Judges: Matthew Hinton/Freelance for AP and USA Today/ former staff photographer and photo editor, Rusty Costanza/Freelance Photographer / former educator and staff photographer 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for Katrina coverage at the Times-Picayune, Brett Duke/Staff photographer Times-Picayune / Nola.com 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for Katrina coverage at the Times-Picayune
Judges Comments
First place is an interesting collision moment with a good expression to boot. Second place is a common photo but with a different profile angle of the peak action of a throw. Third would have placed higher if it was cropped tighter up to the waist line of the Indiana player on the left. Then the photo becomes more about the eyeballs and facial expressions by losing the second player's arm at the bottom of the frame.