Duke Basketball Report

0:00 Shout out to a nice fan who is sponsoring us… and we got new music! 1:30 Jason can’t even get through the intros without giving Donald **** for the insane ending of the Falcons-Lions game. 4:50 Donald gives us the history of the terrible luck of the Detroit Lions… are we ever going to talk about Duke?!?! 6:00 Finally, we talk about the Duke-Carolina football game! Donald and Sam didn’t see as much of the game as they should have, so Jason takes the lead. 8:40 Jason finds a way to relate the Detroit Lions fatalism to Duke football. Put another way, Jason thought Duke was going to lose after watching, “the worst 2 minutes Duke has played under David Cutcliffe.” 11:30 We rip on UNC QB Chazz Surratt and revel in his ridiculous pick-6 interception that was one of the worst passes ever thrown by a college football QB. 14:35 Sam points out how bad times are for Carolina football fans. Karma! 15:40 Donald praises Duke’s defense, which has been the strongest part of the team this season. 19:20 Praise for Brittan Brown and Duke’s 3rd down D 23:55 We preview Miami. Donald takes the lead after Jason prompts him with some topics. 29:00 Sam asks Donald to predict what the plan of attack will be for Duke’s defense again Miami 33:50 Jason says this battle could put Duke unquestionably at the top of the Coastal Division and he questions something about the character of Miami’s stud RB Mark Walton. 39:00 Donald wraps up the Miami talk by commenting on how the storms that hit Florida could impact Miami football. 42:10 Sam asks the basketball question of the week – name the best game away from Cameron that you ever attended; Jason leads off with The Greatest Game Ever Played. 46:05 Donald talks about watching Chris Duhon break UNC’s heart in 2004 and how he interacted with the Carolina fans at the Dean Dome. 50:25 Sam saw the 2015 National Title game and, for obvious reasons, that is his favorite game 52:40 Parting Shots – Donald with a shout-out to the brand new Duke softball team! Check ‘em out! 53:45 Parting Shots- Jason says congrats to Mason Plumlee for his new $41 mil contract. Cha-ching! 56:25 Parting Shots- Sam says goodbye to the Crow’s Nest

0:00 Welcome to episode #83 in which Donald and Jason deal with microphone issues 2:05 Breaking down the victory over Baylor. Sam says it was sloppy, but he loved the way we ran the ball. 4:50 Jason chimes in and has a few comments about Duke’s special teams 10:55 Let’s talk a bit about the defense. Jason pulls out an outrageous stat about Duke’s D 14:00 Donald is loving watching out D play, something that you would not say in most past years 16:05 Sam begins our preview of the rivalry game with UNC by talking about what Carolina has done against other quality opponents 19:15 Jason recaps the saga of Chaz Surratt, UNC QB and hated by Duke fans and then gives us some stats that show Carolina’s strengths (offense) and weaknesses (defense) 24:20 Donald looks ahead to the next 4 games and says it will be a big test for the Duke D 26:30 A little bit of basketball – we answer the question posed on the boards: Which One-And-Done Dukie do you wish had come back for his sophomore season? We each pick a different player and it starts with Jason taking Luol Deng. 33:45 Sam says he wishes Tyus Jones had come back and Jason asks if we would have won another national title if Tyus had stayed one more year 37:05 Donald’s turn and he says he wishes we had gotten more than 1 year out of Kyrie 42:45 Jason goes really historical and talks about how much fun it was to watch Corey Maggette elevate above the rim 44:15 Goodbye and the Duke band plays us out

The triumverate of Jason, Sam and Donald recap the Duke Football smashing of Northwestern, preview the upcoming game against Baylor and then dive into Duke Basketball. They discuss the clearance of Marvin Bagley III to play this season and the recruitment of Zion Williamson. Timestamps 0:00 - Intros: Sam celebrates his Washington Nationals winning the division 1:26 - DukeGang beatdown! We recap the Northwestern game 2:20 - Donald discusses the offense and how they were able to move the ball at will 6:00 - Sam notes that Duke was only Power 5 team to run 100 plays last weekend 6:43 - Sam says that Coach Cutcliffe seems to trust Daniel Jones more 8:10 - Sam, you were supposed to talk about the defense! Sam moves on to defense 11:30 - Saxton’s strip fumble has us all gushing! 12:45 - We continue to applaud the defense - they were beasts all day! 14:52 - We turn to special teams and especially the kicking game, which was on point 18:30 - NW’s targeting call changed the whole complexion of the game 22:05 - Daniel Jones is no slouch…is NFL in his future? 25:15 - Jason questions why Cutcliffe left some of our stars in there at the end 26:15 - Our first sponsor! Thanks to Ultrarunner! 28:36 - We preview Baylor; Donald gives the 3 keys to victory 34:29 - Sam wants the defense to continue playing their positions 35:44 - Sam asks the question: how long does the current success need to continue before we stop pointing out how bad Duke was for so long? 37:27 - Donald thinks it will take a lot longer for people to stop remembering the Franks/Roof era 40:21 - Jason thinks it’s not that far off because the current students were young during the Franks/Roof era 43:33 - Sam thinks when we stop having the conversations that include “Duke has a football team?” 44:56 - Donald thinks the respect level of Duke Football is growing rapidly with wins and NFL success 47:08 - Jason thinks this is an important year for Duke Football to do well and get to a bowl 48:50 - Donald concludes with eliminating the droughts that have plagued Duke Football 50:24 - DUKE BASKETBALL! Marvin Bagley III is now cleared to play; Jason thinks Kansas fans will be upset 59:45 - Zion Williamson has some nice things to say about Duke - could #1, #2 AND #3 in the Class of 2018 commit? 1:05:17 - Donald poses the question of whether the Superteam Era has now made it to college basketball 1:06:32 - Jason thinks the Class of 2014 started the Superteam Era 1:08:47 - that’s a wrap, we’ll see you next week!

0:00 Welcome to the pod. We become sidetracked by Donald’s professional sports woes. 2:45 Getting down to business, time to dissect the just released hoops schedule. Jason talks about playing BC early and he says Duke’s ACC sked is about as easy as we could hope. 7:30 Donald has a look at when Duke has a quick turnaround between games, and again, the schedule seems favorable. 11:50 Sam also looks at the timing between games and likes what he sees, especially the time off surrounding the Carolina games. 18:15 Jason goes back to the non-conference schedule and says be on the lookout for Furman… and he laments our lousy matchup in the Big Ten Challenge. 20:25 New topic: Another stud recruit is headed to Durham. Jason breaks down Cameron Reddish’s game and compares him to a couple Duke greats from history. 24:00 Jason and Donald both think it says something about Kentucky that Duke got a guy John Calipari really, really wanted. 31:00 New topic: The NCAA’s proposed transfer change would really change the college sports landscape. Donald has a lot of concerns about how coaches could use and abuse this new rule. 35:30 Sam sees some positives. He thinks this will make coaches treat players better. 39:25 Jason talks about Coach K’s reaction to this proposed rule and how it could impact Duke… and we reflect on Duke’s history to see how this rule would have changed Duke’s history. 48:15 New topic: Previewing the Northwestern Football game. Donald starts by reflecting on the NC Central game. 52:00 Sam gives us a breakdown of who to watch out for on Northwestern. 54:05 Jason says watch Britton Brown, a rising star for the Blue Devils. 56:10 New topic: The Podcast enters the advertising era… don’t worry, it won’t change things. Email us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com if you want details about reaching thousands of rabid Duke fans. 1:01:50 Parting Shot – Jason says to check out the article about Antonio Vrankovic’s summer. 1:03:50 Parting Shot – Donald sends best wishes to Florida as it braces for Hurricane Irma. 1:06:00 Good bye and Duke band!

0:10 Sam welcomes us to podcast #80, the giddy about Bagley podcast 2:00 Jason recaps what it was like watching the Marvin Bagley iii announcement and points out that he thinks the Duke staff knew about Bagley’s decision for several days, at least. 8:00 Donald likes that Danny Ferry agreed to let Bagley take his number and thinks is says something about Bagley’s potential 11:00 Jason breaks down Bagley’s game and says he is the best high school prospect since Lebron… wow! 15:20 Donald talks about Bagley’s biggest weapon, an unstoppable jump hook 17:50 Sam brings up the question of Javin DeLaurier’s playing time 19:30 The conversation turns to the other big commitment Duke just got, Tre Jones the younger brother of Tyus Jones. 21:10 Donald didn’t see the Tre Jones commitment video! Sam and Jason ridicule him so Donald goes to watch it. While we wait for Donald’s reaction, Jason and Sam laugh about the Minnesota to Duke pipeline 24:30 Donald has seen the video and gives us his live reaction… it is all about the #Brotherhood! 27:55 Now that we have talked about everything about Tre Jones except how he plays, we go back and give a Tre Jones scouting report 31:30 Sam returns the conversation to the current team with reaction to K’s knee surgery and the cancellation of the Dominican Republic trip 36:30 Parting shots – Donald is looking forward to the basketball schedule and the start of football season 37:05 Parting shots – Jason calmly talks about the end of the UNC scandal, which he says will happen this week 40:45 Parting shot – Sam with a shout out to some old Duke friends he saw at a wedding 41:10 Good bye and Duke band

0:00 Welcome back! Jason takes responsibility for the long break between podcasts 2:10 Let’s debate the merits of one-and-done as it relates to Marvin Bagley and the controversy about bringing in a new player late in the summer 10:30 Sam challenges Jason’s assertion that guys who don’t get minutes did not deserve more minutes 21:15 Whew, this is a long conversation. Donald chimes in about the Dominican Republic trip and whether Bagley could potentially join the team in time for it 27:50 Jason talks about the guys who transferred away from Duke and why their success does not reflect poorly on Duke 30:40 A new subject, Dukies in the NBA! Donald has a trade suggestion that brings Kyrie Irving to his hometown Pistons. 36:30 Jason says Kyrie is making a smart move to want to get away from of the mess Lebron is going to leave behind in Cleveland 42:30 Sam wins the podcast with this line, “The only guys in the NBA who aren’t selfish are the ones who are in good situations.” Boom!! 45:00 Jason talks about Kyrie’s preferred trade destinations and explains why those teams are on Kyrie’s list 47:10 Time to talk about the Duke rookies and how they did in NBA Summer League, Donald is excited about what Kennard can do for his Pistons 55:30 Jason mentions that Harry Giles was absent from NBA Sumer League 58:00 Duke’s non-conference schedule is out. Sam feels sorry for the folks who had hoped to see a legit opponent in Cameron this season and Jason talks about the St. John’s game, which leads us to wonder how many folks remember Chris Mullin 1:05:20 Parting shot – Sam talks about the recruiting of Jim Boeheim’s son 1:06:35 Parting shot – Donald is all about the swag! He’s interested in the 4 new uniform styles for every NBA team 1:09:45 Goodbye and Duke band

0:00 Hello, this may be Ep #78 but Sam and Jason explain “the missing podcast” that happened but got trashed before being posted. 2:05 Donald joins us and explains where he has been… Downunder 2:35 Sam launches the discussion about Duke’s roster, those leaving and coming… this could get a bit haphazard. 4:10 We start with Frank Jackson’s decision to enter the draft… Jason seems to have a bunch of intel on this including some speculation about who might take Frank in the draft. 8:30 On to recruiting, our 6-man recruiting class is mostly comprised of kids from Atlanta, GA 12:00 The Trevon Duval conversion begins and Donald compares him to John Wall and (pre-injury) Derek Rose. Wow! 16:15 The conversation turns to the big men. Will Duke play 2 traditional bigs at one time? 21:10 Time for a debate about minutes/rotation. This was inevitable. Sam thinks the bigs won’t play as much as others have predicted. 27:05 Prediction time… who will be our second leading scorer next season? Sam gets a history lesson. 30:55 Sam wants us to talk about the one-and-done trend at Duke. We understand it, we accept it, but we are not fans of it. You can hear the strain and the angst in this discussion. 41:00 Jason says what we need to look at is not the one-and-done players, it is the players who could be here long term but who leave via transfer. 46:30 Sam time travels 10 years in the future and says we will barely remember Jabari Parker, Brandon Ingram, and other one-and-done guys… and that is a shame. 51:00 Jason dissects why players rush to the NBA and has a suggestion for how to fix the flawed NBA Draft system 58:20 Parting shot – Jason on the Duke teams still competing for a national championship 1:00:50 Parting shot – Donald gives a travel update and shout out to the American Outlaws 1:01:45 Parting shot – Sam on the woes of being a DC sports fan… which Jason says does not compare to getting crushed in the Super Bowl 1:06:50 Bye bye… and Duke band

0:00 Preamble… where we acknowledge that we recorded this before we got the Kennard news 0:40 Welcome! We can’t even get through the intros without talking about whether it is ok to not be upset at Carolina winning. 5:15 Let’s talk about Duke. Tatum and Giles are entering the draft. Any surprises or disappointments here? 14:40 Obi and Jeter are transferring. How much will they be missed and how impactful were their careers? We don’t have answers because Jason’s mike is on mute! 21:00 Sam makes a great point about Chase Jeter and Duke’s impressive history of developing big men. 27:20 Amid all the departures, someone is coming back! We react to Bolden’s return and Jason has a theory about why Bolden thought about leaving. 36:00 Donald tries to start a new topic but Jason interrupts with some quick recruiting talk. 37:30 Mailbag time! We start with Kaze asking about the single thing that could best equip Duke for a title run in 2017-18 41:35 Mailbag – Brevity asks about football stadiums and their impact on shooting in the Final Four 50:30 More mailbag – Mountain Devil wants to know if the spotlight of the championship will impact the NCAA investigation and potential penalties connected to the UNC academic scandal 57:00 Parting Shot – Jason on the lunacy (and shame) of Kentucky fans and their treatment of referee Tim Higgins 1:02:40 Parting Shot – Sam on Georgetown hiring Patrick Ewing and the trap of nepotism 1:06:05 Parting Shot – Donald on the brilliance of Russell Westbrook’s season 1:09:55 Buh-bye and Duke band

0:00 Jason is so despondent, he curses as the podcast opens. Meanwhile, Sam is watching “highlights” on YouTube and Donald is getting drunk 3:00 Recapping the good – the victory over Troy 6:45 Sam talks about the “two Duke teams” 8:05 Recapping the bad – the loss to South Carolina. Jason can barely speak. Sam talks about the quality of the shots that SC got. 12:25 Jason was blown away by how well SC shot from the field and how many shots they took. 14:50 Donald thought the law of averages would kill SC after they had a hot game against Marquette. It didn’t. 17:20 Sam makes a great point about the cumulative effect of Duke not getting to practice enough this season 20:10 K said this was the most physical team we faced all year 23:00 Sam asks about the UNC fans rooting for SC which leads to a conversation about home court in the NCAA tourney and some seeding controversy. 30:40 Looking back on our predictions for the season… we were mostly wrong!! 42:40 What was your most disappointing Duke season? This will not be an enjoyable trip down memory lane. 51:15 Jason is just despondent about this year’s Duke club and what could have been 1:00:25 Player of the week and player of the year! Sam with an amusing POW pick and then we all pick the same guy for POY. 1:07:00 Parting shots – Donald on the Duke women’s basketball team 1:08:05 Parting shots – Sam asks - who will be Duke’s next celebrated senior? It is telling that he even has to ask this question.

0:00 Welcome to Podcast #75, Donald enjoys the fact that Duke is the ACC champion 2:00 ACC tournament thoughts – Jason is very impressed with Duke at crunch time, especially the way Tatum takes over games. 4:45 Kennard or Tatum, who was the best player in the ACC tourney? 6:40 Donald says the Louisville game set the tone for Duke’s success in the ACC tourney. This is a team that will not give up! 10:25 Sam was impressed with Duke’s defense and our depth 12:10 Time to talk about Harry Giles’ miracle minute against UNC 16:10 Donald pulls out a huge stat about… wait for it… Duke’s zone defense! 18:00 Jason wraps up the ACC tourney talk with a comment on versatility 21:30 NCAA Bracket chatter, starting with our thoughts on Duke’s seed and where we are playing 25:30 Jason previews the Troy Trojans, our first round opponent. Troy’s best player is the son/nephew of a pair of very famous NBA stars 32:00 Sam tries to figure out why Duke didn’t get a #1 seed which sends Jason off on a rant 36:50 Sam previews one potential 2nd round opponent, South Carolina 43:40 Donald previews the other potential 2nd round opponent, the Marquette fighting Wojos 50:25 We venture outside the East region to look at the rest of the bracket… and we make our upset picks. 1:03:50 Sam’s Final Four picks: Duke, Oregon, Gonzaga, and Wichita St 1:05:50 We pimp the DBR bracket challenge, you all need to join!! 1:06:45 Donald’s Final Four picks: Duke, Kansas, Arizona, and UCLA 1:07:45 Jason’s Final Four picks: Duke, Louisville, Gonzaga, and UNC 1:09:45 Player of the week, 2 obvious choices and a big surprise! 1:12:50 Parting Shot – Jason gives us a history lesson about Duke’s dominance over UNC in the ACC Tourney 1:14:25 Parting Shot – Donald on Michigan and the trouble with their airplane 1:16:20 Parting Shot – Sam thinks that stealing the internet helped Duke win the ACC 1:18:20 Goodbye and Duke band

The gang (Donald, Jason, Sam) returns to recap the UNC loss and FSU victory and break down the ACC Tournament. They talk about Duke's chances and highlight the teams that could surprise in Brooklyn. Finally, they end with Player of the Week and Parting Shots. 0:13 - Intros, Sam's friend's house party guests were the reason we lost) 1:43 - We tangent into our annoyance with teaching basketball to people during big games 4:50 - We recap the loss to UNC 22:40 - We recap the victory against FSU on Senior Night 24:35 - Donald gets clowned for being on mute, but he had great thoughts! 29:37 - Thoughts on the team entering the ACC Tournament: Jason feels good, Sam is concerned, Donald falls in the middle 38:23 - We preview the ACC Tournament 43:04 - We talk about the teams that could surprise in the ACCT 51:15 - Has the ACC secured 10 bids for the NCAA Tournament? 56:30 - Players of the Week 58:40 - Parting Shots 1:07:00 - See ya!

0:00 Welcome to the Oscar Controversy Report… I mean, the Duke Basketball Report 1:35 Time to talk about the loss at Syracuse. Jason pulls out the Bootsy to describe this game. 8:35 What happened against Miami? Did anyone play well for Duke? Maybe Frank Jackson. 14:10 Our preview of Florida State and UNC contains a warning about Duke’s fate in the ACC standings 17:40 Some comments about senior night and whether Allen and Jefferson should play or rest. Donald predicts Amile will have a big final game. 23:45 The key to beating UNC, Donald wants us to be strong on D and on the boards to keep UNC from getting too excited on their senior night. 30:50 The ups and downs of college hoops… remember a week ago when we thought Duke was surging? 32:20 Sam points out some of the nobodies who will play on UNC’s senior night 33:55 Player of the week… we can barely pick anyone. 35:10 Parting Shots – Jason talks about JJ Redick on Bill Simmons podcast and also reflects a bit on Carolina’s recruiting woes in recent years 39:40 Parting Shot – Donald with a shout out to Michigan St. and a very senior day celebration 41:20 Parting Shot – Sam reflects on the years when Duke kept on winning titles in the ACC… something that has not happened in a long time. 45:30 Before we go, Donald with a shout out to the Duke women for a beatdown of the UNC women… and the Duke band plays us out.

0:00 We laugh at the fact that Sam is feeling fine. 1:20 Recap of the UVA game, aka: The Jayson Tatum Show. Sam makes a great observation about how Duke adapts to different styles of play. 10:40 Recap of the Wake game, sks: The John Collins Show (even though he lost). Jason thinks Duke gave up on even trying to play defense in this game. 17:10 What is up with Giles and Bolden’s minutes? 18:30 Time to chat about whether Coach K should rest Jefferson and Allen to heal their injuries. 27:00 Donald makes an amazing connection between the 2001, 2010, and 2015 national champs… and talks about how he wants to see something similar from Duke this season. 33:05 Jason uses someone else’s research to talk about the ACC race and why the regular season race is so absurdly imbalanced. 37:50 Fun question of the week – if not Duke, who would you want to win the ACC. No votes for Carolina, but lots of love for Virginia. 42:30 Jason previews Syracuse and their transfer shooter, Andrew White III 50:50 Donald wants us to tell him one key to win the rematch with Miami 55:15 Time to talk about the dumpster fire that is NC State and the decision to axe their coach with several games left on their schedule. 1:03:50 Jason has a crazy thought… is the State job interesting because UNC may be about to get the NCAA hammer? 1:07:55 Kyrie Irving and the Earth is Flat… we find this whole thing hysterical. 1:12:30 Player of the week… Tatum with the sweep! 1:14:00 Parting Shot – Jason on Kyrie as Uncle Drew 1:16:50 Parting Shot – Sam on Duke Lacrosse and Luke Kennard’s father’s headwear 1:18:55 Parting Shot – Donald on Jeff Capel Sr. joining the coaching staff on the bench for the Wake game 1:21:10 All done and Duke band!

Episode 71 is a packed episode! Sam, Jason and Donald wish Coach K a happy 70th birthday, recap the UNC and Clemson victories, preview the UVa game and then get into a question from a podcast listener about Duke fans who didn't attend Duke. They then do players of the week and have several parting shots.

0:10 Jason welcomes us as he cries about his Falcons blowing the Super Bowl and tries to find a Duke equivalence. 3:00 We move on to recap the game against the “Pitt Pampers.” Sam was at the game and was impressed with Pitt’s size. 10:40 Jason waxes poetic on Grayson Allen’s magical final 7 minutes of the game. 15:20 “Let’s talk about the bench” -- Sam says Harry Giles’ defense is still preventing him from getting more playing time. 18:45 Sam gives us the view from the stands of what Coach K looked like in his first game back. 22:35 Time for the Carolina preview. We each give our one key to the game… Donald says it is energy and feeding off Cameron, Sam says we need to frustrate Joel Berry, and Jason says we must rebound. 34:05 Tenting Quiz- Part 2. Donald and Sam prove they are worthy of getting to the front of the Black tenting line for the Carolina game. 52:30 Parting Shots – Sam gets us into a conversation about how much we love our listeners which devolves into a peek inside Sam’s digital ineptitude. 56:45 Parting Shot – Donald also shares a story of meeting podcast fans 59:40 Parting Shot – Jason tells us about JJ Redick’s intellect 1:04:05 Player of the week – Grayson Allen