Duke Basketball Roundup

The Duke Basketball Report Podcast turns to the Duke Football Report Podcast on this Episode 443! Duke Football won against Northwestern 31-23, and we are here to recap a game that came down to inches. With Jason out for this episode, Sam and Donald break down the key moments of the game as well as the key performances. There were some big plays on offense and defense that are the reason that Duke is 2-0 in the Elko Era. After the break, Mike Elko is reaching out to the student body in a really cool way to get them to come to football games: by giving them Duke Football jerseys with their names on the back. It’s a nice gesture to make the students feel like they’re a part of the foundation of the program. After that salute, we recap a really fun weekend in college football, with some huge upsets and one coach that is already out of a job. The DBR Podcast always wants to hear from our listeners! Drop us a line at DBR Podcast at Gmail dot com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just days ago, the DBR Podcast took a deep dive on a kid named TJ Power, telling you all about how the 6-8 PF exploded on the scene this summer and drew the attention of Coach Scheyer. Well, just hours ago TJ Power announced to the world that he is picking Duke and will be the latest member of the top-rated duke class of 2023. Having already told you a lot about him on our last episode, the podcast crew brought in a special guest to give them the lowdown on TJ... none other than Leo Papile, TJ's summer EYBL coach and one of the true legends in the grassroots basketball world. Coach Papile tells us all about the work ethic and character that has made TJ Power one of his favorite players. It is an episode you won't want to miss. 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 Duke Basketball Report Podcast, we start with Dariq Whitehead, who is expected to be one of Duke's best players this season, and who unfortunately went down with a broken foot last week. While we try to ward off the evil spirits that seem to haunt Duke Basketball players' lower extremities, we also try to find the silver lining in this news. Whitehead likely won't miss more than one or two conference games, and with the whole ACC season available for Whitehead to learn the offense better, he should be in great shape by February and March. Further, this forces Jon Scheyer to be a bit more creative with the rest of the lineup. We can't even fully agree on whose playing time might be most positively affected by the news. After a quick discussion on Class of 2023 forward TJ Power and his potential pending commitment to Duke or one of its rivals, we get to the surprisingly strong result on the football field from Friday night, when Duke beat Temple 30-0 in front of an opening night crowd at Wallace Wade Stadium. Mike Elko appears to have brought a few defensive tricks to Durham, and Riley Leonard had an awesome night in his first start, completing his first 15 pass attempts and leading the team on multiple impressive scoring drives. Stay in touch with us at dbrpodcast at gmail.com, and we will be back soon with another fun interview from the national college basketball media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The DBR Podcast got news late in the day about the injury suffered by Dariq Whitehead. What a bummer. The guys will have plenty to say about it on their next podcast, but this episode is the moment we change our name to the DFR because we are previewing the upcoming season for Mike Elko's Duke Football team. Author and journalist Jim Sumner has been attending pre-season football practices and he joins the podcast crew to talk about what he has seen and what we can expect from year one of the Elko era. Plus, after the break, we take a look at the disgusting racist incident that happened to the Duke volleyball team when they played at BYU. We are so proud of the way Duke's young athletes handled themselves in what was a terrible situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The DBR Podcast is back with Episode 439, and it’s filled with some discussion about some news topics that affect Duke and the ACC. First, we broach the subject of changes that we’d like to see implemented in the new era of Duke Basketball with Jon Scheyer as head coach. Donald, Jason, and Sam take time to highlight four changes that they hope Jon Scheyer will do as head coach, from non-conference scheduling to taking more 3 pointers. They also discuss ensuring the program has more open door policy and utilizes a deeper bench during games. After the break, there are some newsworthy topics involving Duke and the ACC. Jordyn Donovan committed to Duke Women’s Basketball, and it’s a big deal. Jon Scheyer, Rachel Baker, and Zach Maurides all made The Athletic’s Top 40 Under 40 for college athletics. And you don’t want to miss what they have to say on what the Big Ten’s astronomical TV deal could mean for Duke and the rest of the ACC We always love hearing from our listeners, so drop us a line at DBR Podcast at Gmail dot com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have listened to the Duke Basketball Report podcast team's previews of Duke games, you have heard them talk about the advanced metrics built by basketball stats guru Ken Pomeroy. So, you can probably imagine the team was geeking out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of our listeners sent in some great questions, so Jason, Sam, and Donald discuss some of those topics on Episode 437! The DBR Podcast community is always great at sending in questions that make us think, so we took a few of them to start off this show. We debate which Duke Blue Devils team we would trust to win us $1 million in a bet by running the table in the NCAA Tournament as well as some of the Duke transfers that we wish had stuck around. You’ll definitely want to hear which transfers we really missed! Finally, we answer a question about how Jon Scheyer will coach the team when times get tough. After the break, the SEC commissioner has some thoughts about how to expand the NCAA Tournament field. The guys debate whether expansion is a good idea or even needed, with a few proposals of our own. We end the show by reading a great letter about Coach K’s interaction with a dentist that’s a UNC fan and paying tribute to the great Pete Carril, who passed away Monday. The DBR Podcast will be back later this week with one of its best guests ever! You better mash on that subscribe button to make sure you don’t miss out on what will be an incredible interview! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week has been light on Duke Basketball news, so Jason is here to bring Donald, Sam, and all of you a little game. We are predicting some potentially unlikely outcomes for the 2022-2023 season under new head coach Jon Scheyer. First up, will new veteran Ryan Young score more than freshman phenom Dereck Lively II? Lively comes in with elite grades on defense and athleticism, not to mention incredible length, but Young is a powerful and experienced college big man. Next, will Tyrese Proctor be starting for Duke from Day 1? He's showing up later than the rest of the team this summer, but by all accounts, he could be one of the five most ACC-ready players on the team. Another fun one about the starting lineup, will Mark Mitchell ever start over Kyle Filipowski? After the break, will Jeremy Roach not lead the team in assists? He is the point guard, but we know he's a scorer at heart. And finally, will any the guys we expect to come back next season ultimately decide to transfer? Jason seems more optimistic than Donald and Sam. We leave it with birthday wishes from one special Duke fan to another. Stay in touch with us at dbrpodcast at gmail.com and we will be back again as soon as there is news! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a DBR Podcast episode of firsts: first time we've had an Australian on the show, that's former Blue Devil and now Denver Nugget Jack White, and first time Sam has done this thing solo. Jack goes deep on coming back to the States after a couple of years in Australia and his experience on the Australian national team ("the Boomers"). He is on a two-way contract but the Nuggets seem excited to use him. He also reflects on how cool it was to play for Melbourne in the NBL before his shot with the NBA. Regarding his time at Duke, Jack is one of the rare players to join a high-profile team and stick around for four years as an energy guy off the bench, so he has some rare insight about what that decision meant to him. We should be back soon to discuss the latest practice footage, and as always, email the podcast at dbrpodcast at gmail.com with all of your thoughts and questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first summer scrimmage video is here for the Duke Blue Devils, and despite the fact it’s only 6.5 minutes long, we have to spend 4 times as long discussing it on Episode 434! Duke fans got their first glimpse at how the new team might play this season, and we love overanalyzing these videos. So, Donald, Jason, and Sam do just that, beginning with Jeremy Roach and the guards and moving onto the big men and the incoming freshmen. Some players look incredibly smooth on the court, and of course some players didn’t look as sharp. We speculate as to what it means for the team as they progress through the summer. After the break, Duke and the Arizona Wildcats are playing a home-and-home series beginning in 2023, and we’re excited at Duke adding a big-time opponent to their non-conference schedule. Though, Jason will also bring back memories of when Duke got robbed of a victory in Tucson by the referees back in the early 1990s. Finally, the NBA Summer League just wrapped, and we recap some of the performances of some of The Brotherhood, especially Jack White, who earned a 2-way contract with the Denver Nuggets. We’re ecstatic that he will be getting some NBA time this year, and we discuss some of the rookies and how they did in the Summer League. We end with a member of The Brotherhood who is destroying opponents at the FIBA Asia Cup. Make sure you send some topics of discussion and questions to the pod at DBR Podcast at Gmail dot com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices