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Okay, who dunnit?!

I wanna give 1/2 a vote to Kyle and 1/2 a vote to ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

We don't win tonight without Kyle the warrior.

Nor do we win tonight without our rebounding machine.

Getting repetitive, but Zoubs again. Singler was my MOTM. Even the announcers gave Brian credit for doing everything that doesn't show up in the score. I also could have gone with Lance, he played some great D again...but Brian did it all.

Kyle was a true warrior tonight, and gets my vote for BOTM, because Zoubek was an absolute beast and got my vote for MOTM! The determination and hustle for many of his rebounds, after he had his 3rd foul, was inspiring. And he absolutely refused to come out after he banged his knee (?) when he went down tangled with Delaney midway through the second half. In fact, I'm pretty sure he played the entire rest of the game without coming out. His one bucket (and one) was the turning point of the game, putting us back up by 5 at 52-47. I will fondly remember this game as "The Zoubek game". If it weren't for Brian, we wouldn't have won tonight.

In one of our worst shooting games of the season, it's gotta be the Z-man with all those boards.

It was a very tough choice for me, but I went with Nolan Smith. Nolan hit some very crucial shots at very crucial times during the game. He also made (and finished) some incredible moves to the hoop.

Finally, he took no fecal matter off of VT, after the fumble, pile-on play. He went toe to toe with VT's player and even took an elbow to the face. He was "Duke Tough" tonight.

I couldn't vote for Brian because I just think he was a little above "BeDeviler" tonight with the 16 rebounds and the points he got. Yes, he did all the little things such as screen setting and overall presence (a huge deal), but I just thought Nolan deserved a vote for his gritty, ice-in-veins, clutch play. It was very, very, very close though.

What a great win.

-EarlJam

EarlJam wrote:It was a very tough choice for me, but I went with Nolan Smith. Nolan hit some very crucial shots at very crucial times during the game. He also made (and finished) some incredible moves to the hoop.

Finally, he took no fecal matter off of VT, after the fumble, pile-on play. He went toe to toe with VT's player and even took an elbow to the face. He was "Duke Tough" tonight.

I couldn't vote for Brian because I just think he was a little above "BeDeviler" tonight with the 16 rebounds and the points he got. Yes, he did all the little things such as screen setting and overall presence (a huge deal), but I just thought Nolan deserved a vote for his gritty, ice-in-veins, clutch play. It was very, very, very close though.

What a great win.

-EarlJam

Yep, EJ got it exactly right. He also did a fantastic defensive job on Delaney for most of the first half.

I thought about going with Nolan for the reasons enumerated by EarlJam, but I went with Z. He played another solid game. Aside from 16 (!) rebounds, he didn't lead in other statistical categories. His game has improved by leaps and bounds, even since the beginning of the season. Remember how he used to lose the ball on rebounds because someone would knock it out of his hands? Seems like that's not happening so much any more. I sincerely hope that MP1 is watching and taking notes. I think he has the potential to be even better than Z.

Major kudos to Nolan Smith for his defense and solid play.