During Countdown to Craziness Friday night, the Blue Devils combined the Blue-White game with a videos featuring players, an awards show and a dunk contest, but before all of that, the Duke players strutted out, one-by-one, to entrance music of their choice. Duke even lured Michael Buffer—are you ready to rumble?—into introducing the squad, a nice little touch that, alas, few seemed to acknowledge.
Do the musical selections say anything about the players? Probably not in all cases, but definitely for some.
Of course Nolan Smith came out to Jay-Z's "Public Service Announcement," while rocking some slick stunner shades. (On the other hand, would anyone have blamed him for coming out to Wale's "Chillin'"? He is, after all, from Washington D.C., and he's even tweeted some of the lyrics before.) Brian Zoubek even danced out to "Ice Ice Baby," which got a lot of love from the Cameron Crazies.
Anyway, below is the full list of players' choices.
- Seth Curry: "A Star is Born" by Jay-Z ft. J. Cole
- Olek Czyz: "What Up, What's Happenin'" by T.I.
- Jordan Davidson: "Give it Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Andre Dawkins: "Ready for the World" by Lil Wayne
- Steve Johnson: "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" by Jay-Z
- Ryan Kelly: "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath
- Casey Peters: "Good Life" by Kanye West
- Mason Plumlee: "I'll be in the Sky" by B.O.B.
- Miles Plumlee: "Rebirth" by One Be Lo
- Jon Scheyer: "All These Things I've Done" by the Killers
- Kyle Singler: "Hip Hop" by Dead Prez
- Nolan Smith: "Public Service Announcement" by Jay-Z
- Lance Thomas: "Check the Rhyme" by A Tribe Called Quest
- Brian Zoubek: "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice
If you could pick a song for a player, what would it be?
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