Duke Basketball Report

0:00DBR sponsors, Byrd Campbell 0:35Donald welcomes us to the pod and Sam blames Jason for flooding his emailbox 3:15Jason describes the cool NCAA tournament draft he is doing with some DBR folks 4:30We dissect the NCAA bracket, starting with Duke’s region, which Sam says is utterly predictable. 9:10Jason gives us a preview of Duke’s first opponent, the Iona Gaels 17:10Donald wants to talk about the Hurley brothers 21:55Jason talks about teams who got a break in the bracket, and he focuses on Villanova rather than the hated Tarheels 26:30We finally get to the West and we all hope Michigan takes out UNC 28:30Sleeper picks to make the Sweet 16 – we really like Missouri and whoever is playing Cincy 33:25Final Four picks… we largely like the same teams 36:00Sam asks us how far Duke needs to go to make this a successful season 43:35The DBR Bracket challenge -- Go to http://Tinyurl.com/DBRPodcast and you could win a chance to be a guest on the podcast! 44:35Another shout out to Byrd Campbell 45:10Time to look back

0:00Byrd Campbell, they hate the Tarheels as much as you do 0:30Intros, we are happy and talk about Jason’s connection to the Oscars 2:40Time to talk about that victory over UNC and Sam’s claim that he never doubted that Duke was going to win (yeah, right!) 7:50Jason asks Donald about how insane it was to even discuss whether Duke might be better without Marvin Bagley. 9:45We talk about the hug and Grayson Allen’s big night 13:20Jason recaps Grayson’s senior speech to the Crazies and it mophs into an appreciation of Grayson’s career 20:45This is where we discuss how absurdly dominant Marvin Bagley was in the 2nd half 24:15This diversion is brought to you by 2 Chainz jacket 27:40ACC Tourney preview including some words about Bonzie Colson’s return for Notre Dame. 30:00Sam gives us his sleepers for the ACC Tourney 32:35Sam looks ahead to the NCAA tournament locations for Duke 35:45Jason gets us back to the ACC tourney and talks a bit about Virginia’s decline lately, with a sidebar about the Louisville implosio

0:00Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell, for making this all happen. 0:30Introductions… in which Donald brags about his success with the ladies. 2:10Duke loses to Va Tech. We try to process what happened and Jason asks the big question – is Duke a better team minus Marvin Bagley? 7:55Sam and Donald vociferously object when Jason utters two words, “Dan Dakich” 10:35Jason talks ball movement and turnovers, especially in the final few minutes. 12:30Sam and Jason go apoplectic about Duval getting the ball to get fouled with :25 left. 17:45We turn to the Louisville game and Sam lauds the defensive effort. 22:00Donald gives us the view from Cameron because he was at the Louisville game. 24:55The D and the dunks were the story against Syracuse 28:25Time to talk about the Carolina rematch. We focus on rebounding, Bagley’s progress, and the pace of play as keys to the game. 30:30Jason says Duke is a completely different team from when we played Carolina 3 weeks ago. 32:45We kick off the conversation about the FBI/Ar

Sam and Jason hop on an Emergency Pod to give us a rundown of the breaking news from the FBI NCAA investigation. Wendell Carter and Duke are implicated, but not in a way that seems at all serious. Have a listen and we will explain everything! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00We thank our sponsors 0:30Donald takes the lead and get diverted talking about New Orleans 3:30We finally get to the games. We love the D against Clemson and are enjoying how the team has changed in the past week. 6:50Jason talks about how the zone and the press combine to force teams into bad shots. 9:00Sam is impressed with Duke’s speed on defense. 11:10Time to praise Javin DeLaurier 13:30Donald wants to know what Duke will be like when Bagley returns. 18:00Looking back on Virginia Tech and Duke’s crazy rebounding edge. 21:40Donald focuses on Grayson being aggressive on offense. 23:40We interview Duke national champion, Quinn Cook 25:00Donald kicks it off asking Quinn about his NBA dream 27:30Sam talks to Quinn about the current Blue Devils and their chances to be natty contenders. Quinn is a big fan of Grayson and Marvin. 31:15Jason reflects on Quinn’s Duke career and his national title in 2015 39:55We react to what Quinn said about the past and the present 44:45Byrd Campbell, our favorite law firm! 45

0:00 Thanks Byrd Campbell 0:30 Sam welcomes us and says he does not want to talk about that UNC game 2:55 Duke beat Ga Tech and Jason saw the game from press row 9:25 Jason does post-game interviews with Alex O'Connell, Marquis Bolden, Grayson Allen, and Wendell Carter 14:50 We react to the locker room interviews and talk about the scene in the locker room 20:40 Jason talks a bit about Grayson being more aggressive offensively in this game as well as Duke playing a lot of zone 23:20 Sam was unimpressed with our second half effort, especially on defense and the boards 26:20 Donald talks about rebounding in the zone, which can be spotty 29:55 Sam compares Duke to the Spurs and then transitions into a conversation about Trevon Duval's role on the team 37:15 Another shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 37:40 Previewing the Va Tech game, rebounding and 3 point D will be key 43:40 Donald tells us all about Clemson, one of the surprising teams in the ACC this year thanks to a strong def

0:00Thanks again to Byrd Campbell 0:30Jason and Donald welcome you to the depressing Carolina recap podcast 1:35Donald talks about how we got outhustled and it led to Carolina getting a ton more field goal attempts than Duke 3:15Jason talks rebounding and how this game seemed to be eerily similar to the St. John’s game 5:30We marvel at Carolina only turning the ball over 2 times! 7:30Jason shifts to the good things he saw… the bench play. 10:10Donald says our freshmen have hit the wall. 12:10Jason tips his cap to the experienced Carolina guys who worked their butts off to win this game. 14:45Duke goes back on the road to Ga Tech and Jason will be there on press row. 15:35Players of the game – Bagley and Bolden 16:30Donald says he wants the team to turn inward and focus on working together. 18:15Jason says heart and hustle are a must for this team to succeed… and we have not seen that from them lately. 19:15Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more ab

0:00Byrd Campbell, the Duke legal eagles 0:30What did Donald, Jason, and Sam think about the Super Bowl? 3:00Sam tells a story about the most evil Duke professor of all time. 4:00We lost to St. John… Sam is frustrated at the turnovers. 6:05Jason calls out a specific player who is struggling and then turns to our D, which was really bad. 10:40Donald says the intensity was really lacking and thinks that was the root of all of our problems. 12:04We talk about Coach K’s scathing post-game comments and speculate about what changes are coming to the team. 15:35Donald brings up a few positives, including the performances of Carter and Bolden. 17:25We spend a little time trying to figure out what is wrong with Bagley’s game. 21:30Again, thanks to Byrd Campbell for supporting the podcast. 22:10A special guest joins the podcast. Jason interviews Duke coach Jon Scheyer!! 23:50Scheyer tells the story of his baby girl being born during the Notre Dame game. 25:30Scheyer talks about the youth of the players and how it has i

0:00As usual, thanks for Byrd Campbell 0:28Sam and Jason lament Duke’s loss to Virginia, but Donald is AWOL. 1:28Jason tries not to blame the refs for letting Virginia get away with what Virginia wanted to do. 5:20Sam wants to start with the first half of the Virginia game. Why did the Cavs get such a big lead? Jason’s answer… experience. 8:10Sam talks about the turnovers and why Duke’s inability to hold onto the ball is surprising. 10:30Jason explains that even though Duke outrebounded the Cavs, we didn’t win the second chance points battle. 11:45Jason is dying to talk about free throws, but Sam wants to focus on “Zombie Duke” first and how the zone led to our success. 17:20Sam finally lets Jason talk about free throws… you can feel the pain in his voice. 20:00We lament a really poor game by the Duke guards. 23:20The regular season ACC race is done. Virginia wins the crown. 26:00We find some positives from the loss to UVA. 28:15Jason closes the Virginia recap with a hat tip to the Cavs but cannot resist talk

0:00Byrd Campbell, the best Duke lawyers around 0:30Jason welcomes us to the pod… and where in the world is Donald Wine? 1:50Zion Williamson shocks the world. Donald gives us a breakdown of his game. 5:45Jason says Zion is Charles Barkley 2.0 and that this is the real start of positionless basketball at Duke. 8:35The Star Wars Empire theme gets us to Sam talking about what it is like to get all the recruits, all the time. 15:30Will it be hard for so many studs to play together with just one basketball? 21:45Jason on how much fun this is for Coach K. 23:20Time to talk about the Pitt game where we rave about Wendell’s game. 26:50Is Grayson coming out of his shooting slump? 31:35Our thanks, once again, to our wonderful sponsors Byrd Campbell. 32:20Sam leads the preview of Virginia, the best defensive team in America and he wonders how many points we need to win the game. 38:50Jason says Duke’s offensive focus, pounding the ball inside, is exactly what Virginia is most effective at stopping. 41:20We all make pred

