Duke Basketball Report

0:00 Thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30 Donald takes hosting duties, but Sam is the star of this pod! 3:35 Duke beats Syracuse. Sam gives us his views from being on press row. In short, zone defense is really tough to beat. 8:00 We must talk about Nolan Smith’s jacket. 9:30 Jason gives major props to Syracuse for playing their kind of game and he says they have a bright future ahead of them. 14:50 Duke had a stinker, and still won. We won’t be able to shoot that poorly and win again. 16:20 Duke limited the turnovers, one major reason we won. 17:50 Donald compares this game to NBA2. 21:10 Sam got into the locker room and interviewed the players!! 22:15 Grayson talks about the poor shooting but how the team got past it. 27:25 Sam chats with Bolden about the difference in a tournament and a regular season game. 28:10 Carter talks about K ripping off his jacket. 31:10 Sam asks Carter about how things have changed from the regular season. 31:55 Sam’s journalism stint is done and Jason asks him about how hard it is to find good questions. 37:10 Donald says Grayson’s answers reveal that he is really enjoying this, which leads all of us to reflect on Grayson’s career. 41:05 Jason says Grayson has embraced his role as the most famous player in all of college basketball. 44:45 Byrd Campbell, our beloved sponsors. 45:25 Kansas preview! Jason focuses on the bigs. That’s the key to Duke winning. 47:35 Sam was sitting with the Kansas media and says those folks think it is all about Kansas getting 3-pointers. 49:30 Jason talks about that stats regarding Kansas as it relates to rebounding and 3-pointers. 51:35 Donald says we can’t let them just pack it in and take away our bigs. 54:30 Jason unveils a truly incredible stat about Duke’s history. Sam is floored. 58:30 Some quick thoughts on the rest of the bracket, and how loaded our half remains. 1:03:30 Sam vows to look for more upsets in his future picks and Jason wonders how anyone could have picked Florida St. 1:07:25 Player of the game, lots of praise for Carter and Trent. 1:10:40 Donald says goodbye and the Duke band plays us out.

0:00 Byrd Campbell says GTHC! 0:35 We are feeling just a little giddy 3:10 Duke clobbers Rhode Island and Donald talks about Marvin Bagley being inhumanly good 8:20 Jason points out why his obsession with FGAs did not matter in this game and then the conversation morphs into all three of us praising Trevon Duval 13:35 Donald talks about some of the impressive statistical milestones coming up for Duke 15:00 We preview Sweet 16 Syracuse - Sam recaps what happened the last time these two teams met 20:20 Jason gives us some of the truly horrible stats about Syracuse’s offense 23:40 Jason asks Donald to explain how Syracuse could win this game… he talks about making things ugly 26:15 Time to talk about UNC and Virginia getting hammered… Donald insists we begin with the biggest upset in college hoops history. 28:15 Donald says this was like a perfect game in baseball… you see it happening but you don’t want to say anything for fear you will jinx the incredible feat 33:40 Sam admits he is just happy that Duke was not the #1 seed who lost to a #16 34:25 Jason tells us about the biggest UMBC gambler in Las Vegas 38:00 Donald gets us to the Twitter reaction to the UMBC win 41:25 Jason wants to know if this game makes us doubt the genius of Virginia coach Tony Bennett, but Sam and Donald do not take the bait 46:30 A message about “the journey” from Byrd Campbell 48:20 Down goes Carolina! Sam loves how ineffective Luke Maye looked against A&M’s athletic bigs 53:00 Jason talks about the abject failure of the Pac-12 55:50 Sam loves Sister Jean of Loyola-Chicago 56:50 Jason crows about picking Nevada to the Sw16 58:05 Player of the game, two Bags and a Tre 59:45 Parting shots – Donald on the success of the Duke women’s basketball team 1:00:45 Parting shots – Sam loves wifi 1:02:00 Parting shots – Jason likes the Capital One commercials 1:05:05 Goodbye and Duke band

0:00 Sam thanks Byrd Campbell 0:25 Recap of the Iona victory. Duke shot well but we are really impressed with the D. 16:45 Looking ahead of Rhode Island, a team that seems just too small to handle Duke's inside players 24:45 Some thoughts on the tournament thus far -- Miami loses and we talk about Penn's upset bid on Kansas 28:55 Player of the game - we have 3 different choices 30:55 Parting shots - Jason talks about what it means when a small school pulls a big upset 35:45 Parting shot - Jason shows Sam and Donald the referee interference moment from the Harvard-Marquette game 39:10 Sam says goodbye and reminds everyone about the DBR Bracket challenge

0:00 DBR sponsors, Byrd Campbell 0:35 Donald welcomes us to the pod and Sam blames Jason for flooding his emailbox 3:15 Jason describes the cool NCAA tournament draft he is doing with some DBR folks 4:30 We dissect the NCAA bracket, starting with Duke’s region, which Sam says is utterly predictable. 9:10 Jason gives us a preview of Duke’s first opponent, the Iona Gaels 17:10 Donald wants to talk about the Hurley brothers 21:55 Jason talks about teams who got a break in the bracket, and he focuses on Villanova rather than the hated Tarheels 26:30 We finally get to the West and we all hope Michigan takes out UNC 28:30 Sleeper picks to make the Sweet 16 – we really like Missouri and whoever is playing Cincy 33:25 Final Four picks… we largely like the same teams 36:00 Sam asks us how far Duke needs to go to make this a successful season 43:35 The DBR Bracket challenge -- Go to http://Tinyurl.com/DBRPodcast and you could win a chance to be a guest on the podcast! 44:35 Another shout out to Byrd Campbell 45:10 Time to look back at the ACC Tourney… and the depressing game against Carolina 46:40 We get distracted by the latest Grayson Allen controversy 51:30 Jason directs us back to talking about the Carolina game 55:35 Player of the week time… Jason goes crazy talking about how great Marvin Bagley is 1:00:25 Donald says goodbye… and look for the next podcast right after Duke plays Iona

0:00 Byrd Campbell, they hate the Tarheels as much as you do 0:30 Intros, we are happy and talk about Jason’s connection to the Oscars 2:40 Time to talk about that victory over UNC and Sam’s claim that he never doubted that Duke was going to win (yeah, right!) 7:50 Jason asks Donald about how insane it was to even discuss whether Duke might be better without Marvin Bagley. 9:45 We talk about the hug and Grayson Allen’s big night 13:20 Jason recaps Grayson’s senior speech to the Crazies and it mophs into an appreciation of Grayson’s career 20:45 This is where we discuss how absurdly dominant Marvin Bagley was in the 2nd half 24:15 This diversion is brought to you by 2 Chainz jacket 27:40 ACC Tourney preview including some words about Bonzie Colson’s return for Notre Dame. 30:00 Sam gives us his sleepers for the ACC Tourney 32:35 Sam looks ahead to the NCAA tournament locations for Duke 35:45 Jason gets us back to the ACC tourney and talks a bit about Virginia’s decline lately, with a sidebar about the Louisville implosion 39:05 Byrd Campbell on the career of Grayson Allen 41:05 One thing you like and one thing you hate about the All-ACC teams: Did Grayson deserve 3rd team? How did someone vote against Marvin Bagley for ACC rookie of the year? And why was Isaiah Wilkins ignored on the All-ACC team? 51:30 Donald gets us into a conversation about Coach of the Year 56:20 Player of the week… I mean player of the game 59:20 Parting shots – Donald talks the return of MLS 1:00:20 Parting shots – Sam loved the senior day of FSU’s Brian Angola 1:02:10 Parting shots – Jason talks NBA hype -- Harden breaking ankles and Lebron performs wizardry 1:10:20 Rate us on iTunes, reach out to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com, and the Duke band plays us home

0:00 Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell, for making this all happen. 0:30 Introductions… in which Donald brags about his success with the ladies. 2:10 Duke loses to Va Tech. We try to process what happened and Jason asks the big question – is Duke a better team minus Marvin Bagley? 7:55 Sam and Donald vociferously object when Jason utters two words, “Dan Dakich” 10:35 Jason talks ball movement and turnovers, especially in the final few minutes. 12:30 Sam and Jason go apoplectic about Duval getting the ball to get fouled with :25 left. 17:45 We turn to the Louisville game and Sam lauds the defensive effort. 22:00 Donald gives us the view from Cameron because he was at the Louisville game. 24:55 The D and the dunks were the story against Syracuse 28:25 Time to talk about the Carolina rematch. We focus on rebounding, Bagley’s progress, and the pace of play as keys to the game. 30:30 Jason says Duke is a completely different team from when we played Carolina 3 weeks ago. 32:45 We kick off the conversation about the FBI/Arizona scandal with some words from our sponsor, the lawyers at Byrd Campbell. 35:30 Listener Zalman Goldstein asks a question – are the schools to blame for the wrongdoing of the players? 39:00 Sam says the “bad guys” here, the agents and shoe companies, maybe aren’t so bad after all. 43:30 Donald talks about Sean Miller… he uses words like weasel and snake. Donald does not like Sean Miller. 49:45 Jason answers the questions about what the FBI is doing investigating all this stuff. He also warns that this investigation has been going on for a while… and there is a lot more bad stuff to come. 56:00 Another listener question, from William Parks. He wants to talk about how you respond to the Duke haters. Donald has much experience in this arena. 1:02:50 Player of the week… Bolden and Carter get some love. 1:04:35 Parting shots – Donald… wait, Sam begins with talk about the return of Bonzie Colson and he offers props to Buzz Williams for telling his fans to stop cursing. 1:09:30 Parting shots – Donald is finally ready. He talks some crazy basketball boxscores. 1:11:00 Parting shots – Jason tells the story of the Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon intentionally missing a free throw. 1:13:35 Goodbye and Duke band.

Sam and Jason hop on an Emergency Pod to give us a rundown of the breaking news from the FBI NCAA investigation. Wendell Carter and Duke are implicated, but not in a way that seems at all serious. Have a listen and we will explain everything!

0:00 We thank our sponsors 0:30 Donald takes the lead and get diverted talking about New Orleans 3:30 We finally get to the games. We love the D against Clemson and are enjoying how the team has changed in the past week. 6:50 Jason talks about how the zone and the press combine to force teams into bad shots. 9:00 Sam is impressed with Duke’s speed on defense. 11:10 Time to praise Javin DeLaurier 13:30 Donald wants to know what Duke will be like when Bagley returns. 18:00 Looking back on Virginia Tech and Duke’s crazy rebounding edge. 21:40 Donald focuses on Grayson being aggressive on offense. 23:40 We interview Duke national champion, Quinn Cook 25:00 Donald kicks it off asking Quinn about his NBA dream 27:30 Sam talks to Quinn about the current Blue Devils and their chances to be natty contenders. Quinn is a big fan of Grayson and Marvin. 31:15 Jason reflects on Quinn’s Duke career and his national title in 2015 39:55 We react to what Quinn said about the past and the present 44:45 Byrd Campbell, our favorite law firm! 45:30 Jason provides a preview of the Lousiville game 51:35 Sam takes the lead for the preview of the Syracuse game 55:55 Does Jim Boehiem regret coming to the ACC? 1:00:25 How worried are you about the FBI investigation into college basketball? Sam explains why he thinks Duke is just fine here. 1:13:50 Player of the week 1:15:40 Parting shots – Jason talks Duke Lax success 1:17:05 Parting shots – Sam on the start of baseball season 1:17:30 Parting shots – Donald talks about Black Panther and gets movie critic Jason to give us a brief review. 21:50 Donald says good bye and the Duke band plays us out

0:00 Thanks Byrd Campbell 0:30 Sam welcomes us and says he does not want to talk about that UNC game 2:55 Duke beat Ga Tech and Jason saw the game from press row 9:25 Jason does post-game interviews with Alex O'Connell, Marquis Bolden, Grayson Allen, and Wendell Carter 14:50 We react to the locker room interviews and talk about the scene in the locker room 20:40 Jason talks a bit about Grayson being more aggressive offensively in this game as well as Duke playing a lot of zone 23:20 Sam was unimpressed with our second half effort, especially on defense and the boards 26:20 Donald talks about rebounding in the zone, which can be spotty 29:55 Sam compares Duke to the Spurs and then transitions into a conversation about Trevon Duval's role on the team 37:15 Another shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 37:40 Previewing the Va Tech game, rebounding and 3 point D will be key 43:40 Donald tells us all about Clemson, one of the surprising teams in the ACC this year thanks to a strong defense 49:00 Player of the week 50:50 Parting shots - Donald is headed to Durham for the Louisville game 51:40 Parting shots - Jason talks about the preview of the NCAA Tournament field 59:30 Parting shots - Sam on K's birthday and a comment on the Olympics 1:02:50 Goodbye and Duke band

0:00 Thanks again to Byrd Campbell 0:30 Jason and Donald welcome you to the depressing Carolina recap podcast 1:35 Donald talks about how we got outhustled and it led to Carolina getting a ton more field goal attempts than Duke 3:15 Jason talks rebounding and how this game seemed to be eerily similar to the St. John’s game 5:30 We marvel at Carolina only turning the ball over 2 times! 7:30 Jason shifts to the good things he saw… the bench play. 10:10 Donald says our freshmen have hit the wall. 12:10 Jason tips his cap to the experienced Carolina guys who worked their butts off to win this game. 14:45 Duke goes back on the road to Ga Tech and Jason will be there on press row. 15:35 Players of the game – Bagley and Bolden 16:30 Donald says he wants the team to turn inward and focus on working together. 18:15 Jason says heart and hustle are a must for this team to succeed… and we have not seen that from them lately. 19:15 Goodbye and Duke band

0:00 Byrd Campbell, the Duke legal eagles 0:30 What did Donald, Jason, and Sam think about the Super Bowl? 3:00 Sam tells a story about the most evil Duke professor of all time. 4:00 We lost to St. John… Sam is frustrated at the turnovers. 6:05 Jason calls out a specific player who is struggling and then turns to our D, which was really bad. 10:40 Donald says the intensity was really lacking and thinks that was the root of all of our problems. 12:04 We talk about Coach K’s scathing post-game comments and speculate about what changes are coming to the team. 15:35 Donald brings up a few positives, including the performances of Carter and Bolden. 17:25 We spend a little time trying to figure out what is wrong with Bagley’s game. 21:30 Again, thanks to Byrd Campbell for supporting the podcast. 22:10 A special guest joins the podcast. Jason interviews Duke coach Jon Scheyer!! 23:50 Scheyer tells the story of his baby girl being born during the Notre Dame game. 25:30 Scheyer talks about the youth of the players and how it has impacted their ability to gel as a team. 26:45 Jason asks about the moments that have really impressed Jon. 27:50 Scheyer refuses to take Jason’s bait when asked to look ahead to the NCAA tourney. 29:15 Zone or man2man, which does Scheyer prefer? 31:55 Scheyer talks about what he does to help guards develop. 33:20 Jason wants to know more about the stunning recruiting run Duke has been on lately. 35:25 Scheyer looks back on his 2010 national title… and how the growth of Brian Zoubek changed that team’s fate. 38:20 Scheyer reveals his key to winning basketball… play with Nolan Smith! 39:50 Jason asks for Jon’s best Coach K motivational story. 42:15 Scheyer tells us fans what we should watch to be smarter about basketball. 44:25 We react to the interview and complement Scheyer on being candid and insightful. 48:40 Time for our UNC preview. Jason begins by talking about what Carolina does well on defense (rebound) and what they don’t (guarding the 3). 53:15 Sam looks at what Carolina does well on offense (rebound) and says we must stop Luke Maye. 55:45 Donald looks at the intangibles and says hustle plays will be huge! 57:50 Jason says these two teams are each desperate for a win. 59:45 Donald says this is a moment to see if this Duke team really is the team we had expected. 1:02:30 Player of the week… three different choices. 1:05:00 Parting Shot – Jason tips his cap to Tide laundry detergent. 1:06:55 Parting Shot – Sam is excited about all the new listeners. We love y’all!! 1:07:30 Parting Shot – Donald talks about his really cool black history month project for USA Soccer. 1:09:05 We take a side track to talk about the horrible Dodge Ram ad with Dr. Martin Luther King. 1:12:35 Good bye and Duke band!!

0:00 As usual, thanks for Byrd Campbell 0:28 Sam and Jason lament Duke’s loss to Virginia, but Donald is AWOL. 1:28 Jason tries not to blame the refs for letting Virginia get away with what Virginia wanted to do. 5:20 Sam wants to start with the first half of the Virginia game. Why did the Cavs get such a big lead? Jason’s answer… experience. 8:10 Sam talks about the turnovers and why Duke’s inability to hold onto the ball is surprising. 10:30 Jason explains that even though Duke outrebounded the Cavs, we didn’t win the second chance points battle. 11:45 Jason is dying to talk about free throws, but Sam wants to focus on “Zombie Duke” first and how the zone led to our success. 17:20 Sam finally lets Jason talk about free throws… you can feel the pain in his voice. 20:00 We lament a really poor game by the Duke guards. 23:20 The regular season ACC race is done. Virginia wins the crown. 26:00 We find some positives from the loss to UVA. 28:15 Jason closes the Virginia recap with a hat tip to the Cavs but cannot resist talking free throws one last time. 30:50 A few quick thoughts on the Wake game, mostly Jason professing more man-love for Alex O’Connell. 36:00 A few words about Virginia from James Campbell of Byrd Campbell. 37:00 Jason previews Notre Dame, a team wracked by injuries, and he tells the tale of Martinas Geben. 45:00 Sam tells us about St. Johns, a team that is barely a shadow of what it once was, and we talk about Chris Mullin’s struggles coaching St. Johns. 54:15 Player of the week - we split on the big men. 56:00 Parting Shots – Jason tells us about a great interview he heard with Coach Cut. 1:02:10 Parting Shots – Sam gives us his feelings about the sexual assault scandal at Michigan St. and we talk about whether it could cost Tom Izzo his job. 1:11:10 Goodbye, reach out to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com and here’s the Duke band!

0:00 Byrd Campbell, the best Duke lawyers around 0:30 Jason welcomes us to the pod… and where in the world is Donald Wine? 1:50 Zion Williamson shocks the world. Donald gives us a breakdown of his game. 5:45 Jason says Zion is Charles Barkley 2.0 and that this is the real start of positionless basketball at Duke. 8:35 The Star Wars Empire theme gets us to Sam talking about what it is like to get all the recruits, all the time. 15:30 Will it be hard for so many studs to play together with just one basketball? 21:45 Jason on how much fun this is for Coach K. 23:20 Time to talk about the Pitt game where we rave about Wendell’s game. 26:50 Is Grayson coming out of his shooting slump? 31:35 Our thanks, once again, to our wonderful sponsors Byrd Campbell. 32:20 Sam leads the preview of Virginia, the best defensive team in America and he wonders how many points we need to win the game. 38:50 Jason says Duke’s offensive focus, pounding the ball inside, is exactly what Virginia is most effective at stopping. 41:20 We all make predictions on the game. Jason says Duke 68-62, Sam has it Blue Devils 69-61, and Donald says 71-65 Duke. 42:10 We discuss Trevon Duval’s left eye. 44:25 Player of the week, we all love Mr. Carter, & we say goodbye!

0:00 Welcome to the prodcast… wait, what?!?! Oh, and by the way, we still love Byrd Campbell. 0:55 We can’t stop laughing… it was a good week for Duke. 2:15 Donald talks about MLK and Jason finds everything funny. 4:20 Jason talks about gambling and his son playing 21 on his 21st birthday. 7:55 Sam wants to talk about the Pitt game, but Donald wants to gloat about beating Miami. 9:40 Jason has some interesting stats about the Pitt game and begins a theme of Duke’s impressive bench play this week. 15:30 Donald talks about the way the rest of the team reacts to Justin Robinson 19:40 Sam prods Jason to talk about the D against Wake… and Jason’s thoughts on how Capel coaches the team versus the way K does it. 23:20 Jason dives head first into his Alex O’Connell love. 27:30 Sam compares this year’s Duke team to past Duke champions, and talks about depth. 31:10 Finally!! We get to the Miami game and how good that comeback felt. 34:05 We spend some time gushing about Wendell Carter’s game and especially his blocked shots... and Donald wins the prize for best pop culture reference. 38:00 Sam quotes a great Matt Norlander article about “Zombie Duke.” 39:40 Jason is amazed that we won despite getting killed in his favorite statistical category. 43:40 Jason talks about how weird it was to know Duke’s offensive drought was coming. 48:00 Sam wants to talk about all the ways Grayson Allen is helping the team that does not involve scoring. 56:30 While Grayson has struggled from 3, Trevon Duvall is suddenly shooting really well from outside. 59:00 We recount the saga of Austin Rivers against the Houston Rockets hitmen. 1:05:10 Jason talks about some big developments in the careers of MP3 and Amile Jefferson. 1:08:25 Player of the Week… we got three different picks. 1:10:00 Parting Shots – Jason is not a fan of JJ Redick and Kyrie Irving’s conspiracy theories. 1:16:10 Parting Shots – Donald on Marvin Bagley, the hip-hop artist 1:19:00 Parting Shots – Sam on the latest court storming incident and the problems of players and fans getting too close. 1:26:30 Goodbye and Duke band

0:00 Byrd Campbell, our favorite law firm 0:30 Podcast #100! We are excited! 1:30 Jason intros our special guest, former Duke player Kenny Dennard. 3:00 Time to dissect the NC State game… Kenny says don’t worry about early season games, “nothing really matters until March.” 6:20 Sam asks Kenny when the team will get it together on D. Kenny has a brilliant reply, “Coach K’s won 5 national championships, but he’s lost 32.” 9:30 Sam asks if we are concerned about the short bench. Jason’s response, “No.” 11:20 Jason gives us some of the ugly stats from the game. 16:50 Donald talks a bit about leadership and finding someone other than Grayson to step up. 19:25 Kenny with a gratuitous shot at John Calipari… we love it! 21:15 Kenny makes a great comparison to a record player, a device Sam has never heard of. 26:10 Sam wraps up the NC State talk with some optimistic notes. 27:25 We begin our look back at Kenny’s time at Duke by asking how things went so well early in his career and then went south later. His answer takes us to New York for the famous Sports Illustrated article that was never published, to Spring Break in the Keys, to the moment Coach K was hired. 36:50 Jason asks for Kenny’s favorite story about Kenny… and it somehow ends up being a story about how Coach K and Mrs. K conceived their third daughter 40:15 Kenny has an amazing story about Coach K almost getting fired back in the early 1980s. 43:20 Donald talks to Kenny about his favorite Duke players of all time 47:00 Kenny tells us about how K was 30 years ago versus how he is today 50:00 Jason asks Kenny for his best Coach K story and we hear about the time K almost retired. 56:20 We bid goodbye to the legend… thanks again, Kenny! 1:01:55 Thanks against to Byrd Campbell for their continued support of the DBR Podcast! 1:02:40 We preview the upcoming opponents, Pitt and Wake. 1:05:55 The only interesting thing about Pitt… Kevin Stallings taking on Louisville! 1:09:00 Donald gives us the lowdown on Wake 1:12:10 THE IS NO PLAYER OF THE WEEK!! 1:13:00 Parting Shots – Donald wants to know who is going to win the college football championship 1:13:45 Parting Shots – Sam plugs Coach Cut doing commentary on the college football title game 1:14:30 Parting Shots – Jason on TV Teddy and the controversial referee 1:20:30 Goodbye with episode #100!