Dream Shot: IC Dunk Specialist Jacob Tucker headed to NCAA Dunk Contest
Posted: 03.29.2011 at 10:46 PM

YouTube Sensation wins Grassroots effort to join the D-1 guys in Houston this week

Jacob Tucker earns a trip to Houston to compete wtih the best dunkers the NCAA has to offer.  / Joe Murano
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TUCKER GETS HIS DREAMSHOT: ILLINOIS COLLEGE DUNKER/YOUTUBE SENSATION HEADED TO HOUSTON

Sometimes in life...the little guy with a dream...actually wins....

Jacob Tucker's quest to crash the NCAA Slam Dunk Contest Party from a school most hardcore basketball fans had never heard of started with a video camera, a crazy grass roots notion, and a 50 inch vertical leap.

And it ended today in victory.

Joe Murano has the jubilant news from Jacksonville, click the above icon to watch the celebration