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3 point and Dunk Contest

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bucheer16

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Any possibility that Zach may be asked to participate in the Dunk contest as did Boogie last year?? I wish Crouch had status for the 3 point contest but this is a senior thing so i'm glad he's not :wink:
 
From what I hear, a video was put together of Zach's best dunks throughout the year to send to whoever puts the contest on. If so, I think it would be hard for them to overlook Andrews.
 
My friend told me that a player could not compete in the 3pt or dunk contest unless the team made the NCAA tournament. Is that right?
 
ser_solace said:
My friend told me that a player could not compete in the 3pt or dunk contest unless the team made the NCAA tournament. Is that right?
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That was my belief. but I have nothing to back it up.
 
Wasn't there a player from Western Illinois who competed in the dunk contest just within the past few years? Did they make the tournamnet that year?
 
Last year's dunk contest had the following participants:
Maurice Ager of Michigan State
Rodney Carney of Memphis
Vincent Grier on Minnesota
Errol Knight of Gonzaga
James White of Cincinnati
Lawrence Wright from Bradley

Neither Minnesota nor Cincinnati were in the NCAA Tournament last year.
 
Gargoyles said:
Apparently Zach has been named an alternate for this year's dunk contest. Let's hope someone catches the flu bug.
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That's too bad. I was really hoping Zach would get the opportunity to show what he can do.
 
thefish7 said:
Mike Radigan said:
Zach Attack on ESPN
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Anyone know of any video from the ridiculous alley oop dunk off of a sort of errant Jeremy Crouch feed?
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Fish--- that's a great question.

Lots of the Bradley fans maybe never saw that dunk, since it hasn't appeared in highlights.

But we are talking about a long assist pass that JC threw towards the rim in the 2nd half of the BU-ISU game down at "Doug Collins" Court in Normal, on 2/3/07.

I was sitting right behind the home bench and had a fine view and would agree it was one of the most athletic and awesome dunks I have ever seen,. given that the assist pass was really a bit too high and too far from the rim.

But Zach, who must've taken off about at the free throw line reached WAY back, and way high to grab the ball one handed, and then had only a split second to slam it through the rim since his speed and momentum had already carried him nearly to the baseline.

Here are a couple references to that dunk.....

First...on the bubraves.com website in the game story:
"Bradley extended its 36-32 halftime lead to seven points, 41-34, on an Andrews alley-oop dunk with 16:07 left in the game.
http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=784409

Here is the play-by-play record showing the dunk (per ESPN) as occurring at 16:08 of the 2nd half.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/playbyplay?gameId=270342287&period=2

Also, I noted the dunk in my game report on BradleyFans.com
"Nice pass and awesome dunk on the full run by Zach whose arm was 24 inches about the rim!"
http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5945

Surprisingly, someone did get a picture of it....and here it is:
http://www.nmnathletics.com.edgesuite.net/pics14/400/BC/BCZEXREMKTNGOXE.20070206214437.jpg

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By the way..here are some people who've never even heard of Zach Andrews commenting on his dunk at Yuba,
"Sick Dunk"
http://www.mixmakers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=43221
 
It seems like footage must exist at least as broadcast by WMBD... I wonder if we could get it somehow. My brother (a lurker around here) and I just about died when he put that one down. It was a filthy dunk, and I think maybe the best I've ever seen by a Bradley player.
 
Believe it or not... I have footage of that dunk on my girlfriends dvd camera. I recorded bits and pieces from the game. The footage isn't that great since i was in the upper deck and had it zoomed out at the time. But I will work on getting that clip off of her camera and onto here for you guys.
 
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