Nolan Smith ran the offense great and hit huge shots. His only mistake was the turnover at the end of the first half.
Great defensive effort by Nolan today!!
He should be ACC Tourney MVP even though his game against Maryland was not great!!
Who was Man of the Match in Duke's 75-58 win over UNC in the ACC Tournament Championship game?
JBDuke
Andre Dawkins: “People ask me if I can still shoot, and I ask them if they can still breathe. That’s kind of the same thing.”
Nolan Smith ran the offense great and hit huge shots. His only mistake was the turnover at the end of the first half.
Great defensive effort by Nolan today!!
He should be ACC Tourney MVP even though his game against Maryland was not great!!
The Terrapin Assassin
Sorry for the slightly unconventional poll, but I believe that the entire team really brought it tonight. Yes, Nolan had a pretty spectacular game with 20 and 10 and great D on Marshall, but everyone wearing a Duke uni played a significant part in winning this one.
JBDuke
Andre Dawkins: “People ask me if I can still shoot, and I ask them if they can still breathe. That’s kind of the same thing.”
Total team effort! Made me proud!
Can I vote for HB's brooding and the absence of his smirk?
Wait...I guess I can still vote for the team since they wiped that silly little smirk right off the Black Pigeon's little beak.
Weak! One of the best Duke players of the past decade had one of the best games of his career! Lots of honorable mentions and massive props to the coach and team but this is Nolan all the way.
What a team effort. Nolan was really good but what a supporting cast performance.
Yeah, great team effort, but Nolan played one of the better games of his career. Twenty points, ten assists, and suffocating defense for 40 mins.
Nolan. 20 and 10. Simply awesome. But this was a team effort. We won through balance and hard nosed team defense. I am so proud to be a Dukie today. Way to go guys. And a shout out to our bigs, way to step up when it mattered.
Thank you JB! Bout time we had a "team" choice. GTHC, GTH!
Nolan played a great game, but this was a team victory. Miles and Mason started off strong inside. They showed the unc bigs that they were in for a tough game today. Seth and Andre hit some big shots. When unc cut it to nine(with a lots of help for the zebras), Seth hit a big 3 to put us back up 12. That was huge. At the beginning of the
2nd half, Nolan and Kyle got a little too aggressive. But they settled down after a Coach K timeout. Way to go Duke!
Miles...
Roy, for pulling Marshall at a critical time when Carolina could have really landed a body blow. Instead, they pass around the perimeter confused and waste the possession.
As far as our team, Nolan was sick but I would probably have voted for Miles. Winning the boards early and taking it to Henson set the tone for the entire game and got us the big lead we never gave up.
Anyone have the all-tournament team?
I voted someone else and that someone else was Nolan.
In this game EVERYONE played well.
Everyone stepped up.
Everyone owned it.
Great team victory.