Duke Basketball Report

0:00Byrd Campbell, they mean business 0:25Sam is hosting, Donald is traveling, and Jason is celebrating the Jewish New Year. 1:50Duke beats NW but suffers some big injury losses. Donald marvels at the Duke 4th quarter D. 4:50Jason talks turnovers, both the real ones and the ones that come after 4th down. 7:10Sidebar on Mark Gilbert, one of the best defensive backs in Duke history. 8:40Sam talks a bit about what NW was trying (and failing) to do on offense. 12:00Jason enjoyed the way we moved the ball around, especially hitting the TEs. 13:25Sam points out the impressive majors of Duke’s football team. 14:40Donald finishes the conversation about the game by pointing out how important confidence is. 15:20If you need legal help, we recommend talking to Byrd Campbell. 15:50Jason looks ahead to Baylor, a team that has played some truly terrible competition thus far, and says the Baylor D is just plain awful. 20:20Jason sidebars on computer rankings… and has actually found one ranking that says Duke is the best foo

0:00Thanks BC! 0:30Jason is the host and he has no idea what he is doing. Luckily, Sam is there to save him. 2:05We are all about football right now. Our recap of the Duke-Army game begins with Jason asking Sam about the running game of Brittain Brown. 4:00Time to talk about the turnovers and how they change the complexion of a game. 6:50Donald tells us about the impressive Duke D. 8:25Jason talks about Daniel Jones’ super efficient game. 12:10Jason with a quick shout-out to the new Duke offensive line. 13:20Donald says he’s glad we played a legit opponent to start the season. 14:45Byrd Campbell has a few words about Duke Football and Coach Cut. 16:00Previewing Northwestern, Sam starts by talking about the QB shuffle. 20:25Jason corrects Sam about Northwestern’s winning streak which diverts us into a conversation about Alabama. 21:35Donald’s key to the NW game – defense against the run. Jason thinks the key is turnovers. 23:55Parting Shots- Donald on Serena William’s fashion sense. 25:40Parting Shots – Sam ta

0:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30Donald welcomes us to the Zion Williamson show 2:40Sam was surprised at Zion’s body control and skill. We knew he could dunk, we didn’t know about everything else he brought to the table. 6:30Donald points out that watching Zion is so much fun. Even Duke haters can’t hate this guy. 8:00Donald want to move on, but Jason freaks out because he wants to talk more about Zion, especially his ridiculous rebounding. 12:00Jason talks about RJ Barrett, who he says is the team leader. Jason admires his defensive intensity and his freakish ability to get to the rim. 17:25Donald talks about RJ’s fluidity 19:00Sam gets us into a conversation about Duke’s PGs and Jason says wait until you see Cam Reddish. 21:00We have to talk about the one negative… the frustrating play of Marquis Bolden. 27:40Donald leads the conversation about other players by praising Javin DeLaurier. 29:20Sam talks about the injuries we are suffering now. 31:45Jason and Sam wax on about the emergence of Jack White and we

0:00Byrd Campbell love the podcast! 0:35Jason hosting this week. Sam is officially a Duke student again. Donald is no longer in Utah. 2:10Jason intros our very special guest, the Alaskan Assassin, Trajan Langdon. Jason’s intro is long and full of gushing. 5:00Jason’s intro is finally over, we hear from Trajan about the how great that 1999 team was. 9:15Trajan talks about the final game and the controversial travelling call that cost Duke a title. 10:30Trajan talks about his close relationship with his teammates that has lasted well beyond their hoops careers. 12:45Jason asks about the transition from the 1995 disaster to the 1999 success. 14:45Trajan reflects on his minor league baseball career and why he chose basketball over baseball. 17:35Trajan talks about how K has changed over the years, including talk about Duke playing zone. 18:50Donald takes over and wants to know about the difference Trajan saw in NBA versus college ball. 21:10Trajan talks about his remarkable career in Europe. 24:20Donald asks abou

0:00Thanks Byrd Campbell for supporting the pod 0:25Sam welcomes us to the podcast. Donald is in Utah and that isn’t even the craziest place we are broadcasting from this week. 1:40Sam is in Durham, NC… his new home! 4:40We have a special guest, Steve Pagliuca – owner of the Boston Celtics, a former Duke player, and the dad of two former Duke players! 6:55Jason says hi to Steve and congratulates him on getting a NBA team full of Dukies. 8:00Donald asks about Steve’s relationship with the basketball program as a player and as a parent. 10:20Steve talks about his memories of the 2004 Final Four game where his son lost to UConn and reflects on how close Coach K is to the players, even the walk-ons. 12:20Fast forward to 2015 and Steve discusses Nick and the guys winning the national title. 13:35Donald wants to know which of the Pag brothers are better at basketball. 14:35Steve talks about being on the Duke Board of Trustees and reflects on how much the school has changed since he attended in the mid-1970s. 17:00S

0:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30Jason welcomes Donald to this NBA Draft pod. The theme is “Free Fallin’” 1:40We are joined by a special guest, one of the DBR posters when it comes to the NBA, CDu (Mickey Wilson). 2:45How the NBA shunning Trevon Duval messed up our podcast plans. 3:40Marvin Bagley goes #2. We are not surprised and wonder what this might say about Harry Giles’ future in Sacto. 5:55Jason wants to talk about interviews and outfits. 7:55Mickey celebrates his Chicago Bulls getting Wendell Carter and talks about how well Carter fits on the Bulls. 10:05Jason continues talking about really important stuff as he focuses on Carter’s clothes and other silliness. 11:30Jason gives us some amazing stats about how well K has done producing high draft picks. 13:05Grayson gets to play for Quin. Donald likes the way Donovan Mitchell embraced Grayson. 18:20Final thoughts on round #1 – Mickey says Carter may be the steal of the draft. 19:30Round #1 thoughts – Jason talks about Jerome Robinson and Josh Okogie, t

0:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30Jason welcomes us and Donald talks about watching way too many Marvel movies this week. Meanwhile, Sam is sitting on Donald’s couch. 4:00Dukies in the NBA playoffs, we begin with Jayson Tatum, super-rookie. 16:25Time to turn to JJ Redick and Jason asks a JJ trivia question that Donald whiffs on in the worst way possible. 22:50Sam talks about what JJ brought to the Sixers off the court, as a leader. 30:05We have a quick conversation about Rodney Hood and Quinn Cook, the other Dukies still alive in the playoffs. 38:40Jason probably says something foolish… he thinks the Celtics might have a chance against the Warriors or Rockets. 40:25Our NBA Draft conversation begins with San laughing at people being impressed with Grayson Allen’s athleticism. 51:25Jason talks about a couple other ACC guys who have tough decisions to make about coming back to school or staying in the draft. 53:15ByrdCampbell.com, your destination for legal advice. 53:50Joey Baker is the newest member of the class

0:00Byrd Campbell, our sponsors 0:25Sam welcomes us and Donald tells a story about getting new subscribers to the pod. 3:20Our main topic, the NCAA Commission on College Basketball releases their report and Sam gives us an overview of what it contains. 8:00Jason gives us his take on the UNC scandal portion of the report. 9:40Jason says there’s a fundamental question that the commission failed to address. 14:20Donald gets us into a conversation about the NCAA’s relationship with the NBA draft. 20:15Sam notes that the committee seems determined to preserve the amateur model, which is really about keeping money in the hands of the schools and out of the hands of the players. 26:10Jason is angry about players not being able to make money off their image. 28:30Sam makes a great point about the missed chance we had to really change the sport. 32:05Jason plays a game… if you could chance one thing about college hoops, what would it be? Donald gets it started by saying that if you go to college, you must stay in coll

Sam is about to become the podcast MVP thanks to a change of address. 0:00Thank you, Byrd Campbell 0:30Donald welcomes us to ep #117 and Jason talks about playing beer pong with his son’s friends 4:00Introducing our special guest, Ed Armstrong, winner of the DBR bracket challenge! 5:55Jason wants to know how a Duke fan managed to pick Villanova and Kansas to beat Duke! 8:20Ed wants to talk about Coach K and the guys who surround him – are we worried about having such an inexperienced coaching staff with Capel leaving? 9:30Sam is not worried, but points out that replacing K will probably go awful because it always goes awful when you replace a legend. 12:10Donald points out that our assistant coaches don’t have a learning curve. They know what is means to be a part of the Duke program. 14:55Jason thinks that when K retires, a replacement will be named so quickly, we won’t have time to worry about it. 18:20Ed says he really wanted Capel to stick around as he thinks the transition will go easier if it is someon

Sam, Donald and Jason discuss some of the news of the day, including Marvin Bagley III leaving for the NBA and Jeff Capel leaving for Pitt. They also recap the McDonald's All American Game and Mama Carter discussing the business that is the NCAA. Finally, they review their season predictions, hand out player of the year awards and end with Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:00 Byrd Campbell! 0:20 Hello everyone! Sam’s in charge 1:23 Jason’s here…he’s drunk lit! 3:14 Marvin Bagley’s gone…we react very quickly 4:02 We deal with the real big news - Jeff Capel takes the Pitt job 4:15 Sam recaps all the coaching news 6:16 Donald’s shocked, but it’s a great move for Capel and for Pitt 7:15 Donald - “Capel had become the guy Coach K relied on the most” 8:52 Jason - “Nolan Smith is going to follow Jeff Capel to Pittsburgh” - we speculate 10:42 Donald says the most surprising thing is Capel leaving for an ACC school 11:23 Jason notes this move must mean that Coach K is staying for a while 14:00 Jason speculates that Capel

0:00Sponsors rule! 0:25We lost, we are depressed. 1:55Sam says rebounds, 3-point shooting were the story. 3:20Jason congratulates Kansas, and after some other stuff says the bad charge call on Carter changed the game. 6:30Jason feels so sorry for Grayson Allen and the half an inch he came from being a hero. 8:50Donald speaks up again and says this was the game of the tournament. 12:20We all react to Grayson’s shot. 15:00Silence… and then a conversation about Duval’s shooting. 23:45Jason says Bill Self won the coaching battle and talks about Bagley being taken out of the game. 31:20Donald wraps up the Kansas game talk talking about how well Kansas executed. 33:30We reflect on the season and talk about whether it really was a success. 44:15Player of the game: Bolden, Allen, and Duval. 46:40Parting shots: Jason on a moving story he saw on ESPN: See it here -- https://www.facebook.com/SportsCenter/videos/2188703144481849/ 49:50Parting shots: Donald reflects on the Duke women’s basketball team 50:45Parting shots:

0:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30Donald takes hosting duties, but Sam is the star of this pod! 3:35Duke beats Syracuse. Sam gives us his views from being on press row. In short, zone defense is really tough to beat. 8:00We must talk about Nolan Smith’s jacket. 9:30Jason gives major props to Syracuse for playing their kind of game and he says they have a bright future ahead of them. 14:50Duke had a stinker, and still won. We won’t be able to shoot that poorly and win again. 16:20Duke limited the turnovers, one major reason we won. 17:50Donald compares this game to NBA2. 21:10Sam got into the locker room and interviewed the players!! 22:15Grayson talks about the poor shooting but how the team got past it. 27:25Sam chats with Bolden about the difference in a tournament and a regular season game. 28:10Carter talks about K ripping off his jacket. 31:10Sam asks Carter about how things have changed from the regular season. 31:55Sam’s journalism stint is done and Jason asks him about how hard it is to find good questi

0:00Byrd Campbell says GTHC! 0:35We are feeling just a little giddy 3:10Duke clobbers Rhode Island and Donald talks about Marvin Bagley being inhumanly good 8:20Jason points out why his obsession with FGAs did not matter in this game and then the conversation morphs into all three of us praising Trevon Duval 13:35Donald talks about some of the impressive statistical milestones coming up for Duke 15:00We preview Sweet 16 Syracuse - Sam recaps what happened the last time these two teams met 20:20Jason gives us some of the truly horrible stats about Syracuse’s offense 23:40Jason asks Donald to explain how Syracuse could win this game… he talks about making things ugly 26:15Time to talk about UNC and Virginia getting hammered… Donald insists we begin with the biggest upset in college hoops history. 28:15Donald says this was like a perfect game in baseball… you see it happening but you don’t want to say anything for fear you will jinx the incredible feat 33:40Sam admits he is just happy that Duke was not the #1 se

0:00 Sam thanks Byrd Campbell 0:25 Recap of the Iona victory. Duke shot well but we are really impressed with the D. 16:45 Looking ahead of Rhode Island, a team that seems just too small to handle Duke's inside players 24:45 Some thoughts on the tournament thus far -- Miami loses and we talk about Penn's upset bid on Kansas 28:55 Player of the game - we have 3 different choices 30:55 Parting shots - Jason talks about what it means when a small school pulls a big upset 35:45 Parting shot - Jason shows Sam and Donald the referee interference moment from the Harvard-Marquette game 39:10 Sam says goodbye and reminds everyone about the DBR Bracket challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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