Duke Basketball Roundup

Sam is about to become the podcast MVP thanks to a change of address. 0:00Thank you, Byrd Campbell 0:30Donald welcomes us to ep #117 and Jason talks about playing beer pong with his son’s friends 4:00Introducing our special guest, Ed Armstrong, winner of the DBR bracket challenge! 5:55Jason wants to know how a Duke fan managed to pick Villanova and Kansas to beat Duke! 8:20Ed wants to talk about Coach K and the guys who surround him – are we worried about having such an inexperienced coaching staff with Capel leaving? 9:30Sam is not worried, but points out that replacing K will probably go awful because it always goes awful when you replace a legend. 12:10Donald points out that our assistant coaches don’t have a learning curve. They know what is means to be a part of the Duke program. 14:55Jason thinks that when K retires, a replacement will be named so quickly, we won’t have time to worry about it. 18:20Ed says he really wanted Capel to stick around as he thinks the transition will go easier if it is someone who is on the Duke staff at that moment. 23:30Ed brings up a second topic – he’s worried about the lack of upperclassmen going forward. 25:00Donald says this is the era we are in… not much we can do about it. 27:00Jason tries to link the issue of young players with Duke’s young assistant coaches (and Sam almost destroys Jason with facts). 29:30Sam says he won’t be picking Duke to be a big winner in 2019, because he thinks inexperience will be a real problem for next year’s team. 30:50Ed wants to know how we come up with topics and prepare for each podcast. 32:50Ed asks about how we get interviews with famous Duke players and the such, which leads Jason to reveal his wish list of folks he’s trying to get for this off-season. 37:00We say goodbye to Ed and congratulate him again on wining the DBR Bracket Challenge! 37:35Thanks again to the best Duke legal eagles around, Byrd Campbell. 38:10Time to talk about the Duke freshmen turning pro. We address some of the controversy about whether Duke properly used Duval and Trent this past season. 39:50Jason doesn’t understand the criticism here and concludes there is some parental bias at play. 42:25Sam notes the irony that Duke used to be criticized for guys sticking around and is now being criticized for guys leaving too soon… we just can’t win! 47:25Donald says that if these kids want to just have the game built around them, they need to go elsewhere. If they want maximum exposure and a chance to be part of something truly special, they need to go to Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, and the other blue bloods. 49:55Jason analyzes where the Duke freshmen were – in the NBA’s eyes – at the start of the season and where they are now. 53:40Parting shots – Jason talks about “he’s 2 years away from being 2 years away.” 56:50Parting shots – Donald raves about Quinn Cook earning a NBA contract for the World Champs! 59:45Parting shots – Sam reveals where he will attend Business School… AT DUKE!!! 1:05:00Good bye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam, Donald and Jason discuss some of the news of the day, including Marvin Bagley III leaving for the NBA and Jeff Capel leaving for Pitt. They also recap the McDonald's All American Game and Mama Carter discussing the business that is the NCAA. Finally, they review their season predictions, hand out player of the year awards and end with Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:00 Byrd Campbell! 0:20 Hello everyone! Sam’s in charge 1:23 Jason’s here…he’s drunk lit! 3:14 Marvin Bagley’s gone…we react very quickly 4:02 We deal with the real big news - Jeff Capel takes the Pitt job 4:15 Sam recaps all the coaching news 6:16 Donald’s shocked, but it’s a great move for Capel and for Pitt 7:15 Donald - “Capel had become the guy Coach K relied on the most” 8:52 Jason - “Nolan Smith is going to follow Jeff Capel to Pittsburgh” - we speculate 10:42 Donald says the most surprising thing is Capel leaving for an ACC school 11:23 Jason notes this move must mean that Coach K is staying for a while 14:00 Jason speculates that Capel may not have received assurances he was the man to take over yet 15:40 Sam forgets his thought, leading Donald to ask whether Capel would have taken the UConn job if Dan Hurley went to Pitt 18:01 Sam discusses Nate James’ role and why he’s being elevated to co-associate head coach 22:17 We discuss the McD game! Jason was at the Tuesday practice and tells us about the guys 23:20 Jason starts with the 4 guys together and how close they are 24:58 The Text Chain that dominated ESPN was what brought them together and how they all helped each other commit to Duke 26:45 Jason starts with Zion Williamson - He’s short, but an unreal talent 29:19 Zion has great ball handling skills and can shoot from the perimeter! Him, RJ Barrett, and Cam Reddish can rotate positions with each other 30:26 Sam asks how all 3 can play together 34:14 Jason: Cam Reddish and Tre Jones are special passers 34:45 Donald gives his take on the McDonald’s All American game, starting with Tre Jones 37:48 Donald wants to know how these guys will fit in with the current players - Cam Reddish is the glue guy (think a more athletic Theo Pinson) 38:43 Donald: RJ Barrett has a smooth game similar to Kevin Durant 39:46 Zion Williamson had to leave the game due to an injured thumb, but he’s powerful with his off hand 41:16 Jason discusses EJ Montgomery, the last person Duke is recruiting - it may depend on Bolden coming back 42:16 Is Bolden ready for the NBA? This may affect whether EJ Montgomery commits 47:00 Jason: Bryce Drew will be the coach of the year next year - Vandy could be stacked 49:08 The guys discuss Wendell Carter’s mother and her thoughts on the NCAA 52:09 Donald suggests that Mama Carter may think Harvard is far removed from the business of the NCAA and that’s why she preferred it 55:23 Jason: Mama Carter reveals the absurdity of the one-and-done system 59:12 Byrd Campbell - thanks for your sponsorship! 59:42 We reveal the results of the stats prediction game - Sam wins! 1:11:48 Who’s going to win the bracket challenge? Find out this weekend! 1:13:22 Jason: Marvin Bagley, Donald: Grayson Allen Marvin Bagley, Sam: Marvin Bagley 1:16:17 Parting Shots 1:16:23 Donald: Mookie Betts ain’t getting this one, boys 1:17:49 Jason: Thanks to all who listened to our last podcast and for the lovely notes! 1:19:14 Sam: It’s baseball season now, this is how he copes with Duke losing 1:21:19 We’re out…Duke Band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Sponsors rule! 0:25We lost, we are depressed. 1:55Sam says rebounds, 3-point shooting were the story. 3:20Jason congratulates Kansas, and after some other stuff says the bad charge call on Carter changed the game. 6:30Jason feels so sorry for Grayson Allen and the half an inch he came from being a hero. 8:50Donald speaks up again and says this was the game of the tournament. 12:20We all react to Grayson’s shot. 15:00Silence… and then a conversation about Duval’s shooting. 23:45Jason says Bill Self won the coaching battle and talks about Bagley being taken out of the game. 31:20Donald wraps up the Kansas game talk talking about how well Kansas executed. 33:30We reflect on the season and talk about whether it really was a success. 44:15Player of the game: Bolden, Allen, and Duval. 46:40Parting shots: Jason on a moving story he saw on ESPN: See it here -- https://www.facebook.com/SportsCenter/videos/2188703144481849/ 49:50Parting shots: Donald reflects on the Duke women’s basketball team 50:45Parting shots: Sam thanks all of you! 52:20Reach out to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com and good bye! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30Donald takes hosting duties, but Sam is the star of this pod! 3:35Duke beats Syracuse. Sam gives us his views from being on press row. In short, zone defense is really tough to beat. 8:00We must talk about Nolan Smith’s jacket. 9:30Jason gives major props to Syracuse for playing their kind of game and he says they have a bright future ahead of them. 14:50Duke had a stinker, and still won. We won’t be able to shoot that poorly and win again. 16:20Duke limited the turnovers, one major reason we won. 17:50Donald compares this game to NBA2. 21:10Sam got into the locker room and interviewed the players!! 22:15Grayson talks about the poor shooting but how the team got past it. 27:25Sam chats with Bolden about the difference in a tournament and a regular season game. 28:10Carter talks about K ripping off his jacket. 31:10Sam asks Carter about how things have changed from the regular season. 31:55Sam’s journalism stint is done and Jason asks him about how hard it is to find good questions. 37:10Donald says Grayson’s answers reveal that he is really enjoying this, which leads all of us to reflect on Grayson’s career. 41:05Jason says Grayson has embraced his role as the most famous player in all of college basketball. 44:45Byrd Campbell, our beloved sponsors. 45:25Kansas preview! Jason focuses on the bigs. That’s the key to Duke winning. 47:35Sam was sitting with the Kansas media and says those folks think it is all about Kansas getting 3-pointers. 49:30Jason talks about that stats regarding Kansas as it relates to rebounding and 3-pointers. 51:35Donald says we can’t let them just pack it in and take away our bigs. 54:30Jason unveils a truly incredible stat about Duke’s history. Sam is floored. 58:30Some quick thoughts on the rest of the bracket, and how loaded our half remains. 1:03:30Sam vows to look for more upsets in his future picks and Jason wonders how anyone could have picked Florida St. 1:07:25Player of the game, lots of praise for Carter and Trent. 1:10:40Donald says goodbye 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

0:00Byrd Campbell says GTHC! 0:35We are feeling just a little giddy 3:10Duke clobbers Rhode Island and Donald talks about Marvin Bagley being inhumanly good 8:20Jason points out why his obsession with FGAs did not matter in this game and then the conversation morphs into all three of us praising Trevon Duval 13:35Donald talks about some of the impressive statistical milestones coming up for Duke 15:00We preview Sweet 16 Syracuse - Sam recaps what happened the last time these two teams met 20:20Jason gives us some of the truly horrible stats about Syracuse’s offense 23:40Jason asks Donald to explain how Syracuse could win this game… he talks about making things ugly 26:15Time to talk about UNC and Virginia getting hammered… Donald insists we begin with the biggest upset in college hoops history. 28:15Donald says this was like a perfect game in baseball… you see it happening but you don’t want to say anything for fear you will jinx the incredible feat 33:40Sam admits he is just happy that Duke was not the #1 seed who lost to a #16 34:25Jason tells us about the biggest UMBC gambler in Las Vegas 38:00Donald gets us to the Twitter reaction to the UMBC win 41:25Jason wants to know if this game makes us doubt the genius of Virginia coach Tony Bennett, but Sam and Donald do not take the bait 46:30A message about “the journey” from Byrd Campbell 48:20Down goes Carolina! Sam loves how ineffective Luke Maye looked against A&M’s athletic bigs 53:00Jason talks about the abject failure of the Pac-12 55:50Sam loves Sister Jean of Loyola-Chicago 56:50Jason crows about picking Nevada to the Sw16 58:05Player of the game, two Bags and a Tre 59:45Parting shots – Donald on the success of the Duke women’s basketball team 1:00:45Parting shots – Sam loves wifi 1:02:00Parting shots – Jason likes the Capital One commercials 1:05:05Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00 Sam thanks Byrd Campbell 0:25 Recap of the Iona victory. Duke shot well but we are really impressed with the D. 16:45 Looking ahead of Rhode Island, a team that seems just too small to handle Duke's inside players 24:45 Some thoughts on the tournament thus far -- Miami loses and we talk about Penn's upset bid on Kansas 28:55 Player of the game - we have 3 different choices 30:55 Parting shots - Jason talks about what it means when a small school pulls a big upset 35:45 Parting shot - Jason shows Sam and Donald the referee interference moment from the Harvard-Marquette game 39:10 Sam says goodbye and reminds everyone about the DBR Bracket challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00DBR sponsors, Byrd Campbell 0:35Donald welcomes us to the pod and Sam blames Jason for flooding his emailbox 3:15Jason describes the cool NCAA tournament draft he is doing with some DBR folks 4:30We dissect the NCAA bracket, starting with Duke’s region, which Sam says is utterly predictable. 9:10Jason gives us a preview of Duke’s first opponent, the Iona Gaels 17:10Donald wants to talk about the Hurley brothers 21:55Jason talks about teams who got a break in the bracket, and he focuses on Villanova rather than the hated Tarheels 26:30We finally get to the West and we all hope Michigan takes out UNC 28:30Sleeper picks to make the Sweet 16 – we really like Missouri and whoever is playing Cincy 33:25Final Four picks… we largely like the same teams 36:00Sam asks us how far Duke needs to go to make this a successful season 43:35The DBR Bracket challenge -- Go to http://Tinyurl.com/DBRPodcast and you could win a chance to be a guest on the podcast! 44:35Another shout out to Byrd Campbell 45:10Time to look back at the ACC Tourney… and the depressing game against Carolina 46:40We get distracted by the latest Grayson Allen controversy 51:30Jason directs us back to talking about the Carolina game 55:35Player of the week time… Jason goes crazy talking about how great Marvin Bagley is 1:00:25Donald says goodbye… and look for the next podcast right after Duke plays Iona Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Byrd Campbell, they hate the Tarheels as much as you do 0:30Intros, we are happy and talk about Jason’s connection to the Oscars 2:40Time to talk about that victory over UNC and Sam’s claim that he never doubted that Duke was going to win (yeah, right!) 7:50Jason asks Donald about how insane it was to even discuss whether Duke might be better without Marvin Bagley. 9:45We talk about the hug and Grayson Allen’s big night 13:20Jason recaps Grayson’s senior speech to the Crazies and it mophs into an appreciation of Grayson’s career 20:45This is where we discuss how absurdly dominant Marvin Bagley was in the 2nd half 24:15This diversion is brought to you by 2 Chainz jacket 27:40ACC Tourney preview including some words about Bonzie Colson’s return for Notre Dame. 30:00Sam gives us his sleepers for the ACC Tourney 32:35Sam looks ahead to the NCAA tournament locations for Duke 35:45Jason gets us back to the ACC tourney and talks a bit about Virginia’s decline lately, with a sidebar about the Louisville implosion 39:05Byrd Campbell on the career of Grayson Allen 41:05One thing you like and one thing you hate about the All-ACC teams: Did Grayson deserve 3rd team? How did someone vote against Marvin Bagley for ACC rookie of the year? And why was Isaiah Wilkins ignored on the All-ACC team? 51:30Donald gets us into a conversation about Coach of the Year 56:20Player of the week… I mean player of the game 59:20Parting shots – Donald talks the return of MLS 1:00:20Parting shots – Sam loved the senior day of FSU’s Brian Angola 1:02:10Parting shots – Jason talks NBA hype -- Harden breaking ankles and Lebron performs wizardry 1:10:20Rate us on iTunes, reach out to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com, 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

0:00Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell, for making this all happen. 0:30Introductions… in which Donald brags about his success with the ladies. 2:10Duke loses to Va Tech. We try to process what happened and Jason asks the big question – is Duke a better team minus Marvin Bagley? 7:55Sam and Donald vociferously object when Jason utters two words, “Dan Dakich” 10:35Jason talks ball movement and turnovers, especially in the final few minutes. 12:30Sam and Jason go apoplectic about Duval getting the ball to get fouled with :25 left. 17:45We turn to the Louisville game and Sam lauds the defensive effort. 22:00Donald gives us the view from Cameron because he was at the Louisville game. 24:55The D and the dunks were the story against Syracuse 28:25Time to talk about the Carolina rematch. We focus on rebounding, Bagley’s progress, and the pace of play as keys to the game. 30:30Jason says Duke is a completely different team from when we played Carolina 3 weeks ago. 32:45We kick off the conversation about the FBI/Arizona scandal with some words from our sponsor, the lawyers at Byrd Campbell. 35:30Listener Zalman Goldstein asks a question – are the schools to blame for the wrongdoing of the players? 39:00Sam says the “bad guys” here, the agents and shoe companies, maybe aren’t so bad after all. 43:30Donald talks about Sean Miller… he uses words like weasel and snake. Donald does not like Sean Miller. 49:45Jason answers the questions about what the FBI is doing investigating all this stuff. He also warns that this investigation has been going on for a while… and there is a lot more bad stuff to come. 56:00Another listener question, from William Parks. He wants to talk about how you respond to the Duke haters. Donald has much experience in this arena. 1:02:50Player of the week… Bolden and Carter get some love. 1:04:35Parting shots – Donald… wait, Sam begins with talk about the return of Bonzie Colson and he offers props to Buzz Williams for telling his fans to stop cursing. 1:09:30Parting shots – Donald is finally ready. He talks some crazy basketball boxscores. 1:11:00Parting shots – Jason tells the story of the Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon intentionally missing a free throw. 1:13:35Goodbye and Duke band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam and Jason hop on an Emergency Pod to give us a rundown of the breaking news from the FBI NCAA investigation. Wendell Carter and Duke are implicated, but not in a way that seems at all serious. Have a listen and we will explain everything! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices