Ryan Boatright upset teammate Andre Drummond to win Connecticut's dunk contest on Friday.
Boatright is barely 6-foot-0, while Drummond is nearly 7-foot-0.
"I've been doing that dunk since high school," said Boatright, the freshman guard from Aurora, Ill.
Boatright got his assists from sophomore Shabazz Napier, who for the first dunk sat in a chair and flipped the ball up. Then Napier started, twirled the ball off the side of the backboard and Boatright, soaring through the air, scooped it up and slammed it.
When a third dunk-off was required, Boatright slammed it and hung on the rim several seconds. The six judges, including UConn President Susan Herbst, ESPN's Doris Burke, former players Hasheem Thabeet, Ray Allen and Kemba Walker, gave him a score of nine.
Jim Calhoun has been raving about his athletic ability for a while, and compares him to Husky Dream Season guard John Gwynn, a small, energetic player who can come off the bench and provide that "microwave" effect.