0:00Welcome to the prodcast… wait, what?!?! Oh, and by the way, we still love Byrd Campbell. 0:55We can’t stop laughing… it was a good week for Duke. 2:15Donald talks about MLK and Jason finds everything funny. 4:20Jason talks about gambling and his son playing 21 on his 21st birthday. 7:55Sam wants to talk about the Pitt game, but Donald wants to gloat about beating Miami. 9:40Jason has some interesting stats about the Pitt game and begins a theme of Duke’s impressive bench play this week. 15:30Donald talks about the way the rest of the team reacts to Justin Robinson 19:40Sam prods Jason to talk about the D against Wake… and Jason’s thoughts on how Capel coaches the team versus the way K does it. 23:20Jason dives head first into his Alex O’Connell love. 27:30Sam compares this year’s Duke team to past Duke champions, and talks about depth. 31:10Finally!! We get to the Miami game and how good that comeback felt. 34:05We spend some time gushing about Wendell Carter’s game and especially his blocked shots... an

0:00Byrd Campbell, our favorite law firm 0:30Podcast #100! We are excited! 1:30Jason intros our special guest, former Duke player Kenny Dennard. 3:00Time to dissect the NC State game… Kenny says don’t worry about early season games, “nothing really matters until March.” 6:20Sam asks Kenny when the team will get it together on D. Kenny has a brilliant reply, “Coach K’s won 5 national championships, but he’s lost 32.” 9:30Sam asks if we are concerned about the short bench. Jason’s response, “No.” 11:20Jason gives us some of the ugly stats from the game. 16:50Donald talks a bit about leadership and finding someone other than Grayson to step up. 19:25Kenny with a gratuitous shot at John Calipari… we love it! 21:15Kenny makes a great comparison to a record player, a device Sam has never heard of. 26:10Sam wraps up the NC State talk with some optimistic notes. 27:25We begin our look back at Kenny’s time at Duke by asking how things went so well early in his career and then went south later. His answer takes us to N

0:00Byrd Campbell, the lawyers who love Duke. 0:30We are recording early in the day and you can blame the college football playoffs. 4:00We finally get to the Duke basketball game against FSU, and it begins with Jason talking about what Trevon Duvall does well and what he does not. 13:10Donald chimes in about how many shots we took and how we got them… OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS! 17:15Sam talks about Duke’s foul trouble philosophy and how we managed to win despite 4 starters with 4 fouls. 23:30We talk about Duke giving up a lot of 3-pointers. Is that Duke’s biggest weakness? 32:10We preview NC State and Jason warns about a guy who could be a real 3-point threat. 39:00Donald thinks the NC State crowd could be real trouble for our young players. 41:30Jordan Tucker transfers. We debate whether he had a realistic future at Duke. 50:30Another shout out to our sponsorship buddies, Byrd Campbell. 51:15Donald talks about attending the Quick Lane Bowl, perhaps Duke football’s best game of the year! 1:00:35Player of the week

0:00Thanks to Durham Dave Olverson for being a podcast sponsor! 0:35Donald welcomes us from Texas, Sam is going blind, and Jason attempts to joke about calling in and falls flat on his face. 2:15Evansville recap. Jason starts by focusing on the D and Duke’s aggressive deny-man efforts. 7:35Sam talks about the offense and says we probably won’t be this good all the time. 10:50Time to talk about Justin Robinson, who is earning real minutes! 12:15Donald brings up some important stats regarding FTA and 3-pointers. 13:45Speaking of stats, Duke’s assist numbers are just stupidly good! 15:40Have we not mentioned the scary good game by Wendell Carter? 17:30Sam takes the lead as we preview Florida St., a good 3-point shooting team. 24:55Jason points out the murderous schedule FSU faces starting with the Duke game. 26:40Another shout-out to sponsor Dave Olverson and his love of Durham. 27:25A quick note about football recruiting and new early signing period, featuring a mini-rant by Jason about the lack of commitment i

0:00We love Byrd Campbell 0:30Jason intros everyone and we somehow start talking about Sam’s weight. 2:15Let’s look back on the BC loss… Jason begins by talking about the rebounding. 3:45Sam admits he was supremely confident we would win down the stretch… and explains what was different about this game from other close contests Duke won. 6:20We marvel at Duke’s inability to get to the FT line, especially our big men. 8:15Jason asks Donald why Duke couldn’t get any interior offense in the second half? Donald blames BC’s offense for taking us out of our game. 11:45Donald starts the talk about Duke’s perimeter D and Jason does a deep dive into the history of Duke giving up 3-pointers… it takes him all the way back to the lost season of 1995. 17:30Sam stays optimistic and talks about how the team can change to get better at defending the three. 22:05Sam interviews Jonathan Alexander, the new Duke reporter for the News & Observer. 26:20After dealing with Jonathan’s background, we finally start talking about the cu

