Favorite Player Poll - Battier vs. Dahntay

[dukemomLA]

I love them both, but as we all know, as a Duke favorite there is no one who can beat President-of-the-future Shane.

[throatybeard]

I too voted for Dahntay, knowing full well that Battier would advance (and Battier may get my vote in every round here on out).

The Dahntay dunk over UVA holds special meaning for me. In 2003, we had lost at UVA the past two years. As you may guess from my name, this caused a great deal of pain and suffering to have us lost twice in a row to a team that we were clearly better than. Those UVA teams were good, but we were much, much better.

I remember in that game that we were leading big and then UVA began making a run. That dunk ended the game. I think there were still 6 or 7 minutes left, but the energy was sucked out of the building. The fact that Dahntay had the cojones to do push-ups on their baseline just takes it over the top for me. To some UVA fans it exists as their Laettner stomp.

The classiest thing ever? No, not at all. But as the team preview said, Duke has had its share of 12-letter guys, and Dahntay was one of the best.

Don't forget that his back foot was on Vandelinden's crotch as he did the pushups.

[JasonEvans]

Almost 94% for Shane... damn!!

[YmoBeThere]

Almost 94% for Shane... damn!!

Yeah, you would think we disliked Dahntay or something...but how can you vote against Battier with what LordAsh said? I'm doing it for the kids, puppies, and kittens.

[mapei]

Shane = my favorite basketball player of all time. I voted accordingly.

[cspan37421]

Yeah, you would think we disliked Dahntay or something...

In terms of class and composure he was, IMO, the opposite of Battier.