Duke Basketball Report

0:00 Jason welcomes us to the pod, Sam was in Cameron and we are so jealous 2:00 The way Jason experienced the Virginia game was pretty amusing 4:20 Donald talks about the impressive quality of the D in the game 7:20 We talk about how close the game was the whole way 8:00 We transition to the Duke Gambler Report as we talk about the bad beat that was the last basket of the game 11:10 Sam discusses Duke throwback offense 16:35 Jason gets into Duke finishing at the rim which leads us to the murder of Jay Huff 20:50 Some of the scary Zion and RJ stats from the game… they were totally dominant in this game 22:30 Time to talk about the Crazies and the signs… we all weigh in on the “Maple Mamba” 26:30 Byrd Campbell, your Duke legal eagles 27:00 Previewing the next 3 big games, starting with Jeff Capel’s Pitt Panthers 32:10 Sam tells us what to watch for in the game with Ga Tech 36:00 A look ahead at Notre Dame, a team that seems to rise up when they play Duke 41:35 Player of the week… we are unanimous 44:05 Parting Shots – Sam introduces us to his doppelganger 49:30 Parting Shots – Donald talks about the dueling documentaries on the Fyre Festival 52:00 Parting Shots – Jason talks about who the gamblers think is the best team in the land 54:05 Goodbye and Duke band

Duke got some very good news on the injury front this afternoon and we just had to jump on and talk about it. 0:00 Can you feel something special in the air tonight? 0:15 Sam welcomes us to a Tre Jones shoulder show, brought to you by Byrd Campbell 1:00 Sam welcomes Jason and Donald... and Donald thanks everyone for praying for Tre 2:10 Sam sums up what happened and reminds us of the horror of Kyrie's toe 3:55 Jason reflects on how upset he was when Tre went down and it seemed like a long-term thing 6:00 The news broke this afternoon... Tre may be back in just a few days! 7:00 Donald needs to be bleeped when talking about his reaction to the injury 11:20 Time to recap the Syracuse loss, Donald breaks out a stat about Duke versus the zone... and that stat is not good 13:50 Jason has a stat too, about how Tre impacted Duke's defense against Syracuse 16:30 Jason wants to talk about one shot, one very unlikely one, that Syracuse hit 18:30 Previewing Virginia, in which we assume Tre will not play 20:30 Sam says tempo and getting some easy transition buckets will be huge in this game 25:30 Goodbye and Duke band

Welcome to the party, Cameron Reddish! We bask in the glory of the biggest shot of the year (so far). Plus, it is time to look ahead to the matchup between #1 and #1. Timestamps: 0:00 Byrd Campbell was cheering 0:30 Welcome to the pod, in which Donald is not worried by lots of snow on the ground 1:25 Recapping Cam Reddish’s heroics against FSU 5:30 To be clear, the play was called for Cam. He was option #1 when the game was on the line 8:20 We need to talk about rebounding and how bad it was once Zion went out 10:45 Phil Cofer has been at Florida State since 1964 13:00 Fast break points, a key stat in this game 15:40 Sam speaks the 4 most predictable words of any Duke January… “the rotation has shrunk” 19:50 Looking back at Zion’s inhuman performance against Wake 24:50 Duke welcomes Wake to the block party 26:00 Sam unveils “Blockadile Dundee” and we like it 28:15 Thanks to Byrd Campbell, a pair of former Durkeys who love the pod 28:55 Looking ahead to the game Syracuse… and the week of playing slowly 32:30 Jason talks about how god-awful Syracuse is at shooting the ball 36:30 #1 vs #1, we preview the big game against Virginia 37:25 Sam is glad we get them in Cameron first 41:00 Donald talks about the unstoppable force vs. the immovable object 45:25 Player of the week time 47:55 Parting Shots – Donald gives Sam the Black Tenting Quiz… with Jason grumbling in the background 56:50 Parting Shots – Sam on how NC State and UNC is always the same… every single time 59:45 Parting Shots – Jason on Coach K’s good advice for men in answer questions from women 1:04:10 Good bye and Duke band

Words cannot describe the dunk that Zion laid down upon the poor Clemson Tigers... but we give it our best shot. Plus, Sam shows us what Zion's dunk would look like if it was executed by an unathletic, Jewish, business school student wearing blue jeans. Yes, there is video of this amazing event! 0:00 Byrd Campbell, your Duke legal team 0:25 Donald welcomes us to the end of basketball as we know it. Zion has ended what this game used to be. 1:25 Jason sidetracks us into talking about death and winning the game of life 2:35 Time to talk about the beatdown of Clemson... Sam runs out of words to describe Zion's dunk 7:00 We debate who got higher on the dunk, Zion doing it, or RJ celebrating it 9:20 Sam takes the Zion challenge... Sam must jump in the air and do a 360 (he will not be required to dunk). Donald videotapes it so we all can see what happened! You can watch it here: https://twitter.com/dbrsbn/status/1081759880908816387 11:40 Back to the game, Sam talks for a long time about what is up with Cam Reddish?!?! 15:15 Jason is falling more and more in love with Tre Jones 18:00 Time to talk about two other key role players who were great against Clemson, Jack White and Marquis Bolden 22:20 Duke won by 20 against a good team in a game where Duke really didn't play all that well... how scary is that? 24:00 Sam talks about the tightening rotation 26:40 We pause to thank Byrd Campbell for supporting the pod 27:15 We preview Wake and Florida State, Duke's first road games 33:35 We sidetrack back to Sam's 360 leap 39:25 This is your annual reminder that Leonard Hamilton is a lot older than you think 41:15 Player of the week, Jason breaks hearts by refusing to join the crowd in picking Zion 43:25 Parting Shots - Jason on the quiz you must pass to get to the front of the tenting line 45:25 Parting Shots - Sam reminds everyone to go back and watch the show where we interviewed Kenny Dennard 46:30 Parting Shots - Donald with some praise for the Duke alumni band 48:10 Bonus Parting Shot on the difference between spaceships and free throws 50:30 Duke band plays us out as we debut the nickname, "360 Sam"

Welcome to 2019, the podcast guys are here with a look ahead at the ACC season and look back at the absolute thrashing the Blue Devils put on Temple in the Independence Bowl. 0:00 Happy New Year, Byrd Campbell 0:25 Sam welcomes us, he seems to be in a good mood 2:05 ACC preview time… we begin by predicting which teams will finish at the top of the conference 3:40 Jason talks up Va Tech and NC State, and reflects on their schedules 7:45 Donald like the Tarheels and FSU to join Duke and Virginia at the top of the league 8:50 Sam says he expects UNC to improve over the course of the ACC season… ugh 12:45 Which ACC teams have surprised you so far? Donald begins with the Pitt Panthers 17:45 Jason says his surprise team so far is Virginia Tech, a team that hits 3s and does not foul 21:50 Sam surprise team is NC State, a really experienced team 26:15 Looking ahead to our first ACC opponent, the Clemson Tigers 30:45 Sam brags about his preseason prediction about Jack White’s total minutes 31:50 Byrd Campbell, thanks for a great 2018! 32:15 Duke beats the _________ out of Temple in the Independence Bowl 35:20 Sidebar about the Daniel Jones NFL draft stock 40:30 We come to praise WR TJ Rahming 42:20 Jason gives us some history on Duke football and how David Cutcliffe has elevated the program 44:15 Donald praises us for an entertaining game after the godawful Cheez-it Bowl 45:45 Duke vs. Alabama in the fall of 2019… be there or be square! 46:50 Football players of the week 48:15 Parting shots – Jason on the best description of Zion Williamson 49:55 Parting shots – Donald on Seth outplaying Steph and a comment about Wendell Carter in the NBA 52:55 Parting shots – Sam launches a conversation about the College Football National Championship game 57:20 Goodbye and Duke band

Sorry for posting this late. With the holidays, it took a few days from recording to getting it edited. Enjoy! 0:00 Byrd Campbell, our legal eagles 0:30 Jason is hosting, everyone else is traveling 2:25 Recapping Texas Tech, a game that was a great defensive battle and that featured incredible play by Tre Jones 17:30 A look back at the Princeton game, and the utter beatdown we laid on them in the second half with bonus conversation about Zion banging his head on the backboard! 25:40 A holiday wish from Byrd Campbell 26:20 A preview of the Independence Bowl against Temple, including us wondering about the Walk Ons sponsorship 32:30 We have Christmas gifts for the Blue Devils! What will be give them? 37:30 Player of the Week 42:55 Parting Shots – Donald talks about Markus Howard of Marquette having a really, really big game 45:05 Parting Shots – Jason talks about the success of the Duke coaching tree 47:35 Parting Shots – Sam on new Duke fans discovering “Gone in 54 Seconds” 49:15 Goodbye and Duke band

