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Stinnett Named MVC Newcomer Of The Week...Again

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Max Univers
on January 7, 2008 3:28 PM |
Over half of the times the MVC Newcomer of the Week award has been handed out this season, its gone to a Bluejay. This week, P'Allen Stinnett wins it for the second time. From the official press release:

    Creighton freshman P'Allen Stinnett has been named the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week. This marks the fifth time in nine weeks this year that a Bluejay newcomer has been recognized, and it is Stinnett's second accolade (also Nov. 12, 2007).

Before the season, there was excited talk about how P'Allen would be a special player...eventually. He showed flashes of it over the non-conference slate, with a bushel of highlight dunks and a couple of big-time performances in key games. But to win the award after a week in which his coach publicly called him out and threatened to bench him, a week in which a local radio host openly speculated whether he was on his way out and might transfer, and a week in which he fouled out in just 15 minutes...

Well, he just might be something special already. But don't take my word for it. LetsGoBears.com, a fan site of Missouri State, had this to say upon their first experience of P'Allen in person:


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Two Highlight-Reel Dunks

By
Max Univers
on January 1, 2008 3:40 PM |
While Saturday's debacle was pretty much forgettable, P'Allen Stinnett did have two rather badass dunks. So in an effort to cheer you up on this New Years Day, here they are. Also, the sooner I can get three more posts up here, the sooner the recap of that horror movie from Saturday night will disappear into the archives. You bet.

The first dunk came on a fast break in the first half, and of particular note is where he takes off from -- that's Sir Rodney Buford territory, right there. And the cocked-and-loaded action of pulling the ball back before the dunk...good times.



The second dunk came when the game was pretty much out of reach. Its more of a garden-variety power slam, although its tough to understand how there was no foul called -- look at how he gets hacked! No worries, P went Marshal Law on him and threw the defender into the basket stand. Not the most sportsman-like move, but I enjoyed it, anyway.


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P'Allen's Monstrous Dunk Is (No Longer) an Enigma

By
Max Univers
on November 28, 2007 5:24 PM |
When P'Allen Stinnett dunked over Shang Ping -- posterized him, really -- for the last points in Creighton's 74-62 win over Nebraska, it was the perfect exclamation point to the butt-kicking buffet served up cold by the Jays. (Because buffets of buck-kicking are best served cold).

And as we left the arena, I started cycling through my mental DVR for a better -- or similar -- dunk, given the circumstances. A 2000 near-dunk by Justin Haynes came to mind, which would have capped a 20-something-point second-half rally against Indiana State. Several Rodney Buford dunks came to mind, but in terms of direct comparisons, his dunk late in the Louisville game in the 1999 NCAA Tournament probably matches up pretty well. That too punctuated a great day for the Jays.

When I got home from the bars late Saturday night (OK, early Sunday morning), I flipped on my actual DVR to what was sure to be an epic replay of the dunk from multiple compelling angles. And...not so much.

Action3's low-budget production values captured the dunk from exactly ONE angle, and it was the standard high-center-court angle. I've always hesitated to give Action3 too much grief because they do a fair amount of road games, and given the choice between not seeing those games and having to put up with their Dollar Store production, I'll take the Dollar Store production every day of the week.

But seriously guys, one angle? Really?

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Stinnett P'wns Other MVC Newcomers

By
Max Univers
on November 13, 2007 5:37 PM |
As I predicted, not everyone agrees with me about P'Allen Stinnett's P'henomenal P'erformance on P'hriday, er, Friday.

From Sunday's Omaha World-Herald:


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