Duke Basketball Roundup

On this episode of the DBR Podcast, Sam, Jason, and Donald discuss the commitment of Columbia graduate transfer Patrick Tapé to the Blue Devils. They also talk about Tre Jones' departure for the NBA Draft and Alex O'Connell's transfer out of the program and do quick speculation on the odds that Wendell Moore, Matthew Hurt, and Cassius Stanley will also leave. Finally, we find out the winner of the Stats Prediction Game, and because of the shortened season, the results are wild! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a blast from the past. This is the actual podcast we recorded on March 28th, 1992 when Duke played Kentucky in the greatest college basketball game in history. Sure, some of us were barely out of diapers when it happened but we swear this is the real podcast we recorded back then. You believe us, right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 200 was not how we drew it up, but on what would have been the first day of the NCAA Tournament, we mark this milestone by welcoming Kenny Dennard to the show! We also do quick recaps of the season and things we wish we could have seen play out. We wrap the show by offering you all glimpses into our lives as we all deal with the new reality that is the coronavirus outbreak and its impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most depressing pods ever as Jason, Sam, and Donald talk about the shock of the NCAA cancelling March Madness. The season is over in an instant but we have many thoughts about what happened and what it all means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We come to sing the praises of a former scrub turned into a Cameron superstar. Jason, Sam, and Donald recap the season sweep over the Tar Heels and look ahead to what the ACC tournament holds for the Blue Devils. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ummm, where has this version of Duke been recently? For the first time in weeks, the Blue Devils find themselves against NC State and we can't decide which was more shocking about it... the fact that Justin Robinson was the hero or the fact that Duke turned to a zone defense to confuse the Pack. Plus, the guys look ahead to the regular season finale against the LAST PLACE UNC Tarheels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rotations, rebounding, and just plain bad luck -- the guys have plenty of explanations for what went wrong against UVA. Plus, they look ahead to the NC State game and talk about some impressive performances by Dukies in the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald try to figure out the stunning loss to the Demon Deacons and they bring on a Virginia expert to preview the crucial game this weekend against the Cavs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special bonus edition of the DBR Podcast, Jason, Sam, and Donald are joined by ESPN's top college basketball analyst, Jay Bilas. The former Duke player and assistant coach tells us all about his time with Coach K, gives us his assessment of the current state of college basketball, talks about the current Duke team, and even gives us some insight into his favorite rapper, Young Jeezy. This is an episode you cannot miss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The threes were falling but the DBR Podcast guys want to talk about the passing and defense against Va Tech. They also preview the rematch with Wake, praise a Duke baseball player who made some history, and try to guess what the NCAA Selection Committee is thinking about seeding the tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ouch, that could leave a mark. NC State just hammers Duke in Raleigh. Jason, Donald, and Sam try to piece together what happened and... more importantly... what it means for Duke going forward. Plus, we look at the rest of the ACC to see who has the inside track at the regular season title and which teams are still fighting for a spot in the big dance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys were impressed with both the offense and defense against a good Notre Dame team, we quickly preview the game agaisnt NC State, we rant about the NCAA's latest moves on paying the players, Jason reveals how many points a timeout is worth, and Donald leads a discussion about the outrage that was the NBA's Slam Dunk contest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're on a new network! Our first episode on the SB Nation Podcast Network takes flight with Episode 190, where we begin by recapping Duke's hard fought victory against FSU Monday night. We also preview the upcoming game this weekend against Notre Dame. We end with preliminary votes for Player of the Week and a Parting Shot about the new XFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Devil With a Blue Dress 0:30Wow… the only way to start this conversation is with a loud WOW! 3:30Sam’s watch story - he was at the UNC game and gives us a sense of the amazing moments inside the Dean Dome 7:10Donald’s watch story – he was in a bar with strangers staring at him 9:00Jason’s watch story – it goes late late late into the night 10:50Harry Giles and Jabari Parker’s watch story 12:00Sam tells us why he wasn’t all that worried when we were down 14:15Lets talk about Roy’s decision-making down the stretch and Tre’s crazy intentional FT miss 19:55Time to discuss the many ways Wendell Moore won this game for Duke 24:30Jason wants to talk about UNC… the team we saw on Saturday versus the team they have been all year 27:20Reality check – Duke had a pair of poor games this week 29:40We love Byrd Campbell and we must say goodbye to them 31:30A preview of the huge game against Florida State 39:20The NCAA puts out their preliminary seeds, Duke is a #2 in the East. We discuss. 47:40A quick sidebar on TV Teddy, who was just ridiculous last night 50:00Player of the week, we all love us some Tre Stones 51:35Good bye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Mitch Ryder sings us in 0:30Welcome to the pod, we are obsessed with where Sam is watching games 3:00We recap the ugliness that was the BC game 8:30We debate the quality of the shots Duke took in this game 13:00What was going on with the rotation? Duke used some unusual combinations in this game 16:10A NCAA seeding conversation breaks out 18:15Time to preview the rivalry game… bring on the hated Tar Heels! 20:50Donald asks Jason, “Is UNC better with or without Cole Anthony?” 23:30Sam on the many disappointing players for Carolina this year 26:20It still won’t be easy to beat them, there is something Carolina is very good at… rebounding 28:15Who will be the key players for the game? 32:20Donald wants to talk about leadership and experience 34:45Finally, a discussion about the two coaches and their secret strategies 37:50Good bye and Duke band… take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Devil With The Blue Dress 0:30Sam welcomes us to Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday 3:40Duke bested the fighting Capels of Pitt 14:20We all got something to say about Coach K versus the Crazies 24:45Jason rants for a moment about the current Crazies and the fact that Cameron isn’t filled 27:35Thanks to Byrd Campbell, our wonderful sponsors 28:10Duke tops Syracuse as Wendell Moore makes his return from injury 40:50Jason feesl sorry for Syracuse having to defend Vernon Carey 43:00Preview of the BC game, yet another team that just beat UNC 47:45The quickest player of the week vote ever, we all praise Vernon Carey 48:30Parting shots – Donald on the Duke All-Stars in the NBA 49:55Parting shots – Jason with more on mourning Kobe Bryant 54:15Parting shots – Sam gets to do cool Fuqua stuff like visiting a military training facility 55:35Good bye and Duke Band, take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just a few hours after recording Episode 185, we learn of the tragic death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Nolan Smith, Duke Basketball's Director of Basketball Operations, joins us to reflect on the life of Kobe Bryant and what his passing means to basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Devils may have the weekend off, but the DBR crew is here to preview next week's games and talk about the state of the ACC (hint- it ain't good). Plus, we delve into the latest Pay the Players debate. 0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Donald, Jason, and Sam want to talk about breakfast drinks 2:30Time for some actual basketball talk, we preview Duke’s next opponent, Pitt and Jeff Capel returning to Cameron 10:05A preview of the 4th place team in the ACC, the Syracuse Orange… a different Syracuse team than what we are used to seeing 15:10We talk about how Duke can exploit the Syracuse zone defense 19:50A shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 20:25A look at the ACC and which teams from the conference can make the tournament 37:40Pay the players! The head of the NCAA talks about where they are now on that debate 46:10Duke band, take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00 Mitch Ryder plays us in 0:30 Welcome to Zion's world, we planned to talk about the Miami game but we cannot resist the gravitational pull of Zion's debut 14:40 Jason makes a crazy prediction about how quickly Zion will be great, Sam and Donald have more reasonable expectations 20:15 Oh yeah, the Duke basketball team played a couple days ago... we recap Duke's latest thrashing of Miami 30:00 We talk a bit about Matthew Hurt's best game in a Duke uniform and what it means for him going forward 34:30 We spend a few minutes talking about the Kansas-K State fight 47:20 Sam has a fun story about mascots showing emotions 50:10 Player of the week - there is no debate here 50:30 Parting shots - Donald on the passing of Morgan Wooten 58:45 Parting shots - Sam got to talk to Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey 1:01:25 Parting shots - Jason mourns the loss of Terry Jones of Monty Python 1:05:25 Thanks to our sponsor's Byrd Campbell and the Duke band takes us home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It wasn't a great week for Duke Basketball, and the podcast trio is back to discuss what went wrong in the losses to Clemson and Louisville. We preview the Miami game and end with Player of the Week and Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:17 - Sam is back from his Asian travels 3:29 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 3:37 - We start with breaking down the Clemson loss. Energy, missed layups, and an inefficient defense are what we focus on. 13:56 - We continue our recap of a bad week with Louisville and how physical the game was 22:09 - Byrd Campbell means business! 22:37 - We preview Miami and break down what Duke needs to do to get back on track 29:32 - Player of the Week isn't fun this week, but the pick is unanimous 32:18 - Parting Shots: Jason discusses Gonzaga and stupid poll voters, Donald reflects on watching Wojo and Marquette, and Sam does a deep dive on former Duke players at Shooters 43:55 - Jason has one final thought on UNC losing more games and its position in the NET 46:16 - Programming note: we will be back midweek to recap the Miami game as well as Zion Williamson's NBA debut! 47:40 - Duke Band, take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald and Jason talk Tre Jones' offensive explosion and eventually get around to wondering what life would be like if Zion has come back. 0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Jason and Donald are here to talk about the Wake beatdown, Sam has been taken by Bangkok 2:10Shout out to ByrdCampbell.com 2:30Duke crushes Wake and we talk a lot about Tre Jones’ offensive game 9:55 Jason pulls out some stats to show how effective the Duke D has been lately 13:40Donald talks about our shot blocking and interior D 16:30Clemson beats Carolina for the first time ever in Chapel Hill, we have to talk about it 20:50We preview the Carolina game and Jason talks about who will guard Clemson’s Aamir Simms 28:00Donald takes the lead on previewing the Duke-Louisville game, perhaps the toughest game left on the schedule 33:50Donald predicts Jack White is going to have a big week for Duke 35:15Have we mentioned how great Byrd Campbell are? 35:55Player of the week picks 37:50Parting shots – Donald on Zion wanting to stay in school 45:50Parting shots – Jason on the Duke student-athlete and how Duke is different from other schools 49:30Parting shots – We gotta chat about the new #Brotherhood jerseys 55:05Goodbye and the Duke band plays us out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast was in the house for the Ga Tech game as Jason Evans got to interview the players post-game and sit in on Coach K's news conference. This mid-week special podcast is a deep dive on a fascinating game... enjoy! 0:00 Donald and Jason are here for a post-Ga Tech show 2:30 Jason talks about watching the game from press row and he cannot stop talking about what K did with the lineups this game and the impact of Jordan Goldwire 7:55 Donald on how Javin and Jack impacted the game late 9:00 We praise Ga Tech's play, they came to compete! 12:00 Lets take a few moments for Cassisus' dunks 14:30 We need a name for Duke's withering defense 17:10 More mid-week podcasts are coming 17:50 Jason went into the locker room after the game... here is what he heard: 18:50 Postgame sound with Vernon Carey 20:10 Postgame sound with Jordan Goldwire 21:50 Postgame sound with Cassius Stanley 24:10 We react to what we heard in the locker room 28:25 Coach K's postgame news conference 34:20 Coach K gets a little prickly at Jason's question 38:35 Reaction to K's press conference 46:30 Jason gives some props to Tre Jones 48:35 Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell 49:10 Final thoughts on the Ga Tech game and the possibility of Duke going undefeated in the ACC this season 53:45 Donald says goodbye and Duke band plays us out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast crew apologizes in advance for some poor audio quality on this week's show. We are working to fix that in the future. 0:00Devil in the Blue Dress and where in the world is the podcast crew 4:15Ok, enough of our world travels, lets get to the basketball! We begin with a beatdown of BC… a beatdown that started with the defensive effort 11:50Our second 30+ point win of the week, on the road against Miami 16:40Jason got reports on the Miami game from a spy inside the arena 19:00Sam chimes in from Vietnam on the rotations and the team depth 28:00A quick moment on Coach K and communication 29:30Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell 30:15Preview time, we being with Georgia Tech… well, we actually begin with the conversation about the Yellow Jackets topping North Carolina over the weekend and Roy Williams’ post-game meltdown 38:40Ok, enough of the Carolina bashing, time to actually preview the game against Ga Tech 42:00Looking ahead to the game against Wake, a team at the bottom of the ACC standings 45:30We make our player of the week picks 47:50Parting Shots – Sam talks about being in Vietnam 49:50Parting Shots – Donald on Coach K’s reaction to the ACC regular season race 55:25Parting Shots – Jason on Vernon Carey for national player of the year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:20Donald is hosting, Jason is here, Sam is AWOL in Vietnam 1:30Instant reaction to the Brown game, which was a lot closer than the final score indicates 3:40Donald on a tale of two halves… Vernon in the first, and AOC in the second 5:50Jason says Duke needed some WD-40 to knock off the rust but he loved the way we fed the post in this game 9:45Jason’s dog Cameron loves Duke’s rebounding 10:30Tre Jones misses another game… should we be concerned? 13:50Need legal help? Reach out to Byrd Campbell 14:30Previewing the first ACC games, Jason tells us about Boston College led by former Dukie Derryck Thornton 18:50Donald tells us all about Duke’s second opponent this week, the Miami Hurricanes 23:20Player of the week picks 24:40Parting Shots – Jason starts by talking about UNC’s Cole Anthony and then gets into the future of college basketball… it’s a long and winding road through Jason’s thought process 32:50Parting Shots – Donald with a touching story about how the Holiday Bowl honored an important Iowa tradition 35:30Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Holidays to all our listeners! We whupped Wofford and as a gift to you we have an extended conversation about the very best from Duke during the wonderful decade of the 2010s. Enjoy! 0:00 Welcome to a holiday edition of the Pod 2:15Recap of Duke’s impressive win over Wofford, featuring much conversation about Joey “Buckets” Baker 17:45Previewing our next game, against the Ivy League’s Brown Bears 21:10Sam is hoping Duke fails to score 100+ points against Brown 24:15Merry Christmas from the Byrd Campbell Law Firm 24:55We play a game reflecting on the decade of the 2010s 26:00Pick your best 7 man rotation for the 2010s… any player who played during the decade is eligible 43:00Pick your best moment of the decade 46:50Pick the best game of the decade 54:30James Wiseman leaves Memphis… we must talk about it 1:08:15Player of the week 1:09:35Goodbye, happy holidays, and Duke band take us home 1:10:30Holiday Bonus… post-pod conversation about the NBA accidentally recorded Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We teased it last week, and now it's here! On this episode, Jason Evans gets to interview former Duke PG Greg Paulus! We have reactions to that interview, preview Wofford, discuss the NET rankings, and we then have some terrific Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:15 - Greetings! Donald is in DC, Jason in Atlanta, Sam is in Park City 2:55 - We teased the interview, and now it’s here! Greg Paulus! 4:06 - Greg Paulus interview 27:56 - Greg Paulus interview reactions 36:40 - We preview the game against the Wofford Terriers, with a side convo about UNC’s struggles 48:38 - The new NET rankings are out. Duke is 13th 57:02 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 57:42 - Parting Shots: Jason with an interesting nugget about Cassius Stanley and his draft analysis 1:04:11 - Parting Shots: Sam discusses the highest paid coaches on the Forbes list 1:09:37 - Parting Shots: Donald gives a shoutout to the Newtown, CT high school football team on winning the state championship 1:11:48 - Goodbye and Duke Band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A week ago things looked glum but this past week was nearly perfect for the Blue Devils. Enjoy the exam break with the latest edition of the podcast! 0:00Sam says hello, Jason is warm, and Donald is freezing 3:15Duke beats Michigan State, Donald says Duke took MSU’s lunch money 6:15Jason was impressed with the D and says Vernon Carey is playing a different game than most other big men 8:50Donald gets to brag about Javin Delaurier having a big game 10:25Jason talks about all the things he got wrong a week ago… including his concerns about the play of Tre Jones 13:50We are here to praise Duke’s bench play 15:30Speaking of bench success, time to talk about the Va Tech game and Coach K going small 23:45Jason says this was a really tough week, making the two wins even more impressive 27:10You know ‘em, you love ‘em, our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 27:50Sam teases the special guest coming next weekend 28:50Player of the Week… a certain someone goes 3-for-3 in our picks 31:05Parting shots – Jason says the ACC schedules are getting a little bit better 33:00Parting shots – Donald on Duke Night Out in DC 33:50Parting shots – Sam talks about the ACC-Big Ten Challenge 39:00We shout out a cool email we got this week as we say goodbye and the Duke band plays us home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald try to make sense out of the loss to Stephen F Austin. They focus on effort, field goal attempts, and free throw shooting. We talk about who we expect to start with Cassius Stanley injured and the gang looks ahead to a big week of games against of Michigan State and Virginia Tech. And there is division in our player of the week awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Donald returns from the Caymans and Jason has internet again! 3:00Duke played two games… we begin with Cal as Sam celebrates the Vernon Carey beast 8:10Jason talks about the emergence of Wendell Moore 10:30Donald wants to chat about the impressive offensive rebounding 15:30Duke wins the 2K Classic by defeating Georgetown as Sam celebrates the demise of Patrick Ewing’s tie 18:30It sure did not take long for K to shrink the rotation and we wonder about Matthew Hurt’s psyche 21:30Donald wants to talk about floor slapping and the mental aspect of it 25:50Jason gets back to Wendell Moore and talks about his ability as a one-on-one offensive player 31:00We tip our hat to Byrd Campbell, our favorite sponsors 31:40Jason previews Stephen F Austin 34:25Jason makes an awful “dad joke” 35:30Sam looks ahead to the game with Winthrop, a team that may surprise you 40:40We need to take a few moments to talk about football… at least our kick return game was strong 48:45The long awaited return of Player of the Week! 51:15Parting Shots – Jason talks about Shane Battier making the college hoops HOF 54:20Parting Shots – Sam starts a debate about James Harden 1:01:05Parting Shots – Donald wants to talk about changing the NBA schedule 1:05:20Parting Shots – Jason takes the rest of the ACC to task for lousy non-conference scheduling 1:08:45Email us at DBRPodcast at Gmail.com and Happy Thanksgiving from the whole pod crew and Happy Birthday to Donald! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duke is back to #1 in the polls as Coach K has now had a team ranked at the top in 20 different seasons. We discuss the games that got Duke there and look ahead at this week's trip to Madison Square Garden. Intro: Donald is in the Caymans 3:40 Duke beat Central Arkansas in a blowout 10:50 Duke beat Georgia State in a surprisingly close game. Tre Jones was the star. What's up the rotation? 23:20 Thanks as always to Byrd Campbell 23:50 Let's look ahead at the 2K Classic this week in New York. Duke should face Texas in the title game and Coach K will tell us about how great this event is to prepare the team for the postseason. 35:20 We return to "Who does Cassius Stanley remind us of?" 37:50 Duke Football flummoxes us. 44:50 Jason's parting shot brings us back to Duke being #1 in the polls again. The key here is "again." 48:50 Donald says farewell from the Caymans. He travels a lot. 49:30 Sam wants listeners to keep tabs on the James Wiseman situation at Memphis. 53:00 Jason has movie recommendations for the Thanksgiving holiday. So long, and Duke band take us home! Don't forget to email the podcast at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew is back to discuss Duke Basketball's big Champions Classic win over Kansas and its win over Colorado State. They also preview this week's upcoming games against Central Arkansas and Georgia State, talk some recruiting, and recap Duke Football's loss to Notre Dame. Timestamps: 0:00 - Jason is hosting from the phone because U-Verse took his internet away 2:17 - We begin with basketball with some questions: 1. Who is Duke’s 2nd best player? 3:22 - Sam lands on Cassius Stanley, which is the consensus pick 5:10 - Donald agrees and cites his energy and him playing like he has something to prove 8:10 - Jason asks what we think our best lineup is so far 12:56 - Sam tells us who Cassius Stanley reminds him of, prompting a new game 15:53 - We recap the Kansas win, and it starts with defense 21:30 - The Duke offense wasn’t great 24:30 - Donald comments on Matthew Hurt’s shooting 28:24 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 29:07 - We recap the Colorado State win 36:25 - Up next: Central Arkansas and Georgia State 41:24 - Donald wants to see improved 3 point shooting 42:37 - Duke gets a major recruit from the Class of 2021 that has a game similar to an all time great! 48:38 - Duke Football catches another L at the hands of Notre Dame 52:27 - Parting Shots - Donald took in 4 sporting events last week in 4 cities! 54:28 - Parting Shots - Sam congratulates Greg Paulus on becoming the Niagara head coach 58:00 - Parting Shots - Jason talks about Kyra Lambert’s great 3/4 court shot for Duke Women’s Basketball 1:00:45 - Parting Shots - Jason discusses the opening ACC games, including Virginia’s 48-34 victory over Syracuse 1:10:22 - Goodbye and Duke Band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Sam and Donald are celebrating the Nationals World Series title 2:25Duke’s second exhibition game was a big win as Joey Baker came to play! 5:50Jason likes Matthew Hurt’s form on his long-distance shooting 8:00Sam says there are a lot of possibilities of the rotation this year 9:10Jason on Duke not having any sure-fire NBA prospects on the team 11:30Previewing the Kansas Jayhawks - Jason says they have a dynamic duo who could cause us big problems 17:10Donald talks about the tremendous big man depth for Kansas 19:00Sam talks about Kansas’s experience versus Duke’s youth 20:50Jason is pessimistic about the early season schedule 21:45Recruiting news- Sam welcomes 7-0 center Mark Williams to the Brotherhood 28:00Our sponsor, Byrd Campbell has a message for former Dukie Bruce Bell 29:00Duke legend Jim Spanarkel with a quick message for his former teammate Bruce Bell 30:00The annual Duke Basketball Stats Prediction Game! 31:10Most points, we all expect a certain Dukie to put a Hurting on the opposition 31:40Most rebounds, who will Carey Duke in that category? 31:55Blocked shots, finally a disagreement! 32:25Most assists, we are just Jonesing to pick the same guy 32:50Most steals, Donald is mining for Gold here 33:45Highest FG percentage 34:45Highest 3-point percentage 35:40We attempt to predict Tre Jones’ 3-point percentage this season 37:45How many games will Jordan Goldwire start this season? 39:00Time to project Joey Baker total minutes 40:15Vernon Carey made three pointers (in honor of Jason thinking Bolden would hit a dozen three pointers last season) 41:45Total points scored by walk-ons this season 43:45We predict how deep K will go this season by projecting how many players will play 150 minutes this season 45:00How many games will Duke win this season? 45:50How many true road games will Duke win this year? 46:45How many ACC teams will make the Big Dance? 48:05The Donald Wine Category – How many 100 point games will Duke have? 49:35The tie breaker… What will be Duke’s defensive ranking on KenPom? 52:45Parting shot – We all talk about the NCAA decision on allowing players to get money for their name and image (endorsements). This will not be a short conversation! 1:07:05We are so excited for the season to start as we say goodbye!! 1:08:25Donald announces that we are now on Spotify! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a weekend of a frustrating football loss and a concerning basketball (exhibition) win. 0:00 - Sam welcomes us to a podcast to recap a weekend we did not enjoy2:25 - How did Duke do in the first exhibition game? Jason says this will not be a Duke team that peaks early in the season.8:30 - Donald is worried about our FT shooting.12:00 - The D did look good in this exhibition game.14:00 - Donald tells us what to look for in Duke's next exhibition game.17:30 - A shout-out to the great DBR sponsors, Byrd Campbell 18:10 - Time to talk about the Duke-UNC football game and the insane ending of that game19:35 - Jason does not understand why we were even in that formation at the end of the game22:20 - Donald cannot figure out why we were doing something so gimmicky 25:00 - Jason says all the blow outs this year made Duke unprepared for a close game26:40 - Sam says the team needs a reset on offense29:20 - Jason says the offense in the 4th quarter was not good enough to win the game30:40 - Donald points out we still have a shot to turn this into a pretty darn successful season32:40 - Parting shots: Donald on the world series in DC34:20 - Parting shots: Jason on the shocking NBA transition of Justise Winslow38:40 - Parting shots: Sam says goodbye to the basketball careers of Kyle Singler and Luol Deng40:50 - Before he says goodbye, Sam has a couple more comments on the Nats making the World Series43:00 - Thanks again,. Byrd Campbell... and Duke band, take us home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Jason still on vacation, Donald and Sam are here to recap Blue's 47-38 victory over White and all of the Countdown to Craziness spectacles! Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello! Donald’s hosting, Sam’s in Chicago, and Jason is still on vacation 1:15 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 1:30 - We start the Countdown recap with the basketball - Blue beats White 2:19 - Sam discusses how Vernon Carey is a surefire starter 3:05 - Sam: Tre Jones seems out of sorts, but didn’t look great 4:22 - Donald talks about Vernon Carey’s motor 6:23 - Donald and Sam are concerned about the outside shooting 9:10 - Donald: Cassius Stanley is smooth around the rim 10:30 - Sam switches to defense and the necessity for improvement 12:21 - Justin Robinson dunks, and Donald talks about a J-Rob dunk being his phone lock screen 13:39 - We discuss the intros! We begin with Javin DeLaurier going “old school” 14:50 - Sam wasn’t impressed with the dancing, but the best intro was Tre Jones and his mom 15:35 - Donald: Ante Up is one of the greatest hype songs EVER! 16:30 - J-Rob came out to Don’t Stop Believing 16:58 - Donald and Sam opine as to whether Jason is still listening 17:15 - Donald was excited Wendell Moore came out to the hottest rapper out right now 18:05 - Sam and Donald discuss the poster and how it was made 19:36 - Finally, discussion on the beautiful jerseys that were worn! 22:00 - Byrd Campbell means business!! 22:26 - Programming note: we’ll discuss football and preview basketball next time when Jason is back 22:50 - Parting Shots: Sam (and Donald) are excited at the Washington Nationals making the World Series! 24:55 - Parting Shots: Donald wishes Zion Williamson well after he suffered a knee injury with the New Orleans Pelicans 26:13 - Goodbye and Duke Band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Jason traveling somewhere in Europe, Donald and Sam do the show this week as we preview Countdown to Craziness and recap Duke Football's win over Georgia Tech. We close this shorter show with Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:00 - Welcome! Donald and Sam are excited about #DCSports, while Jason is on vacation and absent this week 2:30 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 2:48 - Sam learns that I RickRoll everyone on Uberconference! 4:02 - We start with Countdown to Craziness! 4:19 - Sam is excited to see the new jerseys, as is Donald! 4:40 - Sam is also looking forward to seeing the freshmen for the first time 7:12 - Sam is not excited about the player intros, but Donald definitely is 7:39 - Sam wants to see the evolution of Tre Jones’ game 8:16 - Donald is excited to have something to talk about with regards to who plays with whom 9:22 - Donald likes that the player intros allows the players to show their personality (just don’t flip cups or bottles!) 11:03 - Sam discusses the fact we don’t really know who eventually will start - lot of competition for playing time 12:48 - Donald will be looking out for the official poster and pregame hype video 15:46 - Byrd Campbell means business! 16:20 - Duke Football handled Georgia Tech! Sam starts by discussing the offense and the running game 18:42 - Sam - “Duke was swarming on defense” 19:57 - Donald - the defense was getting off the field quickly, which gave offense more time on the field 21:17 - We play Virginia this weekend. Sam hopes Duke can move the ball. Donald thinks the running game needs to be great 25:42 - Parting Shots - Sam discusses Coach K’s comments on recent proposed changes to college basketball compensation 30:53 - Parting Shots - Donald salutes a friend of his and Sam for being a part of the Washington Mystics’ championship winning staff 32:35 - Goodbye and Duke Band…Go Nats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Welcome to this week’s edition of the global warming podcast 3:20Duke gets a surprising new recruit for the class of 2020 7:45We talk about how this recruiting class is a bit different from some other recent Duke classes 9:00How the Brakefield recruiting reminds us of a classic scene in Trading Places and Grey’s Anatomy 12:00The depth of the 2020 class means Duke will be well-stocked with players for a while 16:00Our weekly shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 16:40A special interview with former Dukie, 2 time national champ, Kenny Blakeney 18:25Kenny talks about his long coaching career and gives us a great story about coaching with Lefty Dreisell. 25:00Kenny tells us what it is like now that he is a head coach and discusses hiring Dukie Tyler Thornton as an assistant coach 29:15A bit about what Kenny hopes to accomplish at Howard 32:00Donald notes that Kenny will play his former bosses Mike Brey and Tommy Amaker this year 35:50Jason asks Kenny about the state of college basketball and the pay-the-players debate 38:15Kenny reflects on his recruitment and winning titles at Duke 43:00Kenny was on the bench for the Duke-Kentucky game in 1992… his perspective on the greatest game ever played 45:50Kenny talks about practices with the 1992 championship team 49:25Who was the best player Kenny played against? 52:30Kenny’s best Coach K story is all about going after loose balls 55:25Jason reflects on how the Kenny Blakeney interview came about 58:00We discuss our highlights from the interview 1:03:45Again, our thanks to Byrd Campbell 1:04:15Some thoughts on how California is shaking up the NCAA 1:18:00Football with a heartbreaking game against Pitt 1:24:25Parting Shots – Donald on the Bayou Brotherhood 1:27:50Parting Shots – Jason on a crazy poker cheating scandal 1:32:00Parting Shots – Sam on how stressful the MLB playoffs are if you care about the teams 1:33:35Parting Shots – Sam also talks about the demise of Sports Illustrated 1:35:45Goodbye from a long long long podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The team is back to discuss Media Day and some interviews Sam conducted with the players, some recruiting news, and Duke Football's demolition of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. The team closes, as always, with their Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:00 - Welcome and Happy Rosh Hashanah! 1:37 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 1:50 - We start with Duke’s annual Media Day. Sam was there! 2:45 - Sam catches us up with some memorable Coach K quotes 5:16 - Sam got to speak to a lot of the players 6:16 - Cassius Stanley speaks on mentorship and the rest of the team 12:58 - Jason is worried that Game of Thrones will consume all of Stanley’s time, but Donald isn’t concerned 13:39 - Wendell Moore speaks on his best friend on the team as well as his favorite video games 15:28 - Vernon Carey on the Duke big man that’s most influential for him 18:10 - Carey says the place he’s most looking forward to play is one that’s very early in the season 19:04 - Jordan Goldwire on the freshmen coming in as well as his defense 20:11 - Matthew Hurt on summer in Durham versus Minnesota 21:14 - Jason indicates there were other interviews, but they weren’t as good 22:39 - Donald likes that Sam was able to get information about the players’ personalities 25:53 - We have some recruiting news to cover: DJ Steward and Henry Coleman III commit, Walker Kessler doesn’t 30:54 - Sam jumpstarts the discussion of players who Duke are still going after 34:02 - Thanks to our sponsors…Byrd Campbell means business! 34:33 - Time for football, and Duke Football DESTROYED Virginia Tech! We all have great things to say 47:54 - We quickly preview what to watch for against Pitt on Saturday. 52:44 - Parting Shots - Sam’s friend is on the new Duke Blue Planet video this week 53:45 - The discussion shifts to Sam being in an Instagram story singing in the Fuqua Band! 56:17 - Parting Shots - Jason discusses the NCAA police with regards to Kansas and Georgia Tech 1:06:15 - Parting Shots - Donald gives a shoutout to the Duke Men’s Soccer team for coming back to beat UNC 1:07:37 - See ya! Tune in next week for an interview with Kenny Blakeney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast crew celebrates the release of the 2019-20 schedule with a pod full of funny moments. 0:00 Jason welcomes us to the pod... if he can remember how to host 2:00 We can see each other and Donald is making faces 2:30 The full basketball schedule is here, Sam thinks it shapes up nicely for Duke 7:00 Jason picks the toughest part of the schedule... and he can't really find one 9:50 Donald is looking at the days of the week that we play 12:15 Duke and UNC both games on Saturdays... what does it mean? 15:20 How the schedule relates to the birth of the ACC Network 17:10 Everyone else in the conference opens their season with an ACC conference game 21:00 The team has new uniforms!! 27:20 Sam reminiscences about 1999, a team he was barely old enough to remember 28:20 Thanks to Byrd Campbell, out wonderful sponsors 29:10 Football wins x2! We recap a couple blowouts 35:00 Previewing the next football game with Va Tech 41:15 Parting shots - Sam on the grad campout including a Justin Robinson story 44:50 Parting shots - Donald is travelling again including a Demarcus Nelson story 48:30 Parting shots - Jason rants about the FIBA World Cup and Team USA's 7th place finish 1:02:40 Good bye, email us at DBRPodcast at gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from the parking lot at Mercedes Benz stadium, the podcast crew gives us their take on the Alabama game... complete with a locker room interview with Duke QB Quentin Harris. 0:00 The gang is all here... in ATL... for a podcast brought to you by Byrd Campbell and sorta by Miller Lite 1:40 Sam doesn't even know the score of the Duke-Bama game 2:40 Jason say Duke met expectations for success against the Tide juggernaut 3:50 Donald on whether we should have gone for it on 4th down in the first quarter 5:00 A conversation about the struggles of the Duke offense 7:05 The Duke defense was pretty good.. considering we were playing Bama 9:15 Sam sings the praises of the new Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta (and free Chick-fil-a!!) 11:00 Jason's Locker room interview with Duke QB Quentin Harris 13:40 Reaction to Harris's post-game comments 16:00 Thanks to our wonderful sponsors Byrd Campbell 16:40 A brief conversation about the shortest NBA career of all time... just 3.9 seconds 21:20 Goodbye from the gulch and thanks to our fans!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys are ready for a big weekend in Atlanta again the Alabama Crimson Tide and they also talk to a NY Giants Podcaster about the early success of Daniel Jones at QB. :00Devil With a Blue Dress :15Donald welcomes us to a mostly football pod 2:20Bring on Bama! 3:20Donald puts Jason on the spot… and he does not like it 5:10Jason explains how Alabama’s talent is just off the charts 7:20What would it take for Duke to say, “well, that was a good game” 8:40Sam gives us a history of Duke playing the best programs 12:20Donald talks about the last time we played Bama 15:00Byrd Campbell, our favorite Dukie sponsors 15:45A conversation about Daniel Jones with NY Giants Podcaster Ed Valentine 17:00Ed wants to know when we can start engraving Jones’ Hall of Fame plaque 18:20A reflection on the Giants taking Jones at #6 21:25Giant fan reaction to Jones thus far 23:05What has impressed Ed the most about Jones so far 26:40Ed talks about the transition from Eli Manning to Daniel Jones 30:30What kind of relationship do Eli and Daniel have so far? 32:40Our reactions to Ed Valentine’s comments on Daniel Jones 39:20Jason tells us about the Duke legend of Mike Junken 43:55Parting Shots – Jason talks about Team USA at the FIBA World Cup, featuring 2 Dukies! 52:10Parting Shots – One Sam remembers what he is talking about, we chat about Duke Blue Planet 54:20Parting Shots – Donald on the chicken sandwich wars (featuring Sam doing an incredible Yoda impression and then blowing us away with his Coach K impression) 1:01:15Good bye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys are back with a download of all the action from a summer of hoops and a preview of the football season coming up. 0:00 The Duke Band welcomes us to pod #162 0:20 Jason welcomes us as Donald and Sam recap some of their summer travels 2:50 What have we seen from the Blue Devil basketball team in the videos that have leaked from summer basketball play. 9:15 Summer recruiting news, Jalen Johnson headed to Durham 16:40 Sidebar about the best high school basketball teams in the country, including some talk about LeBron James Jr. 19:25 Ken Pomeroy ranks the top college hoops programs of the past 23 years... and guess who he says is the #1 team? 26:20 Would Jay Wright take the Duke job if it was offered to him? 29:30 Other teams with rankings that intrigue us (with extensive conversation about Texas and Virginia) 35:00 Duke football preview including an invitation for you to hang out with the DBR podcast crew at the Duke-Alabama game!! 43:45 Byrd Campbell, the best lawyers you will find who bleed Duke blue 44:30 Parting Shots - Jason begins with the NBA summer and the peril of players being too much in control 54:20 Parting Shots - Sam has a new hat and is excited for his second year at Fuqua 55:40 Parting Shots - Donald loves the LLWS and other baseball/softball stuff 57:15 Parting Shots - Jason rants about the NCAA, the SEC, and the ACC being cowards about the UNC scandal 1:04:40 Goodbye and Duke Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everything you could want to know about Dukies in the Draft and more! Featuring Sam and Jason live and Donald on tape from France... yes, on tape from France. We go to the ends of the Earth to make this the best podcast around! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00 Donald welcomes us to the pod and thanks our sponsor, Byrd Campbell 1:00 Jason talks about his weekend... watching his son graduate from college and Sam has a new summer job on the left coast 4:40 NBA Draft lottery and the likely destinations of the Duke freshmen, Zion, RJ, and Cam. With a lot of conversation about Anthony Davis, the New Orleans Pelicans, and their new GM, Trajan Langdon 22:20 Sidebar about how trash the Knicks are and a debate about the last good free agent they got 24:35 Javin and Marquis and the NBA Draft 33:30 Dukies in the NBA playoffs 41:10 Thanks to Byrd Campbell for being true blue! 41:45 Duke gets a 2020 recruit, PG Jeremy Roach and loses a 2019 recruit, Boogie Ellis 52:15 Duke Lax and Women's Golf be winning and winning 54:20 The passing of a hoops trailblazer 56:40 We close with praise for Robert Smith, a great philanthropist 1:00:10 Good bye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with Episode 159! On this episode, the gang discuss the commitments of Matthew Hurt and Cassius Stanley and get into Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden testing the NBA waters. That leads to a general discussion over what the roster will look like next season and who will get minutes. We end the show with Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:00 - Duke Band welcomes you! 0:11 - Jason welcomes us to Episode 159. We’re all happy that recruiting is once again a success 0:42 - Thanks to our sponsor, Byrd Campbell! 1:05 - Sam’s drinking tea to all the haters who thought our recruiting was done 2:11 - We discuss the commitments of Matthew Hurt and Cassius Stanley 3:43 - Donald compares Matthew Hurt to Dirk Nowitzki and says he will be extremely versatile 6:05 - Jason comments on Hurt’s 3 point shooting ability, but needs to get stronger 8:01 - Sam thinks Hurt will need the Cookout Diet, but his length will open things up on offense à la Kyle Singler 10:28 - Sam shifts into discussion of Cassius Stanley, and thinks he will be a good complementary piece for Duke 12:18 - Jason talks about Stanley’s shooting improvement, but his game is slashing and athleticism 15:55 - Donald continues the Stanley discussion, noting his impression that he can drive in the lane with control and create shots 17:46 - Sam calls back to a great recruiting thread from a couple years ago that discusses minutes in relation to status in recruiting class (https://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/forums/showthread.php?33892-Recruiting-ranking-experience-and-playing-time-at-Duke&highlight=recruiting+rankings+minutes) 18:56 - Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden declare for NBA Draft, but Jason notes they could be back 20:07 - Donald agrees that it’s a wise move for them to test the waters and get the NBA feedback 22:03 - Sam notes that Bolden and DeLaurier has the Duke machine that can help them through the process 23:47 - Jason and Donald comment that some Duke guys who didn’t have NBA futures have ended up in the league 24:50 - Thanks as always to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell! 25:27 - Time to discuss what the roster could look like, and we start with an email from a great fan in Madrid 26:56 - Sam - Other than Vernon Carey getting 25 minutes, Tre Jones starting, and Jack White being a captain, there’s not much we know for sure about this team 28:41 - Jason thinks Tre Jones will be a captain, but Sam points out only Greg Paulus and Josh McRoberts have been sophomore captains 30:20 - Sam thinks the bench will be extended this year; Jason thinks that Coach K will go to the hot hand 33:20 - Donald discusses the balance of the team - lots of freshmen, but lots of upperclassmen as well 34:15 - Donald - lot of guys on the team that have played big minutes. That leadership will be key 36:25 - Sam discusses the defense and who will step up alongside Tre Jones 39:16 - Jason reiterates that Coach K will find the best players and play them a lot 40:30 - Donald - practices will be super competitive with so many guys fighting for those minutes 42:20 - Parting Shots - Donald recaps the awards given out at the annual basketball banquet 45:00 - Parting Shots - Sam begins the longest parting shot ever by starting with the pronunciation guide on the Duke Basketball roster page 47:20 - Parting Shots - Sam continues by lamenting he’s not at the Nationals-Rockies game 48:28 - Parting Shots - Sam recaps the speech Coach K gave to Fuqua as part of the Distinguished Leaders series 50:00 - Parting Shots - Sam celebrates Fuqua’s win over UNC in the Blue Cup 55:00 - Parting Shots - Jason discusses all the Blue Devils all over the NBA Playoffs and has a fascinating stat about Kyrie Irving 59:28 - Parting Shots - Sam has ONE MORE parting shot, this time about him calling the Fuqua 1st year vs. 2nd year basketball game 1:00:45 - Goodbye and Duke Band…don’t forget to subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tre Jones has decided to return for his sophomore season at Duke and the guys open the mailbag to talk one-and-done and their favorite Duke players of the 21st century so far. 0:00 Welcome back to the offseason. The national championship game went late. 2:30 Tre Jones returns! What does it mean for Duke in 2020? 18:00 We open the mailbag, but not before greetings from Byrd Campbell! 19:20 From listener David, how much did luck play into the end of Duke's season? Jason takes it in a different direction and dissects Virginia's run to the title. 30:35 Next mailbag question, who are our favorite Duke players of the 21st century, picking from only from those players who played at least three seasons for Duke? We draft teams and compare. How did we do? 42:30 Would Zion have been our first pick if we could have picked any player? 46:50 Last mailbag question today, what are our thoughts on the one-and-done approach? How does it affect player development? 59:45 Goodbye from us and the Duke band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The season ends... and we have so much to say about that. Plus, we look ahead to next year as Jason interviews several of Duke's incoming freshmen. 0:00We’re depressed… 3:10Thanks to the sponsors, Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com (use promo code “DBR” to get 20% off your order) 4:25And here begins the lengthy recap of the Michigan State game 5:25Sam starts with how Duke gave up the big first-half lead 8:40The refs, they sucked 9:55Jason is obsessed with turnovers… and has the stats to prove it 12:15Donald laments Duke’s lack of fastbreak points… and also talks about the rebounding 13:55Let’s talk about the end game and what happened in Duke’s final few possessions. 19:20Jason says Duke just could not find the complimentary players this season and then he just cannot avoid talking about the refs some more 23:20Sam talks about how poorly Duke adjusted to the style of the game and the officiating 25:45Don’t forget to head to GTHCGTH.com for all your Carolina hating gear… and Byrd Campbell has a message where they reflect on the season 27:30Recapping the results of the stats prediction game… Jason had the worst pick but Jason also won the game 41:55The DBR Stats Contest Trophy… you know you want to sponsor it! Email [email protected] 44:15Looking ahead to the next season… Jason went to the McDonald’s All-American Game practices and media day! 45:40Jason interviews future Dukie Vernon Carey 48:05Jason interviews future Dukie Wendell Moore 51:15Jason interviews Duke recruit Matthew Hurt 53:00Jason interviews Duke recruit Trendon Watford 55:00Jason talks about what he saw at the Mickie Dee practices 59:30Sam and Donald react to the interviews with the recruits 1:03:50Jason reflects on last year’s McD game and how much it told us about how those guys would do in college (spoiler alert: not much!) 1:05:00Parting shots – we will be talking about the world of One and Done hoops on a future podcast 1:06:05Parting shots – Sam on what this season was like being back on campus 1:08:05Parting shots – Donald on how Duke turned DC dark blue this past weekend 1:11:35Parting shots – Jason reflects on the decade of the 2010s… and says Duke was the team of the decade 1:21:10Good bye, email us at [email protected], and the Duke band plays us out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Survive (heart attack) and advance. Duke pulls out another nail-biter and moves on to the Elite 8. Donald, Jason, and Sam are here for your listening enjoyment! 