Duke Basketball Roundup

0:00Once again, thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30Sam says hi and Donald explains why this is college basketball Festivus 2:30Jason warns the listeners… there will be cussing during this podcast! Podcast rated PG 13 3:15The NCAA chooses not to punish UNC… we are flummoxed. Donald begins by questioning the legitimacy of the NCAA. 7:15Jason explains academic fraud vs. improper benefits and he is clearly frustrated. 11:15Jason looks at the NCAA’s Core Values and says they simply do not exist any more. He also links this whole thing to UConn’s academic troubles a few years ago. 13:50Donald talks to Carolina fans. How do they feel about the stain on their school? 16:05Jason talks about UNC’s key strategic move; denying there was any academic fraud. 17:20Sam talks about SACS, UNC’s academic reputation, and then utters these words, “UNC committed the perfect crime.” 22:50Donald says the NCAA has created the road map for cheating and now every school will follow it. “The term student-athlete died today.” 24:30We look at how the media is reacting to all this, including a discussion of Jay Bilas. 29:30Donald has something to say to the folks who say they are done with college athletics. 32:05Sam wonders if the NCAA can survive when one of it’s finest schools is allowed to get away with this. 34:25Jason wraps up with a great post by Rocketeli on the boards that he thinks speaks to our frustration on this day. “Our institutes of higher learning have no business being in the professional sports business.” 37:55A statement from ByrdCampbell about the UNC scandal. 38:40Sam intros the next topic, the NCAA’s new commission to fix college basketball. 41:35Jason says the committee is flawed because it does not include several key constituents… including the players. He also gives us a great analogy, comparing basketball to a BLT sandwich. 43:50Donald says the committee will fail if it only looks at NCAA issues and does not address the NBA. 48:30Sam points out what the committee will not do, which also dooms it to failure. 51:15Jason says players know what they are worse. You can’t put that genie back in the bottle. 56:10Sam knows there is no incentive for the big sports universities to change. They are making too much money to change. 1:00:40Donald tries to leave us on a hopeful note as we again look at the relationship between the NCAA and the NBA 1:03:45Parting Shots – Jason on a good guy, former Oregon St. football coach Gary Andersen 1:06:20Parting Shots – Donald explains how to treat USA Soccer fans in the wake of the World Cup qualifying debacle. 1:08:30Parting Shots – Sam on the frustration of the Nats fan, which gets us into all of our collective sports sadness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Byrd Campbell are good guys 0:30Welcome from Jason and Sam… but where is Donald? 1:40Special podcast guest! Jason interviews Mason Plumlee 2:30Q: What was free agency like for you? 3:33Q: Do you hear any good jokes about all three of the Plumlees being in the NBA? 4:10Q: Was there a moment where you realized you were not in college any longer? 5:50Q: What do you want your legacy in the NBA to be? 6:57Q: What is something that Miles and Marshall do better than Mason? 8:04Q: How big in the Plumlee family Thanksgiving turkey? 9:13Q: Which one of you misses Duke the most? 9:35Q: Was it hard to not play a lot as a freshman at Duke? 10:45Q: What is your favorite memory from Duke? 11:55Q: Talk about the famous Austin Rivers game-winning shot at the Dean Dome. You were celebrating before it even went through the hoop. 13:15Q: Give us your thoughts on the scandal gripping college basketball and the issue of paying players. 15:15Q: What is your feeling about the One and Done rule? 17:20Q: Tell us your favorite Coach K story. 21:05Jason and Sam react to the Mason Plumlee interview 23:25Time to talk about the coming NCAA sanctions against UNC… and they are coming soon! 31:10Sam and Jason give their predictions for what the UNC sanctions will be 47:30Thanks again to Byrd Campbell 48:25We tackle the unpleasant task of discussing Duke’s football loss to UVA. Ugh… 59:05Preview Florida State, who appear more vulnerable than usual this season. 1:09:35Parting Shot - Sam loves him some baseball! 1:10:40Parting Shot – Jason on the worst play-by-play call he has ever heard. 1:14:30Parting Shot – Jason tells you why you can’t buy a Marvin Bagley Duke #35 jersey… yet! 1:17:15Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell for helping us out 0:35Donald introduces the topics… and we actually get to start with baskeball! 2:40Duke livestreams a practice and we watch. What did we notice? Grayson Allen is good at basketball. 5:25We focus on Duke’s big men, who seem more versatile than initially expected (and we enjoy Sam getting confused about who is who in our front court). 10:40Donald gives us the lineups from the scrimmage and talks about the importance of leadership. 12:25We have fun talking about Grayson Allen destroying Jack White on a dunk. 15:40Jason listened to Coach K’s news conference. We hear about K’s move to go big this year and his feelings about the scandal gripping college basketball. 29:40Donald wants to talk more about how Duke will become a team of slamdunks, not 3 pointers. 33:20Byrd Campbell gives us a story about a great Duke football moment. 34:30Grayson is the sole captain for this year’s team. We talk about that and speculate about whether someone else may join him with a C on their shirt in coming months. 38:00Jason talks about how Grayson’s experience compares to the rest of the team… and Sam makes an incredible mathematical guess. 46:50Football, we recap Miami… ugh. The offense was, well, offensive. Donald was there and says the crowd as good. 51:25Jason has harsh words about our wide receivers… he’s frustrated. 56:50Preview the UVA game, Jason says their QB is not going to beat you with his legs. 1:03:30Parting shots: Jason on the new Louisville head basketball coach. 1:06:45Parting shots: Donald shot a poor round of golf at the Washington Duke course. 1:07:55Parting shots: Sam explains his internet woes and talks about the online sports media he is enjoying these days. 1:12:00Parting shots: Jason comes back with a note about the 76ers cornering the NBA market for Okafors. 1:14:15G’bye y’all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Thanks to the Dukies of Byrd Campbell for loving the podcast! 0:40 Donald intros our discussion about the huge Adidas scandal and learns that Jason has A LOT TO SAY about all this 3:50We start with the obvious, Rick Pitino’s career is over… or is it? 5:15Jason says Pitino won’t be the only guy fired over this, and points out the difference in a NCAA investigation and one led by the FBI 11:40 Jason explains the two different aspects of the scandal, the Adidas side and the agent/financial planner side 17:40We get into the Auburn part of the scandal and Sam equates each school to a mafia family 21:00Donald brings up the question as to whether fired coaches will be able to move into pro coaching 24:20Jason wonders what other programs aside from Louisville have been using Adidas to pay recruits 28:10We hear what a former sports agent/financial planner thinks about all this 32:00Donald says none of this should be even a mild surprise to folks who pay attention to the way the AAU basketball world works 37:10Sam brings up a scary thought… could Duke get enveloped in all this? 42:20We talk a bit about Jay Williams admitting that he was offered money by other programs before he committed to Duke back in 1999 49:00Jason looks to the past and the future, and wonders if this could lead to important reforms that fix some of the problems with college and pro hoops 54:35Thanks to the Dukies at ByrdCampbell.com for sponsoring today’s podcast! 55:25Donald wants to talk about the football uniforms. He loves em… Sam and Jason, not so much! 1:05:45Good bye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Shout out to a nice fan who is sponsoring us… and we got new music! 1:30Jason can’t even get through the intros without giving Donald **** for the insane ending of the Falcons-Lions game. 4:50Donald gives us the history of the terrible luck of the Detroit Lions… are we ever going to talk about Duke?!?! 6:00Finally, we talk about the Duke-Carolina football game! Donald and Sam didn’t see as much of the game as they should have, so Jason takes the lead. 8:40Jason finds a way to relate the Detroit Lions fatalism to Duke football. Put another way, Jason thought Duke was going to lose after watching, “the worst 2 minutes Duke has played under David Cutcliffe.” 11:30We rip on UNC QB Chazz Surratt and revel in his ridiculous pick-6 interception that was one of the worst passes ever thrown by a college football QB. 14:35Sam points out how bad times are for Carolina football fans. Karma! 15:40Donald praises Duke’s defense, which has been the strongest part of the team this season. 19:20Praise for Brittan Brown and Duke’s 3rd down D 23:55We preview Miami. Donald takes the lead after Jason prompts him with some topics. 