MOTM: Duke v Carolina (Mar 4, 2023)

[JBDuke]

Who was Duke's Man of the Match in their win over Carolina tonight?

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Flip!

[weezie]

Well, obvi Flip for the win but Proctor for yelling "SCOREBOARD!!!!" as he left the court.

[Section 15]

Filipowski is the obvious choice, but a shout out to Lively for playing the last 8-9 minutes with 4 fouls, and playing well (blocked shots, etc). The first 4 fouls he played like a freshman, after that he played with the wisdom of a senior (OK a slight exaggeration).

Great win.

[Bob Green]

Mark Mitchell brings his lunch pail to the gym. A true junkyard dog.

[Music man55]

Flip, all day long!

[Ima Facultiwyfe]

Scheyer.

[Old Quad Dog]

Mark Mitchell brings his lunch pail to the gym. A true junkyard dog.

Agee!

[kako]

Well, obvi Flip for the win but Proctor for yelling "SCOREBOARD!!!!" as he left the court.

I loved that. For a while it seemed like Duke and the Heels were getting along too chummy. A little payback for last year's last regular season game when their players taunted Cameron.

I still voted for Flip. To me, this was a no-brainer pick.

9F

[Southgate0809]

Can I select "the defensive unit on the floor for the last 2 defensive possessions" as the MOTM? It was brilliant. Hubert said in the post-game that they set up a play to give them 2 options to drive or 2 options for a 3. Really!? Dumping the ball to Bacot wasn't the first thought???? We played great D on Love and Davis. I absolutely loved that the game ended with Love missing a terrible 3.

[hustleplays]

I grant that Flip deserves the MOTM award.

But I want to give a shoutout to Tyrese for his lockdown D on the UNC guards, for his 5-7 shooting, his 3 assists and his anchoring our O [as shaky as it was], and his clutch playing. We don't win this game without him. We have a legit, 18 y/o PG who is clutch.

[VA_BDevil]

The poll options are incomplete. I don't see Caleb Love's name as an option.

[CameronBornAndBred]

I grant that Flip deserves the MOTM award.

But I want to give a shoutout to Tyrese for his lockdown D on the UNC guards, for his 5-7 shooting, his 3 assists and his anchoring our O [as shaky as it was], and his clutch playing. We don't win this game without him. We have a legit, 18 y/o PG who is clutch.

Yep. He was my 2nd choice. He had a great game, and as Coach Scheyer said during his presser, he's "no longer a freshman". Well, he said that about all of the rookies, but Proctor stands out. Especially for being the youngest.

[Southgate0809]

The poll options are incomplete. I don't see Caleb Love's name as an option.

Hahaha Love was low-impact tonight. Leaky was 3-16!!! Somehow you manage to get your jersey honored twice by not reaching 1000 points in 5 years.

[Dr. Maturin]

The poll options are incomplete. I don't see Caleb Love's name as an option.

Was coming here to say this. I'm so glad we got the *real* Caleb tonight after he's had some good games against us.

- With Duke up by one with 1:30 left, UNC ran a play to get Bacot open on the right block. Instead of feeding him, Love chose to drive directly into the space where Bacot was trying to post. The result was a forced pass to Leaky Black, who took their biggest shot of the game and missed (just like at Cameron).

- The next trip, he got fooled so bad by Jeremy, who rejected Flip's screen and drove right by him for a bucket.

- On the last play, he took an off-balance 3 that had no chance.


Jokes aside, my vote was for Flip. Offense was such a struggle tonight, and he put the team on his back. Mitchell was fantastic, too.

[Ian]

It's hard to give it to just one person. But I'll go with Proctor, his defense on Love was outstanding. it's wasn't by accident that Love went 3-12.

[MarkD83]

Scheyer.

I agree...

In addition we need to add a "Coaching Staff" selection to this poll going forward.

[jv001]

I went with Flip but there were so many others that made really good contributions to the big win. Mark Mitchell played a terrific game with 2 big rebounds in traffic and that was key. Tyrese playing great defense on Love and getting the offense into gear. Lively playing a solid game with 4 fouls. Jeremy with the big bucket at the end. Young coming in when Derrick got into foul trouble, and last but certainly not least, Coach Scheyer with some outstanding moves in a game that was almost certainly going down to the end.

GoDuke!