‘General Hospital’ Stars Get Slam Dunked by College Basketball Champions (Video)

‘General Hospital’ Stars Get Slam Dunked by College Basketball Champions (Video)

The sports awards — which aired on Disney-owned ESPN — and the long-running soap — airing daily on Disney-owned ABC — had a unique crossover this week.

Newly-crowned Women’s National Champion A’ja Wilson from the University of South Carolina and Villanova’s Josh Hart visited the “General Hospital” set to shoot a segment for the College Basketball Awards show.

The strange crossover was planned by ESPN Coordinating Producer Baron Miller, after brainstorming over how they could unite some of Disney’s properties ahead of the College Basketball Awards.

“Awards shows are fun, so you don’t want to put out run-of-the-mill content — you want to deliver best of the year, and make it comfortable — even for the losers — to cut the tension,” he said.

[...] actors Mayim Bialik (“The Big Bang Theory”) and Danny Pudi (“Community”), and former Wooden Award winners TJ Ford (2003) and Hall of Fame player Ralph Sampson (1982 & 1983), will appeared during the telecast, while Hall of Fame players Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Jerry West were among those handing out awards.

John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s (Player of the Year – Men), John R. Wooden Award (Player of the Year – Women), John R. Wooden Award (Legends of Coaching),Bob Cousy Award presented by College of the Holy Cross (Point Guard of the Year), Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard of the Year), Julius Erving Award (Small Forward of the Year), Karl Malone Award (Power Forward of the Year) and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center of the Year).

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