29:00Sam asks Donald to predict what the plan of attack will be for Duke’s defense again Miami 33:50Jason says this battle could put Duke unquestionably at the top of the Coastal Division and he questions something about the character of Miami’s stud RB Mark Walton. 39:00Donald wraps up the Miami talk by commenting on how the storms that hit Florida could impact Miami football. 42:10Sam asks the basketball question of the week – name the best game away from Cameron that you ever attended; Jason leads off with The Greatest Game Ever Played. 46:05Donald talks about watching Chris Duhon break UNC’s heart in 2004 and how he interacted with the Carolina fans at the Dean Dome. 50:25Sam saw the 2015 National Title game and, for obvious reasons, that is his favorite game 52:40Parting Shots – Donald with a shout-out to the brand new Duke softball team! Check ‘em out! 53:45Parting Shots- Jason says congrats to Mason Plumlee for his new $41 mil contract. Cha-ching! 56:25Parting Shots- Sam says goodbye to the Crow’s Nest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Welcome to episode #83 in which Donald and Jason deal with microphone issues 2:05Breaking down the victory over Baylor. Sam says it was sloppy, but he loved the way we ran the ball. 4:50Jason chimes in and has a few comments about Duke’s special teams 10:55Let’s talk a bit about the defense. Jason pulls out an outrageous stat about Duke’s D 14:00Donald is loving watching out D play, something that you would not say in most past years 16:05Sam begins our preview of the rivalry game with UNC by talking about what Carolina has done against other quality opponents 19:15Jason recaps the saga of Chaz Surratt, UNC QB and hated by Duke fans and then gives us some stats that show Carolina’s strengths (offense) and weaknesses (defense) 24:20Donald looks ahead to the next 4 games and says it will be a big test for the Duke D 26:30A little bit of basketball – we answer the question posed on the boards: Which One-And-Done Dukie do you wish had come back for his sophomore season? We each pick a different player and it starts with Jason taking Luol Deng. 33:45Sam says he wishes Tyus Jones had come back and Jason asks if we would have won another national title if Tyus had stayed one more year 37:05Donald’s turn and he says he wishes we had gotten more than 1 year out of Kyrie 42:45Jason goes really historical and talks about how much fun it was to watch Corey Maggette elevate above the rim 44:15Goodbye 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 triumverate of Jason, Sam and Donald recap the Duke Football smashing of Northwestern, preview the upcoming game against Baylor and then dive into Duke Basketball. They discuss the clearance of Marvin Bagley III to play this season and the recruitment of Zion Williamson. Timestamps 0:00 - Intros: Sam celebrates his Washington Nationals winning the division 1:26 - DukeGang beatdown! We recap the Northwestern game 2:20 - Donald discusses the offense and how they were able to move the ball at will 6:00 - Sam notes that Duke was only Power 5 team to run 100 plays last weekend 6:43 - Sam says that Coach Cutcliffe seems to trust Daniel Jones more 8:10 - Sam, you were supposed to talk about the defense! Sam moves on to defense 11:30 - Saxton’s strip fumble has us all gushing! 12:45 - We continue to applaud the defense - they were beasts all day! 14:52 - We turn to special teams and especially the kicking game, which was on point 18:30 - NW’s targeting call changed the whole complexion of the game 22:05 - Daniel Jones is no slouch…is NFL in his future? 25:15 - Jason questions why Cutcliffe left some of our stars in there at the end 26:15 - Our first sponsor! Thanks to Ultrarunner! 28:36 - We preview Baylor; Donald gives the 3 keys to victory 34:29 - Sam wants the defense to continue playing their positions 35:44 - Sam asks the question: how long does the current success need to continue before we stop pointing out how bad Duke was for so long? 37:27 - Donald thinks it will take a lot longer for people to stop remembering the Franks/Roof era 40:21 - Jason thinks it’s not that far off because the current students were young during the Franks/Roof era 43:33 - Sam thinks when we stop having the conversations that include “Duke has a football team?” 44:56 - Donald thinks the respect level of Duke Football is growing rapidly with wins and NFL success 47:08 - Jason thinks this is an important year for Duke Football to do well and get to a bowl 48:50 - Donald concludes with eliminating the droughts that have plagued Duke Football 50:24 - DUKE BASKETBALL! Marvin Bagley III is now cleared to play; Jason thinks Kansas fans will be upset 59:45 - Zion Williamson has some nice things to say about Duke - could #1, #2 AND #3 in the Class of 2018 commit? 1:05:17 - Donald poses the question of whether the Superteam Era has now made it to college basketball 1:06:32 - Jason thinks the Class of 2014 started the Superteam Era 1:08:47 - that’s a wrap, we’ll see you next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Welcome to the pod. We become sidetracked by Donald’s professional sports woes. 2:45Getting down to business, time to dissect the just released hoops schedule. Jason talks about playing BC early and he says Duke’s ACC sked is about as easy as we could hope. 7:30Donald has a look at when Duke has a quick turnaround between games, and again, the schedule seems favorable. 11:50Sam also looks at the timing between games and likes what he sees, especially the time off surrounding the Carolina games. 18:15Jason goes back to the non-conference schedule and says be on the lookout for Furman… and he laments our lousy matchup in the Big Ten Challenge. 20:25New topic: Another stud recruit is headed to Durham. Jason breaks down Cameron Reddish’s game and compares him to a couple Duke greats from history. 24:00Jason and Donald both think it says something about Kentucky that Duke got a guy John Calipari really, really wanted. 31:00New topic: The NCAA’s proposed transfer change would really change the college sports landscape. Donald has a lot of concerns about how coaches could use and abuse this new rule. 35:30Sam sees some positives. He thinks this will make coaches treat players better. 39:25Jason talks about Coach K’s reaction to this proposed rule and how it could impact Duke… and we reflect on Duke’s history to see how this rule would have changed Duke’s history. 48:15 New topic: Previewing the Northwestern Football game. Donald starts by reflecting on the NC Central game. 52:00Sam gives us a breakdown of who to watch out for on Northwestern. 54:05Jason says watch Britton Brown, a rising star for the Blue Devils. 56:10New topic: The Podcast enters the advertising era… don’t worry, it won’t change things. Email us at [email protected] if you want details about reaching thousands of rabid Duke fans. 1:01:50Parting Shot – Jason says to check out the article about Antonio Vrankovic’s summer. 1:03:50Parting Shot – Donald sends best wishes to Florida as it braces for Hurricane Irma. 1:06:00Good bye and Duke band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:10Sam welcomes us to podcast #80, the giddy about Bagley podcast 2:00Jason recaps what it was like watching the Marvin Bagley iii announcement and points out that he thinks the Duke staff knew about Bagley’s decision for several days, at least. 8:00Donald likes that Danny Ferry agreed to let Bagley take his number and thinks is says something about Bagley’s potential 11:00Jason breaks down Bagley’s game and says he is the best high school prospect since Lebron… wow! 15:20Donald talks about Bagley’s biggest weapon, an unstoppable jump hook 17:50Sam brings up the question of Javin DeLaurier’s playing time 19:30The conversation turns to the other big commitment Duke just got, Tre Jones the younger brother of Tyus Jones. 21:10Donald didn’t see the Tre Jones commitment video! Sam and Jason ridicule him so Donald goes to watch it. While we wait for Donald’s reaction, Jason and Sam laugh about the Minnesota to Duke pipeline 24:30Donald has seen the video and gives us his live reaction… it is all about the #Brotherhood! 27:55Now that we have talked about everything about Tre Jones except how he plays, we go back and give a Tre Jones scouting report 31:30Sam returns the conversation to the current team with reaction to K’s knee surgery and the cancellation of the Dominican Republic trip 36:30Parting shots – Donald is looking forward to the basketball schedule and the start of football season 37:05Parting shots – Jason calmly talks about the end of the UNC scandal, which he says will happen this week 40:45Parting shot – Sam with a shout out to some old Duke friends he saw at a wedding 41:10Good bye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Welcome back! Jason takes responsibility for the long break between podcasts 2:10Let’s debate the merits of one-and-done as it relates to Marvin Bagley and the controversy about bringing in a new player late in the summer 10:30Sam challenges Jason’s assertion that guys who don’t get minutes did not deserve more minutes 21:15Whew, this is a long conversation. Donald chimes in about the Dominican Republic trip and whether Bagley could potentially join the team in time for it 27:50Jason talks about the guys who transferred away from Duke and why their success does not reflect poorly on Duke 30:40A new subject, Dukies in the NBA! Donald has a trade suggestion that brings Kyrie Irving to his hometown Pistons. 