Duke Basketball Roundup

0:00Welcome to the Oscar Controversy Report… I mean, the Duke Basketball Report 1:35Time to talk about the loss at Syracuse. Jason pulls out the Bootsy to describe this game. 8:35What happened against Miami? Did anyone play well for Duke? Maybe Frank Jackson. 14:10Our preview of Florida State and UNC contains a warning about Duke’s fate in the ACC standings 17:40Some comments about senior night and whether Allen and Jefferson should play or rest. Donald predicts Amile will have a big final game. 23:45The key to beating UNC, Donald wants us to be strong on D and on the boards to keep UNC from getting too excited on their senior night. 30:50The ups and downs of college hoops… remember a week ago when we thought Duke was surging? 32:20Sam points out some of the nobodies who will play on UNC’s senior night 33:55Player of the week… we can barely pick anyone. 35:10Parting Shots – Jason talks about JJ Redick on Bill Simmons podcast and also reflects a bit on Carolina’s recruiting woes in recent years 39:40Parting Shot – Donald with a shout out to Michigan St. and a very senior day celebration 41:20Parting Shot – Sam reflects on the years when Duke kept on winning titles in the ACC… something that has not happened in a long time. 45:30Before we go, Donald with a shout out to the Duke women for a beatdown of the UNC women… 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

0:00We laugh at the fact that Sam is feeling fine. 1:20Recap of the UVA game, aka: The Jayson Tatum Show. Sam makes a great observation about how Duke adapts to different styles of play. 10:40Recap of the Wake game, sks: The John Collins Show (even though he lost). Jason thinks Duke gave up on even trying to play defense in this game. 17:10What is up with Giles and Bolden’s minutes? 18:30Time to chat about whether Coach K should rest Jefferson and Allen to heal their injuries. 27:00Donald makes an amazing connection between the 2001, 2010, and 2015 national champs… and talks about how he wants to see something similar from Duke this season. 33:05Jason uses someone else’s research to talk about the ACC race and why the regular season race is so absurdly imbalanced. 37:50Fun question of the week – if not Duke, who would you want to win the ACC. No votes for Carolina, but lots of love for Virginia. 42:30Jason previews Syracuse and their transfer shooter, Andrew White III 50:50Donald wants us to tell him one key to win the rematch with Miami 55:15Time to talk about the dumpster fire that is NC State and the decision to axe their coach with several games left on their schedule. 1:03:50Jason has a crazy thought… is the State job interesting because UNC may be about to get the NCAA hammer? 1:07:55Kyrie Irving and the Earth is Flat… we find this whole thing hysterical. 1:12:30Player of the week… Tatum with the sweep! 1:14:00Parting Shot – Jason on Kyrie as Uncle Drew 1:16:50Parting Shot – Sam on Duke Lacrosse and Luke Kennard’s father’s headwear 1:18:55Parting Shot – Donald on Jeff Capel Sr. joining the coaching staff on the bench for the Wake game 1:21:10All done and Duke band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 71 is a packed episode! Sam, Jason and Donald wish Coach K a happy 70th birthday, recap the UNC and Clemson victories, preview the UVa game and then get into a question from a podcast listener about Duke fans who didn't attend Duke. They then do players of the week and have several parting shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:10Jason welcomes us as he cries about his Falcons blowing the Super Bowl and tries to find a Duke equivalence. 3:00We move on to recap the game against the “Pitt Pampers.” Sam was at the game and was impressed with Pitt’s size. 10:40Jason waxes poetic on Grayson Allen’s magical final 7 minutes of the game. 15:20“Let’s talk about the bench” -- Sam says Harry Giles’ defense is still preventing him from getting more playing time. 18:45Sam gives us the view from the stands of what Coach K looked like in his first game back. 22:35Time for the Carolina preview. We each give our one key to the game… Donald says it is energy and feeding off Cameron, Sam says we need to frustrate Joel Berry, and Jason says we must rebound. 34:05Tenting Quiz- Part 2. Donald and Sam prove they are worthy of getting to the front of the Black tenting line for the Carolina game. 52:30Parting Shots – Sam gets us into a conversation about how much we love our listeners which devolves into a peek inside Sam’s digital ineptitude. 56:45Parting Shot – Donald also shares a story of meeting podcast fans 59:40Parting Shot – Jason tells us about JJ Redick’s intellect 1:04:05Player of the week – Grayson Allen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:10 Hello… it is early but we are mostly awake 1:50Wake Forest recap – Donald was impressed with our heart and our shooting percentage late 5:20With the season on the verge of collapsing, Jason thinks Grayson’s composure saved us 8:05Sam wants to know if what we think about Duke’s recent rebounding success 12:15Time to talk about Notre Dame, which was likely Duke’s best game and the stellar D played by Duke 16:00Jason Evans has figured out what will make Jayson Tatum truly great 22:35We all wax poetic on the absurd between-the-legs pass by Luke Kennard 27:20Jason has a cool stat about Duke’s 2nd half shooting 29:10Previewing Pitt, a game Sam will attend! 32:10We marvel at how badly Pitt has gotten beaten lately, ACC record-breaking losses 36:00Player of the Week – we split the vote 3 ways 40:00Parting shots – Donald was kickin’ with a legend! 41:35Parting shot – Jason talks the success of the K coaching tree at Marquette and Northwestern 45:40Parting shot – Sam reflects on January this year and in recent years… some surprising similarities! 46:30Duke band, take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The trio (Donald, Sam & Jason) recap the wild win against Miami and the loss against NC State. We preview the upcoming road games against Wake Forest and Notre Dame and give our players of the week and parting shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

00:10Sam greets us and wishes a happy 50th birthday to Jason! 02:25We recap a tough week, Duke lost both games to FSU and Lou and Donald talks about the importance of depth 08:10Jason rants a bit about our poor interior D 13:45We talk a bit about how Amile Jefferson is like Bill Walton… yes, Bill Walton! 20:30Jason talks about one of his favorite statistics, Field Goal Attempts 22:00Donald previews Miami, a team that has a nice record but who hasn’t beaten anyone very good 29:20Jason tells us about NC State a team that is just awful on defense 33:00Sam asks Jason the impossible question, how do you stop Dennis Smith? 38:50Jason gives Sam and Donald the Duke trivia tenting quiz. It ain’t easy! 41:15Question #1 - Name all the players on the team, their numbers, their hometowns, and their high schools 42:00Question #2 – Give Duke’s ranking in the AP poll every week this season 42:45Question #3 – Name all 6 members of the Duke coaching staff 44:35Question #4 – Which Duke players were on the HOF preseason watch list 46:00Lightning round… in which Sam takes a funny shot at Marquis Bolden 47:50List all the 2017 recruits and their hometowns 49:25We digress into a conversation about the history of K-Ville and the line to get into games 51:40Player of the week picks, and a discussion of the guy who did not win it 55:30Parting Shots – Donald with a shout out to the Duke women 56:30Parting Shots – Jason on the Mickie Dees 58:25Parting Shots – Sam says… relax. It will be fine. 1:00:15Farewell and the Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

00:10Welcome to episode #66! 00:35Sam is playing through the pain of a nasty ski injury 01:40Jason lays out the structure of this episode… and forbids us from talking about Grayson’s latest tripping “scandal” until later in the Pod 04:00Donald starts the wrapup of all three games we played this past week. He says the Ga Tech game was the best Duke can play. 06:30Sam “takes the dim view on this week” as he was unimpressed with the BC win 10:00Jason says the poor 2nd half against BC was a result of us missing Amile, which morphs into an assessment of Bolden and Giles 14:00Jason wants to talk about Grayson Allen, the new Duke point guard 18:20Time for the Great Grayson Tripping Scandal – Part 4. Sam thinks it is stupid but Jason and Donald are worried it could really have an impact on Grayson’s game going forward 24:55We blindly speculate about Amile Jefferson’s injury and his impact on the team 26:10What do we think of Coach Capel? We are all happy that Coach K will still be connected and consulted, even if he won’t be on the sidelines 35:40Sam previews the game at FSU 41:20Donald previews the game at Louisville 44:00Jason talks about the rest of the conference and we laugh at NC State’s utterly pathetic effort at UNC 52:45Player of the week time and we do something silly as we wildly guess at who next week’s player of the week will be 56:10Jason attempts to close the show, but he makes a terrible, terrible mistake… this is ugly 57:15Before we go, Bama vs. Clemson, who you got? 1:02:50Goodbye and the band plays us out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Welcome to the ACC Preview Pod… featuring Donald educating us about Kujichagulia 3:40Preview #1 – Sam looks at Duke vs. Virginia Tech, there’s a real chance Duke could lose this game 14:10Preview #2 – Jason on Ga Tech, a team that really needs more talent 18:25Jason goes off-topic to talk about high school recruiting in the state of Georgia 24:00A discussion of whether Grayson will come back for the Ga Tech game ensues 26:05Preview #3 – Donald on BC, the trainwreck of the ACC 32:20Biggest surprises and disappointments in the ACC thus far, it all begins with Jason being really impressed with Notre Dame 38:00Sam has fun with some stats on Virginia’s defense 44:35Donald’s surprise is how good almost everyone in the ACC is (except for the bottom few teams) and he can’t help but love on the Miami Hurricanes 48:50Thoughts on Duke’s non-conference performance – MVPs thus far: Sam and Jason say Amile while Donald picks Luke 55:50Donald surprises us by asking for Duke’s best game of the year thus far. The one thing we agree upon is that our best game is still to come! 1:01:00Good bye and Happy New Year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:10Welcome! Sam, Donald, and Jason have a Christmas gift for you… a new podcast! 2:15Donald attended the Tenn. St game and gives us a quick review of some of the changes Cameron has undergone recently 5:00Time to quickly talk about the actual games against Tenn State and Elon, two games where the post-exam malaise really stood out 8:50We continue to avoid talking about Grayson Allen, but still express real concerns about team chemistry. Luke Kennard’s post-Elon game comments scare the heck out of us 11:30Jason is worried… are we cursed? How can we be this good and yet this worried? 15:45Sam says it is time to talk about Grayson Allen! Did we really procrastinate for 15 minutes before we got to this? 18:45Donald says the media deserves more than a little bit of blame for blowing this out of proportion 21:45Jason talks about Grayson’s reaction on the bench and that Grayson knew at that moment how much he had just lost and how this tripping incident will stick with him FOREVER! 28:00We all feel K was right to impose an “indefinite suspension” and we hope the team will come together and bond over their collective struggles 37:20Amateur psychiatrist time… we think the “phantom foul” controversy may have caused Grayson to boil over against Elon 43:40Time for UNC and the latest on the cheating scandal. 24 words have sealed Carolina’s fate 51:25We can’t believe the hubris of the UNC AD for his pathetic defense and Jason just rips him, “Bubba Cunningham, have you no shame?!?!?!” 53:45Donald can’t believe how long this whole thing is taking and feels it is so unfair to current Carolina students and players who will bear the brunt of this punishment 59:30Jason says harsh penalties are coming and Donald says UNC is going to sue the NCAA 1:04:00Time to wrap things up with Christmas presents for the Duke team. Jason gifts health to the team, Donald’s present is Luke Kennard continuing to shoot lights out all season long, and Sam’s gift is a massive blow out of Virginia Tech to set the tone for the ACC season 1:08:15Jason brings it all full circle, he reflects on the last time it felt like Duke was cursed… and how that season turned out 1:10:05Sam says good bye as 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

0:00 Jason and Sam are here, but where is Donald? 1:00In Donald’s place, we are joined by Bleacher Report’s Jordan Brenner, former of ESPN The Magazine 2:15Recap of the Florida victory, starting with Jordan who was at the game 3:50Sam says the most impressive player on the floor was Amile Jefferson 6:00Jordan talks about Duke’s depth and what he saw from the big men when he visited with the team during preseason practices 10:00Jason and Jordan start talking about PGs and Duke’s ability to move the ball 19:50Jordan has a warning, the team D needs to get better 23:55Let’s reflect on the Michigan St game, and the greatness that was Matt Jones’ D 27:55Jason marvels at how we got to 7-1 with only 6 players 30:45Why are we talking about the Maine game? Because it was our fist look at Tatum and Bolden! 34:05Jordan says Luke Kennard is, “pretty good at basketball.” 35:00UNLV preview. This is not the UNLV of the past. 40:35Jason interviews Jordan. First question – how is the sausage made? 43:20Jordan riffs on the notion of paying athletes, but he can’t really decide how to fix the broken system 48:30Jason and Jordan talk about the reality of players being paid under the table 55:00Jordan talks about his Giant Killer project at ESPN and how to figure out who is going to bust your bracket in March 1:00:40Player of the week… you only have 2 choices! 1:05:30Parting Shot – Sam loves to party with Dukies, Jordan actually wants to do this with us again some time, and Jason marvels at Klay Thompson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Welcome to podcast #62. Do we really have to talk about that football game? 1:30Recap of the Kansas game. We lost but aren’t despondent over the result. Jason was really impressed with Josh Jackson; Sam talks about the rebounding and the strange flow of the game; and Donald is relieved that we got the undefeated pressure off our back nice and early. 14:30Time for something more fun, the wins over Penn St and Rhode Island. We were quite impressed with Hassan Martin of Rhode Island. 18:10Sam has a hysterical story about how he experienced the Penn St. game 20:10We are really getting sick of everyone getting injured 23:05Jason has a shocking statistic he wants everyone to know about that he pulled right from the rules of basketball 29:20Donald starts the, “Grayson needs to get healthy” conversation which Jason morphs into his weekly man-love for Luke Kennard and then Sam morphs into a discussion about who is going to get minutes once we finally get healthy. It takes a while for us to talk about minutes. 40:30Recruiting news- Wendell Carter will choose this week between Duke and Harvard. Amazingly, even though we really want this stud player, we all think it would be kinda cool if he picked the Crimson. 45:30We recap the absolute beat down Pitt put on our football team 48:30Time to look at the scenarios that get us to a bowl game at 5-7 51:30Player of the week. It is a 2 man race and we split our votes. 56:00Parting shots – Sam has a funny story about Marshall Plumlee’s path to his first NBA game 58:15Parting shots – Jason is here to praise Tony Bennett 1:01:40Parting shot – Donald goes back in time exactly 2 years… to the very first DBR podcast. 1:03:25We give thanks at Thanksgiving and say goodbye! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The gang has a lot on their plate this week. Basketball season has begun, we preview the big game with Kansas, we chat with former Duke great and current NBAer Ryan Kelly, and revel in a victory over UNC on the football field. Timestamps 0:00 Welcome to a jam packed podcast!! We begin by wondering about the fate of the victory bell 2:50 Hey, the basketball season started. We talk a bit about the Marist and Grand Canyon games 17:05 We present a preview of Kansas. We are worried about their physical guards. 31:10 Jason interviews former Duke great and current Atlanta Hawk Ryan Kelly 38:40 Jason asks the question we are all dying to know -- Kobe or Austin, who passes more? 42:40 The big question from every Duke interview -- tell us your greatest Coach K story 46:40 We react to the interview and how much we loved Ryan's story about Coach K 53:50 Recruiting news - Gary Trent Jr. is the newest member of the Blue Devil family 59:10 Football roundup - Down goes the Tarheels! 1:10:00 Player of the week - Donald likes the freshman, Jason likes the soph, and Sam picks a senior... put another way, none of us chose Grayson Allen. 1:14:35 Parting shots - Jason rants about Coach K getting no respect 1:18:40 Parting shots - Donald thinks Kentucky is soooo jealous of Duke 1:25:20 Parting shots - Sam with a shout out to the Duke field hockey team on their strong season 1:26:20 Good bye! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald reflect on everything we learned in the preseason and give their predictions as we get ready for the college basketball season to begin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald, Sam, and Jason are joined by DBR mainstay Mark Newton, who went to a recent Duke practice and also was in house for Countdown to Craziness. The four of them dissect what we know about Duke coming into the season. We also look at the NBA one-and-done rule and reflect back on the carer of one of Duke's all-time greats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The DBR Podcast trio break down Duke Football's historic 38-35 victory over Notre Dame in South Bend! Sam was there, Donald and Jason were not, but we get to look back on an impressive victory and everything associated with that incredible day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys dissect what happened with the Blue Devils against Northwestern and talk about why Coach K decided to put his team on display for NBA scouts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald take on three big topics this week... the football team's lackluster performance versus Wake, the ACC basketball schedule being released, and the NCAA's decision to get out of North Carolina because of HB2. Oh, and be sure to stick around until the end to hear us talk about "elaborate sausages." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donaldis AWOL so Sam and Jason get DBR's resident football expert Bob Green to join them for a preview of the pigskin season. But, because we love basketball so much, we can't avoid talking about the newest Blue Devil and what we saw at the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the 54th episode of the Duke Basketball Report Podcast, Jason, Sam & Donald speak with the legendary Bob Harris, the Voice of the Blue Devils! Also, we take a look at the nonconference basketball schedule, and we discuss Coach K's appearance on JJ Redick's podcast, focusing on his thoughts on the one-and-done era and JJ's career. As always, we finish up with some parting shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald, Sam, and Jason are back after a 2 month break. They talk NBA Draft, NBA Finals, Olympics, and look ahead at Duke's 2017 season. 0:10 - Accidental intro where we talk about Sam's mandolin play 0:55 - We actually start, for real, and we continue talking about Sam's mandolin as well as what else we have been up to. 5:00 - Why has it taken us so long to do a podcast? We blame John Scheyer! 9:10 - We finally talk about something real! The NBA Draft, though we start with the Dukie who went undrafted, MP3! 16:10 "Hey, lets talk about Brandon Ingram!" (We end up mostly just talking about the Lakers). 26:00 Other draft notes, Donald loves Henry Ellenson and Silent G in Detroit. 27:45 Jason is flabbergasted that Cat Barber was undrafted 30:30 More NBA, this time we talk about Kyrie winning a NBA title 35:50 We wax poetic on how great Lebron was 39:30 We forgot about Dhantay Jones?!?!?!! 41:30 We talk about the Olympics and Jason goes on a Harrison Barnes rant 50:00 Donald with a shout out to Lindsay Harding, Belorussian basketball Olympian! 52:10 A look at Duke's 2016-17 roster. We are going to eat worlds! 58:30 Parting shots - Jason wished Derryck Thornton well, Sam shouts out to his reunion class, and Donald talks about fireworks 1:01:40 Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Donald, and Sam reflect on the end of the season and talk about the delight at seeing the UNCHeaters lose. Plus, they get more than a little excited thinking about what next season will bring with a truly loaded Duke roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald woke up early Monday morning with a NCAA Tournament hangover, but they fought through it to revel in the Blue Devils marching on in the Big Dance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Donald, and Sam wrap up the victory of UNCW and preview the Battle of the Brains between Duke and Yale... aSweet 16 spot awaits the winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Selection Sunday! The DBR Podcast team (Jason, Sam, Donald) break down the entire 2016 NCAA Tournament bracket for you. What's Duke's road like? We preview Duke's first round matchup against UNC Wilmington and discuss everything else about the bracket and Duke's chances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the DBR Podcast, Jason, Sam and Donald recap the close loss to UNC, discuss the commitment of Aussie forward Jack White to Duke as well as Amile Jefferson seeking a medical redshirt, and preview the ACC Tournament. 0:11 Intros 0:37 Jason tells us where he is this week 1:58 We break down the loss to UNC; Jason starts with rebounding and free throws 5:30 Sam discusses Ingram’s foul trouble 8:15 Donald talks about shooting and UNC’s key baskets 10:43 Jack White commits to Duke (Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oy oy oy!) 14:43 Amile Jefferson out for the year; Sam discusses his medical redshirt and effect on this year and next year 15:34 Jason talks about next year’s team; future is bright! 17:49 Donald talks about Amile’s leadership being the most important for next year’s team 20:00 ACC Tourney preview; Donald the “Master of Ceremonies” this week at the Verizon Center 28:23 Player of the week nods 30:30 Sam merges Player of the Week with Parting Shots - talks about Marshall’s senior speech 31:49 Jason shouts out the ACC teams/awards of the year 35:15 Donald thanks our podcast fans who find us in real life! 37:10 We’re done, Duke Band signs us off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:15 Introductions and we discuss our beverage sponsors 2:00 Impressions of the FSU, Wake, and Pitt games 5:00 Sam and Jason agree that Duke’s energy reserves were pretty much empty against Pitt 7:55Time for us to praise MP3, he of the 17 boards against Wake 10:15Jason talks about the lack of rebounding against Pitt 11:30Time for trip-gate. We all agree that Grayson made a mistake, but we also agree that there was a major overreaction by the media 16:30Donald tells it like it is… it really feels like he is talking about irrational hate on white guys, doesn’t it? 18:40Jason goes on a ESPN rant which concludes with a theory about how all this silliness impacts Grayson’s basketball future 26:30Time to preview the ACC race 28:45Donald talks about the battle with UNC… guess what he talks about? Rebounding! Meanwhile, Sam says the reality is that UNC is better than Duke. 34:50Should Amile redshirt or not? Some of us have changed our minds. Sam is especially poignant thinking about what Amile would have meant to this year’s team 40:20A quick note on how Amile impacts Duke’s recruiting 42:05Jason plays the “what seed will Duke get in the NCAA tourney?” game 46:35Player of the week time 48:30Sam’s is off the bubble! He has scored NCAA tourney tickets 49:00Donald gives us a peek at his visit to Denver 51:05Jason’s parting shot surrounds the number 229 54:15Jason’s other parting shot number is 38.4, can you guess what he is talking about? Steph!!!!! 