Texas Tech Walk-On Throws Down An Alley-Oop At The Buzzer And Is Forced To Apologize To Baylor's Team

Well, this is so goddamn stupid. Listen, I love Chris Beard. He’s one of the best coaches in America. What he’s done at Texas Tech is absolutely remarkable. He’s building a monster there.

You know how you negate that talk? You lose your shit on a walk-on throwing down an outrageous dunk near the buzzer and freak out like someone punched your mother. Here’s the other thing. Baylor was playing defense! They were pressing and trapping. It’s not like they just walked off the court and Avery Benson threw down the dunk. They were literally trying to force a turnover.

Why do we do this fake thing of sportsmanship? No player who ever played cares about getting dunked on when defending. Again, Baylor was defending. It wasn’t after the buzzer and it wasn’t a starter in the game up 23. My man played 3 minutes. Let him get his buckets.

You know what, shout out Avery Benson. This is an A+ dunk. I hope he does it again. The extra windsprints and getting his ass screamed at in the locker room is worth it. Go get your buckets. If you don’t want a kid to dunk on you don’t press and trap with 16 seconds to go.

Oh, let’s check in with a few walk-ons: