POLL: Gameball Duke vs. St. Francis

[BluePhil]

Marques Bolden gets the Double/Double!

Every player that got into the game gets a point! I do not remember that happening before.

I personally would not enjoy such a lopsided game all the time, but it was fun for one night.

 

[MyDudeG_rivals]

I went with Bolden! Really happy for the big fella. He’s still got some improving to do, but he’s definitely on the right track.

 

[youngman42]

I picked "fun for the whole team" (if it were an individual I'd have chosen Bolden).

But, really, what I though was most impressive in this game, and the reason I chose the "whole team" is really the top 5 freshmen recruits.

Great to see when O'Connell went in for Grayson and we had 5 freshmen on the court. Obviously, not great competition, but they were still very impressive as a unit. As talented as they are, quite often teams do not mesh that well this early. Esp. freshmen.

 

[nets on nets on nets]

Bolden.
2nd place - J Rob.

 

[HeLooks2MuchLikeDave]

Bolden had 17 and 10 in only 15 minutes.

 

[Canadian Dukie]

Bolden,loving what we're seeing lately

 

[timo0402]

Went with Bolden also, really like seeing the confidence continue to rise with him. Stay patient with this kid, he will be counted on.

 

[DukeRulesBasketball]

Gave the gameball to Marques!

 

[Tlass]

I'm with the majority Bolden did a great job in his 15 min of playing time, I loved his second and third efforts on some of those put backs..Hope to see more out the big fella as the season goes on. What a fun game to watch as a Duke fan.

 

[sgrooms]

Every player that got into the game gets a point! I do not remember that happening before.

If only White made that 3 pointer he attempted.

 

[LongTimeDukeFan]

Bolden. Best game in his Duke career....so far.

Really hard to give to anyone.

Could give it to St Francis for having the courage to play us at Cameron.

 

[hart2chesson]

I went with Gary Trent Jr. Thought he was deserving after watching film and making a concerted effort to move more w/o the ball (his post game comments). His outside shooting can be such a huge boost to us: he hit 3 of first 4 behind arc and 4 of 6 from 3 overall, and ended up totalling 14...

OFC

 

[dukesince91]

Bolden
I like that his confidence is growing.

 

[dukiejay]

Bolden. Psychologically, this was a pretty big game for him. I think the same can be said for Trent. I've told people here....he's a really, really good shooter. If he can start being consistent this Duke team just gets that much better.

Side note....Grayson wouldn't have been a horrible option, either. He scored 14 points, dished out six assists and had five boards. In addition to that, he was perfect from the field (5-of-5), perfect at the line (2-of-2) and perfect from deep (2-of-2). He had two pretty bad turnovers, but other than that played about as perfect as a player can. That's a senior being a senior and a leader being a leader.

 

[jcdevilfan]

Went with "Fun for the whole team". Just really liked the fact that everyone played and Duke won handily. They really needed a game like this, and for everyone to enjoy.
Go Duke!
OFC

 

[PixelDevil]

At halftime I was like

 

[Deviled Egg]

Not really sure why this thread has gone on this long without someone mentioning Mike Buckmire but here's to you son!

 

[crazyduke3]

Bolden

 

[OldasdirtDevil]

I went with Bolden also. But damn, Grayson was so efficient, and unselfish.

OFC

 

[SwatX1]

I went with Bolden. I think this game could he HUGE for his confidence, and show him that he can do it at this level

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

I went with Bolden

 

[dbav]

Went with Bolden because I loved seeing him get a career high. Almost voted for Trent because I loved seeing him get out of his slump.

 

[dukehokie]

I love being able to give the game ball to Marques and not for sentimental “this game was good for his improvement” reasons. He was legitimately tough on the interior and was really showing his hook and down low hustle. Also, this game was good for his improvement.

 

[JohnstonCDevil]

My vote went to Bolden! With a big assist from the whole TEAM!!!!!
OFC

 

[Liftee]

I voted for fun for the whole team because the unselfishness and enthusiasm on the bench were the most notable factors in the game.

 

[Mpm277]

I loved the benches reaction to big plays - and the reaction was always just as enormous regardless of who the bench consisted of.

 

[SteelerNeal]

I'd like to give a huge Honorable Mention to Robinson for showing me that he will be making contributions in his Jr and Sr seasons.

 

[SwatX1]

I loved the benches reaction to big plays - and the reaction was always just as enormous regardless of who the bench consisted of.

Yes!! that was great!!! And I think it shows just how close and together this team is. I think team is really special. I believe they are genuinely pulling for each other and just really "know" each other for such a young team, this early in the season. They are definitely high on the list of my all time favorite Duke teams.