36:30Jason says Kyrie is making a smart move to want to get away from of the mess Lebron is going to leave behind in Cleveland 42:30Sam wins the podcast with this line, “The only guys in the NBA who aren’t selfish are the ones who are in good situations.” Boom!! 45:00Jason talks about Kyrie’s preferred trade destinations and explains why those teams are on Kyrie’s list 47:10Time to talk about the Duke rookies and how they did in NBA Summer League, Donald is excited about what Kennard can do for his Pistons 55:30Jason mentions that Harry Giles was absent from NBA Sumer League 58:00Duke’s non-conference schedule is out. Sam feels sorry for the folks who had hoped to see a legit opponent in Cameron this season and Jason talks about the St. John’s game, which leads us to wonder how many folks remember Chris Mullin 1:05:20Parting shot – Sam talks about the recruiting of Jim Boeheim’s son 1:06:35Parting shot – Donald is all about the swag! He’s interested in the 4 new uniform styles for every NBA team 1:09:45Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Hello, this may be Ep #78 but Sam and Jason explain “the missing podcast” that happened but got trashed before being posted. 2:05Donald joins us and explains where he has been… Downunder 2:35Sam launches the discussion about Duke’s roster, those leaving and coming… this could get a bit haphazard. 4:10We start with Frank Jackson’s decision to enter the draft… Jason seems to have a bunch of intel on this including some speculation about who might take Frank in the draft. 8:30On to recruiting, our 6-man recruiting class is mostly comprised of kids from Atlanta, GA 12:00The Trevon Duval conversion begins and Donald compares him to John Wall and (pre-injury) Derek Rose. Wow! 16:15The conversation turns to the big men. Will Duke play 2 traditional bigs at one time? 21:10Time for a debate about minutes/rotation. This was inevitable. Sam thinks the bigs won’t play as much as others have predicted. 27:05Prediction time… who will be our second leading scorer next season? Sam gets a history lesson. 30:55Sam wants us to talk about the one-and-done trend at Duke. We understand it, we accept it, but we are not fans of it. You can hear the strain and the angst in this discussion. 41:00Jason says what we need to look at is not the one-and-done players, it is the players who could be here long term but who leave via transfer. 46:30Sam time travels 10 years in the future and says we will barely remember Jabari Parker, Brandon Ingram, and other one-and-done guys… and that is a shame. 51:00Jason dissects why players rush to the NBA and has a suggestion for how to fix the flawed NBA Draft system 58:20Parting shot – Jason on the Duke teams still competing for a national championship 1:00:50Parting shot – Donald gives a travel update and shout out to the American Outlaws 1:01:45Parting shot – Sam on the woes of being a DC sports fan… which Jason says does not compare to getting crushed in the Super Bowl 1:06:50Bye bye… and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Preamble… where we acknowledge that we recorded this before we got the Kennard news 0:40Welcome! We can’t even get through the intros without talking about whether it is ok to not be upset at Carolina winning. 5:15Let’s talk about Duke. Tatum and Giles are entering the draft. Any surprises or disappointments here? 14:40Obi and Jeter are transferring. How much will they be missed and how impactful were their careers? We don’t have answers because Jason’s mike is on mute! 21:00Sam makes a great point about Chase Jeter and Duke’s impressive history of developing big men. 27:20Amid all the departures, someone is coming back! We react to Bolden’s return and Jason has a theory about why Bolden thought about leaving. 36:00Donald tries to start a new topic but Jason interrupts with some quick recruiting talk. 37:30Mailbag time! We start with Kaze asking about the single thing that could best equip Duke for a title run in 2017-18 41:35Mailbag – Brevity asks about football stadiums and their impact on shooting in the Final Four 50:30More mailbag – Mountain Devil wants to know if the spotlight of the championship will impact the NCAA investigation and potential penalties connected to the UNC academic scandal 57:00Parting Shot – Jason on the lunacy (and shame) of Kentucky fans and their treatment of referee Tim Higgins 1:02:40Parting Shot – Sam on Georgetown hiring Patrick Ewing and the trap of nepotism 1:06:05Parting Shot – Donald on the brilliance of Russell Westbrook’s season 1:09:55Buh-bye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Jason is so despondent, he curses as the podcast opens. Meanwhile, Sam is watching “highlights” on YouTube and Donald is getting drunk 3:00Recapping the good – the victory over Troy 6:45Sam talks about the “two Duke teams” 8:05Recapping the bad – the loss to South Carolina. Jason can barely speak. Sam talks about the quality of the shots that SC got. 12:25Jason was blown away by how well SC shot from the field and how many shots they took. 14:50Donald thought the law of averages would kill SC after they had a hot game against Marquette. It didn’t. 17:20Sam makes a great point about the cumulative effect of Duke not getting to practice enough this season 20:10K said this was the most physical team we faced all year 23:00Sam asks about the UNC fans rooting for SC which leads to a conversation about home court in the NCAA tourney and some seeding controversy. 30:40Looking back on our predictions for the season… we were mostly wrong!! 42:40What was your most disappointing Duke season? This will not be an enjoyable trip down memory lane. 51:15Jason is just despondent about this year’s Duke club and what could have been 1:00:25Player of the week and player of the year! Sam with an amusing POW pick and then we all pick the same guy for POY. 1:07:00Parting shots – Donald on the Duke women’s basketball team 1:08:05Parting shots – Sam asks - who will be Duke’s next celebrated senior? It is telling that he even has to ask this question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Welcome to Podcast #75, Donald enjoys the fact that Duke is the ACC champion 2:00ACC tournament thoughts – Jason is very impressed with Duke at crunch time, especially the way Tatum takes over games. 4:45Kennard or Tatum, who was the best player in the ACC tourney? 6:40Donald says the Louisville game set the tone for Duke’s success in the ACC tourney. This is a team that will not give up! 10:25Sam was impressed with Duke’s defense and our depth 12:10Time to talk about Harry Giles’ miracle minute against UNC 16:10Donald pulls out a huge stat about… wait for it… Duke’s zone defense! 18:00Jason wraps up the ACC tourney talk with a comment on versatility 21:30NCAA Bracket chatter, starting with our thoughts on Duke’s seed and where we are playing 25:30Jason previews the Troy Trojans, our first round opponent. Troy’s best player is the son/nephew of a pair of very famous NBA stars 32:00Sam tries to figure out why Duke didn’t get a #1 seed which sends Jason off on a rant 36:50Sam previews one potential 2nd round opponent, South Carolina 43:40Donald previews the other potential 2nd round opponent, the Marquette fighting Wojos 50:25We venture outside the East region to look at the rest of the bracket… and we make our upset picks. 1:03:50Sam’s Final Four picks: Duke, Oregon, Gonzaga, and Wichita St 1:05:50 We pimp the DBR bracket challenge, you all need to join!! 1:06:45Donald’s Final Four picks: Duke, Kansas, Arizona, and UCLA 1:07:45Jason’s Final Four picks: Duke, Louisville, Gonzaga, and UNC 1:09:45Player of the week, 2 obvious choices and a big surprise! 1:12:50Parting Shot – Jason gives us a history lesson about Duke’s dominance over UNC in the ACC Tourney 1:14:25Parting Shot – Donald on Michigan and the trouble with their airplane 1:16:20Parting Shot – Sam thinks that stealing the internet helped Duke win the ACC 1:18:20Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The gang (Donald, Jason, Sam) returns to recap the UNC loss and FSU victory and break down the ACC Tournament. They talk about Duke's chances and highlight the teams that could surprise in Brooklyn. Finally, they end with Player of the Week and Parting Shots. 0:13 - Intros, Sam's friend's house party guests were the reason we lost) 1:43 - We tangent into our annoyance with teaching basketball to people during big games 4:50 - We recap the loss to UNC 22:40 - We recap the victory against FSU on Senior Night 24:35 - Donald gets clowned for being on mute, but he had great thoughts! 29:37 - Thoughts on the team entering the ACC Tournament: Jason feels good, Sam is concerned, Donald falls in the middle 38:23 - We preview the ACC Tournament 43:04 - We talk about the teams that could surprise in the ACCT 51:15 - Has the ACC secured 10 bids for the NCAA Tournament? 56:30 - Players of the Week 58:40 - Parting Shots 1:07:00 - See ya! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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