Duke Basketball Report

Sam, Donald, and Jason recap the games against Elon, Long Beach St, and Boston College. Then, they preview the games with Wake and Virginia Tech. Oh, and they have so much fun talking about Duke winning the Pinstripe Bowl over Indiana!

On this episode of the DBR Podcast, Donald, Jason & Sam kick it off with (spoiler-free) recaps of the new Star Wars! Then, we recap the basketball loss to Utah, preview the three basketball games after Christmas and discuss Coach K's hilarious Sportscenter commercials. We also preview the Pinstripe Bowl and offer Christmas gifts to the basketball team.

The trio is back for Episode 38! On this episode, we are joined by Luke Winn, senior college basketball writer for Sports Illustrated. We also recap the Georgia Southern game and Amile Jefferson's injury and we preview the upcoming Utah matchup.

DBR Podcast #37 (Indiana, Buffalo, and Bowl Games) by Duke Basketball Report

Jason, Sam, and Donald celebrate Thanksgiving by spending an hour talking about Duke hoops! 00:00 – Devil With a Blue Dress and welcome to episode #36 00:55 – Lets talk some hoops! Sam starts by praising the upperclassmen. 03:05 – Donald and Jason think Grayson Allen is playing with a cheat code or something 7:20 – Jason wants to know the surprising thing and the disappointing thing you have seen from Duke hoops thus far. This leads to much conversation about Grayson, Duke’s zone, the slow development of the freshmen, and the thinness of the bench. 20:10 – We each reveal one “really smart” observation about Duke thus far this season. Jason talks Duke passing/assists, Donald loves Amile’s footwork, and Sam praises kids who are not stud recruits 33:10 – Reflecting back on Feb 26, 2000; the last time Duke lost a non-conference game in Cameron 35:35 – Jason leads our preview of the game with Indiana 40:30 – Sam wants to talk a bit about the strangeness that is the coaching tenure of Tom Crean at IU 44:30 – We get even further distracted, talking about college football coaching including Joe Alleva, Les Miles, and Coach Cut 46:20 – Back on track, we make some predictions on the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and talk about the games we are looking forward to watching 55:10 – Reflections on Duke’s football season and some bowl talk… including a distraction where we talk about Mark Richt being fired at Georgia and then speculate about the future of The Hat, Larry Fedora, at UNC 1:07:15 – Donald kicks off our parting shots with a shout-out to the women’s soccer team going for the national title 1:08:15 – The clock just struck midnight… and it is Donald’s 33rd birthday! 1:09:50 – Sam confesses that he does not like turkey 1:10:40 – Jason wants to talk about Jahlil Okafor’s struggles off the court in the NBA as well as how bad the Sixers stink 1:18:15 – A quick, quick shout out to some Dukies in the NBA who are kicking butt 1:19:15 – Good bye and Duke band

On this episode of the DBR Podcast, Ron Burgundy (Donald Wine), Brick Tamland (Jason Evans) and Champ Kind (Sam Klein) recap the terrible football loss to UNC and preview the Pitt game. We also get into basketball with discussion of the Harry Giles commitment, preview of the Siena and Bryant games and this year's major rules changes. We end with predictions for the season as well as predictions for where we end up traveling for the bowl game.

Are you still angry that we got robbed by the officials at the end of the Miami game? So are Jason, Donald, and Sam. They talk to Duke QB Thomas Sirk about what the season has been like and get his reaction to the Miami debacle. Plus, basketball season is almost upon us and the guys talk about the latest Duke exhibition game.

Seth Davis joins the DBR podcast crew to discuss Duke and the rest of the world of college basketball in Episode 33. We also discuss the football team at the halfway point in the season.

Al Featherston joins Sam and Donald to discuss the Boston College game and how the Duke Basketball team looked at its initial open practice last weekend. Sam and Donald also preview the Army game.

The guys welcome Duke beat reporter Laura Keeley to talk about the big win over Ga Tech in football and the newest member of the Duke basketball recruiting class of 2016, Javin DeLaurier.

What better way to talk about the Duke-Northwestern college football game than to interview the Northwestern basketball coach, the beloved former Dukie Chris Collins. Jason, Donald, and Sam get all the scoop from Collins about the program he is building and his time at Duke as a player and a coach. Plus, we get a special report from Donald about his visit to the White House with the Blue Devils!

Donald, Jason, and Sam turn their critical eye to the football team's first game and preview the second. They also talk about the just release basketball schedule.

On episode 27 of the DBR Podcast, Jim Sumner joins us to preview the Duke Football season! We also dip a little bit into basketball after we preview the Football team and give quick predictions of Duke's opening game against Tulane.

0:15 – Introduction to Episode #31… featuring Shane Battier 1:10 – Jason explains how Shane came on the podcast 3:30 – Shane tells us about his charitable contest at DraftKings.com to win a trip to South Florida to play a round of golf with Shane (https://www.draftkings.com/lp/take-charge-foundation) 6:10 – We ask Shane about the transition from basketball to being a “normal person.” 9:30 – Donald wants to know about the “mind of a champion.” What does Shane say is the key to success? 11:25 – Who was Shane’s favorite teammate (other than Mike Dunleavy) 13:45 – What is next for Shane? Politics? Technology? 15:45 – Sam asks about the NBA and the way it has changed over the years. Which modern player is valuable today but would not have been very valuable when Shane’s career started? 17:45 – Shane’s highest scoring season of his NBA career was his rookie season. How did Shane evolve into the “No-Stat All-Star”? 20:40 – Should Shane get credit for being the pioneer of the “3 and D” player? 21:50 – Sam is amazed that Shane was so rarely voted to the All-NBA Defensive team. Shane is kinda amazed too. 23:40 – Should Coach K get credit for the invention of “positionless basketball”? 26:35 – Jason wants to know why Duke isn’t known as an elite defensive team any more. 28:45 – Shane talks about how connected he is to Duke… there is a right time to call Coach K and a time to leave him alone! 30:15 – Jason asks Shane for his best Coach K story… it involves K turning out the lights in the locker room. 32:30 – Shane tells a story about life in the NBA and why his teammates said the strangest things 33:40 – Shane gives us his assessment of the 2015-16 Blue Devils… do they have a chance to cut down the nets again? 35:35 – Jason wants to know if Shane will become a poster on the DBR Boards 36:50 – We say goodbye number one to Shane 38:10 – Actually, it wasn’t goodbye. Sam wants to know more about the Coach K candle game 40:30 – Jason laments not winning the title in 1999 and Shane agrees 42:25 – The interview is now really over and we talk about our favorite moments and insights from our chat with Daddy Battier 50:15 – We wonder which amazing Duke guest will be next on the DBR Podcast and dream of what it would be like to interview Coach K 52:20 – Goodbye and make sure you enter Shane’s contest at DraftKings.com

We're back! Donald, Sam, and Jason share some life stories before we dive into actual DBR stuff. 6:40 Three Blue Devils were drafted. Donald begins to rage. 8:00 Sam starts the conversation with Justise Winslow going to the Heat. What were the Hornets and Pistons thinking? 17:10 Jahlil Okafor went third to the Sixers. Jason wonders if the Sixers will ever stop rebuilding. 24:40 Quinn Cook signed with Oklahoma City's Summer League roster. Wait and see. 25: 20 Tyus Jones is back home in Minnesota. Could it be a perfect fit for him? 31:00 Quinn Cook speculation leads to Coach K replacement speculation 31:40 Jason rails on one-and-done, while Sam highlights experienced players who got drafted in the first round. 38:00 Some veteran NBA Blue Devils are on new teams. We recorded after Kyle Singler signed his extension, so we didn't get to touch on that. 43:20 We discuss Duke's basketball schedule for the 2016 season. There could be some high quality gamed with Kentucky, Indiana, and Utah. We can't figure out what counts as explicit content. 53:50 Poor Chazz Surratt was duped by UNC. Here comes a Jason rant. 1:08:10 There is a hot contest for DBR's top UNC hater. Check it out on the forum. 1:13:30 Parting shots and farewell. It'll be football season before you know it!