B-Lo has some hops

[Jonnyeagle]

 

[BleedingGreen]

Question:  who are the top 5 dunkers / leapers in UNT history?  My list but not ranked : 

Kenneth Mangrum
Xavier Hinton

Tony Mitchell 

Shawson Johnson 

Deginald Erskin

Hmmm… Lorient may enter top 5.

top my list……

Edited July 23, 2024 by BleedingGreen

[greenminer]

Didn't the Howitzer dunk into our own basket once? Effectively, scored for the other team?

[GrandGreen]

18 hours ago, BleedingGreen said:

Question:  who are the top 5 dunkers / leapers in UNT history?  My list but not ranked : 

Kenneth Mangrum
Xavier Hinton

Tony Mitchell 

Shawson Johnson 

Deginald Erskin

Hmmm… Lorient may enter top 5.

top my list……

Great leaper, only very old fans will remember.

Strange thing, to my knowledge never dunked in a game.

For those that don't know, the dunk was not allowed in NCAA basketball from 1967 to 1976

Leroy Winfield jumped center at 6'2"  and probably had a vertical as good as Mangrum 

 

If you are talking about absolute best dunker ever at NT

There is only one answer

Tony Mitchell

I am sure others have done this, but he is the only player I have ever seen that could dump two basketball with one jump

Just jumping that high with a basketball in each hand is incredible. 

 

These threads always remind of the stupidity of former HC Tommy Newman

Spud Webb had committed to NT's  when coached by Bill Blakeley

Blakeley was fired and Newman hired, and offer to Webb was withdrawn

Webb became a star at North Carolina, and Newman went on to a 24-60 record at NT

 

 

[Cooley]

Certainly can't disagree with Tony Mitchell. However, he was 6-8 with very large hands. I had the pleasure of watching Charles McMillan and Wayman Lister throughout their HS (SOC), Juco (McMillian) and NTSU careers. At only 6-3/6-4, they were dunking legends in Dallas area HS history. Unfortunately, NT fans didn't see much back in the mid 70's because they were reserves on the most talented rosters (top to bottom) ever.  

Lister was Player of the Year in Texas and McMillian was 1st Team All State and a Juco All-American.

I see that this question has been posed previously: 

 

[UNTLifer]

Jerald Nunley that played in the early 90s with Jesse Ratliff could jump out of the gym.

Edited July 25, 2024 by UNTLifer

[BleedingGreen]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Jeralf Nunley that played in the early 90s with Jesse Ratliff could jump out of the gym.

Yes!  I was thinking about him and almost listed him. 

Me a UNT fall 90 -95 alum