Duke Basketball Report

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

A week ago things looked glum but this past week was nearly perfect for the Blue Devils. Enjoy the exam break with the latest edition of the podcast! 0:00Sam says hello, Jason is warm, and Donald is freezing 3:15Duke beats Michigan State, Donald says Duke took MSU’s lunch money 6:15Jason was impressed with the D and says Vernon Carey is playing a different game than most other big men 8:50Donald gets to brag about Javin Delaurier having a big game 10:25Jason talks about all the things he got wrong a week ago… including his concerns about the play of Tre Jones 13:50We are here to praise Duke’s bench play 15:30Speaking of bench success, time to talk about the Va Tech game and Coach K going small 23:45Jason says this was a really tough week, making the two wins even more impressive 27:10You know ‘em, you love ‘em, our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 27:50Sam teases the special guest coming next weekend 28:50Player of the Week… a certain someone goes 3-for-3 in our picks 31:05Parting shots – Jason says the A

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

0:00Donald returns from the Caymans and Jason has internet again! 3:00Duke played two games… we begin with Cal as Sam celebrates the Vernon Carey beast 8:10Jason talks about the emergence of Wendell Moore 10:30Donald wants to chat about the impressive offensive rebounding 15:30Duke wins the 2K Classic by defeating Georgetown as Sam celebrates the demise of Patrick Ewing’s tie 18:30It sure did not take long for K to shrink the rotation and we wonder about Matthew Hurt’s psyche 21:30Donald wants to talk about floor slapping and the mental aspect of it 25:50Jason gets back to Wendell Moore and talks about his ability as a one-on-one offensive player 31:00We tip our hat to Byrd Campbell, our favorite sponsors 31:40Jason previews Stephen F Austin 34:25Jason makes an awful “dad joke” 35:30Sam looks ahead to the game with Winthrop, a team that may surprise you 40:40We need to take a few moments to talk about football… at least our kick return game was strong 48:45The long awaited return of Player of the Week! 51:15

Duke is back to #1 in the polls as Coach K has now had a team ranked at the top in 20 different seasons. We discuss the games that got Duke there and look ahead at this week's trip to Madison Square Garden. Intro: Donald is in the Caymans 3:40 Duke beat Central Arkansas in a blowout 10:50 Duke beat Georgia State in a surprisingly close game. Tre Jones was the star. What's up the rotation? 23:20 Thanks as always to Byrd Campbell 23:50 Let's look ahead at the 2K Classic this week in New York. Duke should face Texas in the title game and Coach K will tell us about how great this event is to prepare the team for the postseason. 35:20 We return to "Who does Cassius Stanley remind us of?" 37:50 Duke Football flummoxes us. 44:50 Jason's parting shot brings us back to Duke being #1 in the polls again. The key here is "again." 48:50 Donald says farewell from the Caymans. He travels a lot. 49:30 Sam wants listeners to keep tabs on the James Wiseman situation at Memphis. 53:00 Jason has movie recommendations for the Tha

The crew is back to discuss Duke Basketball's big Champions Classic win over Kansas and its win over Colorado State. They also preview this week's upcoming games against Central Arkansas and Georgia State, talk some recruiting, and recap Duke Football's loss to Notre Dame. Timestamps: 0:00 - Jason is hosting from the phone because U-Verse took his internet away 2:17 - We begin with basketball with some questions: 1. Who is Duke’s 2nd best player? 3:22 - Sam lands on Cassius Stanley, which is the consensus pick 5:10 - Donald agrees and cites his energy and him playing like he has something to prove 8:10 - Jason asks what we think our best lineup is so far 12:56 - Sam tells us who Cassius Stanley reminds him of, prompting a new game 15:53 - We recap the Kansas win, and it starts with defense 21:30 - The Duke offense wasn’t great 24:30 - Donald comments on Matthew Hurt’s shooting 28:24 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 29:07 - We recap the Colorado State win 36:25 - Up next: Central Arkansas and Georgia State 41:24 -

0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Sam and Donald are celebrating the Nationals World Series title 2:25Duke’s second exhibition game was a big win as Joey Baker came to play! 5:50Jason likes Matthew Hurt’s form on his long-distance shooting 8:00Sam says there are a lot of possibilities of the rotation this year 9:10Jason on Duke not having any sure-fire NBA prospects on the team 11:30Previewing the Kansas Jayhawks - Jason says they have a dynamic duo who could cause us big problems 17:10Donald talks about the tremendous big man depth for Kansas 19:00Sam talks about Kansas’s experience versus Duke’s youth 20:50Jason is pessimistic about the early season schedule 21:45Recruiting news- Sam welcomes 7-0 center Mark Williams to the Brotherhood 28:00Our sponsor, Byrd Campbell has a message for former Dukie Bruce Bell 29:00Duke legend Jim Spanarkel with a quick message for his former teammate Bruce Bell 30:00The annual Duke Basketball Stats Prediction Game! 31:10Most points, we all expect a certain Dukie to put a Hur

It was a weekend of a frustrating football loss and a concerning basketball (exhibition) win. 0:00 - Sam welcomes us to a podcast to recap a weekend we did not enjoy2:25 - How did Duke do in the first exhibition game? Jason says this will not be a Duke team that peaks early in the season.8:30 - Donald is worried about our FT shooting.12:00 - The D did look good in this exhibition game.14:00 - Donald tells us what to look for in Duke's next exhibition game.17:30 - A shout-out to the great DBR sponsors, Byrd Campbell 18:10 - Time to talk about the Duke-UNC football game and the insane ending of that game19:35 - Jason does not understand why we were even in that formation at the end of the game22:20 - Donald cannot figure out why we were doing something so gimmicky 25:00 - Jason says all the blow outs this year made Duke unprepared for a close game26:40 - Sam says the team needs a reset on offense29:20 - Jason says the offense in the 4th quarter was not good enough to win the game30:40 - Donald points out we s

With Jason still on vacation, Donald and Sam are here to recap Blue's 47-38 victory over White and all of the Countdown to Craziness spectacles! Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello! Donald’s hosting, Sam’s in Chicago, and Jason is still on vacation 1:15 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 1:30 - We start the Countdown recap with the basketball - Blue beats White 2:19 - Sam discusses how Vernon Carey is a surefire starter 3:05 - Sam: Tre Jones seems out of sorts, but didn’t look great 4:22 - Donald talks about Vernon Carey’s motor 6:23 - Donald and Sam are concerned about the outside shooting 9:10 - Donald: Cassius Stanley is smooth around the rim 10:30 - Sam switches to defense and the necessity for improvement 12:21 - Justin Robinson dunks, and Donald talks about a J-Rob dunk being his phone lock screen 13:39 - We discuss the intros! We begin with Javin DeLaurier going “old school” 14:50 - Sam wasn’t impressed with the dancing, but the best intro was Tre Jones and his mom 15:35 - Donald: Ante Up is one of the greatest hype so

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