Coen Carr just threw down the dunk of the Big Ten Tournament vs. UCLA

It didn’t take long into Michigan State’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal matchup for Coen Carr to leave his mark with a highlight dunk.

Up 7-5 early in the first half, Jeremy Fears created the perfect fast-break opportunity for Michigan State. The sophomore point guard ripped the ball away from a UCLA player in the post and immediately sprinted down the floor, saw Carr out of the corner of his eye, and tossed a lob which was in the direction of the junior forward as well as Carson Cooper.

Carr caught the ball over Cooper’s head and threw down a two-handed dunk while barely even knowing where the rim was. And he almost hit his head on the rim.

This was easily the dunk of the Big Ten Tournament through three days.

It felt like Michigan State was going to go on a big run after that because his huge dunks seem to ignite the team more often than not, but UCLA took control of the game in the first half. The Bruins took a 16-14 lead and then never looked back in the first 20 minutes, extending that lead to 13 before settling at 11 at half.

The Spartans got off to another slow start and it might cost them a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament. Losing to the Bruins in the quarterfinal could knock them back down to a 3. While it’s not likely they drop with Illinois and Iowa State both losing on Friday afternoon.

Michigan State’s seed could be in flux

Michigan State has to get these slow starts out of the system before the NCAA Tournament begins. Losing to UCLA won’t look great on the resume, but you’d have to think that the Spartans are locked in to at least a 2-seed with the aforementioned losses by Iowa State and Illinois.

The Spartans are officially out of the 1-seed race with Florida beating Kentucky on Friday afternoon to make it to the SEC Tournament semifinals, but a 2-seed should be locked in.

The “big four” of Carr, Fears, Jaxon Kohler, and Carson Cooper just need to be way better at the same time because they’ve been inconsistent.