GIF Gallery: The Most Badass Ankle-Breakers in College Basketball History

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Victim: Anthony Farmer
Date: 1/10/2009
Game: Syracuse @ Rutgers

First he crossed Farmer up, then he climbed the ladder and dunked on his teammate. That's what you call a double-whammy.

Victim: Alana Beard
Date: 3/8/2004
Game: UNC vs. Duke

Ivory gets busy. Props to Beard for at least trying to play defense as she fell to her death.

Victim: Mickey McConnell
Date: 11/27/2010
Game: St. Mary's vs. BYU

Why can't Jimmer bring that playground handle to the NBA? The Kings needs to let him loose!

Victim: Sandro Carissimo
Date: 3/20/2010
Game: Vermont vs. Syracuse

Scoop should be arrested for what he did to that poor kid.

Victim: Kenyan Weaks
Date: 1/10/1998
Game: Georgia @ Florida

White Chocolate's crossover has been sweet for a long time. One of the best to ever handle the rock.

Victim: Jordon Crawford
Date: 11/27/2012
Game: Detroit @ Bowling Green

The stutter step has ruined many lives. Jordon Crawford hasn't been heard from since.

Victim: Josh Hairston
Date: 3/16/2012
Game: Lehigh vs. Duke

Oh my God, Hairston never stood a chance. C.J. was looking like a young Kyle Lee Watson (google it, fool).

Victim: Gene Smith
Date: 3/18/1985
Game: DePaul vs. Syracuse

Nothing like an old school stutter step to get you through the day.

Victim: Unknown
Date: 2/11/2013
Game: Snow College @ SLCC

Word is homie needed several titanium plates to put his ankles back together. Now he's stronger and faster than ever before.

Victim: Jordan Sibert
Date: 11/30/2011
Game: Duke @ Ohio State

He was called for an offensive foul but still, did you see that crossover? That's what's important here.

Victim: Victor Page
Date: 3/9/1996
Game: Georgetown vs. Villanova

Victor Page isn't having the best life, right now. Maybe this crossover had something to do with it.

Victim: Scottie Haralson
Date: 1/5/2011
Game: Tulsa @ UTEP

That spin is ridiculous. At least Scottie Haralson is fresh and clean.

Victim: Unknown
Date: 1994-96
Game: Unknown

A.I. was born with that crossover. He doesn't practice, remember?

Victim: Unknown
Date: 1998
Game: Unknown

If it weren't for the injuries, B. Diddy would've been an all-time great.

Victim: Rob Wilson
Date: 3/17/2012
Game: Vanderbilt vs. Wisconsin

Taylor with an arsenal of fakes. Rob Wilson could only look up in shame.

Victim: Jerel McNeal
Date: 2/25/2009
Game: Connecticut @ Marquette

Damn. The crossover, the step-back, the wet jumper. Perfect.

Victim: Gary McGhee
Date: 3/10/2011
Game: UConn vs. Pittsburgh

Being the team to lose the Big East Championship by a last second jumper must be a horrible feeling. To be the guy that the scorer made the jumper on and left crawling (literally) in the agony of defeat? Damn, we can hardly imagine.

Victim: Bobby Hurley
Date: 1/28/1990
Game: Duke @ Georgia Tech

When you're this close to the ballhandler and you still manage to get crossed up like this, it's time to start practicing your wrap-up tackles. Yes this is basketball, but dignity is at stake here. Forget the rules in this case.

Side Note: This is extra hilarious to the author since Bobby Hurley currently coaches at his alma mater. Although his ankles broke, he can confirm Hurley can stand without needing any help.

Victim: Dwight Brewington
Date: 2/29/2004
Game: Providence @ St. John's

St. John's ended up finishing the season 6-21, which is just awful if you've just gone 21-13 the previous year. This crossover is so good that automatically made the entire season a success.

Victim: Michael Dickerson
Date: 3/23/1997
Game: Providence vs. Arizona

Michael Kickerson's main mistake is guardig God Shammgod. You should never, ever guard somebody who has a damn crossover named after him. If you're assigned to him, just stand aside and let him do his thing. And if your coach and teammates ask why you stopped guarding him, simply say, "I didn't know that was my assignment" no matter how many times it happens in the game. If you get kicked out the team and lose your full scholarship you've worked so hard for, that's fine. The ability to walk is pretty dope if you ask us.

Victim: Tu Holloway
Date: 12/12/2009
Game: Cincinnati @ Xavier

Ugh! Don't you just hate it when the ground suddenly moves while you're playing defense to make you lose your footing? Wait, you're saying the ground didn't move? Well, very well then...

Victim: Tim Hardaway Jr.
Date: 3/20/2011
Game: Michigan @ Duke

It looks like Nolan Smith is more like Tim Hardaway, Sr. than his own son. Damn shame.

Victim: Dave Sobolewski
Date: 1/4/2013
Game: Northwestern @ Michigan

Trey Burke, your 2013 National Player of the Year. 

Victim: Marcus Smart
Date: 2/20/2013
Game: Kansas @ Oklahoma State

Michael Cobbins must have been so emotional when he made the shot block.

Marcus Smart's Ankle: **Breaks**

Cobbins: NO! I'll avenge you. **Goes up and dominates shot**

Elijah Johnson: **Smirks as he knows the breakdown of Smart's ankle will be on constant replay on YouTube for years to come***

Cobbins: **Turns to Smart's Ankle with tears streaming down his face** They didn't have to do you like man.

Smart's Ankle: Sorry, boys, all the stitches in the world can’t sew me together again...Lay down. Lay down. Gonna stretch me out in right on campus... Always knew I’d make a stop there, but a lot later than a whole gang of people thought. Last of the Cowboys. Well, maybe not the last. Oklahoma State is going to be a good team. New, improved Cowboys. Hope they use this lesson to stick better defense. No room in this city for big hearts like ours... Sorry, boys, I tried the best I could. Honest. Can’t come with me on this trip, though... Gettin’ the shakes now. Last call for drinks. Bar’s closin’ down. Sun’s out. Where we goin’ for breakfast? Don’t wanna go far...Rough night. Tired, baby...Tired.

Victim: Jeff McInnis
Date: 3/12/1995
Game: UNC vs. Wake Forest

The author watched this around 120 times or so. The first 60 is because of how hilarious and absurd the manner Jeff McInnis' ankle gets blown out. Yeah, this crossover happened nearly two decades ago. But to refute that, didn't Mobb Deep's The Infamous come out in 1995 as well? Is that not still one of hip-hop's greatest albums? Precisely. So basically this Randolph Childress crossover is The Infamous of crossovers.

The other 60 times, he was perusing the victim's ankle to see if there was any type of red dot. Because, you know, this ankle-breaker was too good for him not to have potentially been sniped from afar. But nope. He became the victim to one of the greatest ankle-breaking moments in history.