Over the past 48 hours we have seen 2 great NBA dunks. The first is last night's Clippers vs. Thunder game. Blake Griffin. Boom.
The second is Sunday's game featuring the Heat and the Bulls. LeBron James. Shakalaka.
Which one do you think is more impressive? Which would you vote as dunk of the year thus far?
Now on to the college hoops world. Here are the updated rankings: UK is the bomb dot com. You'll notice Gainer's 2 schools nicely complete the rankings at #1 and #25.
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
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RK
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TEAM
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RECORD
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PTS
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1
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Kentucky
(31)
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21-1
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775
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2
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Syracuse
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22-1
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730
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3
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Ohio State
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19-3
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726
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4
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Missouri
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19-2
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635
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5
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Duke
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18-3
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631
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6
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Baylor
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19-2
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622
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6
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North Carolina
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18-3
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622
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8
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Kansas
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17-4
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548
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9
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Murray State
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21-0
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511
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10
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Michigan State
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17-4
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456
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11
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Florida
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17-4
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445
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12
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Creighton
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20-2
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426
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13
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UNLV
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20-3
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399
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14
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Georgetown
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16-4
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355
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15
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Marquette
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18-4
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323
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16
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Saint Mary's
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21-2
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284
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17
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San Diego State
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18-3
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264
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18
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Virginia
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17-3
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253
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19
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Mississippi State
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17-5
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193
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20
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Indiana
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17-5
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142
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20
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Wisconsin
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17-5
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142
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22
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Michigan
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16-6
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120
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23
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Harvard
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18-2
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116
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24
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Florida State
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14-6
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85
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25
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Louisville
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17-5
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68
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Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 65, Vanderbilt 36,
Connecticut 21, Nevada 18, Kansas State 15, Iowa State 9, Middle Tennessee 9,
Wichita State 7, West Virginia 6, New Mexico 6, Southern Miss 4, Long Beach
State 3, California 2, Temple 2, Notre Dame 1
A link to the
NCAA Top 25/Division 1 games for the rest of the week http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/schedule
#3 Ohio State Buckeyes 19-3 (7-2 in
the Big Ten)
Like
expected, the Buckeyes went 2-0 this past week winning both games by a combined
margin of victory +39. The Buckeyes extended their homecourt win streak to 38
(2nd longest active streak in the country). The Buckeyes beat Penn
State on Wednesday, 78 to 54, then again Sunday afternoon vs. that team up
north, 64 to 49. With the two wins the Buckeyes are on top of the Big Ten
standings alone at 7-2. The Buckeyes continue to get balance scoring from the
starting five and production/minutes from the bench. The Buckeyes play one game
this week up in Madison vs. the Badgers, Saturday afternoon. With the game on
Saturday, the Buckeyes start a stretch of games that included Wisconsin, Purdue,
Michigan St., and Minnesota. Here is a look at the updated Big Ten Standings:
Big Ten Standings
TEAM
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CONF
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OVERALL
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Ohio State
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7-2
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19-3
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Michigan State
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6-2
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17-4
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Wisconsin
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6-3
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17-5
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Michigan
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6-3
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16-6
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Purdue
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5-4
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15-7
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Indiana
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5-5
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17-5
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Illinois
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4-4
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15-6
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Minnesota
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4-5
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16-6
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Nebraska
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3-6
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11-9
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Iowa
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3-6
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11-11
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Northwestern
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2-6
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12-8
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Penn State
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2-7
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10-12
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NBA Minute
Cleveland Cavaliers (8-11)
Well, after a
2-2 week, the Cavs continue to hang around in the Eastern Conference Standings.
After losing a hard-fought game to the Heat in Miami 92 to 85, they bounced
back to beat the NY Knicks at home, 91 to 81. Dropping their next game to the
NJ Nets on Friday, 99 to 96, the Cavs then went up to Boston and shocked the
Celtics on Sunday, 88 to 87. Kyrie Irving used a spinning move and drive to the
hoop to score with less then 3 seconds in the game, which capped a 12-0 run to
end the game for the Cavs vs. the Celtics. The Cavs sit in the 9th
spot right now in the East, and have games this week vs. Celtics (Tuesday), @
Magic (Friday) and then vs. Mavs (Saturday). The Cavs just need to continue
getting better on both ends of the court and tally up the W’s.
Now, here is
a great clip of former NBA dunking machine Shawn Kemp (and one-time Cleveland
hoopster). I was reminded of this clip yesterday, while watching an episode of
SportsCenter. Enjoy! If I could dunk, this is what I would do every time.
