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Live from the parking lot at Mercedes Benz stadium, the podcast crew gives us their take on the Alabama game... complete with a locker room interview with Duke QB Quentin Harris. 0:00 The gang is all here... in ATL... for a podcast brought to you by Byrd Campbell and sorta by Miller Lite 1:40 Sam doesn't even know the score of the Duke-Bama game 2:40 Jason say Duke met expectations for success against the Tide juggernaut 3:50 Donald on whether we should have gone for it on 4th down in the first quarter 5:00 A conversation about the struggles of the Duke offense 7:05 The Duke defense was pretty good.. considering we were playing Bama 9:15 Sam sings the praises of the new Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta (and free Chick-fil-a!!) 11:00 Jason's Locker room interview with Duke QB Quentin Harris 13:40 Reaction to Harris's post-game comments 16:00 Thanks to our wonderful sponsors Byrd Campbell 16:40 A brief conversation about the shortest NBA career of all time... just 3.9 seconds 21:20 Goodbye from the gulch and thanks to our fans!!
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The guys are ready for a big weekend in Atlanta again the Alabama Crimson Tide and they also talk to a NY Giants Podcaster about the early success of Daniel Jones at QB. :00Devil With a Blue Dress :15Donald welcomes us to a mostly football pod 2:20Bring on Bama! 3:20Donald puts Jason on the spot… and he does not like it 5:10Jason explains how Alabama’s talent is just off the charts 7:20What would it take for Duke to say, “well, that was a good game” 8:40Sam gives us a history of Duke playing the best programs 12:20Donald talks about the last time we played Bama 15:00Byrd Campbell, our favorite Dukie sponsors 15:45A conversation about Daniel Jones with NY Giants Podcaster Ed Valentine 17:00Ed wants to know when we can start engraving Jones’ Hall of Fame plaque 18:20A reflection on the Giants taking Jones at #6 21:25Giant fan reaction to Jones thus far 23:05What has impressed Ed the most about Jones so far 26:40Ed talks about the transition from Eli Manning to Daniel Jones 30:30What kind of relationship do Eli and Daniel have so far? 32:40Our reactions to Ed Valentine’s comments on Daniel Jones 39:20Jason tells us about the Duke legend of Mike Junken 43:55Parting Shots – Jason talks about Team USA at the FIBA World Cup, featuring 2 Dukies! 52:10Parting Shots – One Sam remembers what he is talking about, we chat about Duke Blue Planet 54:20Parting Shots – Donald on the chicken sandwich wars (featuring Sam doing an incredible Yoda impression and then blowing us away with his Coach K impression) 1:01:15Good bye and Duke band
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The guys are back with a download of all the action from a summer of hoops and a preview of the football season coming up. 0:00 The Duke Band welcomes us to pod #162 0:20 Jason welcomes us as Donald and Sam recap some of their summer travels 2:50 What have we seen from the Blue Devil basketball team in the videos that have leaked from summer basketball play. 9:15 Summer recruiting news, Jalen Johnson headed to Durham 16:40 Sidebar about the best high school basketball teams in the country, including some talk about LeBron James Jr. 19:25 Ken Pomeroy ranks the top college hoops programs of the past 23 years... and guess who he says is the #1 team? 26:20 Would Jay Wright take the Duke job if it was offered to him? 29:30 Other teams with rankings that intrigue us (with extensive conversation about Texas and Virginia) 35:00 Duke football preview including an invitation for you to hang out with the DBR podcast crew at the Duke-Alabama game!! 43:45 Byrd Campbell, the best lawyers you will find who bleed Duke blue 44:30 Parting Shots - Jason begins with the NBA summer and the peril of players being too much in control 54:20 Parting Shots - Sam has a new hat and is excited for his second year at Fuqua 55:40 Parting Shots - Donald loves the LLWS and other baseball/softball stuff 57:15 Parting Shots - Jason rants about the NCAA, the SEC, and the ACC being cowards about the UNC scandal 1:04:40 Goodbye and Duke Band
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Everything you could want to know about Dukies in the Draft and more! Featuring Sam and Jason live and Donald on tape from France... yes, on tape from France. We go to the ends of the Earth to make this the best podcast around!
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0:00 Donald welcomes us to the pod and thanks our sponsor, Byrd Campbell 1:00 Jason talks about his weekend... watching his son graduate from college and Sam has a new summer job on the left coast 4:40 NBA Draft lottery and the likely destinations of the Duke freshmen, Zion, RJ, and Cam. With a lot of conversation about Anthony Davis, the New Orleans Pelicans, and their new GM, Trajan Langdon 22:20 Sidebar about how trash the Knicks are and a debate about the last good free agent they got 24:35 Javin and Marquis and the NBA Draft 33:30 Dukies in the NBA playoffs 41:10 Thanks to Byrd Campbell for being true blue! 41:45 Duke gets a 2020 recruit, PG Jeremy Roach and loses a 2019 recruit, Boogie Ellis 52:15 Duke Lax and Women's Golf be winning and winning 54:20 The passing of a hoops trailblazer 56:40 We close with praise for Robert Smith, a great philanthropist 1:00:10 Good bye and Duke band
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We're back with Episode 159! On this episode, the gang discuss the commitments of Matthew Hurt and Cassius Stanley and get into Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden testing the NBA waters. That leads to a general discussion over what the roster will look like next season and who will get minutes. We end the show with Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:00 - Duke Band welcomes you! 0:11 - Jason welcomes us to Episode 159. We’re all happy that recruiting is once again a success 0:42 - Thanks to our sponsor, Byrd Campbell! 1:05 - Sam’s drinking tea to all the haters who thought our recruiting was done 2:11 - We discuss the commitments of Matthew Hurt and Cassius Stanley 3:43 - Donald compares Matthew Hurt to Dirk Nowitzki and says he will be extremely versatile 6:05 - Jason comments on Hurt’s 3 point shooting ability, but needs to get stronger 8:01 - Sam thinks Hurt will need the Cookout Diet, but his length will open things up on offense à la Kyle Singler 10:28 - Sam shifts into discussion of Cassius Stanley, and thinks he will be a good complementary piece for Duke 12:18 - Jason talks about Stanley’s shooting improvement, but his game is slashing and athleticism 15:55 - Donald continues the Stanley discussion, noting his impression that he can drive in the lane with control and create shots 17:46 - Sam calls back to a great recruiting thread from a couple years ago that discusses minutes in relation to status in recruiting class (https://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/forums/showthread.php?33892-Recruiting-ranking-experience-and-playing-time-at-Duke&highlight=recruiting+rankings+minutes) 18:56 - Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden declare for NBA Draft, but Jason notes they could be back 20:07 - Donald agrees that it’s a wise move for them to test the waters and get the NBA feedback 22:03 - Sam notes that Bolden and DeLaurier has the Duke machine that can help them through the process 23:47 - Jason and Donald comment that some Duke guys who didn’t have NBA futures have ended up in the league 24:50 - Thanks as always to our sponsors, Byrd Campbell! 25:27 - Time to discuss what the roster could look like, and we start with an email from a great fan in Madrid 26:56 - Sam - Other than Vernon Carey getting 25 minutes, Tre Jones starting, and Jack White being a captain, there’s not much we know for sure about this team 28:41 - Jason thinks Tre Jones will be a captain, but Sam points out only Greg Paulus and Josh McRoberts have been sophomore captains 30:20 - Sam thinks the bench will be extended this year; Jason thinks that Coach K will go to the hot hand 33:20 - Donald discusses the balance of the team - lots of freshmen, but lots of upperclassmen as well 34:15 - Donald - lot of guys on the team that have played big minutes. That leadership will be key 36:25 - Sam discusses the defense and who will step up alongside Tre Jones 39:16 - Jason reiterates that Coach K will find the best players and play them a lot 40:30 - Donald - practices will be super competitive with so many guys fighting for those minutes 42:20 - Parting Shots - Donald recaps the awards given out at the annual basketball banquet 45:00 - Parting Shots - Sam begins the longest parting shot ever by starting with the pronunciation guide on the Duke Basketball roster page 47:20 - Parting Shots - Sam continues by lamenting he’s not at the Nationals-Rockies game 48:28 - Parting Shots - Sam recaps the speech Coach K gave to Fuqua as part of the Distinguished Leaders series 50:00 - Parting Shots - Sam celebrates Fuqua’s win over UNC in the Blue Cup 55:00 - Parting Shots - Jason discusses all the Blue Devils all over the NBA Playoffs and has a fascinating stat about Kyrie Irving 59:28 - Parting Shots - Sam has ONE MORE parting shot, this time about him calling the Fuqua 1st year vs. 2nd year basketball game 1:00:45 - Goodbye and Duke Band…don’t forget to subscribe!
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Tre Jones has decided to return for his sophomore season at Duke and the guys open the mailbag to talk one-and-done and their favorite Duke players of the 21st century so far. 0:00 Welcome back to the offseason. The national championship game went late. 2:30 Tre Jones returns! What does it mean for Duke in 2020? 18:00 We open the mailbag, but not before greetings from Byrd Campbell! 19:20 From listener David, how much did luck play into the end of Duke's season? Jason takes it in a different direction and dissects Virginia's run to the title. 30:35 Next mailbag question, who are our favorite Duke players of the 21st century, picking from only from those players who played at least three seasons for Duke? We draft teams and compare. How did we do? 42:30 Would Zion have been our first pick if we could have picked any player? 46:50 Last mailbag question today, what are our thoughts on the one-and-done approach? How does it affect player development? 59:45 Goodbye from us and the Duke band!
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The season ends... and we have so much to say about that. Plus, we look ahead to next year as Jason interviews several of Duke's incoming freshmen. 0:00We’re depressed… 3:10Thanks to the sponsors, Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com (use promo code “DBR” to get 20% off your order) 4:25And here begins the lengthy recap of the Michigan State game 5:25Sam starts with how Duke gave up the big first-half lead 8:40The refs, they sucked 9:55Jason is obsessed with turnovers… and has the stats to prove it 12:15Donald laments Duke’s lack of fastbreak points… and also talks about the rebounding 13:55Let’s talk about the end game and what happened in Duke’s final few possessions. 19:20Jason says Duke just could not find the complimentary players this season and then he just cannot avoid talking about the refs some more 23:20Sam talks about how poorly Duke adjusted to the style of the game and the officiating 25:45Don’t forget to head to GTHCGTH.com for all your Carolina hating gear… and Byrd Campbell has a message where they reflect on the season 27:30Recapping the results of the stats prediction game… Jason had the worst pick but Jason also won the game 41:55The DBR Stats Contest Trophy… you know you want to sponsor it! Email DBRPodcast@gmail.com 44:15Looking ahead to the next season… Jason went to the McDonald’s All-American Game practices and media day! 45:40Jason interviews future Dukie Vernon Carey 48:05Jason interviews future Dukie Wendell Moore 51:15Jason interviews Duke recruit Matthew Hurt 53:00Jason interviews Duke recruit Trendon Watford 55:00Jason talks about what he saw at the Mickie Dee practices 59:30Sam and Donald react to the interviews with the recruits 1:03:50Jason reflects on last year’s McD game and how much it told us about how those guys would do in college (spoiler alert: not much!) 1:05:00Parting shots – we will be talking about the world of One and Done hoops on a future podcast 1:06:05Parting shots – Sam on what this season was like being back on campus 1:08:05Parting shots – Donald on how Duke turned DC dark blue this past weekend 1:11:35Parting shots – Jason reflects on the decade of the 2010s… and says Duke was the team of the decade 1:21:10Good bye, email us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com, and the Duke band plays us out
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Survive (heart attack) and advance. Duke pulls out another nail-biter and moves on to the Elite 8. Donald, Jason, and Sam are here for your listening enjoyment! 0:00Welcome to a very Sweet 16 podcast! 2:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTHGTH.com (use your “DBR” promo code to get 20% off) 2:50Recapping the VT game, starting with Tre Jones stellar game 6:20Tre’s insane lob to Zion where he quite literally flew! 7:30Sam talks about how we did with Cam Reddish missing 12:30RJ Barrett also had quite a game, facilitating and second half domination 16:25Time to talk about some other insane stuff that Zion did 21:20A reminder to check out ByrdCampbell.com and GTHCGTH.com 22:30Reflections on the other Sweet 16 games, including Auburn sending Carolina going to Hell 25:20Sam and Jason have the exact same Final Four picks and all of their teams are still alive 26:20Quick comments about Purdue-Tenn, a really great game 28:05Jason still doesn’t like conference teams playing each other in the NCAA tourney 29:40Singing the praises of the Texas Tech defense 34:45Jason puts a button on the end of Carolina’s season 36:15Previewing the Elite 8 game with Michigan State 38:15Jason talks about what Duke does best and what MSU does best and how they are matched with each other 41:10How does MSU contain Zion? They have a couple big guys who could do it. 43:05Donald wants to talk about the rebounding, always a strong point for MSU 45:00Coach K owns Tom Izzo and has now set a new record for Elite 8 appearances 46:05Goodbye and Duke band
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0:00“You picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue,” Sam sets the mood for our recap of the classic with Johnny Dawkins Central Florida squad 2:00Donald wants a ticket to the East Regional in DC… anyone want to hook him up? 2:30A shout out to the sponsors, Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com 3:30The UCF game… whew, that was a close call. Donald begins by praising the opposition. 6:45Jason admits he underrated the impact of Tacko Fall on Duke’s ability to score at the rim and all three of us get into a long rant about how much Tacko fouled 12:30Time to reflect on the coaching job of Johnny Dawkins and the shooting job of Aubrey Dawkins 17:35Let’s talk about how teams are treating Tre Jones and Duke’s other non-scorers 21:00We come to sing the praise of Javin and JGold 24:15We finally talk about the very end of the game and the drama of the final seconds 27:10Did the UCF shot get rim or was it a shot clock violation? 28:20Byrd Campbell, they mean business! 29:00A quick look at everyone else in the Sweet 16, a truly impressive field of top teams 35:20Want some cool Duke gear? Check out GTHCGTH.com! 36:00Previewing Virginia Tech, our Sweet 16 opponent 44:15A quick conversation about the massive DBR Bracket Challenge… 700+ people are in the group! 46:20Player of the week… there can be only one! 48:50Our collective parting shot – the amazing Brotherhood video! 55:20Duke plays late on Friday… and Sam and Donald will be there. They will let you know about a pre-game hang out near the stadium. 56:55Goodbye and Duke band
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