Duke Basketball Roundup

0:00Devil With The Blue Dress 0:30Sam welcomes us to Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday 3:40Duke bested the fighting Capels of Pitt 14:20We all got something to say about Coach K versus the Crazies 24:45Jason rants for a moment about the current Crazies and the fact that Cameron isn’t filled 27:35Thanks to Byrd Campbell, our wonderful sponsors 28:10Duke tops Syracuse as Wendell Moore makes his return from injury 40:50Jason feesl sorry for Syracuse having to defend Vernon Carey 43:00Preview of the BC game, yet another team that just beat UNC 47:45The quickest player of the week vote ever, we all praise Vernon Carey 48:30Parting shots – Donald on the Duke All-Stars in the NBA 49:55Parting shots – Jason with more on mourning Kobe Bryant 54:15Parting shots – Sam gets to do cool Fuqua stuff like visiting a military training facility 55:35Good bye and Duke Band, take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just a few hours after recording Episode 185, we learn of the tragic death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Nolan Smith, Duke Basketball's Director of Basketball Operations, joins us to reflect on the life of Kobe Bryant and what his passing means to basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Devils may have the weekend off, but the DBR crew is here to preview next week's games and talk about the state of the ACC (hint- it ain't good). Plus, we delve into the latest Pay the Players debate. 0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Donald, Jason, and Sam want to talk about breakfast drinks 2:30Time for some actual basketball talk, we preview Duke’s next opponent, Pitt and Jeff Capel returning to Cameron 10:05A preview of the 4th place team in the ACC, the Syracuse Orange… a different Syracuse team than what we are used to seeing 15:10We talk about how Duke can exploit the Syracuse zone defense 19:50A shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 20:25A look at the ACC and which teams from the conference can make the tournament 37:40Pay the players! The head of the NCAA talks about where they are now on that debate 46:10Duke band, take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00   Mitch Ryder plays us in 0:30   Welcome to Zion's world, we planned to talk about the Miami game but we cannot resist the gravitational pull of Zion's debut 14:40  Jason makes a crazy prediction about how quickly Zion will be great, Sam and Donald have more reasonable expectations 20:15  Oh yeah, the Duke basketball team played a couple days ago... we recap Duke's latest thrashing of Miami 30:00   We talk a bit about Matthew Hurt's best game in a Duke uniform and what it means for him going forward 34:30   We spend a few minutes talking about the Kansas-K State fight 47:20   Sam has a fun story about mascots showing emotions 50:10   Player of the week - there is no debate here 50:30   Parting shots - Donald on the passing of Morgan Wooten 58:45   Parting shots - Sam got to talk to Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey 1:01:25  Parting shots - Jason mourns the loss of Terry Jones of Monty Python 1:05:25   Thanks to our sponsor's Byrd Campbell and the Duke band takes us home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It wasn't a great week for Duke Basketball, and the podcast trio is back to discuss what went wrong in the losses to Clemson and Louisville. We preview the Miami game and end with Player of the Week and Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:17 - Sam is back from his Asian travels 3:29 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 3:37 - We start with breaking down the Clemson loss. Energy, missed layups, and an inefficient defense are what we focus on. 13:56 - We continue our recap of a bad week with Louisville and how physical the game was 22:09 - Byrd Campbell means business! 22:37 - We preview Miami and break down what Duke needs to do to get back on track 29:32 - Player of the Week isn't fun this week, but the pick is unanimous 32:18 - Parting Shots: Jason discusses Gonzaga and stupid poll voters, Donald reflects on watching Wojo and Marquette, and Sam does a deep dive on former Duke players at Shooters 43:55 - Jason has one final thought on UNC losing more games and its position in the NET 46:16 - Programming note: we will be back midweek to recap the Miami game as well as Zion Williamson's NBA debut! 47:40 - Duke Band, take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald and Jason talk Tre Jones' offensive explosion and eventually get around to wondering what life would be like if Zion has come back. 0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Jason and Donald are here to talk about the Wake beatdown, Sam has been taken by Bangkok 2:10Shout out to ByrdCampbell.com 2:30Duke crushes Wake and we talk a lot about Tre Jones’ offensive game 9:55 Jason pulls out some stats to show how effective the Duke D has been lately 13:40Donald talks about our shot blocking and interior D 16:30Clemson beats Carolina for the first time ever in Chapel Hill, we have to talk about it 20:50We preview the Carolina game and Jason talks about who will guard Clemson’s Aamir Simms 28:00Donald takes the lead on previewing the Duke-Louisville game, perhaps the toughest game left on the schedule 33:50Donald predicts Jack White is going to have a big week for Duke 35:15Have we mentioned how great Byrd Campbell are? 35:55Player of the week picks 37:50Parting shots – Donald on Zion wanting to stay in school 45:50Parting shots – Jason on the Duke student-athlete and how Duke is different from other schools 49:30Parting shots – We gotta chat about the new #Brotherhood jerseys 55:05Goodbye 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 podcast was in the house for the Ga Tech game as Jason Evans got to interview the players post-game and sit in on Coach K's news conference. This mid-week special podcast is a deep dive on a fascinating game... enjoy! 0:00  Donald and Jason are here for a post-Ga Tech show 2:30   Jason talks about watching the game from press row and he cannot stop talking about what K did with the lineups this game and the impact of Jordan Goldwire 7:55   Donald on how Javin and Jack impacted the game late 9:00   We praise Ga Tech's play, they came to compete! 12:00   Lets take a few moments for Cassisus' dunks 14:30   We need a name for Duke's withering defense 17:10   More mid-week podcasts are coming 17:50   Jason went into the locker room after the game... here is what he heard: 18:50   Postgame sound with Vernon Carey 20:10   Postgame sound with Jordan Goldwire 21:50   Postgame sound with Cassius Stanley 24:10   We react to what we heard in the locker room 28:25   Coach K's postgame news conference 34:20   Coach K gets a little prickly at Jason's question 38:35    Reaction to K's press conference 46:30   Jason gives some props to Tre Jones 48:35   Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell 49:10    Final thoughts on the Ga Tech game and the possibility of Duke going undefeated in the ACC this season 53:45   Donald says goodbye and 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 podcast crew apologizes in advance for some poor audio quality on this week's show. We are working to fix that in the future. 0:00Devil in the Blue Dress and where in the world is the podcast crew 4:15Ok, enough of our world travels, lets get to the basketball! We begin with a beatdown of BC… a beatdown that started with the defensive effort 11:50Our second 30+ point win of the week, on the road against Miami 16:40Jason got reports on the Miami game from a spy inside the arena 19:00Sam chimes in from Vietnam on the rotations and the team depth 28:00A quick moment on Coach K and communication 29:30Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell 30:15Preview time, we being with Georgia Tech… well, we actually begin with the conversation about the Yellow Jackets topping North Carolina over the weekend and Roy Williams’ post-game meltdown 38:40Ok, enough of the Carolina bashing, time to actually preview the game against Ga Tech 42:00Looking ahead to the game against Wake, a team at the bottom of the ACC standings 45:30We make our player of the week picks 47:50Parting Shots – Sam talks about being in Vietnam 49:50Parting Shots – Donald on Coach K’s reaction to the ACC regular season race 55:25Parting Shots – Jason on Vernon Carey for national player of the year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:20Donald is hosting, Jason is here, Sam is AWOL in Vietnam 1:30Instant reaction to the Brown game, which was a lot closer than the final score indicates 3:40Donald on a tale of two halves… Vernon in the first, and AOC in the second 5:50Jason says Duke needed some WD-40 to knock off the rust but he loved the way we fed the post in this game 9:45Jason’s dog Cameron loves Duke’s rebounding 10:30Tre Jones misses another game… should we be concerned? 13:50Need legal help? Reach out to Byrd Campbell 14:30Previewing the first ACC games, Jason tells us about Boston College led by former Dukie Derryck Thornton 18:50Donald tells us all about Duke’s second opponent this week, the Miami Hurricanes 23:20Player of the week picks 24:40Parting Shots – Jason starts by talking about UNC’s Cole Anthony and then gets into the future of college basketball… it’s a long and winding road through Jason’s thought process 32:50Parting Shots – Donald with a touching story about how the Holiday Bowl honored an important Iowa tradition 35:30Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Holidays to all our listeners! We whupped Wofford and as a gift to you we have an extended conversation about the very best from Duke during the wonderful decade of the 2010s. Enjoy! 0:00 Welcome to a holiday edition of the Pod 2:15Recap of Duke’s impressive win over Wofford, featuring much conversation about Joey “Buckets” Baker 17:45Previewing our next game, against the Ivy League’s Brown Bears 21:10Sam is hoping Duke fails to score 100+ points against Brown 24:15Merry Christmas from the Byrd Campbell Law Firm 24:55We play a game reflecting on the decade of the 2010s 26:00Pick your best 7 man rotation for the 2010s… any player who played during the decade is eligible 43:00Pick your best moment of the decade 46:50Pick the best game of the decade 54:30James Wiseman leaves Memphis… we must talk about it 1:08:15Player of the week 1:09:35Goodbye, happy holidays, and Duke band take us home 1:10:30Holiday Bonus… post-pod conversation about the NBA accidentally recorded Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices