MOTM Poll: Duke at Virginia Tech (January 31, 2026)

Who was the Man of the Match in Duke's 72-58 win over Virginia Tech?

  • Cayden Boozer

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Isaiah Evans

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Nikolas Khamenia

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Patrick Ngongba II

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Cameron Boozer

    Votes: 104 81.9%

  • Caleb Foster

    Votes: 5 3.9%

  • Maliq Brown

    Votes: 17 13.4%

  • Dame Sarr

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Darren Harris

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Total voters
    127
  • Poll closed .
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I voted for Cam but his defense and turnovers made me think about it. Maliq with another good game. It looked like Caleb and Dame were not the only ones that looked like they may have a bug.

GoDuke!
 
OZZIE4DUKE said:
Cam. Wish he wasn’t so lackadaisical with the ball sometimes. 4 more turnovers Sheesh! And I’m not being sarcastic about the TO’s.
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You beat me to it. That was the least "court aware" I've ever seen him.

Is there a chance he was also under the weather? He look more gassed than normal in the second half.

His scoring at the end, especially the 3, were money though
 
Maliq for .me. Very active. He looked like the only one not affected by whatever affected the team.
 
For me, the box score sealed the deal. Cam Boozer, despite those 4 turnovers.

If he was in the grips of some kind of bug, he certainly powered through it. 37 minutes. 24 PTS. 9-12 FG. 3-4 3PT. 4-5 FT. 8 RB. 5 AST.

Appreciate Maliq (I’m a fan), but Cam got my vote today.
 
I went C-Fos on this one. That effort when apparently he was rather sick is impressive. I know Cam did Cam things but he also was atrocious defensively, especially in the first half and the 4 turnovers were all avoidable.
 
Duke is going to get much better offensively if Pat and Maliq remain aggressive looking for their shot. Jon said so on the presser and they need to run more plays to free up Evans for better looks.
 
The box score would say Cam, but his mental state and body language prevented me from considering him. There were times when he was head down and very low energy. It was very unusual for him, and I think it had an effect on the entire team's attitude at times. He's usually our leader and today he wasn't. I was tempted to go with Foster, instead, since he was apparently under the weather and didn't start but still played more than half the game, but instead I opted for The Deflector, who also picked up some nice mop-up buckets today, scoring in double-figures for one of the few times all year.

Maliq is MOTM for me.
 
What would Duke's record be without Cam Boozer? He sure seems like the MIP (Most Impactful Player) in all of college basketball this season.
 
Phredd3 said:
The box score would say Cam, but his mental state and body language prevented me from considering him. There were times when he was head down and very low energy. It was very unusual for him, and I think it had an effect on the entire team's attitude at times. He's usually our leader and today he wasn't. I was tempted to go with Foster, instead, since he was apparently under the weather and didn't start but still played more than half the game, but instead I opted for The Deflector, who also picked up some nice mop-up buckets today, scoring in double-figures for one of the few times all year.

Maliq is MOTM for me.
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Not a bad choice. I seem to be more impressed with Maliq each game. The stats don't tell just how important he is to our team. I agree with you on Cam. I have said more than once I believe he was under the weather. Same with Slim.

GoDuke!
 
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