Duke Basketball Report

On the 54th episode of the Duke Basketball Report Podcast, Jason, Sam & Donald speak with the legendary Bob Harris, the Voice of the Blue Devils! Also, we take a look at the nonconference basketball schedule, and we discuss Coach K's appearance on JJ Redick's podcast, focusing on his thoughts on the one-and-done era and JJ's career. As always, we finish up with some parting shots.

Donald, Sam, and Jason are back after a 2 month break. They talk NBA Draft, NBA Finals, Olympics, and look ahead at Duke's 2017 season. 0:10 - Accidental intro where we talk about Sam's mandolin play 0:55 - We actually start, for real, and we continue talking about Sam's mandolin as well as what else we have been up to. 5:00 - Why has it taken us so long to do a podcast? We blame John Scheyer! 9:10 - We finally talk about something real! The NBA Draft, though we start with the Dukie who went undrafted, MP3! 16:10 "Hey, lets talk about Brandon Ingram!" (We end up mostly just talking about the Lakers). 26:00 Other draft notes, Donald loves Henry Ellenson and Silent G in Detroit. 27:45 Jason is flabbergasted that Cat Barber was undrafted 30:30 More NBA, this time we talk about Kyrie winning a NBA title 35:50 We wax poetic on how great Lebron was 39:30 We forgot about Dhantay Jones?!?!?!! 41:30 We talk about the Olympics and Jason goes on a Harrison Barnes rant 50:00 Donald with a shout out to Lindsay Harding, Belorussian basketball Olympian! 52:10 A look at Duke's 2016-17 roster. We are going to eat worlds! 58:30 Parting shots - Jason wished Derryck Thornton well, Sam shouts out to his reunion class, and Donald talks about fireworks 1:01:40 Goodbye and Duke band

Jason, Donald, and Sam reflect on the end of the season and talk about the delight at seeing the UNCHeaters lose. Plus, they get more than a little excited thinking about what next season will bring with a truly loaded Duke roster.

Jason, Sam, and Donald woke up early Monday morning with a NCAA Tournament hangover, but they fought through it to revel in the Blue Devils marching on in the Big Dance.

Jason, Donald, and Sam wrap up the victory of UNCW and preview the Battle of the Brains between Duke and Yale... aSweet 16 spot awaits the winner.

It's Selection Sunday! The DBR Podcast team (Jason, Sam, Donald) break down the entire 2016 NCAA Tournament bracket for you. What's Duke's road like? We preview Duke's first round matchup against UNC Wilmington and discuss everything else about the bracket and Duke's chances.

On this episode of the DBR Podcast, Jason, Sam and Donald recap the close loss to UNC, discuss the commitment of Aussie forward Jack White to Duke as well as Amile Jefferson seeking a medical redshirt, and preview the ACC Tournament. 0:11 Intros 0:37 Jason tells us where he is this week 1:58 We break down the loss to UNC; Jason starts with rebounding and free throws 5:30 Sam discusses Ingram’s foul trouble 8:15 Donald talks about shooting and UNC’s key baskets 10:43 Jack White commits to Duke (Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oy oy oy!) 14:43 Amile Jefferson out for the year; Sam discusses his medical redshirt and effect on this year and next year 15:34 Jason talks about next year’s team; future is bright! 17:49 Donald talks about Amile’s leadership being the most important for next year’s team 20:00 ACC Tourney preview; Donald the “Master of Ceremonies” this week at the Verizon Center 28:23 Player of the week nods 30:30 Sam merges Player of the Week with Parting Shots - talks about Marshall’s senior speech 31:49 Jason shouts out the ACC teams/awards of the year 35:15 Donald thanks our podcast fans who find us in real life! 37:10 We’re done, Duke Band signs us off

