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Okay, nevermind that Tulsa spelled backwards is "A slut." Who BeDeviled the boxscore for Duke!?

I gave it to Lance. Brian was THE MAN. I watched Lance on and off the ball all night. All he did was bust his ass. And he got the loose balls, played great D, etc. The boxscore will say Lance wasn't that good. I disagree like the honkey mo fo I am.

-EJ

EarlJam wrote:I gave it to Lance. Brian was THE MAN. I watched Lance on and off the ball all night. All he did was bust his ass. And he got the loose balls, played great D, etc. The boxscore will say Lance wasn't that good. I disagree like the honkey mo fo I am.

-EJ

He had 10 boards...works for me. He's a front runner for my vote..I liked Nolan alot..and I thought MP1 did a great job coming off the bench. Still thinking..

Zoubs is my Bedeviler tonight. Kyle the MOTM. Lance second to Brian for BOTM.

A note on Brian Zoubek. I paid attention to his play at the defensive end of the court during the first 4 to 5 minutes, and then throughout the game. The defensive light has gone on, without a doubt. His movement - down low, step out, move back in, and his coordination with Lance Thomas on help-side defense, was just amazing. Watching them throughout the game was like watching a world class ballet! It was beautiful to watch. Zoubs movements were equally good when Lance was out of the game, although the Plumlee's don't yet have the switching concepts down like Lance does.

This may help your choice, or make it harder:
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml? ... =204895874

Coach K
.....Brian [Zoubek] and Lance [Thomas] were all over the boards. The second half we dominated the boards because I think they outrebounded us in the first half. In the second half, we were all over the boards, and those two kids had double-figure rebounds. Our bench helped us a lot in the second half. It was a hard, well-earned win for us.”

On Nolan Smith’s defense against Ben Uzoh:
“Nolan did a good job on him. But it took more than that. I thought our bigs did well on the ball screens for him, but Nolan’s a big-time guard too. I thought that was a heck of a match-up really. That’s one of the things Nolan’s done for us all season is being on the ball. For the most part, we either have won that match-up or we haven’t been hurt by it. That’s mostly on Nolan, mostly on him.”

Senior Brian Zoubek
On becoming a bigger scoring option and controlling the boards:
“I know that we have taken a lot of criticism in the past, especially our bigs and that is always frustrating. It is good to finally be able to show what we can do. I know that we have been called one-dimensional with our guards, in terms of the big three that always score a lot. anything that I can to help them out. If they have a bad game one time, I don’t want to lose. If I can prevent that from happening, whether by scoring or rebounding, then that is what I am going to do.”

On the physical play in the second half that slowed Tulsa down:
“I don’t know how physical it is in their league, but every night in the ACC it is a battle. We couldn’t let up playing like that, just because [Tulsa] is not in our conference. It wasn’t for standings, but we have to approach it the same way.”

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Zoubs is my Bedeviler tonight. Kyle the MOTM. Lance second to Brian for BOTM.

A note on Brian Zoubek. I paid attention to his play at the defensive end of the court during the first 4 to 5 minutes, and then throughout the game. The defensive light has gone on, without a doubt. His movement - down low, step out, move back in, and his coordination with Lance Thomas on help-side defense, was just amazing. Watching them throughout the game was like watching a world class ballet! It was beautiful to watch. Zoubs movements were equally good when Lance was out of the game, although the Plumlee's don't yet have the switching concepts down like Lance does.

I've already voted for Zoubek, but I decided to stop here and post here before reading Jesus_Hurley's post. Zoubek got my vote as well and it's not because of a stat comparison either. For the record, Thomas and Zoubek were pretty much equally matched except for points in the game, for me it comes to defense and this is where Ozzie has nailed it. Lance always plays great defense, but tonight I really focused on Zoubek's defensive play and I have to say, I was really impressed. His ability to switch off screens, then drop low for help on the boards was nothing but liquid fast. Oh yeah, in case you missed it, he was also directing Thomas in those situations. His court presence was awesome. Great footwork (which translates to points) and a delicate finesse (which leads to points not turnovers) leads me to believe that he's the Bedeviler. Lance, did what he always did, but Zoubek is really coming on strong and I think he was the difference maker tonight.

I finally chose Miles...he just had a great effect coming in off the bench.

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Zoubs is my Bedeviler tonight. Kyle the MOTM. Lance second to Brian for BOTM.

A note on Brian Zoubek. I paid attention to his play at the defensive end of the court during the first 4 to 5 minutes, and then throughout the game. The defensive light has gone on, without a doubt. His movement - down low, step out, move back in, and his coordination with Lance Thomas on help-side defense, was just amazing. Watching them throughout the game was like watching a world class ballet! It was beautiful to watch. Zoubs movements were equally good when Lance was out of the game, although the Plumlee's don't yet have the switching concepts down like Lance does.

Those are great observations.

I'll go with ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.