Duke Basketball Report

Just a few hours after recording Episode 185, we learn of the tragic death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Nolan Smith, Duke Basketball's Director of Basketball Operations, joins us to reflect on the life of Kobe Bryant and what his passing means to basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Devils may have the weekend off, but the DBR crew is here to preview next week's games and talk about the state of the ACC (hint- it ain't good). Plus, we delve into the latest Pay the Players debate. 0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Donald, Jason, and Sam want to talk about breakfast drinks 2:30Time for some actual basketball talk, we preview Duke’s next opponent, Pitt and Jeff Capel returning to Cameron 10:05A preview of the 4th place team in the ACC, the Syracuse Orange… a different Syracuse team than what we are used to seeing 15:10We talk about how Duke can exploit the Syracuse zone defense 19:50A shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 20:25A look at the ACC and which teams from the conference can make the tournament 37:40Pay the players! The head of the NCAA talks about where they are now on that debate 46:10Duke band, take us home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00   Mitch Ryder plays us in 0:30   Welcome to Zion's world, we planned to talk about the Miami game but we cannot resist the gravitational pull of Zion's debut 14:40  Jason makes a crazy prediction about how quickly Zion will be great, Sam and Donald have more reasonable expectations 20:15  Oh yeah, the Duke basketball team played a couple days ago... we recap Duke's latest thrashing of Miami 30:00   We talk a bit about Matthew Hurt's best game in a Duke uniform and what it means for him going forward 34:30   We spend a few minutes talking about the Kansas-K State fight 47:20   Sam has a fun story about mascots showing emotions 50:10   Player of the week - there is no debate here 50:30   Parting shots - Donald on the passing of Morgan Wooten 58:45   Parting shots - Sam got to talk to Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey 1:01:25  Parting shots - Jason mourns the loss of Terry Jones of Monty Python 1:05:25   Thanks to our sponsor's Byrd Campbell and the Duke band takes us home Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

It wasn't a great week for Duke Basketball, and the podcast trio is back to discuss what went wrong in the losses to Clemson and Louisville. We preview the Miami game and end with Player of the Week and Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:17 - Sam is back from his Asian travels 3:29 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 3:37 - We start with breaking down the Clemson loss. Energy, missed layups, and an inefficient defense are what we focus on. 13:56 - We continue our recap of a bad week with Louisville and how physical the game was 22:09 - Byrd Campbell means business! 22:37 - We preview Miami and break down what Duke needs to do to get back on track 29:32 - Player of the Week isn't fun this week, but the pick is unanimous 32:18 - Parting Shots: Jason discusses Gonzaga and stupid poll voters, Donald reflects on watching Wojo and Marquette, and Sam does a deep dive on former Duke players at Shooters 43:55 - Jason has one final thought on UNC losing more games and its position in the NET 46:16 - Programming note: we will be back

Donald and Jason talk Tre Jones' offensive explosion and eventually get around to wondering what life would be like if Zion has come back. 0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Jason and Donald are here to talk about the Wake beatdown, Sam has been taken by Bangkok 2:10Shout out to ByrdCampbell.com 2:30Duke crushes Wake and we talk a lot about Tre Jones’ offensive game 9:55 Jason pulls out some stats to show how effective the Duke D has been lately 13:40Donald talks about our shot blocking and interior D 16:30Clemson beats Carolina for the first time ever in Chapel Hill, we have to talk about it 20:50We preview the Carolina game and Jason talks about who will guard Clemson’s Aamir Simms 28:00Donald takes the lead on previewing the Duke-Louisville game, perhaps the toughest game left on the schedule 33:50Donald predicts Jack White is going to have a big week for Duke 35:15Have we mentioned how great Byrd Campbell are? 35:55Player of the week picks 37:50Parting shots – Donald on Zion wanting to stay in school 45:5

The podcast was in the house for the Ga Tech game as Jason Evans got to interview the players post-game and sit in on Coach K's news conference. This mid-week special podcast is a deep dive on a fascinating game... enjoy! 0:00  Donald and Jason are here for a post-Ga Tech show 2:30   Jason talks about watching the game from press row and he cannot stop talking about what K did with the lineups this game and the impact of Jordan Goldwire 7:55   Donald on how Javin and Jack impacted the game late 9:00   We praise Ga Tech's play, they came to compete! 12:00   Lets take a few moments for Cassisus' dunks 14:30   We need a name for Duke's withering defense 17:10   More mid-week podcasts are coming 17:50   Jason went into the locker room after the game... here is what he heard: 18:50   Postgame sound with Vernon Carey 20:10   Postgame sound with Jordan Goldwire 21:50   Postgame sound with Cassius Stanley 24:10   We react to what we heard in the locker room 28:25   Coach K's postgame news conference 34:20   Coach K

The podcast crew apologizes in advance for some poor audio quality on this week's show. We are working to fix that in the future. 0:00Devil in the Blue Dress and where in the world is the podcast crew 4:15Ok, enough of our world travels, lets get to the basketball! We begin with a beatdown of BC… a beatdown that started with the defensive effort 11:50Our second 30+ point win of the week, on the road against Miami 16:40Jason got reports on the Miami game from a spy inside the arena 19:00Sam chimes in from Vietnam on the rotations and the team depth 28:00A quick moment on Coach K and communication 29:30Thanks to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell 30:15Preview time, we being with Georgia Tech… well, we actually begin with the conversation about the Yellow Jackets topping North Carolina over the weekend and Roy Williams’ post-game meltdown 38:40Ok, enough of the Carolina bashing, time to actually preview the game against Ga Tech 42:00Looking ahead to the game against Wake, a team at the bottom of the ACC standings 45:3

0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:20Donald is hosting, Jason is here, Sam is AWOL in Vietnam 1:30Instant reaction to the Brown game, which was a lot closer than the final score indicates 3:40Donald on a tale of two halves… Vernon in the first, and AOC in the second 5:50Jason says Duke needed some WD-40 to knock off the rust but he loved the way we fed the post in this game 9:45Jason’s dog Cameron loves Duke’s rebounding 10:30Tre Jones misses another game… should we be concerned? 13:50Need legal help? Reach out to Byrd Campbell 14:30Previewing the first ACC games, Jason tells us about Boston College led by former Dukie Derryck Thornton 18:50Donald tells us all about Duke’s second opponent this week, the Miami Hurricanes 23:20Player of the week picks 24:40Parting Shots – Jason starts by talking about UNC’s Cole Anthony and then gets into the future of college basketball… it’s a long and winding road through Jason’s thought process 32:50Parting Shots – Donald with a touching story about how the Holiday Bowl honor

Happy Holidays to all our listeners! We whupped Wofford and as a gift to you we have an extended conversation about the very best from Duke during the wonderful decade of the 2010s. Enjoy! 0:00 Welcome to a holiday edition of the Pod 2:15Recap of Duke’s impressive win over Wofford, featuring much conversation about Joey “Buckets” Baker 17:45Previewing our next game, against the Ivy League’s Brown Bears 21:10Sam is hoping Duke fails to score 100+ points against Brown 24:15Merry Christmas from the Byrd Campbell Law Firm 24:55We play a game reflecting on the decade of the 2010s 26:00Pick your best 7 man rotation for the 2010s… any player who played during the decade is eligible 43:00Pick your best moment of the decade 46:50Pick the best game of the decade 54:30James Wiseman leaves Memphis… we must talk about it 1:08:15Player of the week 1:09:35Goodbye, happy holidays, and Duke band take us home 1:10:30Holiday Bonus… post-pod conversation about the NBA accidentally recorded Learn more about your ad choices. Visi

We teased it last week, and now it's here! On this episode, Jason Evans gets to interview former Duke PG Greg Paulus! We have reactions to that interview, preview Wofford, discuss the NET rankings, and we then have some terrific Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:15 - Greetings! Donald is in DC, Jason in Atlanta, Sam is in Park City 2:55 - We teased the interview, and now it’s here! Greg Paulus! 4:06 - Greg Paulus interview 27:56 - Greg Paulus interview reactions 36:40 - We preview the game against the Wofford Terriers, with a side convo about UNC’s struggles 48:38 - The new NET rankings are out. Duke is 13th 57:02 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 57:42 - Parting Shots: Jason with an interesting nugget about Cassius Stanley and his draft analysis 1:04:11 - Parting Shots: Sam discusses the highest paid coaches on the Forbes list 1:09:37 - Parting Shots: Donald gives a shoutout to the Newtown, CT high school football team on winning the state championship 1:11:48 - Goodbye and Duke Band! Learn more about your ad choices.

A week ago things looked glum but this past week was nearly perfect for the Blue Devils. Enjoy the exam break with the latest edition of the podcast! 0:00Sam says hello, Jason is warm, and Donald is freezing 3:15Duke beats Michigan State, Donald says Duke took MSU’s lunch money 6:15Jason was impressed with the D and says Vernon Carey is playing a different game than most other big men 8:50Donald gets to brag about Javin Delaurier having a big game 10:25Jason talks about all the things he got wrong a week ago… including his concerns about the play of Tre Jones 13:50We are here to praise Duke’s bench play 15:30Speaking of bench success, time to talk about the Va Tech game and Coach K going small 23:45Jason says this was a really tough week, making the two wins even more impressive 27:10You know ‘em, you love ‘em, our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 27:50Sam teases the special guest coming next weekend 28:50Player of the Week… a certain someone goes 3-for-3 in our picks 31:05Parting shots – Jason says the A

Jason, Sam, and Donald try to make sense out of the loss to Stephen F Austin. They focus on effort, field goal attempts, and free throw shooting. We talk about who we expect to start with Cassius Stanley injured and the gang looks ahead to a big week of games against of Michigan State and Virginia Tech. And there is division in our player of the week awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00Donald returns from the Caymans and Jason has internet again! 3:00Duke played two games… we begin with Cal as Sam celebrates the Vernon Carey beast 8:10Jason talks about the emergence of Wendell Moore 10:30Donald wants to chat about the impressive offensive rebounding 15:30Duke wins the 2K Classic by defeating Georgetown as Sam celebrates the demise of Patrick Ewing’s tie 18:30It sure did not take long for K to shrink the rotation and we wonder about Matthew Hurt’s psyche 21:30Donald wants to talk about floor slapping and the mental aspect of it 25:50Jason gets back to Wendell Moore and talks about his ability as a one-on-one offensive player 31:00We tip our hat to Byrd Campbell, our favorite sponsors 31:40Jason previews Stephen F Austin 34:25Jason makes an awful “dad joke” 35:30Sam looks ahead to the game with Winthrop, a team that may surprise you 40:40We need to take a few moments to talk about football… at least our kick return game was strong 48:45The long awaited return of Player of the Week! 51:15

Duke is back to #1 in the polls as Coach K has now had a team ranked at the top in 20 different seasons. We discuss the games that got Duke there and look ahead at this week's trip to Madison Square Garden. Intro: Donald is in the Caymans 3:40 Duke beat Central Arkansas in a blowout 10:50 Duke beat Georgia State in a surprisingly close game. Tre Jones was the star. What's up the rotation? 23:20 Thanks as always to Byrd Campbell 23:50 Let's look ahead at the 2K Classic this week in New York. Duke should face Texas in the title game and Coach K will tell us about how great this event is to prepare the team for the postseason. 35:20 We return to "Who does Cassius Stanley remind us of?" 37:50 Duke Football flummoxes us. 44:50 Jason's parting shot brings us back to Duke being #1 in the polls again. The key here is "again." 48:50 Donald says farewell from the Caymans. He travels a lot. 49:30 Sam wants listeners to keep tabs on the James Wiseman situation at Memphis. 53:00 Jason has movie recommendations for the Tha

The crew is back to discuss Duke Basketball's big Champions Classic win over Kansas and its win over Colorado State. They also preview this week's upcoming games against Central Arkansas and Georgia State, talk some recruiting, and recap Duke Football's loss to Notre Dame. Timestamps: 0:00 - Jason is hosting from the phone because U-Verse took his internet away 2:17 - We begin with basketball with some questions: 1. Who is Duke’s 2nd best player? 3:22 - Sam lands on Cassius Stanley, which is the consensus pick 5:10 - Donald agrees and cites his energy and him playing like he has something to prove 8:10 - Jason asks what we think our best lineup is so far 12:56 - Sam tells us who Cassius Stanley reminds him of, prompting a new game 15:53 - We recap the Kansas win, and it starts with defense 21:30 - The Duke offense wasn’t great 24:30 - Donald comments on Matthew Hurt’s shooting 28:24 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 29:07 - We recap the Colorado State win 36:25 - Up next: Central Arkansas and Georgia State 41:24 -

0:00Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30Sam and Donald are celebrating the Nationals World Series title 2:25Duke’s second exhibition game was a big win as Joey Baker came to play! 5:50Jason likes Matthew Hurt’s form on his long-distance shooting 8:00Sam says there are a lot of possibilities of the rotation this year 9:10Jason on Duke not having any sure-fire NBA prospects on the team 11:30Previewing the Kansas Jayhawks - Jason says they have a dynamic duo who could cause us big problems 17:10Donald talks about the tremendous big man depth for Kansas 19:00Sam talks about Kansas’s experience versus Duke’s youth 20:50Jason is pessimistic about the early season schedule 21:45Recruiting news- Sam welcomes 7-0 center Mark Williams to the Brotherhood 28:00Our sponsor, Byrd Campbell has a message for former Dukie Bruce Bell 29:00Duke legend Jim Spanarkel with a quick message for his former teammate Bruce Bell 30:00The annual Duke Basketball Stats Prediction Game! 31:10Most points, we all expect a certain Dukie to put a Hur

It was a weekend of a frustrating football loss and a concerning basketball (exhibition) win. 0:00 - Sam welcomes us to a podcast to recap a weekend we did not enjoy2:25 - How did Duke do in the first exhibition game? Jason says this will not be a Duke team that peaks early in the season.8:30 - Donald is worried about our FT shooting.12:00 - The D did look good in this exhibition game.14:00 - Donald tells us what to look for in Duke's next exhibition game.17:30 - A shout-out to the great DBR sponsors, Byrd Campbell 18:10 - Time to talk about the Duke-UNC football game and the insane ending of that game19:35 - Jason does not understand why we were even in that formation at the end of the game22:20 - Donald cannot figure out why we were doing something so gimmicky 25:00 - Jason says all the blow outs this year made Duke unprepared for a close game26:40 - Sam says the team needs a reset on offense29:20 - Jason says the offense in the 4th quarter was not good enough to win the game30:40 - Donald points out we s

With Jason still on vacation, Donald and Sam are here to recap Blue's 47-38 victory over White and all of the Countdown to Craziness spectacles! Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello! Donald’s hosting, Sam’s in Chicago, and Jason is still on vacation 1:15 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 1:30 - We start the Countdown recap with the basketball - Blue beats White 2:19 - Sam discusses how Vernon Carey is a surefire starter 3:05 - Sam: Tre Jones seems out of sorts, but didn’t look great 4:22 - Donald talks about Vernon Carey’s motor 6:23 - Donald and Sam are concerned about the outside shooting 9:10 - Donald: Cassius Stanley is smooth around the rim 10:30 - Sam switches to defense and the necessity for improvement 12:21 - Justin Robinson dunks, and Donald talks about a J-Rob dunk being his phone lock screen 13:39 - We discuss the intros! We begin with Javin DeLaurier going “old school” 14:50 - Sam wasn’t impressed with the dancing, but the best intro was Tre Jones and his mom 15:35 - Donald: Ante Up is one of the greatest hype so

With Jason traveling somewhere in Europe, Donald and Sam do the show this week as we preview Countdown to Craziness and recap Duke Football's win over Georgia Tech. We close this shorter show with Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:00 - Welcome! Donald and Sam are excited about #DCSports, while Jason is on vacation and absent this week 2:30 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! 2:48 - Sam learns that I RickRoll everyone on Uberconference! 4:02 - We start with Countdown to Craziness! 4:19 - Sam is excited to see the new jerseys, as is Donald! 4:40 - Sam is also looking forward to seeing the freshmen for the first time 7:12 - Sam is not excited about the player intros, but Donald definitely is 7:39 - Sam wants to see the evolution of Tre Jones’ game 8:16 - Donald is excited to have something to talk about with regards to who plays with whom 9:22 - Donald likes that the player intros allows the players to show their personality (just don’t flip cups or bottles!) 11:03 - Sam discusses the fact we don’t really know who eventually w

0:00Welcome to this week’s edition of the global warming podcast 3:20Duke gets a surprising new recruit for the class of 2020 7:45We talk about how this recruiting class is a bit different from some other recent Duke classes 9:00How the Brakefield recruiting reminds us of a classic scene in Trading Places and Grey’s Anatomy 12:00The depth of the 2020 class means Duke will be well-stocked with players for a while 16:00Our weekly shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 16:40A special interview with former Dukie, 2 time national champ, Kenny Blakeney 18:25Kenny talks about his long coaching career and gives us a great story about coaching with Lefty Dreisell. 25:00Kenny tells us what it is like now that he is a head coach and discusses hiring Dukie Tyler Thornton as an assistant coach 29:15A bit about what Kenny hopes to accomplish at Howard 32:00Donald notes that Kenny will play his former bosses Mike Brey and Tommy Amaker this year 35:50Jason asks Kenny about the state of college basketball and the