0:15 Introductions and we discuss our beverage sponsors 2:00 Impressions of the FSU, Wake, and Pitt games 5:00 Sam and Jason agree that Duke’s energy reserves were pretty much empty against Pitt 7:55 Time for us to praise MP3, he of the 17 boards against Wake 10:15 Jason talks about the lack of rebounding against Pitt 11:30 Time for trip-gate. We all agree that Grayson made a mistake, but we also agree that there was a major overreaction by the media 16:30 Donald tells it like it is… it really feels like he is talking about irrational hate on white guys, doesn’t it? 18:40 Jason goes on a ESPN rant which concludes with a theory about how all this silliness impacts Grayson’s basketball future 26:30 Time to preview the ACC race 28:45 Donald talks about the battle with UNC… guess what he talks about? Rebounding! Meanwhile, Sam says the reality is that UNC is better than Duke. 34:50 Should Amile redshirt or not? Some of us have changed our minds. Sam is especially poignant thinking about what Amile would have meant to this year’s team 40:20 A quick note on how Amile impacts Duke’s recruiting 42:05 Jason plays the “what seed will Duke get in the NCAA tourney?” game 46:35 Player of the week time 48:30 Sam’s is off the bubble! He has scored NCAA tourney tickets 49:00 Donald gives us a peek at his visit to Denver 51:05 Jason’s parting shot surrounds the number 229 54:15 Jason’s other parting shot number is 38.4, can you guess what he is talking about? Steph!!!!! 1:00:00 Good bye!!

On Episode 46, we dive more into the fallout from the victory over UNC. We also recap the Louisville loss and take a look at the ACC standings to predict who gets the double bye in the ACC Tournament. We finish with player of the week nods and parting shots.

Jason, Sam, and Donald revel in the joy of a victory over the hated Tarheels. How did Duke do it?!?!?

0:15 - Welcome, let's play the "where in the world is Sam Klein?" game 1:20 - Duke beats Virginia, we react with glee 3:50 - Sam was just a little impressed with Brandon Ingram 5:30 - Jason was too, but points out that Ingram went into the cooler late in the game, props to the man guarding him, Malcolm Brogdon 7:10 - Shout out to the UVA fans who visit the DBR for being so honorable in defeat (and to Tony Bennett too) 9:40 - We preview the matchup with the hated rivals down 15-501. Brice Johnson and Carolina's rebounding proficiency scares us 18:50 - Jason wants to sing Duke's praises in several efficiency ratings. The Devils are better than you think! 21:35 - Duke's back to being a Man-to-Man team, but Donald thinks we will mix in some zone to combat the Carolina size 23:20 - Question: Would you rather Jefferson return or do you want him to redshirt? 29:55 - Player of the Week time... and no one picks Grayson "game winner!" Allen 34:30 - Donald gets us excited with his parting shot as he talks about the NBA slam dunk contest! "The Genie" and "The Hoverboard" were our favorites 41:30 Sam gives us a quick review of fast food chicken... because that is how we roll on the podcast! 43:25 Adios! Here's the band...

The guys reflect on a three win week for the Blue Devils and spend some time talking about the latest scandal news from Louisville.

0:00 – Sam kicks things off by playing “Devil with a Blue Dress” on his mandolin! 2:20 – Intros and conversation about snowpocalypse hitting the East coast 3:30 – Recapping the week that was, Duke goes 1-2. Sam asks Jason what the main problem is with Duke. Jason gives a one letter response, “D” 6:50 – Jason gives props to Miami’s Angel Rodriquez, who loves playing Duke 8:25 – Donald says we’re tired and running out of gas; plus he gives us some Chase Jeter stats that are just terrifying 12:00 – Sam compares Jeter’s freshman campaign to another highly touted guy who took time to develop, Ryan Kelly. 14:40 – We all pine for the return of Amile Jefferson and his ability to play D 20:35 – Jason with more props for our opponents – he loved the way Syracuse played D against us 23:20 – Leave the past in the past. We look ahead to Ga Tech and their embattled coach, Brian Gregory 32:50 – Donald gives us his thoughts on the just released football schedule for 2016 36:15 – Player of the week time! Jason is worried we will jinx someone by picking a unanimous POW again 40:55 – Parting shots: Jason reflects on a couple looooong streaks ending for Duke 45:08 – Parting shots: Donald first talks about Steph Curry and then reflects on the incredible ending of the Wake-Virginia game 50:25 – Parting shots: Sam tells us about watching the Duke – Miami game while surrounded by predators (cougars) 52:50 – Donald gives us his travel plans 54:10 – Good bye and Duke band music

DBR Podcast #42 (A bad week with 2 losses) by Duke Basketball Report

On this musical 41st episode of the DBR Podcast, we recap the Wake and Virginia Tech games, preview Clemson and Notre Dame, and give out our players of the week awards and give predictions for the CFP title game. We also discuss what we'd do if we win the Powerball, and there may be a little surprise at the end from Sam!