MOTM: Duke vs Mich St (Dec. 1, 2010)

[JBDuke]

Who was Man of the Match in Duke's 84-79 win over Michigan State?

[timmy c]

Kyrie Irving is not a freshman. He is not. Period.

[Fuqua's Finest]

Seth Curry? Hahaha

Definitely Mr. Irving. Close thread.

[rotogod00]

Who was Man of the Match in Duke's 84-79 win over Michigan State?

not sure. will get back to you ;-)

[CampbellBlueDevil]

Poised and Mature
Hungry and Humble
Kyrie Irving

[CameronBornAndBred]

Kyrie Irving is not a freshman. He is not. Period.

He is a freshman. I'm deciding if he's the best I've ever seen. So few games, such amazing production.

[Bob Green]

Kyrie Irving is awesome! Enough said.

[juise]

Another should-be unanimous poll. Wow. Kyrie. Wow.

[jv001]

Another should-be unanimous poll. Wow. Kyrie. Wow.

to cast their vote for their favorite player and not the acutal MOTM?

[dukebluelemur]

Poll needs to be edited to removed possibility of accidental votes for anyone not named Irving.

[strawbs]

if anyone decides to vote for someone other then kyrie, please man up and attempt to justify your pick. Anyone who watched the game tonight knows kyrie was the best player on the floor the entire night and it wasn't even close.

[Delaware]

The "KId" was amazing tonight.

[camion]

For once when Dickie V. says, "He's awesome Baby," it's not hyperbole. It's just a stone cold fact.

[Jackson]

Kyrie is the best freshman I have ever seen! Between the two teams there were three legit first team All Americans on the floor and he was by far the best player in the game. Simply amazing!

[jipops]

Kyrie played like a 1st team all-american tonight

[airowe]

Unanimous at this time. Let's hope it stays that way. Kid took over when nobody else would. Deferred when he needed to. Played excellent defense on Lucas.

WOW!

[terrih]

Until now, I have always looked at the box score before voting here. Not tonight. This was
a clear choice. Kyrie was superb. I must also recognize Andre Dawkins. I thought he played
great defense tonight, made a great pass (or two) along with some good shots. Mason was
excellent also.

[SCMatt33]

I was most impressed tonight by the space between Kyrie's ears. To be more specific, I thought he did a ridiculously great job of recognizing game situations. He seemed to pick up better than anyone on the floor what the refs were calling and not calling and did it earlier in the game than others. The refs made it pretty clear that an offense aggressor was going to get most of the calls unless someone was wildly out of control or someone was parked in their spot 3 steps before someone got their. There was a point when I saw a lot of guys trying to either force a pass or a jump shot off the dribble, when the refs were clearly rewarding guys going to the hoop. Now, it doesn't hurt that Kyrie can get there better than anyone, but when he recognized it, he started going straight to the rim and was rewarded with a long night at the foul line. As soon as a defender parked in front to take a charge, he hit Dre in the corner for a 3, and when they parked a guy and took the pass away, he simply went around the guy (I still don't know how he made that play) for a spectacular lay up.

BTW, I am also really pleased that his two best games have come against the toughest competition. That's always a pretty good sign.

[johnb]

He was amazing, particularly when he snaked through traffic and twirled in lay ups.

The strength of this team is that he's not going to be the best player every night, which will make it hard for the other team to come up with game plans. and if they do decide to try to shut him down, singler/smith could easily get 50.

[timmy c]

He is a freshman. I'm deciding if he's the best I've ever seen. So few games, such amazing production.

He can't be. 31 pts 4 asst. 6 reb 2 stl 2 blks !!! UNREAL