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vertime BASKETBALL: NEWS AND NOTES BY GOLD AND BLACK STAFF A new addition to Mackey HUMMEL BANNER HANGS able Friday night at Purdue's Tip-Off Before The Kickoff event, as a banner commemorating Robbie Hummel's No. 4 jersey has now joined those already hanging from the ceiling. It was a hot topic of conver- Arena's rafters was notice- sation this past season whether the athletic department would amend its first-team All-Amer- ica banner-hanging criteria to make room for Hummel. Previously, the standards drafted by the Minnesota Timber- wolves and is now playing profes- sionally in Spain, was named a second-team State Farm Coaches All-American in 2010, the year represented on the banner. "There's no doubt in my mind he definitely deserves to be up there in the rafters, senior D.J. Byrd said, "not only for his great play, but also for his great character off the court. … It's nice to see his name up there. " current " LAWSON WINS DUNK CONTEST had been tweaked to honor 2,000-point scorers, which made room for E'Twaun Moore and Troy Lewis. According to Purdue, the ultra-athletic sophomore for- ward Jacob Lawson won Pur- due's slam dunk competition at the Tip-Off Before The Kickoff. Lawson, easily the Boiler- To the surprise of no one, criteria were again amended to include second-team All- Americans. Hummel, a three-time first- team All-Big Ten player who was es Brian Cardi- nal, Rosevelt Colvin, Leroy Keyes, Brittany Rayburn and Larry Clisby. "All in all, Byrd said, "I think Jacob probably had it wrapped up from the very beginning. He's extremely athletic, very long and he's really got some moves. makers' most explosive leaper and most gifted dunker, won the event with a soaring one- handed dunk for which he got a running start, then took off from just inside the foul line, earning high scores from judg- bested sopho- more guard Anthony John- son and junior forward Neal Beshears in the finals of the contest. Beshears earned his place in the finals with a 360-degree dunk. Johnson might have won the competition had he been able to execute the high-end dunks he attempted, most no- tably those in which he brought the ball between his legs in the air for one-handed attempts. "I knew I was going to have Lawson La w son " some competition," " Robbie Hummel's jersey now joins those of former teammates E'Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson in the Mackey Arena rafters. said. "I know A.J. can jump, and I knew Neal was going to come out with something because he was smiling about something in the locker room. "I know people were saying, 'Jacob's going to win this,' be- cause they've seen me do some pretty crazy stuff in practice, but I just came out there and tried to be humble and what- ever they had, I tried to match." Tom Campbell Sam Ostarello's plan, but when it came time for the slam dunk contest Friday night, she want- ed to be a participant. And not only in the wom- SAM O DUNKS TOO Few others knew about en's portion, which took place on a nine-foot rim. Instead, she wanted a shot with the guys at the regulation 10-feet. GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 7 • 37