The Dunk Of The Year May Have Been Served Up By A Texas Freshman

Sagaba Konate might not be a name you’re familiar with, but you’ll see him on a poster soon thanks to Jarrett Allen.

The Texas freshman threw down the what some are calling the college basketball dunk of the year against West Virginia on Monday night in a game the Longhorns eventually lose, 77-62.

Allen took a pass from Andrew Jones from the top of the 3-point arc and didn’t bother dribbling, heading straight for the hole. Poor Konate tried to stop the 6’11 Allen, but his right hand wasn’t enough to stop the freshman forward here. Allen simply arced the ball back a bit further, then let it fly. The noise the dunk made was something else, and the announcers said the rim was still shaking while the Mountaineers picked up the pieces and tried to

The broadcast crew kind of lost his mind here, calling it “The dunk of the year! The dunk of the year in the league.”

It was the highlight of a weird game where West Virginia coach Bob Huggins actually fell to his knees because his defibrillator went off.

Huggins was fine, as he was later able to freak the hell out when a West Virginia player somehow got a foul called on him for two Texas players colliding when they went up for a rebound.

Glad to see everyone is OK. Even Konate, who should probably just learn from Steph Curry that sometimes you need to just let those things happen sometimes.