Duke Basketball Report

0:10Jason welcomes us as he cries about his Falcons blowing the Super Bowl and tries to find a Duke equivalence. 3:00We move on to recap the game against the “Pitt Pampers.” Sam was at the game and was impressed with Pitt’s size. 10:40Jason 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. 18:45Sam gives us the view from the stands of what Coach K looked like in his first game back. 22:35Time 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. 34:05Tenting Quiz- Part 2. Donald and Sam prove they are worthy of getting to the front of the Black tenting line for the Carolina game. 52:30Parting Shots – Sam gets us into a conversation about how much we love our listeners which devolves into a peek inside Sam’s digital ineptitude. 56:45Parti

0:10 Hello… it is early but we are mostly awake 1:50Wake Forest recap – Donald was impressed with our heart and our shooting percentage late 5:20With the season on the verge of collapsing, Jason thinks Grayson’s composure saved us 8:05Sam wants to know if what we think about Duke’s recent rebounding success 12:15Time to talk about Notre Dame, which was likely Duke’s best game and the stellar D played by Duke 16:00Jason Evans has figured out what will make Jayson Tatum truly great 22:35We all wax poetic on the absurd between-the-legs pass by Luke Kennard 27:20Jason has a cool stat about Duke’s 2nd half shooting 29:10Previewing Pitt, a game Sam will attend! 32:10We marvel at how badly Pitt has gotten beaten lately, ACC record-breaking losses 36:00Player of the Week – we split the vote 3 ways 40:00Parting shots – Donald was kickin’ with a legend! 41:35Parting shot – Jason talks the success of the K coaching tree at Marquette and Northwestern 45:40Parting shot – Sam reflects on January this year and in recent ye

The trio (Donald, Sam & Jason) recap the wild win against Miami and the loss against NC State. We preview the upcoming road games against Wake Forest and Notre Dame and give our players of the week and parting shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

00:10Sam greets us and wishes a happy 50th birthday to Jason! 02:25We recap a tough week, Duke lost both games to FSU and Lou and Donald talks about the importance of depth 08:10Jason rants a bit about our poor interior D 13:45We talk a bit about how Amile Jefferson is like Bill Walton… yes, Bill Walton! 20:30Jason talks about one of his favorite statistics, Field Goal Attempts 22:00Donald previews Miami, a team that has a nice record but who hasn’t beaten anyone very good 29:20Jason tells us about NC State a team that is just awful on defense 33:00Sam asks Jason the impossible question, how do you stop Dennis Smith? 38:50Jason gives Sam and Donald the Duke trivia tenting quiz. It ain’t easy! 41:15Question #1 - Name all the players on the team, their numbers, their hometowns, and their high schools 42:00Question #2 – Give Duke’s ranking in the AP poll every week this season 42:45Question #3 – Name all 6 members of the Duke coaching staff 44:35Question #4 – Which Duke players were on the HOF preseason watch li

00:10Welcome to episode #66! 00:35Sam is playing through the pain of a nasty ski injury 01:40Jason lays out the structure of this episode… and forbids us from talking about Grayson’s latest tripping “scandal” until later in the Pod 04:00Donald starts the wrapup of all three games we played this past week. He says the Ga Tech game was the best Duke can play. 06:30Sam “takes the dim view on this week” as he was unimpressed with the BC win 10:00Jason says the poor 2nd half against BC was a result of us missing Amile, which morphs into an assessment of Bolden and Giles 14:00Jason wants to talk about Grayson Allen, the new Duke point guard 18:20Time for the Great Grayson Tripping Scandal – Part 4. Sam thinks it is stupid but Jason and Donald are worried it could really have an impact on Grayson’s game going forward 24:55We blindly speculate about Amile Jefferson’s injury and his impact on the team 26:10What do we think of Coach Capel? We are all happy that Coach K will still be connected and consulted, even if he

