Gerry Wright - Sir-Jamalot No contest.
Sadly, he broke his hand his senior year and it impacted his dunk count.
Sadly, he broke his hand his senior year and it impacted his dunk count.
Favorite Hawkeyes who were Dunkers
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In no particular order but Sir Jam A Lot, Tyler Cook, Aaron White, Seth Gorney (only because he did the awesome X with his arms after his dunks), James Winters and both Roy and Dev Marble.
If I had to pick one it would by Tyler Cook simply because the dude went to the rim with aggression and looked to dunk everything. He is the most athletically explosive player I can recall at Iowa.
If I had to pick one it would by Tyler Cook simply because the dude went to the rim with aggression and looked to dunk everything. He is the most athletically explosive player I can recall at Iowa.
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Your favorite dunkers are a guy who had no dunks as a Hawk, and another who had, at most, 11 (assuming all of his FGM were dunks)?
The one I laughed the hardest at was when Jon Beutjer clanged a dunk off the rim and it bounced about 30 feet towards the backcourt.
Gerry Wright - Sir-Jamalot No contest.
Sadly, he broke his hand his senior year and it impacted his dunk count.
Dang, what a vertical. Sir J's knees are up by that defenders head lol.
I hope Sean Sonderleiter is reading this and taking notes of all the ass he’s going to beat with you guys excluding him.
Joe Fermino a close second.
Joe Fermino a close second.
Gerry Wright’s cartwheel dunk was far and away the best dunk ever. He obviously never did it in a game but he would do a cartwheel while palming two balls and dunk them both.
Lord, I forgot that guy disgraced two Iowa uniforms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Beutjer
During the summer of 2001, Beutjer with roommate and fellow football teammate Sam Aiello got in a dispute over a cable bill, which resulted in Beutjer being knocked unconscious in a parking lot . Beutjer loved Iowa and his teammates[citation needed], but was forced into making a very difficult decision and he wound up transferring to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Anyway, I'ma go with T. Skinz.
T.R.O.Y.
Remember when Darryl Dawkins said screw it and tore down the backboard!! LOL of course he went straight to the NBA out of high school.
Yeah, a three-point line would have been more helpful for that group, although they still averaged over 100 ppg in Big 10 play without it. But surely John Johnson would have liked to dunk a few.
Relax...I just like to throw out obscure names from those Raveling years. I hope you didn't spend too much time trying to find out more about them. FWIW, they were freakishly athletic. They just couldn't break the line-up with all the talent stacked on the roster.
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Iowa Highlights
There a few Gerry Wright and Roy Marble dunks in the link above. I like Wright's dunk at the 9:00 minute mark...I remember seeing the highlight on ESPN and commentator say 'that's just a stylish dunk'. Oh, there was an Antoine Joubert clip or two in there too.
There a few Gerry Wright and Roy Marble dunks in the link above. I like Wright's dunk at the 9:00 minute mark...I remember seeing the highlight on ESPN and commentator say 'that's just a stylish dunk'. Oh, there was an Antoine Joubert clip or two in there too.
Gerry Wright. I remember being so excited when he would enter a game. He had another level than anyone around him. Was seriously like Iowa's Dr. J
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Those were great. I watched Steve Carfino put down a 360 dunk in one of those!
Didn't play much, but back in the day they would have dunk contests on the Lute Olson show. I think he won it one year. Did one of those wrap the ball around your leg jams. Not bad for being 6-1
I don't think that lil stinker could even reach the bottom of the net.
Roy Marble and Al Lorenzen come to mind. People have forgotten how frequently, and hard Al dunked the ball. Bent a rim, moved portable basket stands. Roy made a lot of aerial action and Roy could bring some force along. Good catch on the Ty Cook.
I don't think Uthoff is on this list because he didn't dunk very often.
What ever happened to Sweet May? His is the only signature missing from a number of pieces of memorabilia that I own.
Also, I remember a nice dunk by Mr. Lester once.
