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In a thrilling Denny’s Slam Dunk Championship, Douglas started strong with a high-flying two-handed slam over IPFW’s Max Landis to advance to the semifinal round.

. with authority!

— CollegeSlam (@CollegeSLAM)

Douglas turned heads with his first of two semifinal round dunks; he nearly hit his head on the rim in his first leap.

Devan Douglas from U of Mary had to duck to avoid hitting his head on the rim

— The Cauldron (@TheCauldron)

After each of the remaining semifinal contestants missed their dunks, Douglas advanced to the finals after an impressive dunk from just inside the free-throw line.

The man has UP's, plain and simple! is off to the finals to face

— CollegeSlam (@CollegeSLAM)

After UNLV’s Ike Nwamu missed his dunk in the finals, Douglas proved to be the most consistent dunker of the night and clinched the title with a 360 dunk. Meanwhile, students at Chesterton’s Pub on the ÄÐÈ˲ؾ«¸ó campus in Bismarck, ND went wild.

Devan Douglas, competed in the ESPN College Slam Dunk contest....AND WON!!!!! We're pretty excited.

— UMary Student Gov (@UMaryStudentGov)

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