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Illinois College guard and 2011 college slam dunk champion Jacob Tucker was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters on Tuesday.
Tucker put himself on the national map in March when his dunk highlight video went viral on YouTube. The video now has more than 4.3 million views. He later was voted into the college slam dunk contest in Houston during the Final Four and won it despite being the only Division III player competing.
"It's definitely an honor because everybody knows who (the Globetrotters) are and I know all the good things they do besides just playing basketball," Tucker said in a statement. "I've always wanted to be a part of something like that. I just need to look into the details of it before I agree to anything."
Tucker was one of six players drafted by the Globetrotters. Seven-foot-eight center Paul Sturgess, the tallest player in college basketball history, soccer star Lionel Messi and 12-year-old Jordan McCabe were among the other players drafted.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/news/story?id=6689003
Tucker put himself on the national map in March when his dunk highlight video went viral on YouTube. The video now has more than 4.3 million views. He later was voted into the college slam dunk contest in Houston during the Final Four and won it despite being the only Division III player competing.
"It's definitely an honor because everybody knows who (the Globetrotters) are and I know all the good things they do besides just playing basketball," Tucker said in a statement. "I've always wanted to be a part of something like that. I just need to look into the details of it before I agree to anything."
Tucker was one of six players drafted by the Globetrotters. Seven-foot-eight center Paul Sturgess, the tallest player in college basketball history, soccer star Lionel Messi and 12-year-old Jordan McCabe were among the other players drafted.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/news/story?id=6689003
