Duke Basketball Roundup

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. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 ACC schedules are getting a little bit better 33:00Parting shots – Donald on Duke Night Out in DC 33:50Parting shots – Sam talks about the ACC-Big Ten Challenge 39:00We shout out a cool email we got this week as we say goodbye and the Duke band plays us home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! 51:15Parting Shots – Jason talks about Shane Battier making the college hoops HOF 54:20Parting Shots – Sam starts a debate about James Harden 1:01:05Parting Shots – Donald wants to talk about changing the NBA schedule 1:05:20Parting Shots – Jason takes the rest of the ACC to task for lousy non-conference scheduling 1:08:45Email us at DBRPodcast at Gmail.com and Happy Thanksgiving from the whole pod crew and Happy Birthday to Donald! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Thanksgiving holiday. So long, and Duke band take us home! Don't forget to email the podcast at dbrpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - Donald wants to see improved 3 point shooting 42:37 - Duke gets a major recruit from the Class of 2021 that has a game similar to an all time great! 48:38 - Duke Football catches another L at the hands of Notre Dame 52:27 - Parting Shots - Donald took in 4 sporting events last week in 4 cities! 54:28 - Parting Shots - Sam congratulates Greg Paulus on becoming the Niagara head coach 58:00 - Parting Shots - Jason talks about Kyra Lambert’s great 3/4 court shot for Duke Women’s Basketball 1:00:45 - Parting Shots - Jason discusses the opening ACC games, including Virginia’s 48-34 victory over Syracuse 1:10:22 - Goodbye and Duke Band! 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 0:30Sam 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 Hurting on the opposition 31:40Most rebounds, who will Carey Duke in that category? 31:55Blocked shots, finally a disagreement! 32:25Most assists, we are just Jonesing to pick the same guy 32:50Most steals, Donald is mining for Gold here 33:45Highest FG percentage 34:45Highest 3-point percentage 35:40We attempt to predict Tre Jones’ 3-point percentage this season 37:45How many games will Jordan Goldwire start this season? 39:00Time to project Joey Baker total minutes 40:15Vernon Carey made three pointers (in honor of Jason thinking Bolden would hit a dozen three pointers last season) 41:45Total points scored by walk-ons this season 43:45We predict how deep K will go this season by projecting how many players will play 150 minutes this season 45:00How many games will Duke win this season? 45:50How many true road games will Duke win this year? 46:45How many ACC teams will make the Big Dance? 48:05The Donald Wine Category – How many 100 point games will Duke have? 49:35The tie breaker… What will be Duke’s defensive ranking on KenPom? 52:45Parting shot – We all talk about the NCAA decision on allowing players to get money for their name and image (endorsements). This will not be a short conversation! 1:07:05We are so excited for the season to start as we say goodbye!! 1:08:25Donald announces that we are now on Spotify! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 still have a shot to turn this into a pretty darn successful season32:40 - Parting shots: Donald on the world series in DC34:20 - Parting shots: Jason on the shocking NBA transition of Justise Winslow38:40 - Parting shots: Sam says goodbye to the basketball careers of Kyle Singler and Luol Deng40:50 - Before he says goodbye, Sam has a couple more comments on the Nats making the World Series43:00 - Thanks again,. Byrd Campbell... 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

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 songs EVER! 16:30 - J-Rob came out to Don’t Stop Believing 16:58 - Donald and Sam opine as to whether Jason is still listening 17:15 - Donald was excited Wendell Moore came out to the hottest rapper out right now 18:05 - Sam and Donald discuss the poster and how it was made 19:36 - Finally, discussion on the beautiful jerseys that were worn! 22:00 - Byrd Campbell means business!! 22:26 - Programming note: we’ll discuss football and preview basketball next time when Jason is back 22:50 - Parting Shots: Sam (and Donald) are excited at the Washington Nationals making the World Series! 24:55 - Parting Shots: Donald wishes Zion Williamson well after he suffered a knee injury with the New Orleans Pelicans 26:13 - Goodbye and Duke Band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 will start - lot of competition for playing time 12:48 - Donald will be looking out for the official poster and pregame hype video 15:46 - Byrd Campbell means business! 16:20 - Duke Football handled Georgia Tech! Sam starts by discussing the offense and the running game 18:42 - Sam - “Duke was swarming on defense” 19:57 - Donald - the defense was getting off the field quickly, which gave offense more time on the field 21:17 - We play Virginia this weekend. Sam hopes Duke can move the ball. Donald thinks the running game needs to be great 25:42 - Parting Shots - Sam discusses Coach K’s comments on recent proposed changes to college basketball compensation 30:53 - Parting Shots - Donald salutes a friend of his and Sam for being a part of the Washington Mystics’ championship winning staff 32:35 - Goodbye and Duke Band…Go Nats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices