderson (5)
Kwintin Williams (5)
Terry Larrier (4)
David Onuorah (3)
Jalen Adams (2)
Christian Vital (2)
Tyler Polley (1)

 

[tcf15]

2016-2017 Season

Total dunks: 93

Amida Brimah (49)
Kentan Facey (15)
Rodney Purvis (13)
Juwan Durham (4)
Steven Enoch (4)
Jalen Adams (3)
Terry Larrier (2)
Vance Jackson (2)
Christian Vital (1)

 

[tcf15]

2015-2016 Season

Total dunks: 124

Shonn Miller (47)
Amida Brimah (38)
Rodney Purvis (17)
Kentan Facey (8)
Steven Enoch (5)
Daniel Hamilton (5)
Jalen Adams (1)
Omar Calhoun (1)
Christian Foxen (1)
Phil Nolan (1)

 

[tcf15]

2014-2015 Season

Total dunks: 116

Amida Brimah (74)
Kentan Facey (14)
Rodney Purvis (8)
Ryan Boatright (7)
Daniel Hamilton (6)
Phil Nolan (5)
Omar Calhoun (1)
Rakim Lubin (1)

 

[tcf15]

2013-2014 Season

Total Dunks: 98

Amida Brimah (29)
DeAndre Daniels (20)
Phil Nolan (18)
Ryan Boatright (12)
Niels Giffey (10)
Lasan Kromah (6)
Kentan Facey (3)

 

[tcf15]

2012-2013 Season

Total Dunks: 49

DeAndre Daniels (18)
Ryan Boatright (12)
Niels Giffey (6)
Tyler Olander (4)
Enosch Wolf (5)
Phil Nolan (3)
RJ Evans (1)

 

[Psolo12]

One day we’ll get back to throwing down nasty dunks in people’s faces while kicking their a**

 

[Tenspro2002]

I'd be interested in seeing a plot of dunks vs. season.

Dunks aren't the be-all and end-all, of course, but they're a reasonable proxy for physical dominance of your opponent, getting easy looks in transition, effective halfcourt offense, and offensive rebounding.

 

[VKong]

Great work! Perfect for a slow morning here at work lol

Curious which team had the most dunks over the past couple of decades... Would love to see this for the 04, 06 & 09 teams!

 

[tcf15]

I'd be interested in seeing a plot of dunks vs. season.

Dunks aren't the be-all and end-all, of course, but they're a reasonable proxy for physical dominance of your opponent, getting easy looks in transition, effective halfcourt offense, and offensive rebounding.

Just based on the PBPs that are available, here's what you've got from the 2008-09 season to the 2017-18 season:

 

[Austin316]

Man, I wish we had Shonn Miller for all 4 years.

 

[Lefty2one]

Jalen really only had six career dunks coming into this season?

 

[awfuldan]

Man, last year was rough for dunks. Brimah had more dunks by himself his senior year than the entire team last year.

Really hope Mamadou can emerge as a lob target for our guards in the final portion of this season. Feel like we've been missing that badly this year.

 

[HungryHuskies]

Jalen really only had six career dunks coming into this season?

Fine with me. His layup touch off the high glass this season has been vicious.

 

[VKong]

Just based on the PBPs that are available, here's what you've got from the 2008-09 season to the 2017-18 season:

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09 = Dyson/Stix/Adrien/Thabeet all throwing it down. Boy that was fun!

 

[3rdbass]

Jalen really only had six career dunks coming into this season?

Yeah, that is really a head scratcher considering the Alley-oops he has done. I guess they haven't been as many as I thought.

 

[BNich]

Where is the next Rudy Gay and Stanley Robinson? I've been waiting for the next Rashad Anderson and Rip Hamilton type as well. Miss those guys.

 

[Austin316]

Jalen really only had six career dunks coming into this season?

Hard to believe if u watch his HS highlights.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Jalen could dunk every time he gets in the lane but dunking isn’t cool anymore. I secretly want him to put Tacko on a poster tonight.

 

[BNich]

Jalen could dunk every time he gets in the lane but dunking isn’t cool anymore. I secretly want him to put Tacko on a poster tonight.

Can we tweet this to him?

EDIT: Don't worry, I have already done so.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Can we tweet this to him?

I think he’d be more responsive to a DM on IG.

 

[BNich]

I think he’d be more responsive to a DM on IG.

I'm not an IG follower of his. Someone else may have to do that.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Just based on the PBPs that are available, here's what you've got from the 2008-09 season to the 2017-18 season:

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Interesting story in those data.
- We were clearly less physically imposing in the KO era than the JC era
- Dunks don't always correlate with team quality

We have some mediocre teams that dunked a lot (2010, 2012), some finesse teams that were really good (2011, 2014). But the most dominant team on that list (2009) also dunked the most, and the best team of the last 4 years (2016) was also the one that dunked the most over that period.

 

[husky429]

Jalen could dunk every time he gets in the lane but dunking isn’t cool anymore. I secretly want him to put Tacko on a poster tonight.

He'd dunk if he could in the lane. This is ridiculous.

 

[August_West]

He'd dunk if he could in the lane. This is ridiculous.

nah, he tries to jelly everything now.