VIDEO: Darrion Pellum Puts The Ham In Hampton

Sometimes, the best dunks come from the lower divisions of college basketball. Like on Wednesday, when Darrion Pellum put the Ham right back in Hampton, where it belongs. Pellum found himself one-on-one with a bad angle to the hoop on a break, and did the only logical thing.

He threw the ball off the backboard to himself.

There are few better ways to make a defender look foolish than by completely taking away their angle with a move out of the blue. And that's what Pellum did: his toss off the backboard left the defender looking around bewildered, wondering where the ball, and Pellum, went.

Of course, he had to finish the play, which he did with ease. Video after the jump.

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by Brian Floyd • Feb 16, 2012 8:02 AM EST

Best Of The SB Nation Network: February 15, 2012

We have 317 fantastic sports blogs in SB Nation, so in case you didn't have a chance to read them all today, we've collected the best stuff right here. Get sports-smart in no time flat!

Basketball

- The Portland Trail Blazers lost to the Washington Wizards, so of course Nate McMillan's job security is being questioned.

- Shawn Marion is still a great defensive player. Mavs Moneyball explains how he gets it done.

- A look from the future from the Miami Heat perspective.

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by Seth Pollack • Feb 16, 2012 12:00 AM EST

Arian Foster, NFL Are In A Complicated Relationship

Arian Foster is just about the best thing going on Twitter when it comes to NFL players. He's random, funny and even throws in some words of wisdom. The star running back's Wednesday night conversation with the NFL's Twitter account falls into the random and funny categories.

Foster's exchange with the NFL started off with this.

That's actually a compliment, right? Foster had a different response to all this hubbub, though.

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by Brian Floyd • Feb 15, 2012 11:08 PM EST

Bad Box Scores: UAB, SMU Kill Basketball

It's been a good ride, but college basketball died on Wednesday night. The full cause of death has not yet been released, but one could surmise the game died due to some form of blunt trauma, perhaps caused by balls deflecting off the rim. The prime suspects at this time are SMU and UAB, with the former playing the bigger role in the case.

If you missed it, UAB beat SMU by a score of 47-28. This was the final score, not a halftime score. It was as bad as you can imagine.

The box score can be found here and we'll pick it apart below the jump.

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by Brian Floyd • Feb 15, 2012 10:07 PM EST

PHOTO: Linderella Sign Is A Pretty Good One

We've seen just about every Jeremy Lin pun at this point and all of them have been run into the ground posthaste. But this one, on a sign created by a New York Knicks fan, is pretty neat. It's a play on Cinderella and involves a bit of user participation.

Via @CJZero

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by Brian Floyd • Feb 15, 2012 9:38 PM EST

VIDEO: Mike Tyson's Halftime Interview Was A Mess

Interviewing Mike Tyson at halftime of Wednesday night's Knicks-Kings game was probably a bad idea. MSG decided to go ahead with it anyway, and the results were about as predictable as can be. The interview featured Tyson mumbling, bumbling and stumbling, with the added bonus of a stray curse word thrown in.

It started off well enough, with Tyson saying he could sing, then sidestepping a question about whether he'd be willing to belt out a tune on the spot. Then he took a question about the dumbest money he ever spent and dropped an s-bomb on air. The curse word came after he rambled about, saying anything on which he had ever spent money was dumb.

Video after the jump.

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by Brian Floyd • Feb 15, 2012 9:17 PM EST

It's Not Isiah Thomas, Knicks Fans

There's an important difference between Sacramento Kings rookie Isaiah Thomas and former New York Knicks executive Isiah Thomas. Notice the lack of a second 'a' in Zeke's first name. Also note the height difference.

Now note the bitterness.

Isaiah Thomas is actually named after Isiah Thomas. But still, go easy on the young man.

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by Brian Floyd • Feb 15, 2012 8:13 PM EST

Walt Frazier Is With You, Leather

Last week, Walt Frazier threw the NBA announcing personality suit gauntlet down (in Craig Sager's general direction) with a cow-mouflage suit for the ages.

For tonight's game between the Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks, Frazier kept his cow motif alive with a brown leather jacket that I like to call "The Rocketeer."

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by Sean Keeley • Feb 15, 2012 7:51 PM EST

Win Your Very Own Mountain West Logo (The Good One)

The University of Wyoming is having their annual Cowboy Joe Club online auction this month. The list of items you can win is what you'd usually expect to see.

BBQ sets, Wyoming football jerseys, a 30' wide by 15' tall Mountain West Logo cut out of Jonah Field.

/recordscratch

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by Sean Keeley • Feb 15, 2012 6:05 PM EST