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The guys get together for a quick recap of Duke's victory over North Dakota State and a look ahead to the game with Central Florida. 0:00Duke band, intros, and a thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTCHGTH.com. 1:55Recapping Duke’s win over ND State. Jason and Sam want to talk about the D. 3:50Donald on why Duke struggled on offense early in the game. 6:50Jason on Duke getting to play the bench a lot and winning despite not playing great on offense. 8:15Sam talks about the rebounding struggles in the first half. 9:50Time to talk about Zion’s absurd start to the 2nd half. 12:50GTHCGTH.com brings you new TShirts!! Check em out for the perfect T-shirt to root for Duke as we seek our 6th national title, #SI6HTS 14:05Previewing Duke vs. Central Florida, the matchup with Johnny Dawkins and 7-6 Tacko Fall. 19:35Jason talks about some of the other players who are not 7-6 but are still good hoops players 23:30Jason can’t figure out the name of the school we are playing which leads Sam and Donald to talk about the different parts of Florida. 27:15Byrd Campbell, Duke’s legal eagles 27:50Looking back on the first round, which didn’t have as many surprises as usual. 34:15Goodbye and Duke band! We will be back Sunday night!
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The podcast crew is back with Episode 153, on Selection Sunday! With Sam on travel, the guys break down Duke's overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They are then joined by Matt Burr of WXDU Sports to discuss the Blue Devils cutting down the nets in Charlotte as ACC Tournament Champions. They end with Player of the Week (this week, we do Unsung Hero) and Parting Shots. Timestamps 0:15 - Hello! Sponsors! Selection Sunday! 2:16 - Sam helps us break down the bracket - Duke gets the East and the #1 overall seed 8:04 - Jason leads us in a rant about how the committee screwed Duke by placing a conference foe in their region 16:48 - Donald rails against the NET rankings 18:43 - Jason says NC State’s nonconference strength of schedule is why the ACC didn’t get 9 teams 26:00 - Final Four picks (we have every right to change them or be wrong) 29:28 - DBR Bracket Challenge! (https://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/forums/showthread.php?43446-2019-DBR-Bracket-Challenge) 30:24 - Byrd Campbell means business! 30:59 - We recap the ACC Tournament - We say goodbye to Sam and welcome Matt Burr from WXDU Sports! 33:33 - We talk about how great Zion was 43:21 - We discuss the players not named Zion that also helped Duke win the ACC title 1:00:13 - GTHCGTH.com - your place for all things that scream “Go To Hell Carolina, Go To Hell!” 1:01:08 - POW - Duh, Zion. Instead, we do Unsung Hero of the Week. Jason, Donald - Tre Jones, Matt - Jordan Goldwire 1:04:56 - Parting Shots 1:05:01 - Jason discusses the All ACC teams and “Killers Kill” 1:07:50 - Matt discusses a moment where Zion Williamson discusses his mom’s influence on him and the emotions surrounding his knee injury 1:11:20 - Donald laments that we only have a few games left with this team and stresses to everyone: enjoy this ride we’re going on during March Madness. 1:14:24 - Thanks Matt for joining us! Find him online at WXDU.org or @WXDUSports on Twitter. 1:15:32 - Goodbye and Duke Band!
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Yeah, we lost to UNC but Zion is coming back and tournament time is here!! 0:00Jason and Donald don’t want to be here. It is early and the week sucked. 2:00GTHC… we begin with the impact of the Bolden injury. 6:05What did Carolina do in the 2nd half to beat Duke? Jason points out the period where Coby White dominated. 9:30A bit on Kenny Williams and the charging calls (spoiler alert, Jason does not think the refs did a good job). 12:40Donald on TV Teddy and how the fouls impacted RJ Barrett’s game. 14:10Cam Reddish had quite a first half. 16:05Thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com for sponsoring the pod. 16:50Let’s talk about the Wake game… “do we have to?” 21:25Jason on the frustrating lack of consistency from the supporting cast. 23:40Donald talks about Duke’s really inefficient offense without Zion. 25:40Duke’s legal eagles, Byrd Campbell 26:20Time for an ACC Tournament preview. 31:00Jason talks about the ACC teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble. 33:10Donald gets us into a chat about the seeding for Duke, UNC, and Virginia. 41:35GTHCGTH.com… there is no better time to hate on Carolina than right now! 42:25Player of the week – RJ is the pick! 43:35Parting Shots – Jason is really frustrated with the Duke Women’s Basketball Team. 47:25Parting Shots – Donald says goodbye to the WNBA career of Monique Currie. 48:50Goodbye and Duke band.
