Donovan, Dunks, Dan

[JakeTheDog]

A few years ago Hurley said something along the lines of “good teams dunk the ball a lot” and a few years before that it seemed like we never dunked at all. My question for the stats people is does Donovan have a chance to have more dunks this season than say our 2016-17 team?

 

[BGesus4]

A few years ago Hurley said something along the lines of “good teams dunk the ball a lot” and a few years before that it seemed like we never dunked at all. My question for the stats people is does Donovan have the chance to have more dunks this season than say our 2016-17 team?

Was thinking about that same quote today

 

[Waquoit]

I remember him saying that if you don't dunk, you suck.

 

[navery12]

A few years ago Hurley said something along the lines of “good teams dunk the ball a lot” and a few years before that it seemed like we never dunked at all. My question for the stats people is does Donovan have the chance to have more dunks this season than say our 2016-17 team?

Donovan has 26 and is on pace for 73 dunks (plus whatever happens in the postseason). The 2017-18 team which was Hurley's first season had 48 as a team for the whole season

Next seasons were 73, 76, 64 and 83. Good to great chance he passes all those seasons as well

 

[NJHoops]

Donovan has 26 and is on pace for 73 dunks (plus whatever happens in the postseason). The 2017-18 team which was Hurley's first season had 48 as a team for the whole season

Next seasons were 73, 76, 64 and 83. Good to great chance he passes all those seasons as well

While the 17-18 season was instrumental in getting him (or anyone else) to UConn, he was not there yet. 18-19 was his first season.

 

[jibsey]

Donovan has 26 and is on pace for 73 dunks (plus whatever happens in the postseason). The 2017-18 team which was Hurley's first season had 48 as a team for the whole season

Next seasons were 73, 76, 64 and 83. Good to great chance he passes all those seasons as well

Think about all this with just the relatively limited minutes he's had.

 

[navery12]

While the 17-18 season was instrumental in getting him (or anyone else) to UConn, he was not there yet.

Whoops, can't count to 5 apparently. So the bottom 4 are the Hurley years

 

[husky8273]

Donovan has 26 and is on pace for 73 dunks (plus whatever happens in the postseason). The 2017-18 team which was Hurley's first season had 48 as a team for the whole season

Next seasons were 73, 76, 64 and 83. Good to great chance he passes all those seasons as well

who knew tcf15 creates a clip of our dunks by season?

 

[elmcityboy]

i knew @tcf15 had a thread about dunk totals a few years ago. found it thanks to the (always surprisingly good) boneyard search feature.

Every dunk from 2020-2021 season

Total Dunks: 65 Isaiah Whaley (17) James Bouknight (11) Andre Jackson (11) Adama Sanogo (8) Tyrese Martin (7) Josh Carlton (6) Jalen Gaffney (2) Brendan Adams (1) Akok Akok (1) Javonte Brown (1)

the-boneyard.com

really good revisit!

 

[elmcityboy]

i knew @tcf15 had a thread about dunk totals a few years ago. found it thanks to the (always surprisingly good) boneyard search feature.

Every dunk from 2020-2021 season

Total Dunks: 65 Isaiah Whaley (17) James Bouknight (11) Andre Jackson (11) Adama Sanogo (8) Tyrese Martin (7) Josh Carlton (6) Jalen Gaffney (2) Brendan Adams (1) Akok Akok (1) Javonte Brown (1)

the-boneyard.com

really good revisit!

according to the @tcf15 chart, we are probably on pace for the most dunks of the last 10+ years

 

[Chin Diesel]

I mean the Cling Kong and Dunkin' Donuts angle is too easy right.

Make a Cling Kong donut you can dunk in your coffee.

 

[eos91]

Notably, Donovan is finishing plays with dunks that just 3 weeks ago he was laying in. He is improving before our eyes

 

[GHSWolverines]

Cling Kong

 

[UConn Esq]

Is dunks a record stat? Would be curious to see the list of dunkers

 

[navery12]

Is dunks a record stat? Would be curious to see the list of dunkers

 

[Peacefrog]

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We’ve found a weakness! The team is only making 91.5% of its dunks.

 

[UCTitleTown]

That's my favorite part of Clingan's game. He doesn't mess around, he hammers it home. So many big men in our past like Thabeet, Oriakhi and even Sanogo (to a much less extent) have made me scream at the TV to go up strong and slam it. Not the case with Clingan. I love his game.

 

[bigknight3]

Jackson only having 1 more dunk than Karaban is a crime. Hope he continues to be active and take advantage of offensive opportunities moving forward.

 

[Icehawk]

Man, Clingan is just a machine, when you barely need to hop to dunk... it's a gimme. Vs LIU I think all but one of his shots was a dunk?