Okay, okay, you got me. This moment almost quite literally hasnothingto do with Western Kentucky athletics, but it was an exciting time to be apart of the Hilltopper family, and see one of our #ProToppers reach the height of his respective sport. In 2012, when Orlando, Florida, hosted the NBA All-Star Game and Skills Competition, former WKU ???Jeremy Evanscompeted in the Slam Dunk contest, and brought both Hilltopper and Utah Jazz fans together for a new voting format that helped bring Evans’ crown home to Salt Lake and Bowling Green.
Evans, who was named as a replacement for the injuredIman Shumpert,had to battle outDerrick Willimas, Paul GeorgeandChase Budingerin the final round, and thanks to both text votes and, for the first time, twitter voting using hashtags, Evans narrowly beat out Budinger by a single percentage point of the votes. The slam that did it was when he jumpedoversomeone in a chair, who tossed himTWO…count ’em,TWO…balls, and he threw them both down.
This happened on the same night thatTops basketball squad beat MTSUto close out the regular season in Diddle, and move on to their magical Four Wins in Four Days in Hot Springs.
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