Sam, Jason, and Donald recap the wins against Indiana and South Dakota. Jason is on husband duty so he's here for part 1 and Donald joins for part 2. We end with previews of St. Francis and Boston College, hand out Player of the Week honors, and end with a little Duke Football bowling! Timestamps: 0:00 Thank you, Byrd Campbell! 0:19 Sam brings us in and explains the disjointed podcast (First half is just Sam and Jason, second half, Sam and Donald) 1:00 It’s all Jason’s fault…he was being a good husband and needed to record early 2:30 Jason pre-reacts to the South Dakota game since his segment was recorded before the game! 3:40 Jason gives general thoughts on the Indiana win 5:05 Jason - “In addition to Indiana playing at home and playing well…we’re exhausted!” 6:22 Jason thinks we saw a growing trend where Duke plays uninspired ball for 30 minutes and get it together for 10 7:33 Jason brings up a Ben Swain tweet that explains how awesome Duke’s defense has been late in the game 11:10 Sam’s thought: Duke has

0:00Those legal eagles, ByrdCampbell earn our thanks once again. 0:30Jason is in an unfamiliar place… and so is Sam. 2:40We recap the Florida game, and Jason begins by asking, “Did you think we would win when we were down by 17 points?” 6:30Sam says, “Duke looked around and said, ‘Hey, we’re better than this,’” and with that the Blue Devils took control of the game 9:10We sing the praises of Florida. Donald is really impressed and says Florida will be a contender all season long 9:55Jason unveils his unified theory of the 2017-18 season… it boils down to one word: Rebounding! 14:10Donald talks about Marvin Bagley, and we wonder where he ranks among the all-time greats at Duke, freshmen or otherwise. 18:30Donald brings up ESPN’s “odds of winning the game” silliness. Duke was a decided underdog at times during the tournament. 22:10Jason brings up some other folks who played well, starting with Wendell Carter, who was great down the stretch against Florida. 25:00Donald: “It is almost like Jay Bilas got married

Do not miss the amazing interview with former Dukie Chris Burgess! One of the best interviews ever on this podcast. 0:00Byrd Campbell means business! 0:30Donald welcomes us to a midweek edition and teases something special coming up 2:05Sam kicks off our coverage of the MSU game by talking about what it was like to be there, live, in the arena for the game 6:30Donald asks Jason about the rebounding… we are impressed with how Duke hits the glass 8:45Jason gushes about Trevon Duval, who made several moves that seemed reminiscent of Kyrie Irving 12:50Jason talks about the transformation of Coach K in his 38th season… it is truly stunning 14:50Donald talks about how Duke demoralized Michigan State by beating them at their own game 17:25We spend a little time talking about the maturity and leadership of Grayson Allen 20:30Tucker Byrd of Byrd Campbell has a message about Grayson’s intensity and perseverance 21:25A very special interview – former Dukie and current assistant coach at Utah Valley Chris Burgess 24:40B

The Podcast gang (Sam, Jason, Donald) recap Duke Basketball's opening victories against Elon and Utah Valley, preview the big matchup against Michigan State and the game later in the week against Southern, discuss Coach K achieving 1000 wins at Duke and finish with RJ Barrett's commitment and Duke-Army football. They then hand out the first player of the week honors for the 2017-18 season and end with parting shots. Timestamps 0:00 Dave Olverson sponsors this week’s podcast and tells people to consider moving back to Durham 0:27 Welcome and intros 1:45 We recap the season opener against Elon 2:25 Jason gets off by saying “Believe The Hype” on Bagley by discarding his inner Public Enemy 8:15 Donald gives his take by mentioning Grayson Allen is playing like a relaxed floor general 10:56 Donald mentions the only dark spot from the Elon game: Free Throws 11:35 Sam is thrilled about Trevon Duval’s emergence as a point guard 14:41 Donald jump starts the Utah Valley discussion by discussing the heavy minutes for th

0:00Byrd Campbell, two Dukies who love the podcast 0:25Jason welcomes us, Donald apologizes for his audio last time, and Sam wakes up too early 2:30Jason explains the craziness that went down to create this mid-week podcast… and it all centers around Ga Tech head coach Josh Pastner 5:00Sam explains the Ga Tech scandal, being reported by CBS Sports, and we try to figure out if any of this makes sense 13:55Jason interviews Ga Tech head basketball coach Josh Patner. They begin by telling the story of how the 31-year-old Pastner got the head coaching job at Memphis 18:35Jason asks about Ga Tech’s recruiting efforts in Atlanta and how Duke keeps beating Tech for local recruits 23:35Pastner discusses academics, athletics, and the scandals at Louisville and UNC 27:30Jason asks how tough it is to follow all the NCAA rules. Pastner: “85% of my job is compliance” 30:15Pastner gives a preview of Ga Tech in the ACC this season but Pastner mostly talks about his reverence for Coach K 34:30Good bye to Coach Pastner, but be