0:00Welcome to a very Sweet 16 podcast! 2:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTHGTH.com (use your “DBR” promo code to get 20% off) 2:50Recapping the VT game, starting with Tre Jones stellar game 6:20Tre’s insane lob to Zion where he quite literally flew! 7:30Sam talks about how we did with Cam Reddish missing 12:30RJ Barrett also had quite a game, facilitating and second half domination 16:25Time to talk about some other insane stuff that Zion did 21:20A reminder to check out ByrdCampbell.com and GTHCGTH.com 22:30Reflections on the other Sweet 16 games, including Auburn sending Carolina going to Hell 25:20Sam and Jason have the exact same Final Four picks and all of their teams are still alive 26:20Quick comments about Purdue-Tenn, a really great game 28:05Jason still doesn’t like conference teams playing each other in the NCAA tourney 29:40Singing the praises of the Texas Tech defense 34:45Jason puts a button on the end of Carolina’s season 36:15Previewing the Elite 8 game with Michigan State 38:15Jason talks about what Duke does best and what MSU does best and how they are matched with each other 41:10How does MSU contain Zion? They have a couple big guys who could do it. 43:05Donald wants to talk about the rebounding, always a strong point for MSU 45:00Coach K owns Tom Izzo and has now set a new record for Elite 8 appearances 46:05Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00“You picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue,” Sam sets the mood for our recap of the classic with Johnny Dawkins Central Florida squad 2:00Donald wants a ticket to the East Regional in DC… anyone want to hook him up? 2:30A shout out to the sponsors, Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com 3:30The UCF game… whew, that was a close call. Donald begins by praising the opposition. 6:45Jason admits he underrated the impact of Tacko Fall on Duke’s ability to score at the rim and all three of us get into a long rant about how much Tacko fouled 12:30Time to reflect on the coaching job of Johnny Dawkins and the shooting job of Aubrey Dawkins 17:35Let’s talk about how teams are treating Tre Jones and Duke’s other non-scorers 21:00We come to sing the praise of Javin and JGold 24:15We finally talk about the very end of the game and the drama of the final seconds 27:10Did the UCF shot get rim or was it a shot clock violation? 28:20Byrd Campbell, they mean business! 29:00A quick look at everyone else in the Sweet 16, a truly impressive field of top teams 35:20Want some cool Duke gear? Check out GTHCGTH.com! 36:00Previewing Virginia Tech, our Sweet 16 opponent 44:15A quick conversation about the massive DBR Bracket Challenge… 700+ people are in the group! 46:20Player of the week… there can be only one! 48:50Our collective parting shot – the amazing Brotherhood video! 55:20Duke plays late on Friday… and Sam and Donald will be there. They will let you know about a pre-game hang out near the stadium. 56:55Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys get together for a quick recap of Duke's victory over North Dakota State and a look ahead to the game with Central Florida. 0:00Duke band, intros, and a thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTCHGTH.com. 1:55Recapping Duke’s win over ND State. Jason and Sam want to talk about the D. 3:50Donald on why Duke struggled on offense early in the game. 6:50Jason on Duke getting to play the bench a lot and winning despite not playing great on offense. 8:15Sam talks about the rebounding struggles in the first half. 9:50Time to talk about Zion’s absurd start to the 2nd half. 12:50GTHCGTH.com brings you new TShirts!! Check em out for the perfect T-shirt to root for Duke as we seek our 6th national title, #SI6HTS 14:05Previewing Duke vs. Central Florida, the matchup with Johnny Dawkins and 7-6 Tacko Fall. 19:35Jason talks about some of the other players who are not 7-6 but are still good hoops players 23:30Jason can’t figure out the name of the school we are playing which leads Sam and Donald to talk about the different parts of Florida. 27:15Byrd Campbell, Duke’s legal eagles 27:50Looking back on the first round, which didn’t have as many surprises as usual. 34:15Goodbye and Duke band! We will be back Sunday night! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast crew is back with Episode 153, on Selection Sunday! With Sam on travel, the guys break down Duke's overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They are then joined by Matt Burr of WXDU Sports to discuss the Blue Devils cutting down the nets in Charlotte as ACC Tournament Champions. They end with Player of the Week (this week, we do Unsung Hero) and Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:15 - Hello! Sponsors! Selection Sunday! 2:16 - Sam helps us break down the bracket - Duke gets the East and the #1 overall seed 8:04 - Jason leads us in a rant about how the committee screwed Duke by placing a conference foe in their region 16:48 - Donald rails against the NET rankings 18:43 - Jason says NC State’s nonconference strength of schedule is why the ACC didn’t get 9 teams 26:00 - Final Four picks (we have every right to change them or be wrong) 29:28 - DBR Bracket Challenge! (https://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/forums/showthread.php?43446-2019-DBR-Bracket-Challenge) 30:24 - Byrd Campbell means business! 30:59 - We recap the ACC Tournament - We say goodbye to Sam and welcome Matt Burr from WXDU Sports! 33:33 - We talk about how great Zion was 43:21 - We discuss the players not named Zion that also helped Duke win the ACC title 1:00:13 - GTHCGTH.com - your place for all things that scream “Go To Hell Carolina, Go To Hell!” 1:01:08 - POW - Duh, Zion. Instead, we do Unsung Hero of the Week. Jason, Donald - Tre Jones, Matt - Jordan Goldwire 1:04:56 - Parting Shots 1:05:01 - Jason discusses the All ACC teams and “Killers Kill” 1:07:50 - Matt discusses a moment where Zion Williamson discusses his mom’s influence on him and the emotions surrounding his knee injury 1:11:20 - Donald laments that we only have a few games left with this team and stresses to everyone: enjoy this ride we’re going on during March Madness. 1:14:24 - Thanks Matt for joining us! Find him online at WXDU.org or @WXDUSports on Twitter. 1:15:32 - Goodbye and Duke Band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices