Duke Basketball Report

0:00 Byrd Campbell, the lawyers who love Duke. 0:30 We are recording early in the day and you can blame the college football playoffs. 4:00 We finally get to the Duke basketball game against FSU, and it begins with Jason talking about what Trevon Duvall does well and what he does not. 13:10 Donald chimes in about how many shots we took and how we got them… OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS! 17:15 Sam talks about Duke’s foul trouble philosophy and how we managed to win despite 4 starters with 4 fouls. 23:30 We talk about Duke giving up a lot of 3-pointers. Is that Duke’s biggest weakness? 32:10 We preview NC State and Jason warns about a guy who could be a real 3-point threat. 39:00 Donald thinks the NC State crowd could be real trouble for our young players. 41:30 Jordan Tucker transfers. We debate whether he had a realistic future at Duke. 50:30 Another shout out to our sponsorship buddies, Byrd Campbell. 51:15 Donald talks about attending the Quick Lane Bowl, perhaps Duke football’s best game of the year! 1:00:35 Player of the week picks… Donald starts off with a surprise. 1:02:30 Parting Shots – Jason goes off on how much better college hoops is than college football. 1:05:40 Parting Shots – Donald talks about how cool outdoor hockey is. 1:07:10 Parting Shots – Sam likes to watch coaches talk. 1:10:15 Goodbye and Duke band…

0:00 Thanks to Durham Dave Olverson for being a podcast sponsor! 0:35 Donald welcomes us from Texas, Sam is going blind, and Jason attempts to joke about calling in and falls flat on his face. 2:15 Evansville recap. Jason starts by focusing on the D and Duke’s aggressive deny-man efforts. 7:35 Sam talks about the offense and says we probably won’t be this good all the time. 10:50 Time to talk about Justin Robinson, who is earning real minutes! 12:15 Donald brings up some important stats regarding FTA and 3-pointers. 13:45 Speaking of stats, Duke’s assist numbers are just stupidly good! 15:40 Have we not mentioned the scary good game by Wendell Carter? 17:30 Sam takes the lead as we preview Florida St., a good 3-point shooting team. 24:55 Jason points out the murderous schedule FSU faces starting with the Duke game. 26:40 Another shout-out to sponsor Dave Olverson and his love of Durham. 27:25 A quick note about football recruiting and new early signing period, featuring a mini-rant by Jason about the lack of commitment in football recruiting commitments. 33:45 We segue to Duke’s bowl game against No. Ill 39:05 Player of the week – we all got the same guy. 43:10 Parting Shots – Jason launches a conversation about Lavar Ball’s proposal to start a league to compete with college hoops. 48:55 Parting Shots – Sam cannot do the old basketball clips thing this week… and he sidetracks Jason (the movie reviewer) into talking about The Last Jedi and other holiday movies. 58:30 Parting Shots – Donald enjoys listening to former NBA players talk about basketball. 1:00:45 Good bye and happy holidays!!

0:00 We love Byrd Campbell 0:30 Jason intros everyone and we somehow start talking about Sam’s weight. 2:15 Let’s look back on the BC loss… Jason begins by talking about the rebounding. 3:45 Sam admits he was supremely confident we would win down the stretch… and explains what was different about this game from other close contests Duke won. 6:20 We marvel at Duke’s inability to get to the FT line, especially our big men. 8:15 Jason asks Donald why Duke couldn’t get any interior offense in the second half? Donald blames BC’s offense for taking us out of our game. 11:45 Donald starts the talk about Duke’s perimeter D and Jason does a deep dive into the history of Duke giving up 3-pointers… it takes him all the way back to the lost season of 1995. 17:30 Sam stays optimistic and talks about how the team can change to get better at defending the three. 22:05 Sam interviews Jonathan Alexander, the new Duke reporter for the News & Observer. 26:20 After dealing with Jonathan’s background, we finally start talking about the current Duke team. 29:05 Sam and Jonathan talk Duke’s defensive problems. 32:10 Jonathan seems to be a big fan of Gary Trent, Jr. 35:50 Jonathan’s biggest surprise covering Duke… Coach K’s sense of humor! 39:00 Jonathan says all the Duke guys are easy interviews. They are polished when it comes to talking to the media. 41:15 Sam says goodbye and thanks to Jonathan. 42:20 We react to the interview and talk about what it takes to be a journalist covering Duke. 48:40 Again, thanks to our sponsor, Byrd Campbell. 50:05 A quick look back on Duke’s record-setting beat down of St. Francis… with a special focus on Marques Bolden’s ridiculous offensive rebounding 52:50 We gotta talk about Mike Buckmire and Justin Robinson!! 1:00:00 Player of the week time… Donald and Sam clown around a bit with the award, which is perfectly fine. 1:01:35 Parting Shots – Sam on Hanukkah and The Last Jedi and old basketball memories 1:04:55 Parting Shots - Donald goes bowling and talks about Chris Collins & NWestern blowing out Chicago St. which causes us to side-track into a discussion about conference affiliation. 1:08:05 Parting Shots – Jason talks about his father dying a few days ago… and he thanks his dad for giving him a love of sports. 1:13:55 Th-th-th-th-that’s all folks! Reach out to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com.... And Duke band, take us home.

Sam, Jason, and Donald recap the wins against Indiana and South Dakota. Jason is on husband duty so he's here for part 1 and Donald joins for part 2. We end with previews of St. Francis and Boston College, hand out Player of the Week honors, and end with a little Duke Football bowling! Timestamps: 0:00 Thank you, Byrd Campbell! 0:19 Sam brings us in and explains the disjointed podcast (First half is just Sam and Jason, second half, Sam and Donald) 1:00 It’s all Jason’s fault…he was being a good husband and needed to record early 2:30 Jason pre-reacts to the South Dakota game since his segment was recorded before the game! 3:40 Jason gives general thoughts on the Indiana win 5:05 Jason - “In addition to Indiana playing at home and playing well…we’re exhausted!” 6:22 Jason thinks we saw a growing trend where Duke plays uninspired ball for 30 minutes and get it together for 10 7:33 Jason brings up a Ben Swain tweet that explains how awesome Duke’s defense has been late in the game 11:10 Sam’s thought: Duke hasn’t really found its defensive identity yet 12:15 Sam: Is this an effort problem or something fixable? Jason: Too early to say it’s not fixable 14:35 Jason notes that our outside shooting isn’t as good 17:50 Jason thinks Alex O’Connell should get more minutes 21:00 Jason thinks Wendell Carter had an incredible game 22:15 Jason also shouts out Marques Bolden for his effort during the game 24:05 Sam and Jason briefly shift to the ACC Challenge - the ACC dominated B1G! 25:00 Jason thinks there are very few B1G locks for the NCAA Tournament 30:35 We say goodbye to Jason…hope Mrs. Evans enjoys the spa! 31:20 Byrd Campbell sends a message about the Indiana game 32:15 We are now in the future. Sam is now joined by Donald and we are post-South Dakota win 33:49 Donald begins his thoughts on the Indiana game by mentioning how well Wendell Carter played 35:20 Sam mentions that Carter’s poise is so impressive, especially since he normally draws the tougher defensive assignment 36:24 Donald thinks Wendell Carter has a great back to the basket game and complements Bagley’s game well 37:26 Donald says Marques Bolden had the play of the game 38:49 Sam thinks Bolden has embraced the role of energy big guy off the bench 39:52 Donald says Bolden and Carter both go up with two hands to get rebounds - very effective 41:47 Sam and Donald talk about the South Dakota win 48:07 Sam and Donald briefly preview St. Francis and Boston College 52:52 Jason’s not here for Players of the Week, but both Donald and Sam both give it to Grayson Allen 54:12 Parting Shots - Donald brings up Duke Football’s selection to play in the Quick Lane Bowl and is happy Duke is going to his hometown 56:12 Sam’s Parting Shot - Jimbo Fisher leaves the ACC for a boatload of money 56:52 Sam’s still looking for old basketball YouTube videos - dbrpodcast@gmail.com if you have good pre-2000 ones! 58:26 Donald notes that December 6th is the 3 year anniversary of DBR Podcast Episode 1! 1:00:15 See ya! Duke Band take us home.

0:00 Those legal eagles, ByrdCampbell earn our thanks once again. 0:30 Jason is in an unfamiliar place… and so is Sam. 2:40 We recap the Florida game, and Jason begins by asking, “Did you think we would win when we were down by 17 points?” 6:30 Sam says, “Duke looked around and said, ‘Hey, we’re better than this,’” and with that the Blue Devils took control of the game 9:10 We sing the praises of Florida. Donald is really impressed and says Florida will be a contender all season long 9:55 Jason unveils his unified theory of the 2017-18 season… it boils down to one word: Rebounding! 14:10 Donald talks about Marvin Bagley, and we wonder where he ranks among the all-time greats at Duke, freshmen or otherwise. 18:30 Donald brings up ESPN’s “odds of winning the game” silliness. Duke was a decided underdog at times during the tournament. 22:10 Jason brings up some other folks who played well, starting with Wendell Carter, who was great down the stretch against Florida. 25:00 Donald: “It is almost like Jay Bilas got married last night to a woman named Second Jump because he was in love with it…” 26:50 We turn to the Texas game, which Jason says was “The dawn of the Alex O’Connell era” 32:20 Sam discusses the shot chart from the Texas game, and how every shot was made in the paint. 34:50 Donald points out that we lead the nation in points in the paint… and Jason wonders how scary good we will be in a few months when the youngsters mature. 37:55 Jason wonders if we need to lose a game to really learn the lessons we need to be truly great. 40:30 Sam is forced to eat crow over his earlier prediction that Duke would not develop the bench. 50:25 ByrdCampbell is the choice of Dukies in FL and TX for legal advice 51:10 Jason previews the ACC-Big Ten challenge and our mediocre opponent, Indiana 58:15 Sam sidetracks us into a conversation about the amazing Minnesota-Alabama game which turned into an insane 5-on-3 contest… and the 3 almost won! 1:03:20 Jason wants to know how much we should blame Richard Pitino for not being able to coach Minnesota better against the 3-man Alabama team. 1:09:05 We turn to Duke Football and Jason admits he lost faith in this team and they proved him wrong by winning their last 2 games to make it to a bowl game. 1:15:25 Player of the week… which we are re-naming the non-Bagley Player of the Week 1:19:35 Parting Shots – Donald with some love for the Duke women’s soccer team 1:21:15 Parting Shots – Sam congratulates Matt Luke, a Cut disciple, for becoming the new head coach at Ole Miss and then Sam tries to curry favor with noted Duke billionaire David Rubenstein. 1:23:25 Parting Shots – Jason tips his cap to JWill, who was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame alongside some other legends, some of whom Sam has never heard of! 1:25:30 We want your stories about your earliest basketball memories. Send them to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com 1:28:15 Goodbye and the Duke band plays us home

Do not miss the amazing interview with former Dukie Chris Burgess! One of the best interviews ever on this podcast. 0:00 Byrd Campbell means business! 0:30 Donald welcomes us to a midweek edition and teases something special coming up 2:05 Sam kicks off our coverage of the MSU game by talking about what it was like to be there, live, in the arena for the game 6:30 Donald asks Jason about the rebounding… we are impressed with how Duke hits the glass 8:45 Jason gushes about Trevon Duval, who made several moves that seemed reminiscent of Kyrie Irving 12:50 Jason talks about the transformation of Coach K in his 38th season… it is truly stunning 14:50 Donald talks about how Duke demoralized Michigan State by beating them at their own game 17:25 We spend a little time talking about the maturity and leadership of Grayson Allen 20:30 Tucker Byrd of Byrd Campbell has a message about Grayson’s intensity and perseverance 21:25 A very special interview – former Dukie and current assistant coach at Utah Valley Chris Burgess 24:40 Burgess talks about how he scouted Duke and what impressed him about them 27:45 Burgess agrees that Duke is the best team in the country 29:20 We find out what it was like to play Kentucky and Duke on back-to-back nights 32:15 Donald asks Chris about his memories of being at Duke 34:05 Chris talks about the pain of losing the national title in 1999 36:10 We ask Burgess about being a part of one of the great recruiting classes of all time and he tells us a crazy story about Baron Davis 40:40 What is it like to be a coach versus being a player? 42:55 Burgess tells a couple great stories about being behind the scenes with his 2 head coaches… Coach K and Rick Majerus 48:55 We talk about how great the Burgess interview was. Sam loved the Majerus story, Jason talks about Bagley’s “second jump,” and Donald talks about how much the 1999 loss hurts 1:00:20 Parting Shots – Jason recommends a movie 1:02:50 Parting Shots – Sam mentions the loss of Jeff Capel’s father and then tells a story about the nicest airport ticket attendant in history! 1:05:10 Parting Shots – Donald says you should go see the play, Mean Girls: The Musical 1:06:55 Goodbye folks! Have a happy Thanksgiving!

The Podcast gang (Sam, Jason, Donald) recap Duke Basketball's opening victories against Elon and Utah Valley, preview the big matchup against Michigan State and the game later in the week against Southern, discuss Coach K achieving 1000 wins at Duke and finish with RJ Barrett's commitment and Duke-Army football. They then hand out the first player of the week honors for the 2017-18 season and end with parting shots. Timestamps 0:00 Dave Olverson sponsors this week’s podcast and tells people to consider moving back to Durham 0:27 Welcome and intros 1:45 We recap the season opener against Elon 2:25 Jason gets off by saying “Believe The Hype” on Bagley by discarding his inner Public Enemy 8:15 Donald gives his take by mentioning Grayson Allen is playing like a relaxed floor general 10:56 Donald mentions the only dark spot from the Elon game: Free Throws 11:35 Sam is thrilled about Trevon Duval’s emergence as a point guard 14:41 Donald jump starts the Utah Valley discussion by discussing the heavy minutes for the starters 18:48 Jason throws out two impressive stats about who scored and when they scored 20:27 Sam thinks the Utah Valley rotation is more in line with what we see the rest of the season 21:53 Jason thinks Bolden will feature more in the rotation once he’s well, but wants to see how we play P5 conference teams 23:15 Jason starts a discussion about big men and how they’re built to play a modern game as opposed to Okafor 28:27 Donald discusses Wendell Carter filling up the stat sheet 31:54 Dave Olverson invites everyone to move to Durham, which is revitalized and has many job opportunities. Contact him at DurhamDaveDBR@gmail.com. Thanks for sponsoring the podcast! 32:47 We preview Michigan State - Sam will be there, so look for him! 34:01 Donald talks about Miles Bridges, notes that Sparty is physical and plays with high intensity 38:12 Jason thinks Grayson Allen needs to have a great game on the perimeter for Duke to win. Also, who will guard Bridges? 42:05 Sam is excited to see how a young Duke team stacks up against an experienced Michigan State 43:30 Jason notes Michigan State is not a good perimeter shooting team, and notes they got two future lottery picks in Bridges and Jackson 45:50 Donald previews the Southern game…they’re not good. But look out for Jared Sam 48:00 Jason thinks Southern will be the worst team we play all season 50:01 Coach K earns his 1000th win at Duke - we discuss the milestone, the postgame ceremony and Coach K being the GOAT 57:03 RJ Barrett commits to Duke - BOOM! 1:02:08 We recap the Duke Football loss to Army - Sam was at West Point and recommends people attend a game at the 3 D-1 service academies 1:08:10 Players of the Week honors - Marvin Bagley the unanimous pick 1:10:38 Parting Shots - Donald gives quick love to The U (Turnover Chains) and shows a lot of love to his Detroit Pistons and their hot start to the season (Luke Kennard!) 1:12:03 Jason’s first parting shot says to take note of Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Virginia Tech pummeling folks 1:14:17 Jason’s second parting shot - pumpkin spice candy corn is in the stores. Jason doesn’t like pumpkin spice, but Jason loves candy corn. Sam and Donald berate Jason for being the monster he is. 1:17:00 Sam’s parting shot highlights Sean Obi appearing and scoring a couple baskets for Maryland last weekend 1:19:17 Good bye! Don’t forget to rate us on iTunes and email us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com

0:00 Byrd Campbell, two Dukies who love the podcast 0:25 Jason welcomes us, Donald apologizes for his audio last time, and Sam wakes up too early 2:30 Jason explains the craziness that went down to create this mid-week podcast… and it all centers around Ga Tech head coach Josh Pastner 5:00 Sam explains the Ga Tech scandal, being reported by CBS Sports, and we try to figure out if any of this makes sense 13:55 Jason interviews Ga Tech head basketball coach Josh Patner. They begin by telling the story of how the 31-year-old Pastner got the head coaching job at Memphis 18:35 Jason asks about Ga Tech’s recruiting efforts in Atlanta and how Duke keeps beating Tech for local recruits 23:35 Pastner discusses academics, athletics, and the scandals at Louisville and UNC 27:30 Jason asks how tough it is to follow all the NCAA rules. Pastner: “85% of my job is compliance” 30:15 Pastner gives a preview of Ga Tech in the ACC this season but Pastner mostly talks about his reverence for Coach K 34:30 Good bye to Coach Pastner, but before he goes he has a good Roy Williams story! 38:50 We react to the Pastner interview and especially on how Ga Tech recruits against Duke 46:05 A quick look at UCLA and Ga Tech’s crazy adventure in China… and the middle Ball Brother getting arrested for shoplifting. Pro tip from Donald-- don’t shoplift in China! 54:50 Byrd Campbell uses their sponsorship time to throw shade at UNC… we approve!! 56:35 We preview Duke’s first games. Sam starts with his Elon preview and reminds us that Elon is a special opponent for Grayson Allen 1:02:30 Donald gives us the low down on Utah Valley, a team with some real height up front 1:08:05 Sam points out that former Dukie Chris Burgess is one of the assistant coaches for Utah Valley and we riff a bit on Duke’s great 1997 recruiting class (which Jason thinks was the class of 1999) 1:10:40 Parting Shots – Donald talks Duke women’s soccer and gives us some election results 1:13:10 Parting Shots – Sam remembers baseball pitcher Roy Halladay 1:15:25 Parting Shots – Jason on ESPN’s college basketball predictions and getting trolled by Dan Dakich 1:21:45 Good bye! Don’t forget to rate us on iTunes and email us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com

0:00 We thank our sponsor, Byrd Campbell 0:30 Sam welcomes us to the show and Jason tells a silly story about a visit to Nashville. 3:50 Time to move on to actual Duke stuff. We recap the Bowie St. exhibition blow out. 12:45 Sam and Jason on the possibility that Justin Robinson can carve out a role in the rotation. 14:25 Wendell Carter’s stat line in the exhibition was absurd. 16:05 Why does the hype seem a little less for this year’s freshmen versus last year’s? 18:45 Preseason prediction contest! It begins with our top scorer predictions. 21:10 Most rebounds, blocked shots 23:00 Most assists, steals, FG% 25:40 Highest 3pt%, second most points scored 27:45 Total Duke wins, total true road wins (this is the category where Donald learns math) 31:25 How many ACC teams will make the NCAAs, how many Blue Devils will score 25 points in a game 34:20 Rank them by minutes played: Bagley, Bolden, Carter, DeLaurier 37:05 How many minutes will they play? Jordan Goldwire and Alex O’Connell 42:30 How many games will Justin Robinson play in? And finally, how many 100 point games will Duke have? 44:35 Sam wants to know what we are looking to see from Duke in the first couple cupcake games 47:40 A cool story from ByrdCampbell.com about attending the Coach K Fantasy Basketball Camp 49:35 Jason talks about the upcoming announcement from superstar recruit RJ Barrett 54:40 A quick comment on the commitment of 2019 recruit Joey Baker, who took Duke over UNC and is therefore our new favorite player. 56:30 Parting Shots – Donald whiffs so Jason begins with some praise for Kyrie Irving’s defense 1:00:40 Parting Shots – Donald remembers his parting shot, praise for the Miami Hurricanes football 1:01:25 Jason jumps in to praise the Duke Field Hockey team 1:02:40 Parting Shots – Sam is headed to West Point to see a football game 1:03:45 A preview of what is coming in our next podcast and goodbye!

0:00 Dave Olverson says, “Move to Durham!” 0:30 Jason welcomes Sam and Donald as they sidebar about the shows they are currently binge watching 1:55 Down to business, we recap the Duke-NW Missou State exhibition game. We start by gushing about Grayson Allen. 8:15 Donald talks about the athleticism of our big men and we try to figure out the last time we saw a Dukie dunk the way Wendell Carter dunks. 14:05 Jason gets into the bench and what he thinks Duke’s rotation will be this year. It starts with Javin DeLaurier who “gets all the rebounds.” 16:55 Sam and Jason get in a fight about how many minutes Duke’s big men are going to play together. 20:45 We are still waiting to see Marques Bolden break out. 22:30 Time to talk about Jordan Goldwire, perhaps the biggest surprise on this year’s team. 26:15 Sam breaks down what we saw from Trevon Duval, which is a source of some concern. 30:30 “What do you want to see in Exhibition #2 that we did not see in Exhibition #1?” 38:20 Jason goes back to correct a mistake… he talks about how good Gary Trent was in this game. 39:20 A message from Dave Olverson… with his favorite Durham restaurants. 40:15 We move on to Duke football… and we ask if Duke is going to get 2 more wins to be bowl eligible. 49:50 Parting Shots – Donald on the amazing Duke Women’s Soccer Team 51:15 Parting Shots – Sam on his upcoming road trips to see Duke football and basketball. Anyone have any ideas of something cool Sam could do at the Champions Classic? 53:45 Parting Shots – Jason updates us on the health concerns of a pair of Duke fan legends, James Armstrong and Alwyn Featherston. 57:05 Good bye and don’t forget to rate us on iTunes! Also, reach out to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments.

0:00 A big thanks to our sponsor, ByrdCampbell.com 0:32 Welcome to Ep #89, we begin by talking about silly stuff like audio problems and squirrels. 2:40 Countdown to Crazieness! We begin with the important stuff… how the players danced when they were introduced. 9:40 “Hey let’s actually talk about the game.” Sam breaks down the guard play from Duval and Trent. 13:30 We all gush over Trevon Duval’s absurd, ridiculous dunk at the end of the game. 16:30 Jason talks about the impressive Atlanta freshmen Tucker, Goldwire, O’Connell, and Carter. 23:15 Donald leads the conversation about the big men Bagley, Bolden, and DeLaurier. 31:30 We look back on other CTC games and the false promises they made and we all pick the most surprising thing we saw from the Blue-White game. 39:10 Have you seen the new Nike/Lebron “Want It All” commercial that features Duke? We think it will really piss off Kentucky and Carolina fans. 51:50 Thanks again to ByrdCampbell.com 52:40 Football time… things are not good. We look back at the disappointing Pitt game and ahead to a really tough matchup against Va Tech. 1:03:35 Parting Shots – Jason on a coach who protests against the Adidas scandal schools 1:06:10 Parting Shots – Sam is going to see Mason Plumlee play tonight 1:06:40 Parting Shots – Donald says goodbye to RFK stadium 1:08:35 Goodbye and Duke band

0:00 Once again, thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30 Sam says hi and Donald explains why this is college basketball Festivus 2:30 Jason warns the listeners… there will be cussing during this podcast! Podcast rated PG 13 3:15 The NCAA chooses not to punish UNC… we are flummoxed. Donald begins by questioning the legitimacy of the NCAA. 7:15 Jason explains academic fraud vs. improper benefits and he is clearly frustrated. 11:15 Jason looks at the NCAA’s Core Values and says they simply do not exist any more. He also links this whole thing to UConn’s academic troubles a few years ago. 13:50 Donald talks to Carolina fans. How do they feel about the stain on their school? 16:05 Jason talks about UNC’s key strategic move; denying there was any academic fraud. 17:20 Sam talks about SACS, UNC’s academic reputation, and then utters these words, “UNC committed the perfect crime.” 22:50 Donald says the NCAA has created the road map for cheating and now every school will follow it. “The term student-athlete died today.” 24:30 We look at how the media is reacting to all this, including a discussion of Jay Bilas. 29:30 Donald has something to say to the folks who say they are done with college athletics. 32:05 Sam wonders if the NCAA can survive when one of it’s finest schools is allowed to get away with this. 34:25 Jason wraps up with a great post by Rocketeli on the boards that he thinks speaks to our frustration on this day. “Our institutes of higher learning have no business being in the professional sports business.” 37:55 A statement from ByrdCampbell about the UNC scandal. 38:40 Sam intros the next topic, the NCAA’s new commission to fix college basketball. 41:35 Jason says the committee is flawed because it does not include several key constituents… including the players. He also gives us a great analogy, comparing basketball to a BLT sandwich. 43:50 Donald says the committee will fail if it only looks at NCAA issues and does not address the NBA. 48:30 Sam points out what the committee will not do, which also dooms it to failure. 51:15 Jason says players know what they are worse. You can’t put that genie back in the bottle. 56:10 Sam knows there is no incentive for the big sports universities to change. They are making too much money to change. 1:00:40 Donald tries to leave us on a hopeful note as we again look at the relationship between the NCAA and the NBA 1:03:45 Parting Shots – Jason on a good guy, former Oregon St. football coach Gary Andersen 1:06:20 Parting Shots – Donald explains how to treat USA Soccer fans in the wake of the World Cup qualifying debacle. 1:08:30 Parting Shots – Sam on the frustration of the Nats fan, which gets us into all of our collective sports sadness.

0:00 Byrd Campbell are good guys 0:30 Welcome from Jason and Sam… but where is Donald? 1:40 Special podcast guest! Jason interviews Mason Plumlee 2:30 Q: What was free agency like for you? 3:33 Q: Do you hear any good jokes about all three of the Plumlees being in the NBA? 4:10 Q: Was there a moment where you realized you were not in college any longer? 5:50 Q: What do you want your legacy in the NBA to be? 6:57 Q: What is something that Miles and Marshall do better than Mason? 8:04 Q: How big in the Plumlee family Thanksgiving turkey? 9:13 Q: Which one of you misses Duke the most? 9:35 Q: Was it hard to not play a lot as a freshman at Duke? 10:45 Q: What is your favorite memory from Duke? 11:55 Q: Talk about the famous Austin Rivers game-winning shot at the Dean Dome. You were celebrating before it even went through the hoop. 13:15 Q: Give us your thoughts on the scandal gripping college basketball and the issue of paying players. 15:15 Q: What is your feeling about the One and Done rule? 17:20 Q: Tell us your favorite Coach K story. 21:05 Jason and Sam react to the Mason Plumlee interview 23:25 Time to talk about the coming NCAA sanctions against UNC… and they are coming soon! 31:10 Sam and Jason give their predictions for what the UNC sanctions will be 47:30 Thanks again to Byrd Campbell 48:25 We tackle the unpleasant task of discussing Duke’s football loss to UVA. Ugh… 59:05 Preview Florida State, who appear more vulnerable than usual this season. 1:09:35 Parting Shot - Sam loves him some baseball! 1:10:40 Parting Shot – Jason on the worst play-by-play call he has ever heard. 1:14:30 Parting Shot – Jason tells you why you can’t buy a Marvin Bagley Duke #35 jersey… yet! 1:17:15 Goodbye and Duke band

0:00 Thanks to Byrd Campbell for helping us out 0:35 Donald introduces the topics… and we actually get to start with baskeball! 2:40 Duke livestreams a practice and we watch. What did we notice? Grayson Allen is good at basketball. 5:25 We focus on Duke’s big men, who seem more versatile than initially expected (and we enjoy Sam getting confused about who is who in our front court). 10:40 Donald gives us the lineups from the scrimmage and talks about the importance of leadership. 12:25 We have fun talking about Grayson Allen destroying Jack White on a dunk. 15:40 Jason listened to Coach K’s news conference. We hear about K’s move to go big this year and his feelings about the scandal gripping college basketball. 29:40 Donald wants to talk more about how Duke will become a team of slamdunks, not 3 pointers. 33:20 Byrd Campbell gives us a story about a great Duke football moment. 34:30 Grayson is the sole captain for this year’s team. We talk about that and speculate about whether someone else may join him with a C on their shirt in coming months. 38:00 Jason talks about how Grayson’s experience compares to the rest of the team… and Sam makes an incredible mathematical guess. 46:50 Football, we recap Miami… ugh. The offense was, well, offensive. Donald was there and says the crowd as good. 51:25 Jason has harsh words about our wide receivers… he’s frustrated. 56:50 Preview the UVA game, Jason says their QB is not going to beat you with his legs. 1:03:30 Parting shots: Jason on the new Louisville head basketball coach. 1:06:45 Parting shots: Donald shot a poor round of golf at the Washington Duke course. 1:07:55 Parting shots: Sam explains his internet woes and talks about the online sports media he is enjoying these days. 1:12:00 Parting shots: Jason comes back with a note about the 76ers cornering the NBA market for Okafors. 1:14:15 G’bye y’all!

0:00 Thanks to the Dukies of Byrd Campbell for loving the podcast! 0:40 Donald intros our discussion about the huge Adidas scandal and learns that Jason has A LOT TO SAY about all this 3:50 We start with the obvious, Rick Pitino’s career is over… or is it? 5:15 Jason says Pitino won’t be the only guy fired over this, and points out the difference in a NCAA investigation and one led by the FBI 11:40 Jason explains the two different aspects of the scandal, the Adidas side and the agent/financial planner side 17:40 We get into the Auburn part of the scandal and Sam equates each school to a mafia family 21:00 Donald brings up the question as to whether fired coaches will be able to move into pro coaching 24:20 Jason wonders what other programs aside from Louisville have been using Adidas to pay recruits 28:10 We hear what a former sports agent/financial planner thinks about all this 32:00 Donald says none of this should be even a mild surprise to folks who pay attention to the way the AAU basketball world works 37:10 Sam brings up a scary thought… could Duke get enveloped in all this? 42:20 We talk a bit about Jay Williams admitting that he was offered money by other programs before he committed to Duke back in 1999 49:00 Jason looks to the past and the future, and wonders if this could lead to important reforms that fix some of the problems with college and pro hoops 54:35 Thanks to the Dukies at ByrdCampbell.com for sponsoring today’s podcast! 55:25 Donald wants to talk about the football uniforms. He loves em… Sam and Jason, not so much! 1:05:45 Good bye and Duke band