Video: Watch Ryan Evans’ powerful putback

Prior to Sunday’s tip vs. Ohio State, Wisconsin’s Ryan Evans was listed as questionable due to illness. Evans started despite being under the weather, and it’s a good thing he did. Not only did he help No. 20 Wisconsin beat No. 13 Ohio State, the senior provided one of the best individual highlights of his career with a remarkable second-half putback. Watch the dunk now and see the Twitter reaction to it in this post.

Here are some of the tweets following Evans’ slam:

I thought Ryan Evans is sick? That dunk was sick! #Badgers—
Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) February 17, 2013

The most ridiculous part of the Evans dunk was how far he had to reach back to throw that thing in. Pretty amazing. #Badgers—
Tom Lea (@ESPNTomLea) February 17, 2013

Ryan Evans – wow! A nice response to those who say #Badgers don't have good athletes (as are Berggren's sporadic facials).—
Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) February 17, 2013

Wow, Ryan Evans just rewarded anyone still watching Wisconsin-Ohio State. Dunk of the weekend, at minimum.—
Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) February 17, 2013

Oh my, Ryan Evans. A one-handed putback dunk. Crazy good.—
Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) February 17, 2013

And here are a couple USA TODAY Sports photos of the dunk:

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