NCAA Slam Dunk Contest: James Justice Tops Kenny Gabriel With Ridiculous Slam

James Justice Shuts Down The Dunk Contest, Takes Title

James Justice won the NCAA Slam Dunk contest, and it really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who watched him take flight. At 5-foot-9, Justice was the smallest guy in the field, but also the highest leaper. Boasting a vertical somewhere in the neighborhood of 52 inches -- no, really -- Justice put on a show, playing well above the rim for each of his slams.

For instance, this was one of his backup dunks, after he missed a first attempt.

That's two young men, back-to-back in the key. While he didn't quite fly over them, he still dunked in rather ridiculous fashion.

And his last dunk -- the one that won him the contest? Well, it was something else. How about off the bounce, between the legs, with his head at rim level? Yeah, that.

This is what we like to call shutting it down.

You know he had to put the belt on after that one.

Justice easily won, pulling in a 49.4 in the final round.

For more on the dunk contest, which topped the NBA version, check out this StoryStream.

Bryan Narcisse Brings The House Down With Shot Clock Dunk

In the quarterfinals of Thursday night's dunk contest, Bryan Narcisse went with a tame, but nice, tribute, revealing a Larry Nance jersey and emulating a dunk. It was enough to get him into the next round, but Narcisse had to step his game up. And step his game up he did with one spectacular windmill dunk.

Here's his jam, which came after a pass off the shot clock.

Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to get him through to the finals. Still a great dunk, though!

ANIMATED: Dequan Jones' Slow-Mo Dunk Fail

Dequan Jones took two tries to pull of his last semifinal dunk on Thursday night, failing in a rather spectacular way on his first effort. If it wasn't bad enough to come up short attempting a dunk on national television, ESPN slowed the thing down. But Jones' failure benefits all of us, giving us one nifty little GIF.

Here's Jones missing the mark in slow-mo, after he misjudges his jump.

On the plus side, he hammered home his second attempt to a standing ovation.

ANIMATED: Kenny Gabriel, Jimmy Dykes Share A Chest Bump

Probably the most awkward and awesome moment from the NCAA Slam Dunk Contest involved Jimmy Dykes, who hopped in to help out Kenny Gabriel. The dunk itself wasn't too bad, but it was the celebration that stole the show. Dykes and Gabriel shared a flying chest bump, with the former ending up on the floor because of the latter.

Dykes doesn't seem to have much in the way of ups. Got about six inches off the ground there. It's the effort that counts, though.

ANIMATED: James Justice Has Enormous Bounce, Throws Down Massive Dunk

ANIMATED: Bryan Narcisse Pays Tribute To Larry Nance