Duke Basketball Report

0:00 Devil With a Blue Dress 0:30 Wow… the only way to start this conversation is with a loud WOW! 3:30 Sam’s watch story - he was at the UNC game and gives us a sense of the amazing moments inside the Dean Dome 7:10 Donald’s watch story – he was in a bar with strangers staring at him 9:00 Jason’s watch story – it goes late late late into the night 10:50 Harry Giles and Jabari Parker’s watch story 12:00 Sam tells us why he wasn’t all that worried when we were down 14:15 Lets talk about Roy’s decision-making down the stretch and Tre’s crazy intentional FT miss 19:55 Time to discuss the many ways Wendell Moore won this game for Duke 24:30 Jason wants to talk about UNC… the team we saw on Saturday versus the team they have been all year 27:20 Reality check – Duke had a pair of poor games this week 29:40 We love Byrd Campbell and we must say goodbye to them 31:30 A preview of the huge game against Florida State 39:20 The NCAA puts out their preliminary seeds, Duke is a #2 in the East. We discuss. 47:40 A quick sidebar on TV Teddy, who was just ridiculous last night 50:00 Player of the week, we all love us some Tre Stones 51:35 Good bye and Duke band

0:00 Mitch Ryder sings us in 0:30 Welcome to the pod, we are obsessed with where Sam is watching games 3:00 We recap the ugliness that was the BC game 8:30 We debate the quality of the shots Duke took in this game 13:00 What was going on with the rotation? Duke used some unusual combinations in this game 16:10 A NCAA seeding conversation breaks out 18:15 Time to preview the rivalry game… bring on the hated Tar Heels! 20:50 Donald asks Jason, “Is UNC better with or without Cole Anthony?” 23:30 Sam on the many disappointing players for Carolina this year 26:20 It still won’t be easy to beat them, there is something Carolina is very good at… rebounding 28:15 Who will be the key players for the game? 32:20 Donald wants to talk about leadership and experience 34:45 Finally, a discussion about the two coaches and their secret strategies 37:50 Good bye and Duke band… take us home!

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

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.

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. 0:00 Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30 Donald, Jason, and Sam want to talk about breakfast drinks 2:30 Time for some actual basketball talk, we preview Duke’s next opponent, Pitt and Jeff Capel returning to Cameron 10:05 A preview of the 4th place team in the ACC, the Syracuse Orange… a different Syracuse team than what we are used to seeing 15:10 We talk about how Duke can exploit the Syracuse zone defense 19:50 A shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 20:25 A look at the ACC and which teams from the conference can make the tournament 37:40 Pay the players! The head of the NCAA talks about where they are now on that debate 46:10 Duke band, take us home!

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

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!

Donald and Jason talk Tre Jones' offensive explosion and eventually get around to wondering what life would be like if Zion has come back. 0:00 Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30 Jason and Donald are here to talk about the Wake beatdown, Sam has been taken by Bangkok 2:10 Shout out to ByrdCampbell.com 2:30 Duke 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 13:40 Donald talks about our shot blocking and interior D 16:30 Clemson beats Carolina for the first time ever in Chapel Hill, we have to talk about it 20:50 We preview the Carolina game and Jason talks about who will guard Clemson’s Aamir Simms 28:00 Donald takes the lead on previewing the Duke-Louisville game, perhaps the toughest game left on the schedule 33:50 Donald predicts Jack White is going to have a big week for Duke 35:15 Have we mentioned how great Byrd Campbell are? 35:55 Player of the week picks 37:50 Parting shots – Donald on Zion wanting to stay in school 45:50 Parting shots – Jason on the Duke student-athlete and how Duke is different from other schools 49:30 Parting shots – We gotta chat about the new #Brotherhood jerseys 55:05 Goodbye and the Duke band plays us out

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

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. 0:00 Devil in the Blue Dress and where in the world is the podcast crew 4:15 Ok, 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 11:50 Our second 30+ point win of the week, on the road against Miami 16:40 Jason got reports on the Miami game from a spy inside the arena 19:00 Sam chimes in from Vietnam on the rotations and the team depth 28:00 A quick moment on Coach K and communication 29:30 Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell 30:15 Preview 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 38:40 Ok, enough of the Carolina bashing, time to actually preview the game against Ga Tech 42:00 Looking ahead to the game against Wake, a team at the bottom of the ACC standings 45:30 We make our player of the week picks 47:50 Parting Shots – Sam talks about being in Vietnam 49:50 Parting Shots – Donald on Coach K’s reaction to the ACC regular season race 55:25 Parting Shots – Jason on Vernon Carey for national player of the year

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

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 2:15 Recap of Duke’s impressive win over Wofford, featuring much conversation about Joey “Buckets” Baker 17:45 Previewing our next game, against the Ivy League’s Brown Bears 21:10 Sam is hoping Duke fails to score 100+ points against Brown 24:15 Merry Christmas from the Byrd Campbell Law Firm 24:55 We play a game reflecting on the decade of the 2010s 26:00 Pick your best 7 man rotation for the 2010s… any player who played during the decade is eligible 43:00 Pick your best moment of the decade 46:50 Pick the best game of the decade 54:30 James Wiseman leaves Memphis… we must talk about it 1:08:15 Player of the week 1:09:35 Goodbye, happy holidays, and Duke band take us home 1:10:30 Holiday Bonus… post-pod conversation about the NBA accidentally recorded

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!

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! 0:00 Sam says hello, Jason is warm, and Donald is freezing 3:15 Duke beats Michigan State, Donald says Duke took MSU’s lunch money 6:15 Jason was impressed with the D and says Vernon Carey is playing a different game than most other big men 8:50 Donald gets to brag about Javin Delaurier having a big game 10:25 Jason talks about all the things he got wrong a week ago… including his concerns about the play of Tre Jones 13:50 We are here to praise Duke’s bench play 15:30 Speaking of bench success, time to talk about the Va Tech game and Coach K going small 23:45 Jason says this was a really tough week, making the two wins even more impressive 27:10 You know ‘em, you love ‘em, our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 27:50 Sam teases the special guest coming next weekend 28:50 Player of the Week… a certain someone goes 3-for-3 in our picks 31:05 Parting shots – Jason says the ACC schedules are getting a little bit better 33:00 Parting shots – Donald on Duke Night Out in DC 33:50 Parting shots – Sam talks about the ACC-Big Ten Challenge 39:00 We shout out a cool email we got this week as we say goodbye and the Duke band plays us home

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.