Hakim Warrick’s dunk reminds me of the one time he made me scream like a little girl. My details might be a little blurry, but the moral of the story remains. Warrick was playing for Syracuse, and he picked up his dribble with both feet well outside the lane. His teammate was open underneath the hoop, so Warrick’s defender left Warrick alone to keep him from passing to the wide open teammate. Still with no dribble and not wanting to shoot a jumper, Warrick just took off. From a standstill, with — I repeat — both feet outside the paint (!), Warrick trampolined himself toward the basket. He outstretched his arm, over a defender, and defied gravity on his way to the rim. He looked like the dude from The Rocketeer.

Alas, Warrick missed the dunk. But it might have been the most exciting miss in NCAA basketball history.

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