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A truly special podcast this week as Jason, Donald, and Sam get together for the first time and hang out with podcast fans. Plus, Jason got to sneak into the Duke locker room and interview a few of your favorite Blue Devils! 0:00Jason says hello and he seems confused about where Sam and Donald are located 1:30A shout out to GTHCGTH.com and Byrd Campbell 2:00Duke beats Miami in a big way… we tell you where we were sitting 3:00Jack White hits a 3!!! We have much to say about this. 7:45Joey Baker’s role on the team is discussed 9:25AOC’s confidence is soaring 10:40Bolden had a double-double and we talk about what the rotations look like going forward 15:00Tre Jones owned Chris Lykes 17:30Jason talks about his experience on Press Row for the game 18:55Locker room interview with Alex O’Connell 20:15Locker room interview with Joey Baker 22:15Locker room interview with Justin Robinson 24:25Jason explains what RJ was doing and we react to the locker room sound 29:00If you hate the Tar Heels, go to GTHCGTH.com and get 20% off with the code “DBR” 30:10Recapping the loss to Va Tech, Sam laments the D and Donald says we were trapped 37:15Byrd Campbell, your source for Duke legal needs 37:50Previewing Wake and UNC… which means we are really only previewing UNC 42:25A discussion of how the ACC is stacking up for NCAA bids with one week to go in the regular season 51:35Player of the week, a trio of picks 54:40Parting Shots – The big meetup with our fans! So much fun!! 59:15Parting Shots – Playing a game in the wrong uniforms 1:01:30Goodbye and Duke band
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After the Carolina loss, Duke still finds a way to win over Syracuse in an incredibly eventful week for the Blue Devils. 0:00Devil with a Blue Dress 0:12Donald says hi and we thank our sponsors, ByrdCampbell.com and GTHCGTH.com 1:20Obama, Fran Fraschilla, and other brushes with greatness 3:55We played UNC… it sucked 5:45Sam talks about being in the building when the Zion shoe disaster happened 10:15Jason has one word to describe what happened… shock 15:30Jason asks if this was the worst regular season game in Duke history 19:15We talk about the media frenzy surrounding shoegate 22:00The Blue Devils prove they can win without Zion, beating Syracuse by 10 thanks to an amazing game from RJ Barrett 24:40AOC has the game of his career so far 26:40Sam on the changing Duke rotation and the surprise that K is shaking things up so much 31:30Bolden’s big time boards 33:50Donald on some defensive struggles and what has happened to Tre’s offense 36:35GTHCGTH.com gave away t-shirts to the students. Don’t forget to use the promo code: DBR to get 20% off your order 39:00Looking ahead, a preview of Virginia Tech 46:25HISTORY IN THE MAKING! The DBR podcast crew is going to the Miami game!! Come by the JB Duke Hotel Bar after the game to see us! 49:10What to expect against Miami, a team who’s best player is tiny 54:00Our sponsor Byrd Campbell, your Duke legal eagles 54:45Player of the week… 56:25Parting Shots – Jason on the absurdity of talk that Zion should shut it down 1:05:55Parting Shots – Sam says subscribe to a cool twitter feed: @5th_Factor 1:07:00Parting Shots – Donald on podcast #150!!
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We’re back with Episode 149 early on a Monday morning! On this episode, we recap the victory over NC State, we re-visit the comeback win against Louisville, and we preview the big games against UNC and Syracuse. As usual, we got Player of the Week honors and Parting Shots as well. Timestamps 0:00 - Hello! Sam is hosting this week and it’s real early 0:39 - Donald had trouble getting home from Nebraska, which is why we’re recording stupid early on a Monday 1:19 - Jason is sneaking this podcast in from work 1:57 - Thanks to Byrd Campbell and GTHCGTH.com, appropriate sponsors this week! 2:50 - Enter the code “DBR” at GTHCGTH.com to get 20% off your orders! 3:17 - We recap the victories over NC State and revisit the Louisville comeback 4:49 - We start with the NC State recap 5:10 - Donald wants to start with RJ Barrett with the 4th triple double in Duke history 6:15 - Donald touches on another incredible Zion Williamson performance 8:17 - Sam is impressed with Barrett’s triple double featuring no turnovers 8:54 - Jason has no idea what NC State was doing to stop Zion 13:07 - Jason also shows love for Marques Bolden’s performance against NC State 13:33 - Sam thinks NC State was invested in this game, but didn’t have the talent level 14:35 - Jason thinks Jack White had a good game 16:24 - Donald shouts out Javin DeLaurier for having a great defensive effort 17:08 - Sam wants to go back to the Louisville game because he was only on the lost recording 17:44 - Sam gets on a tangent about “uninspiring” Dino Gaudio 18:20 - Sam comments on the comeback and how the Louisville crowd was essentially silenced by Duke 20:12 - Jason gets his thoughts in about the Louisville comeback 22:42 - Jason recalls that Louisville almost blew an 8 point lead in under a minute against Clemson on Saturday 24:06 - Donald discusses what went wrong for Duke against Louisville before the comeback 25:00 - Donald says this comeback will be remembered in every detail just like Gone in 54/Miracle Minute 26:16 - Donald says he thought Duke would win when Cam hit the 3 to tie it 27:57 - Sam comments that Cam Reddish has been at the center of two great moments for Duke this year 28:15 - Jason recalls a great stat about Cam’s 3 point shooting when we’re up and when we’re behind 30:37 - Donald notes it’s very rare for a team to come all the way back from a huge deficit and then lose 31:35 - Thank you GTHCGTH.com! Again, you get 20% off all orders with the promo code “DBR” 32:44 - We begin the preview of UNC 33:00 - Jason talks about Coby White and how UNC is great at rebounding, scoring, and shooting 3s 38:23 - Sam agrees with Jason, but also notes that Duke is great in rebounding and scoring as well 40:24 - Donald thinks the rebounding matchup is the most important and can determine the game 42:08 - Donald - we need to make it where Cameron is the X-factor and we’re winning every 50/50 battle 43:21 - We preview the rematch against Syracuse 43:55 - Donald - shot selection and limiting Tyus Battle and Elijah Hughes is the key to beating the Orange 46:06 - Jason - Syracuse is going to have a tough time the rest of the season, and we want revenge to close out our gauntlet 48:40 - Sam thinks Syracuse will need this win to separate themselves from the pack 49:52 - Thank you Byrd Campbell! ByrdCampbell.com 50:28 - Player of the Week! Jason - RJ Barrett; Donald and Sam - Zion 52:40 - Parting Shots - Donald attended the Nebraska-Northwestern basketball game, and it was very mediocre 55:47 - Parting Shots - Jason talks about the new 20-game ACC schedule 57:00 - Parting Shots - Jason recaps the NBA All Star Game skills competitions and Jayson Tatum winning the Skills Challenge 59:41 - Parting Shots - Sam loved all the former players who came back to Cameron for the game 1:00:48 - Goodbye and Duke Band!
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Oh my!!! In the minutes after Duke's stunning 23-point comeback, we hop on the call to bask in the glory. You won't want to miss this fun one!
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Well, now we know how good Duke can play. Beating Virginia at Virginia while not trailing a single second is almost certainly the most impressive win any team will have all year. We bask in the glory of it. 0:00Welcome to the pod, where we are recruiting geniuses to attend Duke grad school 2:00Time to talk about Duke raining threes down on Virginia 3:50Donald says RJ Barrett’s postgame quote is the most cold-blooded comment EVER! 5:10Sidebar about Zion defying the laws of physics to block a shot 10:45Sam leads our discussion about the quality of Duke’s D against Virginia 14:15Marques Bolden is a heck of a defender 16:05Jason points out Coach Scheyer’s assessment of Duke’s 3-point shooting 20:20Virginia’s strategy to stop Zion and how Zion defeated it 24:50Duke stole the ball a lot lot lot of the time 26:15We have an amazing new sponsor, GTHCGTH.com, for everyone who knows where Carolina can go 27:40The BC game… yawn, we beat the !#@^!^ out of them in the second half 30:20In praise of Cam Reddish, who found his shooting touch and led the team in scoring 32:15We marvel at Zion filling up the boxscore 33:10We strongly urge you to skip the next 2 minutes as Jason struggles to say the Byrd Campbell promo… really, you do not want to listen to this. It is ugly. 35:10Previewing the Louisville and NC State matchups this week 45:00The NCAA releases its current look at the top seeds, Duke is the overall #1 52:55Jason makes a bold prediction about who Duke will play in the NCAA tournament 55:00Player of the week, we like the outside shooting 56:35Parting Shots – Sam on his guest shot on WXDU and some fun buzzer beaters 1:00:20Parting Shots – Donald on the new Alliance of American Football 1:02:50Parting Shots – Jason on the newest Dukie in the NBA 1:05:25Bonus talk about the NBA trade deadline 1:08:00Goodbye and Duke band
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Duke's defense destroys St. John's, we spend a long time talking about the rematch with UVA, and the parting shots include some hysterical sidebars about Game of Thrones and NC State's weekend of futility. Enjoy! 0:00 Donald welcomes us to the pod and thanks our sponsor, Byrd Campbell 2:45 Recapping the destruction of St. John’s… Jason cannot stop talking about how great Tre’s defense was on Shammorie Ponds 7:00 Sam takes the job of talking about how ridiculous great Zion was… again! 10:50 Donald takes a moment to praise Marques Bolden’s defense 12:45 Duke’s Achilles heel, 3 point shooting 17:25 ByrdCampbell.com the place Dukies go for their legal needs 17:55 Previewing the upcoming week of games… starting with a weak BC team 22:45 Looking way ahead, Duke has a brutal 6 game stretch after the BC game 25:40 For the next ten minutes, we preview the UVA game… can you tell we are excited? 33:40 Jason notes that Virginia is also entering a very tough stretch of games 35:40 Player of the week, in which Jason gets into a discussion of the best players in all of college hoops… Zion is #1 but guess who comes in at #11? 37:50 Parting shots – Jason talks about a funny typo and then he gets into Zion’s fandom for Naruto 40:25 We become badly diverted and talk about watching Game of Thrones out of order… which almost causes Jason to have a heart attack 44:20 Parting shots – Sam has no updates on his war with the grad student ushers in Cameron 45:00 Parting shots – Sam gets us into a discussion about NC State’s offensive ineptitude against Va Tech this weekend 48:35 Parting shots – Donald on Bill Belicheck’s coaching career 50:05 Donald implores you to subscribe to the pod, to write to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com, and he says goodbye
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The boys are back with Episode 145 of the DBR Podcast! On this week’s episode, Jason, Sam, and Donald recap the victories against the Pittsburgh Panthers, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. They preview this Saturday’s game against the St. John’s Red Storm, and get into a little Senior Bowl action before closing with Player of the Week and Parting Shots. Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome and thanks to Byrd Campbell! 0:42 - Donald’s in DC, Jason’s not worried about Atlanta’s impending snow 1:39 - Sam’s not concerned with the weather and is ready to talk Tre Jones and Duke Basketball! 2:05 - We recap the victories against Pitt, Georgia Tech and Notre Dame…who’s Jason? 3:15 - Donald starts with Pitt and the latest episode of the Zion Williamson Show 4:56 - Sam comments on how the emotion was tempered between Duke and Jeff Capel 6:26 - Donald reaffirms his love for how Marques Bolden played against Pitt 7:18 - Next up: Georgia Tech. Jason leads our discussion 12:47 - Sam highlights the terrific zone that Tech played that frustrated Duke and the interesting Duke rotation 14:44 - Sam zeroes in on Javin DeLaurier’s lack of minutes and how Marques Bolden may have taken them away 17:25 - The discussion carries on into the Notre Dame game, where Sam comments on Zion and Marques’ rim protection 17:58 - Sam discusses Episode 20 of the Zion Williamson Show 19:04 - Jason continues the Zion discussion 21:20 - Jason might add Zion to his Forever 5 in place of Shane Battier. Donald deflects when asked his opinion. 22:24 - Donald - Jason Mooney learned quickly not to mess with Thanos. 23:22 - Donald asks about the confidence Duke has when making 3s early 26:13 - Jason gets into a portion of the game where Cam Reddish went off 28:10 - Next up: St. John’s. Jason gives us a preview of the Johnnies. 31:58 - Sam thinks the revenge factor will be in play here since Duke lost to St. John’s last year 33:00 - Thanks to Byrd Campbell for their support! - ByrdCampbell.com 33:33 - Daniel Jones is the Senior Bowl MVP…what does this mean for his chances of being a 1st round pick in the draft? 39:05 - Player of the Week award - you already know who it is. 42:10 - Parting Shots - Sam’s got some beef with the grad ushers in Cameron 46:49 - Parting Shots - Jason gushes over Jahlil Okafor’s big week 51:12 - Parting Shots - Donald highlights All Star Weekend and Seth Curry in the 3 Point Contest with his brother, Steph Curry 54:57 - Goodbye and Duke Band!
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