Duke Basketball Report

With Jason traveling somewhere in Europe, Donald and Sam do the show this week as we preview Countdown to Craziness and recap Duke Football's win over Georgia Tech. We close this shorter show with Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:00 - Welcome! Donald and Sam are excited about #DCSports, while Jason is on vacation and absent this week 2:30 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 2:48 - Sam learns that I RickRoll everyone on Uberconference! 4:02 - We start with Countdown to Craziness! 4:19 - Sam is excited to see the new jerseys, as is Donald! 4:40 - Sam is also looking forward to seeing the freshmen for the first time 7:12 - Sam is not excited about the player intros, but Donald definitely is 7:39 - Sam wants to see the evolution of Tre Jones’ game 8:16 - Donald is excited to have something to talk about with regards to who plays with whom 9:22 - Donald likes that the player intros allows the players to show their personality (just don’t flip cups or bottles!) 11:03 - Sam discusses the fact we don’t really know who eventually w

0:00Welcome to this week’s edition of the global warming podcast 3:20Duke gets a surprising new recruit for the class of 2020 7:45We talk about how this recruiting class is a bit different from some other recent Duke classes 9:00How the Brakefield recruiting reminds us of a classic scene in Trading Places and Grey’s Anatomy 12:00The depth of the 2020 class means Duke will be well-stocked with players for a while 16:00Our weekly shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 16:40A special interview with former Dukie, 2 time national champ, Kenny Blakeney 18:25Kenny talks about his long coaching career and gives us a great story about coaching with Lefty Dreisell. 25:00Kenny tells us what it is like now that he is a head coach and discusses hiring Dukie Tyler Thornton as an assistant coach 29:15A bit about what Kenny hopes to accomplish at Howard 32:00Donald notes that Kenny will play his former bosses Mike Brey and Tommy Amaker this year 35:50Jason asks Kenny about the state of college basketball and the

The team is back to discuss Media Day and some interviews Sam conducted with the players, some recruiting news, and Duke Football's demolition of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. The team closes, as always, with their Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:00 - Welcome and Happy Rosh Hashanah! 1:37 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 1:50 - We start with Duke’s annual Media Day. Sam was there! 2:45 - Sam catches us up with some memorable Coach K quotes 5:16 - Sam got to speak to a lot of the players 6:16 - Cassius Stanley speaks on mentorship and the rest of the team 12:58 - Jason is worried that Game of Thrones will consume all of Stanley’s time, but Donald isn’t concerned 13:39 - Wendell Moore speaks on his best friend on the team as well as his favorite video games 15:28 - Vernon Carey on the Duke big man that’s most influential for him 18:10 - Carey says the place he’s most looking forward to play is one that’s very early in the season 19:04 - Jordan Goldwire on the freshmen coming in as well as his defense 20:11 - Matthew Hur

The podcast crew celebrates the release of the 2019-20 schedule with a pod full of funny moments. 0:00  Jason welcomes us to the pod... if he can remember how to host 2:00  We can see each other and Donald is making faces 2:30  The full basketball schedule is here, Sam thinks it shapes up nicely for Duke 7:00  Jason picks the toughest part of the schedule... and he can't really find one 9:50  Donald is looking at the days of the week that we play 12:15  Duke and UNC both games on Saturdays... what does it mean? 15:20  How the schedule relates to the birth of the ACC Network 17:10  Everyone else in the conference opens their season with an ACC conference game 21:00  The team has new uniforms!! 27:20  Sam reminiscences about 1999, a team he was barely old enough to remember 28:20   Thanks to Byrd Campbell, out wonderful sponsors 29:10   Football wins x2! We recap a couple blowouts 35:00   Previewing the next football game with Va Tech 41:15   Parting shots - Sam on the grad campout including a Justin Robinson

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

The guys are ready for a big weekend in Atlanta again the Alabama Crimson Tide and they also talk to a NY Giants Podcaster about the early success of Daniel Jones at QB. :00Devil With a Blue Dress :15Donald welcomes us to a mostly football pod 2:20Bring on Bama! 3:20Donald puts Jason on the spot… and he does not like it 5:10Jason explains how Alabama’s talent is just off the charts 7:20What would it take for Duke to say, “well, that was a good game” 8:40Sam gives us a history of Duke playing the best programs 12:20Donald talks about the last time we played Bama 15:00Byrd Campbell, our favorite Dukie sponsors 15:45A conversation about Daniel Jones with NY Giants Podcaster Ed Valentine 17:00Ed wants to know when we can start engraving Jones’ Hall of Fame plaque 18:20A reflection on the Giants taking Jones at #6 21:25Giant fan reaction to Jones thus far 23:05What has impressed Ed the most about Jones so far 26:40Ed talks about the transition from Eli Manning to Daniel Jones 30:30What kind of relationship do E

The guys are back with a download of all the action from a summer of hoops and a preview of the football season coming up. 0:00 The Duke Band welcomes us to pod #162 0:20 Jason welcomes us as Donald and Sam recap some of their summer travels 2:50 What have we seen from the Blue Devil basketball team in the videos that have leaked from summer basketball play. 9:15 Summer recruiting news, Jalen Johnson headed to Durham 16:40 Sidebar about the best high school basketball teams in the country, including some talk about LeBron James Jr. 19:25 Ken Pomeroy ranks the top college hoops programs of the past 23 years... and guess who he says is the #1 team? 26:20 Would Jay Wright take the Duke job if it was offered to him? 29:30 Other teams with rankings that intrigue us (with extensive conversation about Texas and Virginia) 35:00 Duke football preview including an invitation for you to hang out with the DBR podcast crew at the Duke-Alabama game!! 43:45 Byrd Campbell, the best lawyers you will find

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

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

We're back with Episode 159! On this episode, the gang discuss the commitments of Matthew Hurt and Cassius Stanley and get into Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden testing the NBA waters. That leads to a general discussion over what the roster will look like next season and who will get minutes. We end the show with Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:00 - Duke Band welcomes you! 0:11 - Jason welcomes us to Episode 159. We’re all happy that recruiting is once again a success 0:42 - Thanks to our sponsor, Byrd Campbell! 1:05 - Sam’s drinking tea to all the haters who thought our recruiting was done 2:11 - We discuss the commitments of Matthew Hurt and Cassius Stanley 3:43 - Donald compares Matthew Hurt to Dirk Nowitzki and says he will be extremely versatile 6:05 - Jason comments on Hurt’s 3 point shooting ability, but needs to get stronger 8:01 - Sam thinks Hurt will need the Cookout Diet, but his length will open things up on offense à la Kyle Singler 10:28 - Sam shifts into discussion of Cassius Stanley, and thin

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

The season ends... and we have so much to say about that. Plus, we look ahead to next year as Jason interviews several of Duke's incoming freshmen. 0:00We’re depressed… 3:10Thanks to the sponsors, Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com (use promo code “DBR” to get 20% off your order) 4:25And here begins the lengthy recap of the Michigan State game 5:25Sam starts with how Duke gave up the big first-half lead 8:40The refs, they sucked 9:55Jason is obsessed with turnovers… and has the stats to prove it 12:15Donald laments Duke’s lack of fastbreak points… and also talks about the rebounding 13:55Let’s talk about the end game and what happened in Duke’s final few possessions. 19:20Jason says Duke just could not find the complimentary players this season and then he just cannot avoid talking about the refs some more 23:20Sam talks about how poorly Duke adjusted to the style of the game and the officiating 25:45Don’t forget to head to GTHCGTH.com for all your Carolina hating gear… and Byrd Campbell has a message where they

Survive (heart attack) and advance. Duke pulls out another nail-biter and moves on to the Elite 8. Donald, Jason, and Sam are here for your listening enjoyment! 0:00Welcome to a very Sweet 16 podcast! 2:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTHGTH.com (use your “DBR” promo code to get 20% off) 2:50Recapping the VT game, starting with Tre Jones stellar game 6:20Tre’s insane lob to Zion where he quite literally flew! 7:30Sam talks about how we did with Cam Reddish missing 12:30RJ Barrett also had quite a game, facilitating and second half domination 16:25Time to talk about some other insane stuff that Zion did 21:20A reminder to check out ByrdCampbell.com and GTHCGTH.com 22:30Reflections on the other Sweet 16 games, including Auburn sending Carolina going to Hell 25:20Sam and Jason have the exact same Final Four picks and all of their teams are still alive 26:20Quick comments about Purdue-Tenn, a really great game 28:05Jason still doesn’t like conference teams playing each other in the NCAA tourney 29:40Singing the pr

0:00“You picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue,” Sam sets the mood for our recap of the classic with Johnny Dawkins Central Florida squad 2:00Donald wants a ticket to the East Regional in DC… anyone want to hook him up? 2:30A shout out to the sponsors, Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com 3:30The UCF game… whew, that was a close call. Donald begins by praising the opposition. 6:45Jason admits he underrated the impact of Tacko Fall on Duke’s ability to score at the rim and all three of us get into a long rant about how much Tacko fouled 12:30Time to reflect on the coaching job of Johnny Dawkins and the shooting job of Aubrey Dawkins 17:35Let’s talk about how teams are treating Tre Jones and Duke’s other non-scorers 21:00We come to sing the praise of Javin and JGold 24:15We finally talk about the very end of the game and the drama of the final seconds 27:10Did the UCF shot get rim or was it a shot clock violation? 28:20Byrd Campbell, they mean business! 29:00A quick look at everyone else in the Sweet 16, a truly

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

The podcast crew is back with Episode 153, on Selection Sunday! With Sam on travel, the guys break down Duke's overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They are then joined by Matt Burr of WXDU Sports to discuss the Blue Devils cutting down the nets in Charlotte as ACC Tournament Champions. They end with Player of the Week (this week, we do Unsung Hero) and Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:15 - Hello! Sponsors! Selection Sunday! 2:16 - Sam helps us break down the bracket - Duke gets the East and the #1 overall seed 8:04 - Jason leads us in a rant about how the committee screwed Duke by placing a conference foe in their region 16:48 - Donald rails against the NET rankings 18:43 - Jason says NC State’s nonconference strength of schedule is why the ACC didn’t get 9 teams 26:00 - Final Four picks (we have every right to change them or be wrong) 29:28 - DBR Bracket Challenge! (https://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/forums/showthread.php?43446-2019-DBR-Bracket-Challenge) 30:24 - Byrd Campbell means business! 30:59 - W

Yeah, we lost to UNC but Zion is coming back and tournament time is here!! 0:00Jason and Donald don’t want to be here. It is early and the week sucked. 2:00GTHC… we begin with the impact of the Bolden injury. 6:05What did Carolina do in the 2nd half to beat Duke? Jason points out the period where Coby White dominated. 9:30A bit on Kenny Williams and the charging calls (spoiler alert, Jason does not think the refs did a good job). 12:40Donald on TV Teddy and how the fouls impacted RJ Barrett’s game. 14:10Cam Reddish had quite a first half. 16:05Thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com for sponsoring the pod. 16:50Let’s talk about the Wake game… “do we have to?” 21:25Jason on the frustrating lack of consistency from the supporting cast. 23:40Donald talks about Duke’s really inefficient offense without Zion. 25:40Duke’s legal eagles, Byrd Campbell 26:20Time for an ACC Tournament preview. 31:00Jason talks about the ACC teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble. 33:10Donald gets us into a chat about the seeding for Duke,

A truly special podcast this week as Jason, Donald, and Sam get together for the first time and hang out with podcast fans. Plus, Jason got to sneak into the Duke locker room and interview a few of your favorite Blue Devils! 0:00Jason says hello and he seems confused about where Sam and Donald are located 1:30A shout out to GTHCGTH.com and Byrd Campbell 2:00Duke beats Miami in a big way… we tell you where we were sitting 3:00Jack White hits a 3!!! We have much to say about this. 7:45Joey Baker’s role on the team is discussed 9:25AOC’s confidence is soaring 10:40Bolden had a double-double and we talk about what the rotations look like going forward 15:00Tre Jones owned Chris Lykes 17:30Jason talks about his experience on Press Row for the game 18:55Locker room interview with Alex O’Connell 20:15Locker room interview with Joey Baker 22:15Locker room interview with Justin Robinson 24:25Jason explains what RJ was doing and we react to the locker room sound 29:00If you hate the Tar Heels, go to GTHCGTH.com and g

After the Carolina loss, Duke still finds a way to win over Syracuse in an incredibly eventful week for the Blue Devils. 0:00Devil with a Blue Dress 0:12Donald says hi and we thank our sponsors, ByrdCampbell.com and GTHCGTH.com 1:20Obama, Fran Fraschilla, and other brushes with greatness 3:55We played UNC… it sucked 5:45Sam talks about being in the building when the Zion shoe disaster happened 10:15Jason has one word to describe what happened… shock 15:30Jason asks if this was the worst regular season game in Duke history 19:15We talk about the media frenzy surrounding shoegate 22:00The Blue Devils prove they can win without Zion, beating Syracuse by 10 thanks to an amazing game from RJ Barrett 24:40AOC has the game of his career so far 26:40Sam on the changing Duke rotation and the surprise that K is shaking things up so much 31:30Bolden’s big time boards 33:50Donald on some defensive struggles and what has happened to Tre’s offense 36:35GTHCGTH.com gave away t-shirts to the students. Don’t forget to use the

We’re back with Episode 149 early on a Monday morning! On this episode, we recap the victory over NC State, we re-visit the comeback win against Louisville, and we preview the big games against UNC and Syracuse. As usual, we got Player of the Week honors and Parting Shots as well. Timestamps 0:00 - Hello! Sam is hosting this week and it’s real early 0:39 - Donald had trouble getting home from Nebraska, which is why we’re recording stupid early on a Monday 1:19 - Jason is sneaking this podcast in from work 1:57 - Thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com, appropriate sponsors this week! 2:50 - Enter the code “DBR” at GTHCGTH.com to get 20% off your orders! 3:17 - We recap the victories over NC State and revisit the Louisville comeback 4:49 - We start with the NC State recap 5:10 - Donald wants to start with RJ Barrett with the 4th triple double in Duke history 6:15 - Donald touches on another incredible Zion Williamson performance 8:17 - Sam is impressed with Barrett’s triple double featuring no turnovers 8:5