0:00Welcome to the ACC Preview Pod… featuring Donald educating us about Kujichagulia 3:40Preview #1 – Sam looks at Duke vs. Virginia Tech, there’s a real chance Duke could lose this game 14:10Preview #2 – Jason on Ga Tech, a team that really needs more talent 18:25Jason goes off-topic to talk about high school recruiting in the state of Georgia 24:00A discussion of whether Grayson will come back for the Ga Tech game ensues 26:05Preview #3 – Donald on BC, the trainwreck of the ACC 32:20Biggest surprises and disappointments in the ACC thus far, it all begins with Jason being really impressed with Notre Dame 38:00Sam has fun with some stats on Virginia’s defense 44:35Donald’s surprise is how good almost everyone in the ACC is (except for the bottom few teams) and he can’t help but love on the Miami Hurricanes 48:50Thoughts on Duke’s non-conference performance – MVPs thus far: Sam and Jason say Amile while Donald picks Luke 55:50Donald surprises us by asking for Duke’s best game of the year thus far. The one thin

0:10Welcome! Sam, Donald, and Jason have a Christmas gift for you… a new podcast! 2:15Donald attended the Tenn. St game and gives us a quick review of some of the changes Cameron has undergone recently 5:00Time to quickly talk about the actual games against Tenn State and Elon, two games where the post-exam malaise really stood out 8:50We continue to avoid talking about Grayson Allen, but still express real concerns about team chemistry. Luke Kennard’s post-Elon game comments scare the heck out of us 11:30Jason is worried… are we cursed? How can we be this good and yet this worried? 15:45Sam says it is time to talk about Grayson Allen! Did we really procrastinate for 15 minutes before we got to this? 18:45Donald says the media deserves more than a little bit of blame for blowing this out of proportion 21:45Jason talks about Grayson’s reaction on the bench and that Grayson knew at that moment how much he had just lost and how this tripping incident will stick with him FOREVER! 28:00We all feel K was right to i

0:00 Jason and Sam are here, but where is Donald? 1:00In Donald’s place, we are joined by Bleacher Report’s Jordan Brenner, former of ESPN The Magazine 2:15Recap of the Florida victory, starting with Jordan who was at the game 3:50Sam says the most impressive player on the floor was Amile Jefferson 6:00Jordan talks about Duke’s depth and what he saw from the big men when he visited with the team during preseason practices 10:00Jason and Jordan start talking about PGs and Duke’s ability to move the ball 19:50Jordan has a warning, the team D needs to get better 23:55Let’s reflect on the Michigan St game, and the greatness that was Matt Jones’ D 27:55Jason marvels at how we got to 7-1 with only 6 players 30:45Why are we talking about the Maine game? Because it was our fist look at Tatum and Bolden! 34:05Jordan says Luke Kennard is, “pretty good at basketball.” 35:00UNLV preview. This is not the UNLV of the past. 40:35Jason interviews Jordan. First question – how is the sausage made? 43:20Jordan riffs on the noti

0:00Welcome to podcast #62. Do we really have to talk about that football game? 1:30Recap of the Kansas game. We lost but aren’t despondent over the result. Jason was really impressed with Josh Jackson; Sam talks about the rebounding and the strange flow of the game; and Donald is relieved that we got the undefeated pressure off our back nice and early. 14:30Time for something more fun, the wins over Penn St and Rhode Island. We were quite impressed with Hassan Martin of Rhode Island. 18:10Sam has a hysterical story about how he experienced the Penn St. game 20:10We are really getting sick of everyone getting injured 23:05Jason has a shocking statistic he wants everyone to know about that he pulled right from the rules of basketball 29:20Donald starts the, “Grayson needs to get healthy” conversation which Jason morphs into his weekly man-love for Luke Kennard and then Sam morphs into a discussion about who is going to get minutes once we finally get healthy. It takes a while for us to talk about minutes. 40:3

