Duke Basketball Roundup

0:00We love Byrd Campbell 0:30Jason intros everyone and we somehow start talking about Sam’s weight. 2:15Let’s look back on the BC loss… Jason begins by talking about the rebounding. 3:45Sam admits he was supremely confident we would win down the stretch… and explains what was different about this game from other close contests Duke won. 6:20We marvel at Duke’s inability to get to the FT line, especially our big men. 8:15Jason asks Donald why Duke couldn’t get any interior offense in the second half? Donald blames BC’s offense for taking us out of our game. 11:45Donald starts the talk about Duke’s perimeter D and Jason does a deep dive into the history of Duke giving up 3-pointers… it takes him all the way back to the lost season of 1995. 17:30Sam stays optimistic and talks about how the team can change to get better at defending the three. 22:05Sam interviews Jonathan Alexander, the new Duke reporter for the News & Observer. 26:20After dealing with Jonathan’s background, we finally start talking about the current Duke team. 29:05Sam and Jonathan talk Duke’s defensive problems. 32:10Jonathan seems to be a big fan of Gary Trent, Jr. 35:50Jonathan’s biggest surprise covering Duke… Coach K’s sense of humor! 39:00Jonathan says all the Duke guys are easy interviews. They are polished when it comes to talking to the media. 41:15Sam says goodbye and thanks to Jonathan. 42:20We react to the interview and talk about what it takes to be a journalist covering Duke. 48:40Again, thanks to our sponsor, Byrd Campbell. 50:05A quick look back on Duke’s record-setting beat down of St. Francis… with a special focus on Marques Bolden’s ridiculous offensive rebounding 52:50We gotta talk about Mike Buckmire and Justin Robinson!! 1:00:00Player of the week time… Donald and Sam clown around a bit with the award, which is perfectly fine. 1:01:35Parting Shots – Sam on Hanukkah and The Last Jedi and old basketball memories 1:04:55Parting Shots - Donald goes bowling and talks about Chris Collins & NWestern blowing out Chicago St. which causes us to side-track into a discussion about conference affiliation. 1:08:05Parting Shots – Jason talks about his father dying a few days ago… and he thanks his dad for giving him a love of sports. 1:13:55Th-th-th-th-that’s all folks! Reach out to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com.... 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

Sam, Jason, and Donald recap the wins against Indiana and South Dakota. Jason is on husband duty so he's here for part 1 and Donald joins for part 2. We end with previews of St. Francis and Boston College, hand out Player of the Week honors, and end with a little Duke Football bowling! Timestamps: 0:00 Thank you, Byrd Campbell! 0:19 Sam brings us in and explains the disjointed podcast (First half is just Sam and Jason, second half, Sam and Donald) 1:00 It’s all Jason’s fault…he was being a good husband and needed to record early 2:30 Jason pre-reacts to the South Dakota game since his segment was recorded before the game! 3:40 Jason gives general thoughts on the Indiana win 5:05 Jason - “In addition to Indiana playing at home and playing well…we’re exhausted!” 6:22 Jason thinks we saw a growing trend where Duke plays uninspired ball for 30 minutes and get it together for 10 7:33 Jason brings up a Ben Swain tweet that explains how awesome Duke’s defense has been late in the game 11:10 Sam’s thought: Duke hasn’t really found its defensive identity yet 12:15 Sam: Is this an effort problem or something fixable? Jason: Too early to say it’s not fixable 14:35 Jason notes that our outside shooting isn’t as good 17:50 Jason thinks Alex O’Connell should get more minutes 21:00 Jason thinks Wendell Carter had an incredible game 22:15 Jason also shouts out Marques Bolden for his effort during the game 24:05 Sam and Jason briefly shift to the ACC Challenge - the ACC dominated B1G! 25:00 Jason thinks there are very few B1G locks for the NCAA Tournament 30:35 We say goodbye to Jason…hope Mrs. Evans enjoys the spa! 31:20 Byrd Campbell sends a message about the Indiana game 32:15 We are now in the future. Sam is now joined by Donald and we are post-South Dakota win 33:49 Donald begins his thoughts on the Indiana game by mentioning how well Wendell Carter played 35:20 Sam mentions that Carter’s poise is so impressive, especially since he normally draws the tougher defensive assignment 36:24 Donald thinks Wendell Carter has a great back to the basket game and complements Bagley’s game well 37:26 Donald says Marques Bolden had the play of the game 38:49 Sam thinks Bolden has embraced the role of energy big guy off the bench 39:52 Donald says Bolden and Carter both go up with two hands to get rebounds - very effective 41:47 Sam and Donald talk about the South Dakota win 48:07 Sam and Donald briefly preview St. Francis and Boston College 52:52 Jason’s not here for Players of the Week, but both Donald and Sam both give it to Grayson Allen 54:12 Parting Shots - Donald brings up Duke Football’s selection to play in the Quick Lane Bowl and is happy Duke is going to his hometown 56:12 Sam’s Parting Shot - Jimbo Fisher leaves the ACC for a boatload of money 56:52 Sam’s still looking for old basketball YouTube videos - dbrpodcast@gmail.com if you have good pre-2000 ones! 58:26 Donald notes that December 6th is the 3 year anniversary of DBR Podcast Episode 1! 1:00:15 See ya! 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

0:00Those legal eagles, ByrdCampbell earn our thanks once again. 0:30Jason is in an unfamiliar place… and so is Sam. 2:40We recap the Florida game, and Jason begins by asking, “Did you think we would win when we were down by 17 points?” 6:30Sam says, “Duke looked around and said, ‘Hey, we’re better than this,’” and with that the Blue Devils took control of the game 9:10We sing the praises of Florida. Donald is really impressed and says Florida will be a contender all season long 9:55Jason unveils his unified theory of the 2017-18 season… it boils down to one word: Rebounding! 14:10Donald talks about Marvin Bagley, and we wonder where he ranks among the all-time greats at Duke, freshmen or otherwise. 18:30Donald brings up ESPN’s “odds of winning the game” silliness. Duke was a decided underdog at times during the tournament. 22:10Jason brings up some other folks who played well, starting with Wendell Carter, who was great down the stretch against Florida. 25:00Donald: “It is almost like Jay Bilas got married last night to a woman named Second Jump because he was in love with it…” 26:50We turn to the Texas game, which Jason says was “The dawn of the Alex O’Connell era” 32:20Sam discusses the shot chart from the Texas game, and how every shot was made in the paint. 34:50Donald points out that we lead the nation in points in the paint… and Jason wonders how scary good we will be in a few months when the youngsters mature. 37:55Jason wonders if we need to lose a game to really learn the lessons we need to be truly great. 40:30Sam is forced to eat crow over his earlier prediction that Duke would not develop the bench. 50:25ByrdCampbell is the choice of Dukies in FL and TX for legal advice 51:10Jason previews the ACC-Big Ten challenge and our mediocre opponent, Indiana 58:15Sam sidetracks us into a conversation about the amazing Minnesota-Alabama game which turned into an insane 5-on-3 contest… and the 3 almost won! 1:03:20Jason wants to know how much we should blame Richard Pitino for not being able to coach Minnesota better against the 3-man Alabama team. 1:09:05We turn to Duke Football and Jason admits he lost faith in this team and they proved him wrong by winning their last 2 games to make it to a bowl game. 1:15:25Player of the week… which we are re-naming the non-Bagley Player of the Week 1:19:35Parting Shots – Donald with some love for the Duke women’s soccer team 1:21:15Parting Shots – Sam congratulates Matt Luke, a Cut disciple, for becoming the new head coach at Ole Miss and then Sam tries to curry favor with noted Duke billionaire David Rubenstein. 1:23:25Parting Shots – Jason tips his cap to JWill, who was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame alongside some other legends, some of whom Sam has never heard of! 1:25:30We want your stories about your earliest basketball memories. Send them to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com 1:28:15Goodbye 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

Do not miss the amazing interview with former Dukie Chris Burgess! One of the best interviews ever on this podcast. 0:00Byrd Campbell means business! 0:30Donald welcomes us to a midweek edition and teases something special coming up 2:05Sam kicks off our coverage of the MSU game by talking about what it was like to be there, live, in the arena for the game 6:30Donald asks Jason about the rebounding… we are impressed with how Duke hits the glass 8:45Jason gushes about Trevon Duval, who made several moves that seemed reminiscent of Kyrie Irving 12:50Jason talks about the transformation of Coach K in his 38th season… it is truly stunning 14:50Donald talks about how Duke demoralized Michigan State by beating them at their own game 17:25We spend a little time talking about the maturity and leadership of Grayson Allen 20:30Tucker Byrd of Byrd Campbell has a message about Grayson’s intensity and perseverance 21:25A very special interview – former Dukie and current assistant coach at Utah Valley Chris Burgess 24:40Burgess talks about how he scouted Duke and what impressed him about them 27:45Burgess agrees that Duke is the best team in the country 29:20We find out what it was like to play Kentucky and Duke on back-to-back nights 32:15Donald asks Chris about his memories of being at Duke 34:05Chris talks about the pain of losing the national title in 1999 36:10We ask Burgess about being a part of one of the great recruiting classes of all time and he tells us a crazy story about Baron Davis 40:40What is it like to be a coach versus being a player? 42:55Burgess tells a couple great stories about being behind the scenes with his 2 head coaches… Coach K and Rick Majerus 48:55We talk about how great the Burgess interview was. Sam loved the Majerus story, Jason talks about Bagley’s “second jump,” and Donald talks about how much the 1999 loss hurts 1:00:20Parting Shots – Jason recommends a movie 1:02:50Parting Shots – Sam mentions the loss of Jeff Capel’s father and then tells a story about the nicest airport ticket attendant in history! 1:05:10Parting Shots – Donald says you should go see the play, Mean Girls: The Musical 1:06:55Goodbye folks! Have a happy Thanksgiving! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Podcast gang (Sam, Jason, Donald) recap Duke Basketball's opening victories against Elon and Utah Valley, preview the big matchup against Michigan State and the game later in the week against Southern, discuss Coach K achieving 1000 wins at Duke and finish with RJ Barrett's commitment and Duke-Army football. They then hand out the first player of the week honors for the 2017-18 season and end with parting shots. Timestamps 0:00 Dave Olverson sponsors this week’s podcast and tells people to consider moving back to Durham 0:27 Welcome and intros 1:45 We recap the season opener against Elon 2:25 Jason gets off by saying “Believe The Hype” on Bagley by discarding his inner Public Enemy 8:15 Donald gives his take by mentioning Grayson Allen is playing like a relaxed floor general 10:56 Donald mentions the only dark spot from the Elon game: Free Throws 11:35 Sam is thrilled about Trevon Duval’s emergence as a point guard 14:41 Donald jump starts the Utah Valley discussion by discussing the heavy minutes for the starters 18:48 Jason throws out two impressive stats about who scored and when they scored 20:27 Sam thinks the Utah Valley rotation is more in line with what we see the rest of the season 21:53 Jason thinks Bolden will feature more in the rotation once he’s well, but wants to see how we play P5 conference teams 23:15 Jason starts a discussion about big men and how they’re built to play a modern game as opposed to Okafor 28:27 Donald discusses Wendell Carter filling up the stat sheet 31:54 Dave Olverson invites everyone to move to Durham, which is revitalized and has many job opportunities. Contact him at DurhamDaveDBR@gmail.com. Thanks for sponsoring the podcast! 32:47 We preview Michigan State - Sam will be there, so look for him! 34:01 Donald talks about Miles Bridges, notes that Sparty is physical and plays with high intensity 38:12 Jason thinks Grayson Allen needs to have a great game on the perimeter for Duke to win. Also, who will guard Bridges? 42:05 Sam is excited to see how a young Duke team stacks up against an experienced Michigan State 43:30 Jason notes Michigan State is not a good perimeter shooting team, and notes they got two future lottery picks in Bridges and Jackson 45:50 Donald previews the Southern game…they’re not good. But look out for Jared Sam 48:00 Jason thinks Southern will be the worst team we play all season 50:01 Coach K earns his 1000th win at Duke - we discuss the milestone, the postgame ceremony and Coach K being the GOAT 57:03 RJ Barrett commits to Duke - BOOM! 1:02:08 We recap the Duke Football loss to Army - Sam was at West Point and recommends people attend a game at the 3 D-1 service academies 1:08:10 Players of the Week honors - Marvin Bagley the unanimous pick 1:10:38 Parting Shots - Donald gives quick love to The U (Turnover Chains) and shows a lot of love to his Detroit Pistons and their hot start to the season (Luke Kennard!) 1:12:03 Jason’s first parting shot says to take note of Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Virginia Tech pummeling folks 1:14:17 Jason’s second parting shot - pumpkin spice candy corn is in the stores. Jason doesn’t like pumpkin spice, but Jason loves candy corn. Sam and Donald berate Jason for being the monster he is. 1:17:00 Sam’s parting shot highlights Sean Obi appearing and scoring a couple baskets for Maryland last weekend 1:19:17 Good bye! Don’t forget to rate us on iTunes and email us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Byrd Campbell, two Dukies who love the podcast 0:25Jason welcomes us, Donald apologizes for his audio last time, and Sam wakes up too early 2:30Jason explains the craziness that went down to create this mid-week podcast… and it all centers around Ga Tech head coach Josh Pastner 5:00Sam explains the Ga Tech scandal, being reported by CBS Sports, and we try to figure out if any of this makes sense 13:55Jason interviews Ga Tech head basketball coach Josh Patner. They begin by telling the story of how the 31-year-old Pastner got the head coaching job at Memphis 18:35Jason asks about Ga Tech’s recruiting efforts in Atlanta and how Duke keeps beating Tech for local recruits 23:35Pastner discusses academics, athletics, and the scandals at Louisville and UNC 27:30Jason asks how tough it is to follow all the NCAA rules. Pastner: “85% of my job is compliance” 30:15Pastner gives a preview of Ga Tech in the ACC this season but Pastner mostly talks about his reverence for Coach K 34:30Good bye to Coach Pastner, but before he goes he has a good Roy Williams story! 38:50We react to the Pastner interview and especially on how Ga Tech recruits against Duke 46:05A quick look at UCLA and Ga Tech’s crazy adventure in China… and the middle Ball Brother getting arrested for shoplifting. Pro tip from Donald-- don’t shoplift in China! 54:50Byrd Campbell uses their sponsorship time to throw shade at UNC… we approve!! 56:35We preview Duke’s first games. Sam starts with his Elon preview and reminds us that Elon is a special opponent for Grayson Allen 1:02:30Donald gives us the low down on Utah Valley, a team with some real height up front 1:08:05Sam points out that former Dukie Chris Burgess is one of the assistant coaches for Utah Valley and we riff a bit on Duke’s great 1997 recruiting class (which Jason thinks was the class of 1999) 1:10:40Parting Shots – Donald talks Duke women’s soccer and gives us some election results 1:13:10Parting Shots – Sam remembers baseball pitcher Roy Halladay 1:15:25Parting Shots – Jason on ESPN’s college basketball predictions and getting trolled by Dan Dakich 1:21:45Good bye! Don’t forget to rate us on iTunes and email us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00We thank our sponsor, Byrd Campbell 0:30Sam welcomes us to the show and Jason tells a silly story about a visit to Nashville. 3:50Time to move on to actual Duke stuff. We recap the Bowie St. exhibition blow out. 12:45Sam and Jason on the possibility that Justin Robinson can carve out a role in the rotation. 14:25Wendell Carter’s stat line in the exhibition was absurd. 16:05Why does the hype seem a little less for this year’s freshmen versus last year’s? 18:45Preseason prediction contest! It begins with our top scorer predictions. 21:10Most rebounds, blocked shots 23:00Most assists, steals, FG% 25:40Highest 3pt%, second most points scored 27:45Total Duke wins, total true road wins (this is the category where Donald learns math) 31:25How many ACC teams will make the NCAAs, how many Blue Devils will score 25 points in a game 34:20Rank them by minutes played: Bagley, Bolden, Carter, DeLaurier 37:05How many minutes will they play? Jordan Goldwire and Alex O’Connell 42:30How many games will Justin Robinson play in? And finally, how many 100 point games will Duke have? 44:35Sam wants to know what we are looking to see from Duke in the first couple cupcake games 47:40A cool story from ByrdCampbell.com about attending the Coach K Fantasy Basketball Camp 49:35Jason talks about the upcoming announcement from superstar recruit RJ Barrett 54:40A quick comment on the commitment of 2019 recruit Joey Baker, who took Duke over UNC and is therefore our new favorite player. 56:30Parting Shots – Donald whiffs so Jason begins with some praise for Kyrie Irving’s defense 1:00:40Parting Shots – Donald remembers his parting shot, praise for the Miami Hurricanes football 1:01:25Jason jumps in to praise the Duke Field Hockey team 1:02:40Parting Shots – Sam is headed to West Point to see a football game 1:03:45A preview of what is coming in our next podcast and goodbye! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Dave Olverson says, “Move to Durham!” 0:30Jason welcomes Sam and Donald as they sidebar about the shows they are currently binge watching 1:55Down to business, we recap the Duke-NW Missou State exhibition game. We start by gushing about Grayson Allen. 8:15Donald talks about the athleticism of our big men and we try to figure out the last time we saw a Dukie dunk the way Wendell Carter dunks. 14:05Jason gets into the bench and what he thinks Duke’s rotation will be this year. It starts with Javin DeLaurier who “gets all the rebounds.” 16:55Sam and Jason get in a fight about how many minutes Duke’s big men are going to play together. 20:45We are still waiting to see Marques Bolden break out. 22:30Time to talk about Jordan Goldwire, perhaps the biggest surprise on this year’s team. 26:15Sam breaks down what we saw from Trevon Duval, which is a source of some concern. 30:30“What do you want to see in Exhibition #2 that we did not see in Exhibition #1?” 38:20Jason goes back to correct a mistake… he talks about how good Gary Trent was in this game. 39:20A message from Dave Olverson… with his favorite Durham restaurants. 40:15We move on to Duke football… and we ask if Duke is going to get 2 more wins to be bowl eligible. 49:50Parting Shots – Donald on the amazing Duke Women’s Soccer Team 51:15Parting Shots – Sam on his upcoming road trips to see Duke football and basketball. Anyone have any ideas of something cool Sam could do at the Champions Classic? 53:45Parting Shots – Jason updates us on the health concerns of a pair of Duke fan legends, James Armstrong and Alwyn Featherston. 57:05Good bye and don’t forget to rate us on iTunes! Also, reach out to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00A big thanks to our sponsor, ByrdCampbell.com 0:32Welcome to Ep #89, we begin by talking about silly stuff like audio problems and squirrels. 2:40Countdown to Crazieness! We begin with the important stuff… how the players danced when they were introduced. 9:40“Hey let’s actually talk about the game.” Sam breaks down the guard play from Duval and Trent. 13:30We all gush over Trevon Duval’s absurd, ridiculous dunk at the end of the game. 16:30Jason talks about the impressive Atlanta freshmen Tucker, Goldwire, O’Connell, and Carter. 23:15Donald leads the conversation about the big men Bagley, Bolden, and DeLaurier. 31:30We look back on other CTC games and the false promises they made and we all pick the most surprising thing we saw from the Blue-White game. 39:10Have you seen the new Nike/Lebron “Want It All” commercial that features Duke? We think it will really piss off Kentucky and Carolina fans. 51:50Thanks again to ByrdCampbell.com 52:40Football time… things are not good. We look back at the disappointing Pitt game and ahead to a really tough matchup against Va Tech. 1:03:35Parting Shots – Jason on a coach who protests against the Adidas scandal schools 1:06:10Parting Shots – Sam is going to see Mason Plumlee play tonight 1:06:40Parting Shots – Donald says goodbye to RFK stadium 1:08:35Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Once again, thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30Sam says hi and Donald explains why this is college basketball Festivus 2:30Jason warns the listeners… there will be cussing during this podcast! Podcast rated PG 13 3:15The NCAA chooses not to punish UNC… we are flummoxed. Donald begins by questioning the legitimacy of the NCAA. 7:15Jason explains academic fraud vs. improper benefits and he is clearly frustrated. 11:15Jason looks at the NCAA’s Core Values and says they simply do not exist any more. He also links this whole thing to UConn’s academic troubles a few years ago. 13:50Donald talks to Carolina fans. How do they feel about the stain on their school? 16:05Jason talks about UNC’s key strategic move; denying there was any academic fraud. 17:20Sam talks about SACS, UNC’s academic reputation, and then utters these words, “UNC committed the perfect crime.” 22:50Donald says the NCAA has created the road map for cheating and now every school will follow it. “The term student-athlete died today.” 24:30We look at how the media is reacting to all this, including a discussion of Jay Bilas. 29:30Donald has something to say to the folks who say they are done with college athletics. 32:05Sam wonders if the NCAA can survive when one of it’s finest schools is allowed to get away with this. 34:25Jason wraps up with a great post by Rocketeli on the boards that he thinks speaks to our frustration on this day. “Our institutes of higher learning have no business being in the professional sports business.” 37:55A statement from ByrdCampbell about the UNC scandal. 38:40Sam intros the next topic, the NCAA’s new commission to fix college basketball. 41:35Jason says the committee is flawed because it does not include several key constituents… including the players. He also gives us a great analogy, comparing basketball to a BLT sandwich. 43:50Donald says the committee will fail if it only looks at NCAA issues and does not address the NBA. 48:30Sam points out what the committee will not do, which also dooms it to failure. 51:15Jason says players know what they are worse. You can’t put that genie back in the bottle. 56:10Sam knows there is no incentive for the big sports universities to change. They are making too much money to change. 1:00:40Donald tries to leave us on a hopeful note as we again look at the relationship between the NCAA and the NBA 1:03:45Parting Shots – Jason on a good guy, former Oregon St. football coach Gary Andersen 1:06:20Parting Shots – Donald explains how to treat USA Soccer fans in the wake of the World Cup qualifying debacle. 1:08:30Parting Shots – Sam on the frustration of the Nats fan, which gets us into all of our collective sports sadness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices