The Big 12 championship game between the Iowa State Cyclones and West Virginia Mountaineers was full of fittingly big moments, but none were more spectacular than Deonte Burton’s absolute pulverization of a defender with a vicious alley-oop finish.
Iowa State’s Deonte Burton cocked back an alley-oop on this poor defender’s head
My goodness.
With just over two minutes remaining in the Cyclones’ 80-73 upset victory over the Mountaineers on Saturday, Burton caught a lob pass before cocking back and unleashing a devastating tomahawk on a West Virginia defender .
Here’s another angle of the poster finish:
Both teams are likely to make the 68-team NCAA Tournament when the bracket is unveiled on Sunday. Hopefully, Burton gives fans more moments like this as Iowa State attempts to climb the ranks.
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