MOTM: Duke v. Auburn (Nov 20, 2018)

[thedukelamere]

I meant to push Bolden, who had a monster game under any circumstances, but especially important for him. 7 blocks is just fantastic.

If mods can delete my Reddish vote and move it to Bolden it would reflect my actual intention.

[SupaDave]

That line...11, 9 and 7...that's a game changing line. 7 blocks? That's amazing. That put a huge dent in Auburns percentage...

AND a tip that led to a dunk. Should have been one assist.

[Ggallagher]

Have we ever been unanimous over 100 votes?

Yes there has been a +100 vote unanimous MOTM. Thank you very much Austin Rivers.

[SupaDave]

"Do it all" = rebound + play defense?

Sophomore Battier? #31 has his jersey in the rafters. I don't think he belongs in the same company as Lance Thomas and David McClure.

Battier is obviously a superior talent but his role was to indeed do it ALL - LEAD, dive on the floor, bring the ball up, set up plays, set the tone, be scrappy. And Jack has proven and shown that he has the green light to shoot when open.

[JasonEvans]

I meant to push Bolden, who had a monster game under any circumstances, but especially important for him. 7 blocks is just fantastic.

If mods can delete my Reddish vote and move it to Bolden it would reflect my actual intention.

I have fixed the poll totals to reflect this change. DiB, I hope you honestly wanted to vote for Bolden and mis-clicked on Cam (who was Duke's leading scorer and hit several clutch 3s). Please do not feel pressured to change your vote otherwise.

As of this change, we have 148 unanimous votes for Bolden.

[JasonEvans]

Yes there has been a +100 vote unanimous MOTM. Thank you very much Austin Rivers.

To be fair, the poll only had 2 choices, Austin Rivers and "Somebody else (and you better have a good explanation)"

[OldPhiKap]

As of this change, we have 148 unanimous votes for Bolden.

"Lock it up! Lock it up!!"

(And agree, I hope DiB's change is for the reason stated and not pressure. If someone has a different opinion, so be it).

[Clocktower]

I'm an infrequent voter but glad to be 150 for Quese . . .

[JasonEvans]

I don't think we did MOTM back in the 2004-05 season, but if we did, I'd think Sean Dockery would have been a strong candidate on December 4th.

Sean finished with 19 points and 6 steals. Shelden Williams also had a huge game with 21 points, 19 rebounds, and 5 blocked shots... but I suspect Dock might have been a unanimous pick.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Yes there has been a +100 vote unanimous MOTM. Thank you very much Austin Rivers.

Ah so. Now there's a pleasant memory I can relive over and over...

[Reddevil]

This one was easy. Jones gets an honorable mention. He is really good for this team. Did Bolden just have his Zoubek game against MD? Is this his coming out party? Since when does he run the floor like a deer?! Great stuff last night.

[left_hook_lacey]

Whoops. I voted, then when I saw the results...

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[BLPOG]

Whoops. I voted, then when I saw the results...

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Good luck.

[Ggallagher]

To be fair, the poll only had 2 choices, Austin Rivers and "Somebody else (and you better have a good explanation)"

Guess there was a bit of an implied threat there - but there was no good explanation to vote otherwise

[ChillinDuke]

It's not often I come into the MOTM thread and find a nearly unanimous 160-1 vote. Wow! Marques!!!

So who voted for UNC, err, Cam?

- Chillin

[Ggallagher]

To be fair, the poll only had 2 choices, Austin Rivers and "Somebody else (and you better have a good explanation)"

Since you mentioned it, it reminded me that Ryan Kelly got the same unanimous result with 200+ votes when the choices were given sort of as "Ryan Kelly, and don't you dare..."
That was the Miami game when he returned to play after his injury.

[kako]

Yes there has been a +100 vote unanimous MOTM. Thank you very much Austin Rivers.

In my book, the best Duke win over UNC ever because it was a true buzzer beater (and the only Duke/UNC buzzer beater ever for a win) after a comeback where Duke looked dead in the water.

Laettner often says he never tires about talking about 2.1. I can watch that scoreboard go blank before Rivers' shot goes through the net over and over and over.

Bolden deserved every vote.

9F

[Bob Green]

In my book, the best Duke win over UNC ever...

Saturday March 2, 1968.

[OldPhiKap]

the best Duke win over UNC ever

Saturday March 2, 1968.

Every. Damn. One.

[kAzE]

That's probably the closest to unanimous I've ever seen a MOTM vote. 165 out of 166 votes.

Good game, Marques.