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Fair wins Dunk-of-the-Year tournament

Syracuse forward C.J. Fair won the 2012-13 Hoops Manifesto Dunk-of-the-Year Tournament on Monday.

The tournament was formatted in a bracket, and fan voting determined the winner. Fair’s slam against Georgetown in the Big East tournament semifinals garnered 55 percent of the vote and beat out Eastern Kentucky’s Marcus Lewis. Fair’s slam also knocked off dunks by Louisville’s Chane Behanan, Virginia Intermont’s Anthony Goode and Mercyhurst’s Jonathon Ouegnin.

In the emphatic overtime dunk, Fair took an inbounds pass from guard Brandon Triche at the right post. Fair took one dribble to his dominant left side, then planted and threw down a slam over Hoyas forward Otto Porter, the Big East player of the year.

In that game, the Orange went on to top Georgetown, 58-55. SU advanced to the Big East tournament championship match against Louisville, which would beat the Orange by 17 and eventually win the NCAA Tournament, too.







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