1:00:00Good bye!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 46, we dive more into the fallout from the victory over UNC. We also recap the Louisville loss and take a look at the ACC standings to predict who gets the double bye in the ACC Tournament. We finish with player of the week nods and parting shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald revel in the joy of a victory over the hated Tarheels. How did Duke do it?!?!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:15 - Welcome, let's play the "where in the world is Sam Klein?" game 1:20 - Duke beats Virginia, we react with glee 3:50 - Sam was just a little impressed with Brandon Ingram 5:30 - Jason was too, but points out that Ingram went into the cooler late in the game, props to the man guarding him, Malcolm Brogdon 7:10 - Shout out to the UVA fans who visit the DBR for being so honorable in defeat (and to Tony Bennett too) 9:40 - We preview the matchup with the hated rivals down 15-501. Brice Johnson and Carolina's rebounding proficiency scares us 18:50 - Jason wants to sing Duke's praises in several efficiency ratings. The Devils are better than you think! 21:35 - Duke's back to being a Man-to-Man team, but Donald thinks we will mix in some zone to combat the Carolina size 23:20 - Question: Would you rather Jefferson return or do you want him to redshirt? 29:55 - Player of the Week time... and no one picks Grayson "game winner!" Allen 34:30 - Donald gets us excited with his parting shot as he talks about the NBA slam dunk contest! "The Genie" and "The Hoverboard" were our favorites 41:30 Sam gives us a quick review of fast food chicken... because that is how we roll on the podcast! 43:25 Adios! Here's the band... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys reflect on a three win week for the Blue Devils and spend some time talking about the latest scandal news from Louisville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00 – Sam kicks things off by playing “Devil with a Blue Dress” on his mandolin! 2:20 – Intros and conversation about snowpocalypse hitting the East coast 3:30 – Recapping the week that was, Duke goes 1-2. Sam asks Jason what the main problem is with Duke. Jason gives a one letter response, “D” 6:50 – Jason gives props to Miami’s Angel Rodriquez, who loves playing Duke 8:25 – Donald says we’re tired and running out of gas; plus he gives us some Chase Jeter stats that are just terrifying 12:00 – Sam compares Jeter’s freshman campaign to another highly touted guy who took time to develop, Ryan Kelly. 14:40 – We all pine for the return of Amile Jefferson and his ability to play D 20:35 – Jason with more props for our opponents – he loved the way Syracuse played D against us 23:20 – Leave the past in the past. We look ahead to Ga Tech and their embattled coach, Brian Gregory 32:50 – Donald gives us his thoughts on the just released football schedule for 2016 36:15 – Player of the week time! Jason is worried we will jinx someone by picking a unanimous POW again 40:55 – Parting shots: Jason reflects on a couple looooong streaks ending for Duke 45:08 – Parting shots: Donald first talks about Steph Curry and then reflects on the incredible ending of the Wake-Virginia game 50:25 – Parting shots: Sam tells us about watching the Duke – Miami game while surrounded by predators (cougars) 52:50 – Donald gives us his travel plans 54:10 – Good bye and Duke band music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DBR Podcast #42 (A bad week with 2 losses) by Duke Basketball Report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this musical 41st episode of the DBR Podcast, we recap the Wake and Virginia Tech games, preview Clemson and Notre Dame, and give out our players of the week awards and give predictions for the CFP title game. We also discuss what we'd do if we win the Powerball, and there may be a little surprise at the end from Sam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam, Donald, and Jason recap the games against Elon, Long Beach St, and Boston College. Then, they preview the games with Wake and Virginia Tech. Oh, and they have so much fun talking about Duke winning the Pinstripe Bowl over Indiana! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the DBR Podcast, Donald, Jason & Sam kick it off with (spoiler-free) recaps of the new Star Wars! Then, we recap the basketball loss to Utah, preview the three basketball games after Christmas and discuss Coach K's hilarious Sportscenter commercials. We also preview the Pinstripe Bowl and offer Christmas gifts to the basketball team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The trio is back for Episode 38! On this episode, we are joined by Luke Winn, senior college basketball writer for Sports Illustrated. We also recap the Georgia Southern game and Amile Jefferson's injury and we preview the upcoming Utah matchup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DBR Podcast #37 (Indiana, Buffalo, and Bowl Games) by Duke Basketball Report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald celebrate Thanksgiving by spending an hour talking about Duke hoops! 00:00 – Devil With a Blue Dress and welcome to episode #36 00:55 – Lets talk some hoops! Sam starts by praising the upperclassmen. 03:05 – Donald and Jason think Grayson Allen is playing with a cheat code or something 7:20 – Jason wants to know the surprising thing and the disappointing thing you have seen from Duke hoops thus far. This leads to much conversation about Grayson, Duke’s zone, the slow development of the freshmen, and the thinness of the bench. 20:10 – We each reveal one “really smart” observation about Duke thus far this season. Jason talks Duke passing/assists, Donald loves Amile’s footwork, and Sam praises kids who are not stud recruits 33:10 – Reflecting back on Feb 26, 2000; the last time Duke lost a non-conference game in Cameron 35:35 – Jason leads our preview of the game with Indiana 40:30 – Sam wants to talk a bit about the strangeness that is the coaching tenure of Tom Crean at IU 44:30 – We get even further distracted, talking about college football coaching including Joe Alleva, Les Miles, and Coach Cut 46:20 – Back on track, we make some predictions on the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and talk about the games we are looking forward to watching 55:10 – Reflections on Duke’s football season and some bowl talk… including a distraction where we talk about Mark Richt being fired at Georgia and then speculate about the future of The Hat, Larry Fedora, at UNC 1:07:15 – Donald kicks off our parting shots with a shout-out to the women’s soccer team going for the national title 1:08:15 – The clock just struck midnight… and it is Donald’s 33rd birthday! 1:09:50 – Sam confesses that he does not like turkey 1:10:40 – Jason wants to talk about Jahlil Okafor’s struggles off the court in the NBA as well as how bad the Sixers stink 1:18:15 – A quick, quick shout out to some Dukies in the NBA who are kicking butt 1:19:15 – 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

On this episode of the DBR Podcast, Ron Burgundy (Donald Wine), Brick Tamland (Jason Evans) and Champ Kind (Sam Klein) recap the terrible football loss to UNC and preview the Pitt game. We also get into basketball with discussion of the Harry Giles commitment, preview of the Siena and Bryant games and this year's major rules changes. We end with predictions for the season as well as predictions for where we end up traveling for the bowl game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you still angry that we got robbed by the officials at the end of the Miami game? So are Jason, Donald, and Sam. They talk to Duke QB Thomas Sirk about what the season has been like and get his reaction to the Miami debacle. Plus, basketball season is almost upon us and the guys talk about the latest Duke exhibition game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seth Davis joins the DBR podcast crew to discuss Duke and the rest of the world of college basketball in Episode 33. We also discuss the football team at the halfway point in the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Al Featherston joins Sam and Donald to discuss the Boston College game and how the Duke Basketball team looked at its initial open practice last weekend. Sam and Donald also preview the Army game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys welcome Duke beat reporter Laura Keeley to talk about the big win over Ga Tech in football and the newest member of the Duke basketball recruiting class of 2016, Javin DeLaurier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What better way to talk about the Duke-Northwestern college football game than to interview the Northwestern basketball coach, the beloved former Dukie Chris Collins. Jason, Donald, and Sam get all the scoop from Collins about the program he is building and his time at Duke as a player and a coach. Plus, we get a special report from Donald about his visit to the White House with the Blue Devils! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald, Jason, and Sam turn their critical eye to the football team's first game and preview the second. They also talk about the just release basketball schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On episode 27 of the DBR Podcast, Jim Sumner joins us to preview the Duke Football season! We also dip a little bit into basketball after we preview the Football team and give quick predictions of Duke's opening game against Tulane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:15 – Introduction to Episode #31… featuring Shane Battier 1:10 – Jason explains how Shane came on the podcast 3:30 – Shane tells us about his charitable contest at DraftKings.com to win a trip to South Florida to play a round of golf with Shane (https://www.draftkings.com/lp/take-charge-foundation) 6:10 – We ask Shane about the transition from basketball to being a “normal person.” 9:30 – Donald wants to know about the “mind of a champion.” What does Shane say is the key to success? 11:25 – Who was Shane’s favorite teammate (other than Mike Dunleavy) 13:45 – What is next for Shane? Politics? Technology? 15:45 – Sam asks about the NBA and the way it has changed over the years. Which modern player is valuable today but would not have been very valuable when Shane’s career started? 17:45 – Shane’s highest scoring season of his NBA career was his rookie season. How did Shane evolve into the “No-Stat All-Star”? 20:40 – Should Shane get credit for being the pioneer of the “3 and D” player? 21:50 – Sam is amazed that Shane was so rarely voted to the All-NBA Defensive team. Shane is kinda amazed too. 23:40 – Should Coach K get credit for the invention of “positionless basketball”? 26:35 – Jason wants to know why Duke isn’t known as an elite defensive team any more. 28:45 – Shane talks about how connected he is to Duke… there is a right time to call Coach K and a time to leave him alone! 30:15 – Jason asks Shane for his best Coach K story… it involves K turning out the lights in the locker room. 32:30 – Shane tells a story about life in the NBA and why his teammates said the strangest things 33:40 – Shane gives us his assessment of the 2015-16 Blue Devils… do they have a chance to cut down the nets again? 35:35 – Jason wants to know if Shane will become a poster on the DBR Boards 36:50 – We say goodbye number one to Shane 38:10 – Actually, it wasn’t goodbye. Sam wants to know more about the Coach K candle game 40:30 – Jason laments not winning the title in 1999 and Shane agrees 42:25 – The interview is now really over and we talk about our favorite moments and insights from our chat with Daddy Battier 50:15 – We wonder which amazing Duke guest will be next on the DBR Podcast and dream of what it would be like to interview Coach K 52:20 – Goodbye and make sure you enter Shane’s contest at DraftKings.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back! Donald, Sam, and Jason share some life stories before we dive into actual DBR stuff. 6:40 Three Blue Devils were drafted. Donald begins to rage. 8:00 Sam starts the conversation with Justise Winslow going to the Heat. What were the Hornets and Pistons thinking? 17:10 Jahlil Okafor went third to the Sixers. Jason wonders if the Sixers will ever stop rebuilding. 24:40 Quinn Cook signed with Oklahoma City's Summer League roster. Wait and see. 25: 20 Tyus Jones is back home in Minnesota. Could it be a perfect fit for him? 31:00 Quinn Cook speculation leads to Coach K replacement speculation 31:40 Jason rails on one-and-done, while Sam highlights experienced players who got drafted in the first round. 38:00 Some veteran NBA Blue Devils are on new teams. We recorded after Kyle Singler signed his extension, so we didn't get to touch on that. 43:20 We discuss Duke's basketball schedule for the 2016 season. There could be some high quality gamed with Kentucky, Indiana, and Utah. We can't figure out what counts as explicit content. 53:50 Poor Chazz Surratt was duped by UNC. Here comes a Jason rant. 1:08:10 There is a hot contest for DBR's top UNC hater. Check it out on the forum. 1:13:30 Parting shots and farewell. It'll be football season before you know it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The legendary Nolan Smith joins us on this episode of the Duke Basketball Report Podcast! Jason, Sam and Donald also cover Justin Robinson receiving a scholarship, the Blue Devils at the NFL Draft, the LA Clippers (aka Duke West) and their playoff run, and Gerald Henderson receiving his Duke degree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices