Duke Basketball Roundup

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 pay-the-players debate 38:15Kenny reflects on his recruitment and winning titles at Duke 43:00Kenny was on the bench for the Duke-Kentucky game in 1992… his perspective on the greatest game ever played 45:50Kenny talks about practices with the 1992 championship team 49:25Who was the best player Kenny played against? 52:30Kenny’s best Coach K story is all about going after loose balls 55:25Jason reflects on how the Kenny Blakeney interview came about 58:00We discuss our highlights from the interview 1:03:45Again, our thanks to Byrd Campbell 1:04:15Some thoughts on how California is shaking up the NCAA 1:18:00Football with a heartbreaking game against Pitt 1:24:25Parting Shots – Donald on the Bayou Brotherhood 1:27:50Parting Shots – Jason on a crazy poker cheating scandal 1:32:00Parting Shots – Sam on how stressful the MLB playoffs are if you care about the teams 1:33:35Parting Shots – Sam also talks about the demise of Sports Illustrated 1:35:45Goodbye from a long long long podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Hurt on summer in Durham versus Minnesota 21:14 - Jason indicates there were other interviews, but they weren’t as good 22:39 - Donald likes that Sam was able to get information about the players’ personalities 25:53 - We have some recruiting news to cover: DJ Steward and Henry Coleman III commit, Walker Kessler doesn’t 30:54 - Sam jumpstarts the discussion of players who Duke are still going after 34:02 - Thanks to our sponsors…Byrd Campbell means business! 34:33 - Time for football, and Duke Football DESTROYED Virginia Tech! We all have great things to say 47:54 - We quickly preview what to watch for against Pitt on Saturday. 52:44 - Parting Shots - Sam’s friend is on the new Duke Blue Planet video this week 53:45 - The discussion shifts to Sam being in an Instagram story singing in the Fuqua Band! 56:17 - Parting Shots - Jason discusses the NCAA police with regards to Kansas and Georgia Tech 1:06:15 - Parting Shots - Donald gives a shoutout to the Duke Men’s Soccer team for coming back to beat UNC 1:07:37 - See ya! Tune in next week for an interview with Kenny Blakeney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 story 44:50   Parting shots - Donald is travelling again including a Demarcus Nelson story 48:30   Parting shots - Jason rants about the FIBA World Cup and Team USA's 7th place finish 1:02:40  Good bye, email us at DBRPodcast at gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Goodbye from the gulch and thanks to our fans!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Eli and Daniel have so far? 32:40Our reactions to Ed Valentine’s comments on Daniel Jones 39:20Jason tells us about the Duke legend of Mike Junken 43:55Parting Shots – Jason talks about Team USA at the FIBA World Cup, featuring 2 Dukies! 52:10Parting Shots – One Sam remembers what he is talking about, we chat about Duke Blue Planet 54:20Parting Shots – Donald on the chicken sandwich wars (featuring Sam doing an incredible Yoda impression and then blowing us away with his Coach K impression) 1:01:15Good bye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 who bleed Duke blue 44:30 Parting Shots - Jason begins with the NBA summer and the peril of players being too much in control 54:20 Parting Shots - Sam has a new hat and is excited for his second year at Fuqua 55:40 Parting Shots - Donald loves the LLWS and other baseball/softball stuff 57:15 Parting Shots - Jason rants about the NCAA, the SEC, and the ACC being cowards about the UNC scandal 1:04:40 Goodbye and Duke Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 thinks he will be a good complementary piece for Duke 12:18 - Jason talks about Stanley’s shooting improvement, but his game is slashing and athleticism 15:55 - Donald continues the Stanley discussion, noting his impression that he can drive in the lane with control and create shots 17:46 - Sam calls back to a great recruiting thread from a couple years ago that discusses minutes in relation to status in recruiting class (https://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/forums/showthread.php?33892-Recruiting-ranking-experience-and-playing-time-at-Duke&highlight=recruiting+rankings+minutes) 18:56 - Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden declare for NBA Draft, but Jason notes they could be back 20:07 - Donald agrees that it’s a wise move for them to test the waters and get the NBA feedback 22:03 - Sam notes that Bolden and DeLaurier has the Duke machine that can help them through the process 23:47 - Jason and Donald comment that some Duke guys who didn’t have NBA futures have ended up in the league 24:50 - Thanks as always to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell! 25:27 - Time to discuss what the roster could look like, and we start with an email from a great fan in Madrid 26:56 - Sam - Other than Vernon Carey getting 25 minutes, Tre Jones starting, and Jack White being a captain, there’s not much we know for sure about this team 28:41 - Jason thinks Tre Jones will be a captain, but Sam points out only Greg Paulus and Josh McRoberts have been sophomore captains 30:20 - Sam thinks the bench will be extended this year; Jason thinks that Coach K will go to the hot hand 33:20 - Donald discusses the balance of the team - lots of freshmen, but lots of upperclassmen as well 34:15 - Donald - lot of guys on the team that have played big minutes. That leadership will be key 36:25 - Sam discusses the defense and who will step up alongside Tre Jones 39:16 - Jason reiterates that Coach K will find the best players and play them a lot 40:30 - Donald - practices will be super competitive with so many guys fighting for those minutes 42:20 - Parting Shots - Donald recaps the awards given out at the annual basketball banquet 45:00 - Parting Shots - Sam begins the longest parting shot ever by starting with the pronunciation guide on the Duke Basketball roster page 47:20 - Parting Shots - Sam continues by lamenting he’s not at the Nationals-Rockies game 48:28 - Parting Shots - Sam recaps the speech Coach K gave to Fuqua as part of the Distinguished Leaders series 50:00 - Parting Shots - Sam celebrates Fuqua’s win over UNC in the Blue Cup 55:00 - Parting Shots - Jason discusses all the Blue Devils all over the NBA Playoffs and has a fascinating stat about Kyrie Irving 59:28 - Parting Shots - Sam has ONE MORE parting shot, this time about him calling the Fuqua 1st year vs. 2nd year basketball game 1:00:45 - Goodbye and Duke Band…don’t forget to subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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