The gang has a lot on their plate this week. Basketball season has begun, we preview the big game with Kansas, we chat with former Duke great and current NBAer Ryan Kelly, and revel in a victory over UNC on the football field. Timestamps 0:00 Welcome to a jam packed podcast!! We begin by wondering about the fate of the victory bell 2:50 Hey, the basketball season started. We talk a bit about the Marist and Grand Canyon games 17:05 We present a preview of Kansas. We are worried about their physical guards. 31:10 Jason interviews former Duke great and current Atlanta Hawk Ryan Kelly 38:40 Jason asks the question we are all dying to know -- Kobe or Austin, who passes more? 42:40 The big question from every Duke interview -- tell us your greatest Coach K story 46:40 We react to the interview and how much we loved Ryan's story about Coach K 53:50 Recruiting news - Gary Trent Jr. is the newest member of the Blue Devil family 59:10 Football roundup - Down goes the Tarheels! 1:10:00 Player of the week - Donald lik

Jason, Sam, and Donald reflect on everything we learned in the preseason and give their predictions as we get ready for the college basketball season to begin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald, Sam, and Jason are joined by DBR mainstay Mark Newton, who went to a recent Duke practice and also was in house for Countdown to Craziness. The four of them dissect what we know about Duke coming into the season. We also look at the NBA one-and-done rule and reflect back on the carer of one of Duke's all-time greats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The DBR Podcast trio break down Duke Football's historic 38-35 victory over Notre Dame in South Bend! Sam was there, Donald and Jason were not, but we get to look back on an impressive victory and everything associated with that incredible day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys dissect what happened with the Blue Devils against Northwestern and talk about why Coach K decided to put his team on display for NBA scouts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald take on three big topics this week... the football team's lackluster performance versus Wake, the ACC basketball schedule being released, and the NCAA's decision to get out of North Carolina because of HB2. Oh, and be sure to stick around until the end to hear us talk about "elaborate sausages." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donaldis AWOL so Sam and Jason get DBR's resident football expert Bob Green to join them for a preview of the pigskin season. But, because we love basketball so much, we can't avoid talking about the newest Blue Devil and what we saw at the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the 54th episode of the Duke Basketball Report Podcast, Jason, Sam & Donald speak with the legendary Bob Harris, the Voice of the Blue Devils! Also, we take a look at the nonconference basketball schedule, and we discuss Coach K's appearance on JJ Redick's podcast, focusing on his thoughts on the one-and-done era and JJ's career. As always, we finish up with some parting shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald, Sam, and Jason are back after a 2 month break. They talk NBA Draft, NBA Finals, Olympics, and look ahead at Duke's 2017 season. 0:10 - Accidental intro where we talk about Sam's mandolin play 0:55 - We actually start, for real, and we continue talking about Sam's mandolin as well as what else we have been up to. 5:00 - Why has it taken us so long to do a podcast? We blame John Scheyer! 9:10 - We finally talk about something real! The NBA Draft, though we start with the Dukie who went undrafted, MP3! 16:10 "Hey, lets talk about Brandon Ingram!" (We end up mostly just talking about the Lakers). 26:00 Other draft notes, Donald loves Henry Ellenson and Silent G in Detroit. 27:45 Jason is flabbergasted that Cat Barber was undrafted 30:30 More NBA, this time we talk about Kyrie winning a NBA title 35:50 We wax poetic on how great Lebron was 39:30 We forgot about Dhantay Jones?!?!?!! 41:30 We talk about the Olympics and Jason goes on a Harrison Barnes rant 50:00 Donald with a shout out to Lindsay Harding,

Jason, Donald, and Sam reflect on the end of the season and talk about the delight at seeing the UNCHeaters lose. Plus, they get more than a little excited thinking about what next season will bring with a truly loaded Duke roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Sam, and Donald woke up early Monday morning with a NCAA Tournament hangover, but they fought through it to revel in the Blue Devils marching on in the Big Dance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices