DBR Podcast #75 NCAA Tourney Preview




Duke Basketball Report show

Summary: 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