We talk about the big 2nd halves against Hartford and Yale, keyed by amazing pressure defense. Plus we give you some intel on the newest Blue Devil, stud recruit Vernon Carey, Jr. 0:00 Rockin’ the Duke Blue… Byrd Campbell 0:30 Donald welcomes us, Sam is snowed in, and Jason is celebrating a championship 4:20 Time to recap some games, we mostly focus on the impressive Duke defense 11:10 Sam talks about how quickly Duke goes from D into O, constant attack mode 15:55 Jason says the only explanation for Zion is that he must be playing with a cheat code 18:45 Jason talks about how good Duke is at 2-point shots 20:40 Time to praise Tre Jones’ defense 22:45 Byrd Campbell loves the podcast 23:25 Previewing Princeton and Texas Tech, we mostly focus on Tech’s defense and pace of play 30:25 Meet the newest Dukie, Vernon Carey, Jr., a biiiig recruit 36:30 We talk a bit about what next year’s team will be like 38:30 Donald points out something he loved about Carey’s announcement and what it says about Michigan State and UNC 40:40 Player of the week time, Sam is totally unprepared for this. Once we get talking, we can’t stop talking about RJ Barrett. 44:40 Parting Shots – Jason on what Duke should learn from The Last Days of Knight 48:25 Parting Shots – Sam talks about the newest Duke superfan, Rachel from Fuqua 49:55 Parting Shots – Donald says we should all watch 42-1, the story of Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson 53:45 Goodbye from the Chanel 5 News Team and Duke band

Two blow out wins form the bulk of this podcast and we even got to go in the locker room to talk to one of the stars of the Stetson game... for about 15 seconds. Plus, an extensive conversation about Jack White and his role moving forward. Oh, and you will enjoy us ranting about how awful and stupid the NCAA's new NET measuring stick is. 0:00 Thanks, Byrd Campbell 0:30 Sam wishes Donald a happy birthday and Jason moans about being old 3:00 Basketball recap time, Duke blows the doors off Indiana and Stetson 4:40 Jason wants to know if we are watching the most fun Duke team of all time 7:40 Sam asks Donald who the starters should be, which gets us into an extensive Jack White conversation which later turns into a Marquis Bolden conversation 20:00 A look ahead at Hartford and Yale. Jason says do not sleep on the Elis… they are fairly good. 25:20 Sam talks about Tre Jones and the injury bug, which gets us into some praise of Jordan Goldwire 26:45 Our sponsors and favorite lawyers, Byrd Campbell 27:20 Football news, we will be playing a bowl game in Shreveport. Yay? 31:20 We rip the NET and the NCAA for using it 40:15 Player of the week, we have 3 different choices 42:02 Sam sorta, kinda interviews Justin Robinson… briefly. 44:25 Parting shots – Jason on Zion’s money money money money 47:40 Parting shots – Donald on a surprising NBA star, Montrezl Harrell 51:45 Parting shots – Sam mocks UNC for signing Mack the Knife 53:45 A quick mention of the ACC-Big Ten challenge and how much UNC let the conference down 57:00 Bye y’all… Duke band, play us out

The gang is back with Episode 136! On this episode, they recap Duke Basketball's performance at the Maui Invitational, including the loss in the final to Gonzaga. They also preview the upcoming game against Indiana in the ACC/B1G Challenge. On the football side, they recap big losses against Clemson and Wake Forest. They wrap up with basketball players of the week and Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:00 - Byrd Campbell! 0:27 - Jason is running the ship from Philadelphia! Sam is in Durham job hunting and Donald is back in DC playing video games 2:15 - We begin with the Maui Invitational and our first ever loss in the tournament at the hands of Gonzaga 3:46 - Sam begins by dismissing the notion that Duke was unstoppable and could beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 5:30 - Sam discusses the tough week that Duke had in Maui 8:20 - Sam thinks the loss is a great learning opportunity for Duke 8:45 - Donald is not overly concerned about freshmen playing like freshmen two weeks into their college careers 11:10 - Donald makes sure everyone understands that Marques Bolden had a helluva game against Auburn 12:28 - Jason brings the conversation back to the Gonzaga loss and discusses RJ Barrett’s shooting struggles 17:45 - Donald asks Jason whether there are any parallels between this loss and a loss in Alaska in 1998 20:47 - The guys discuss the fact that Duke took Gonzaga’s best shot and that’s what it took for the Zags to win 22:45 - The guys agree that this was a great, Final Four-like game 24:23 - Jason begins the preview of the Indiana game 27:00 - Donald’s key to victory: establish our presence in the paint 28:27 - Sam also wants to see more ball movement against Indiana 29:48 - Jason wants RJ Barrett to learn from his mistakes against Gonzaga 31:49 - Thanks again to our wonderful sponsor, Byrd Campbell, PA! 32:32 - We shift to football and their terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day against Wake Forest 35:19 - Sam wasn’t at the game. He was busy with school…but he made the right decision 38:40 - Donald wants to know what has happened to the team since the end of the 1st quarter against Clemson 40:10 - Donald discusses bowl projections - we’re going bowling but probably not to a preferred bowl 41:55 - Jason is utterly displeased with the final score against Wake - 59-7!! 42:28 - Player of the Week nominations - three different players take it home this week 45:08 - Parting Shots! 45:16 - Sam: Duke Football got a commitment from a familiar name! 47:41 - Donald: MNF and LSU/Texas A&M were two ridiculously awesome football games you should have watched! 50:30 - Jason: The ACC should be ashamed of their nonconference schedule this season (except Duke) 1:00:15 - Goodbye and Duke Band!

Jason interviews Marvin Bagley and Harry Giles on this packed podcast that also includes a recap of the dunk show that was the Eastern Michigan game. Lots to enjoy here!! 0:00 Byrd Campbell, you are da man! 0:30 Donald and Jason are here, but Sam had homework 2:15 Time to talk about the Dunk Show… Duke whups Eastern Michigan 3:20 Jason talks about the defense, which may be better than folks expected 5:45 Donald really likes the play of Tre Jones thus far 9:00 Time to talk about the Zion show, the man who is overshadowing everyone in basketball 11:25 We talk about our favorite Zion dunks 18:25 We preview the Maui Invitational, which has a really impressive field 24:05 Jason points out the quick turnaround at the end of the Maui tourney 29:30 Jason interviews two Dukies in the NBA, Harry Giles and Marvin Bagley! 31:55 Harry Giles talks about the transition from Duke to the NBA 32:55 Harry talks about his health and his continued connection to Duke 33:45 Harry’s Coach K story is about music in the locker room 34:25 Bonus interview with Justin Jackson, UNC villain 35:00 Justin Jackson obeys NBA rules and says he will not wager on the Duke-UNC game 35:30 Marvin Bagley talks about what his first few weeks in the league have been like 36:45 Marvin talks about what he learned from watching Coach K 37:30 Marvin, one of the greatest freshmen ever, talks about the current freshmen 39:00 Jason and Donald react to the interviews 46:55 Thanks to Byrd Campbell for sponsoring the pod 47:50 We preview Clemson and Wake, our next two football opponents 57:40 Player of the week… you know who we got 59:30 Parting shots – Jason rants and screams about the huge difference in how Duke and UNC educate their athletes 1:06:35 Parting shots – Donald talks about Duke and road games 1:11:35 Remember to write to us at DBRPodcast at gmail! Good bye!

A closer than expected win over the military boys combined with a football beatdown of the hated Tarheels. It was a good weekend that started with the newest addition to the #Brotherhood, Boogie Ellis 0:00 Byrd Campbell loves the pod! 0:35 Jason welcomes us to pod #133 or #134, we aren’t sure 3:45 We recap the victory over Army, a game that wasn’t quite the blowout that folks expected 5:35 Zion is so great, he made Donald do a Stephen A. Smith impression 8:25 Sam says it felt like Duke was settling for bad shots against Army 14:00 Jason talks rotations and the ascendance of Jack White 18:25 Did the Duke hype machine go a little too crazy in the wake of the Kentucky game? 24:55 If you are preparing for the GMAT or the GRE, check out DominateTestPrep.com 25:55 Duek beats the lying, cheating Tarheels in football. Suck on that, Tar Heels! 38:05 Need legal help? Reach out to ByrdCampbell.com 38:45 Meet the newest Blue Devil, Boogie Ellis! 44:50 Donald previews the game against Eastern Michigan 50:45 Player of the week, aka: the Zion show 54:30 Parting shots – a tribute to Al Featherston, one of the finest Duke fans ever 1:01:00 Good bye and Duke band

There will be no timecodes. The only timecode is: 0:00 - Duke whups Kentucky every which way they can. Sam, Jason, and Donald spend a half hour laughing about it. What more needs to be said?

The season is upon us! Listen to the guys make predictions about what will happen and hear their thoughts on the upcoming game against Kentucky. 0:00 Time for some predictions… brought to you by Byrd Campbell 0:30 We are time travelers, recording in the past to make predictions about the future 2:50 It is the prediction episode, Sam’s favorite time of the year 3:55 We begin with our guess at who will score the most points this season 5:10 Most rebounds… we are all in on Zion 5:40 Most blocked shots, Donald goes out on a limb 6:45 Most assists, like there is any choice other than Tre here 7:15 Most steals, which gets us into a short discussion of Duke’s D will be like 8:45 Field Goal percentage, we finally have truly different opinions 10:10 Highest 3 point percentage and total 3 pointers made 12:00 How many games will Duke win this season… time for us to be wildly optimistic 13:30 True road wins, Jason did some research 15:45 How many ACC teams will make the NCAA tourney? 17:20 Sam introduces some fun categories: Total number of slam dunks for Zion Williamson 19:35 We guess at Jack White’s total minutes played this year which gets us into a conversation about the depth and rotation 22:05 Donald’s favorite category - How many times will Duke score 100+ points in a game? 23:00 How many times will Duke have a 30 point scorer in a game this season? Our guesses will shock you! 24:35 How many combined points per game for RJ + Zion, Donald goes insane. 26:00 Last category—how many total 3-pointers will Marquis Bolden make this season? Jason talks himself into a stupid answer. 29:00 We get some predictions from our two sponsors, Byrd Campbell and DominateTestPrep.com 32:20 We preview the big game with Kentucky, Donald starts with a look at what Kentucky will do on the perimeter 34:55 Jason talks about the Kentucky big men, the strength of their team 38:20 Sam is interested in seeing how Duke plays D in this game 40:00 Donald makes a crazy bold prediction about the game… overtime! 41:25 Sam says goodbye and urges you to email us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com

Duke is playing hoops again! It is just exhibitions, but we are excited! 0:00 - Sponsors Byrd Campbell are true blue Dukies 0:30 - Donald welcomes us to a pod packed with hoops and football 2:00 - Duke played 2 exhibition games. Jason starts by warning about drawing conclusions from exhibitions and then tries to draw some conclusions 7:00 - Sam talks a bit about the ball movement and if the pace of play we saw in the exhibitions will still be there in the regular season 10:40 - Donald talks a bit about some of the defensive concerns seen in the exhibitions 14:20 - Sam gives us his impression of the Crazies performance in their first game of the new season 15:15 - Sam launches a conversation about RJ Barrett’s all around game… we are impressed 17:45 - Jason looks at how we are doing shooting from deep 19:45 - A shout out to our sponsor DominateTestPrep.com 20:25 - A look at the Duke football shootout against Pitt… we lament our dreadful defensive performance 24:50 - Jason says Duke’s problem was that we were too good on offense 25:50 - Donald sings the praises of Deon Jackson, who set a record with his offensive output 27:00 - Previewing the next football game, a trip to Miami 36:00 - The Byrd Campbell guys are here for your legal needs 36:30 - Player of the week in basketball 38:30 - Parting shots – Sam on baseball’s postseason 40:00 - Parting shots – Jason on preseason polls and predictions… and perhaps curses Duke to be torched by Wake freshman Jaylen Hoard 44:00 - Parting shots – Donald on Tyronn Lue losing his NBA coaching gig 48:40 - Goodbye and Duke band

Countdown to Craziness is here and the guys are in a basketball mood! 0:00 Byrd Campbell means business 0:30 Jason welcomes you to pod #130, it is gonna be full of basketball! 2:25 Countdown to Craziness recap. Sam was in the stands and gives us the view from there. 5:30 Donald talks about why not to read too much into what happened in this game. 8:05 Jason is still quite concerned with our outside shooting and raves a bit about what he saw from Tre Jones. Sam is a little more cautious. 17:10 We need to talk about Zion’s hands. 19:50 We get to the really important stuff from CTC, the player intros! 26:20 Wild and whacky facts we learned about the players during the broadcast. 29:00 We review the presentation of the non-basketball stuff. Sam was underwhelmed. 35:30 DominateTestPrep.com is your place to go for GRE and GMAT help! 36:35 The NBA and the GLeague are in the market for high school basketballers. Will any kids pick the GLeague over going to college? We have very different opinions about this. 57:45 Byrd Campbell has a message about the start of the basketball season. 58:35 Football time… what happened against Virginia and what will happen against Pitt? 1:10:05 Parting Shots – Sam can’t wait until the future when we learn what has really been going on behind the scenes in college basketball. 1:11:55 Parting Shots – Donald on the upcoming ESPN+ series on Duke, “Earn Everything” 1:13:25 We celebrate the advent of “Chicken!!” 1:14:50 Parting Shots – Jason on the ACC’s dominant position in the new KenPom rankings. 1:17:05 Sadly, we are postponing the live DBR podcast… goodbye, and here is the Duke band!