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Pitt G Nike Sibande Selected for College Slam Dunk Contest

Pitt Panthers guard Nike Sibande will get to show off his hops one more time as a college athlete.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt G Nike Sibande Selected for College Slam Dunk Contest
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PITTSBURGH -- There is still more basketball for at least one Pitt Panther to play this season. Even after his team was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament, guard Nike Sibande will be back in action one more time before the season is officially over. 

Sibande will bring his hops to Houston, Texas to represent Pitt in the College Slam Dunk Contest, dunk contest coach Chuck Millan said on Twitter. The event will take place on March 30 at 6:30 p.m. and air on ESPN2. Sibande will reportedly join Kenucky's Jacob Toppin, Georgia Southern's Kamari Brown, Northern New Mexico's Jamal Harris, Marshall's Taevion Kinsey and others in a field of 16 dunkers in the competition. 

Sibande's athleticism didn't take a hit even after he recovered from an ACL injury that sidelined him for all of the 2021-22 season. His dunks - like the two-handed alley-oop he threw down off an inbounds pass against Syracuse at the Petersen Events Center - were some of the best highlights from this season of Pitt basketball. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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