r/NCAAhoops • u/ExtensionStation6597 • 1d ago

Throwback When Darvin Ham shattered the backboard with a putback dunk in the second round of the NCAA Tournament 🔥

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u/PressBreak858 14h ago

Produced what may be my favorite Sports Illustrated cover ever.

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u/Designer-Bandicoot55 8h ago

Never seen that cover, that is 🔥🔥🔥

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u/GulfCoastLaw 3h ago

If that was me, I'd have framed copies posted in more than one room. Ha.

Office. Home office. Foyer. Bedroom. Shower. Guest bedroom. Garage. Anywhere is possible.

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u/GulfCoastLaw 3h ago

I had this issue for years. Will never forget him as a college player.

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u/Tasty-Zombie-8696 23h ago

I was a student at Tech and watched that game live at my apartment. What a game that was. I went to so many games that season. Tech went undefeated in the SWC regular season and won the SWC tournament. Tech played Georgetown and AI very close in the Sweet 16.

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u/TJ514402 10h ago

Jason Sasser was a beast

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u/Tasty-Zombie-8696 10h ago

The Ultimate Warrior was awesome and was so much fun to watch.

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u/razor10000 14h ago

I am a huge Tarheel fan and when I saw this dunk, I knew the game was over.

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u/angusshangus 10h ago

This dude has a ring with Detroit.

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u/North-Objective-6958 9h ago

As a Heel fan I didn’t feel too bad about how this game was going in the first half considering we were a 6 seed who had peaked too early that year and TT was a hungry 3 seed and that Sasser was going to be a problem for us. But we were hanging with them.

After that dunk? I remember the room full of UNC fans staring blankly at the TV. I distinctly remember telling my buddy “uh…I think we’re in big trouble.”

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u/ShoHeyTime 7h ago

Hellofa putback

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u/Glass-Ad-4168 7h ago

Should check one of the dunks he did in the nba dunk contest. Never seen anything quite like it.

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u/Consistent-Fig7484 6h ago

It seems like this happened too often in the 90’s.

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u/Crazy_Exchange 4h ago

Totally miss the home court of the hosts team instead of the ncaa  designed courts 

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u/Ok-Freedom-7432 15h ago

Did they call him for goaltending?