Duke Basketball Roundup

We’re back after the Christmas holiday to recap a couple of big Duke Football wins as well as the future of the ACC on Episode 573! Duke Football won the Birmingham Bowl 17-10 last Saturday, and Donald and Jason recap the big win for the Blue Devils. Donald was there and gives some insight as to how everything was down in Alabama. Both of them comment on how awesome it was to see the team win and...

This was a big win... a win Duke needed. The Blue Devils victory over Baylor was a crucial non-conference game for a team that didn't perform as expected over the first month of the season. But Duke has been a whole different animal lately and Baylor bore the brunt of it. The Duke Basketball Roundup does a deep dive into all the ways this edition of Duke is different from the version we saw a few...

The Duke Blue Devils have a big game Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden against the Baylor Bears, and we welcome David Hornbeak from Our Daily Bears to help us preview it all on Episode 571! Baylor enters the game 9-1, but they are coming off a shocking loss to Michigan State where they just didn’t look good. David Hornbeak helps guide us through what makes Baylor successful and why they’re...

The Duke Basketball Roundup welcomes Jina and Lance McCain to the podcast, the parents of Duke freshman star Jared McCain. The DBR podcase has interviewed dozens of Duke players in its time, but this is one of the few times they have gotten to sit down with the parents of a Dukie to find out what that is like. The McCains provide plenty of laughs and unique insight into their very special son -- f...

If you thought one roundup of Duke's win over Hofstra was enough, think again! The DBR podcast is back with some more comments about that impressive victory. Jason and Donald have extra notions about what Kyle Filipowski's beautiful performance means for the future of this Duke team as well as some praise for Fran Friscilla's color commentary from the contest. After the break, the guys come back w...

The Duke Blue Devils took care of business against the Hofstra Pride, and we have an immediate postgame recap on Episode 568! Duke had to battle Hofstra for a half, but then started to pull away in the 2nd half with a dazzling display. Jason and Donald jump on about a half hour after the conclusion of the game to go quickly through all the good from this victory. Kyle Filipowski was incredible wit...

One of the better mid-major teams in the country comes to Cameron Tuesday night as the Hofstra Pride arrive in Durham. Make no mistake this is a club capable of giving Duke a real game. We are sure Jon Scheyer and his staff are treating this opponent with respect and the DBR Podcast crew is too, with a breakdown of all the things to watch out for in this contest. Hofstra is a super-experienced tea...

Whether you think it was the Jared McCain show or you were wowed at the performance of Jaylen Blakes, there was no question that Duke's backcourt brought their A-game against the Charlotte 49ers. The Duke Basketball Roundup breaks down all the positive signs we saw from the Blue Devils in their win against a pretty good Charlotte club. With Tyrese Proctor still nursing a sprained ankle, Duke neede...

The Duke Blue Devils have hired a head football coach (cue the blue smoke!) and Jason and Donald discuss the hire on a special DBR Bites Episode 29. Manny Diaz comes to Duke from Penn State, where he was the defensive coordinator for 2 years. Before that, he was the head coach at Miami. He also had coaching stints at Florida State, NC State, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, Texas, and Louisian...

Duke has a big game this weekend, not because of the opponent (though this is a team to be respected) but because we begin to get to see what Duke looks like during the "Proctor is injured" part of the season. It appears Tyrese Proctor may be out for an extended period of time and the Duke Basketball Roundup is here to talk about the changes Duke may make to fill in for the star PG. You may be sur...

The Duke Blue Devils had another poor showing yesterday against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and we discuss the first ACC loss on Episode 565. Duke lost 72-68 to Georgia Tech in a game that saw Duke fans lament the loss of Tyrese Proctor to an ankle injury early in the game and saw more poor shooting and stagnant offense. Jason Evans was in the building, so Jason and Donald start the discussio...

After a couple disappointing games, Duke seeks to get back on track this weekend in Atlanta against the Ga Tech Yellowjackets. The Duke Basketball Roundup says this will be a very interesting game because it is hard to tell what Georgia Tech will bring to the game. Will we see the Yellowjacket team that struggled badly a couple weeks ago or the one that surprised everyone by knocking off a ranked...

This was not how the season was supposed to start for an experienced Blue Devil club, but they picked up their second loss (and their second poor game in a row) on Wednesday, falling at Arkansas to the Razorbacks of the SEC. The game displayed a myriad of potential problems for Duke, not least of which was the team's inability to finish on offense close to the basket. The Duke Basketball Roundup d...

They are calling this one of the biggest home games in Arkansas basketball history. That's what happens when Duke comes to town. The Blue Devils will be playing the Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena on Wednesday night as part of the first-ever ACC-SEC Challenge and the Duke Basketball Roundup is here to give you all you need to know about what to expect. For Arkansas, the biggest question may be the...

Under the cover of night, Mike Elko boarded a plane and put Durham in his rear-view mirror. After 2 years of great success at Duke, he is moving on to Texas A&M, one of the big power-players in college football. I guess this is what it feels like when Duke basketball swoops in and grabs a stud recruit at the last minute. The DBR Podcast gang (including a guest appearance by Sam Klein) discuss the...

The Duke Blue Devils had a poor effort display against Southern Indiana, but still emerged with the win on Friday night. We recap the game on Episode 561. The Blue Devils had a Black Friday hangover, whether it was too much turkey or not enough intensity, and it showed against the Screaming Eagles. After breaking down all the headlines that listeners sent in, they get to the good and bad of this c...

We’re back with a new DBR Bites Episode 27 as we preview Duke’s Black Friday game against Southern Indiana! The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles come to Cameron on Friday night in the finale of the Blue Devil Challenge, and Duke wants to knock off the Thanksgiving food coma with a good showing. Jason and Donald give you a thorough breakdown of what to expect from Southern Indiana, from what they...

We’re back with Episode 560 to recap Duke’s win over LaSalle! The Blue Devils took out LaSalle 95-66 to move to 4-1 on the season, and Donald and Jason are here to recap the good and bad from the game. There were some great headlines, so they begin there, recapping some of the best that were sent in by others. Then, they get to the wealth of good things that happened in this game from Tyrese Proct...

Duke had no trouble taking care of the Bucknell Bison, 90-60, but there were several interesting events in the game that need a deep analysis. That is what the Duke Basketball Roundup is all about. Jason and Donald sit down to discuss Flip's near-injury, Scheyer's first technical, Mitchell dominating in the paint, and McCain grabbing boards and raining threes. After talking about all the good and...

Let's be honest, Bucknell won't be as tough an opponent as Arizona or Michigan State but no one should be overlooked or dismissed so the Duke Basketball Roundup crew is here to look at what to expect from the Bison. They've got an excellent scorer on the wing who can rip down the nets with his 3 point stroke and a 7-footer on the inside who will present a challenge for Flip and the Duke big men. H...

The Duke Basketball Roundup is here with a recap of the Blue Devil's bounce-back win over Michigan State. Caleb Foster went bananas (get it?!?!) from long range in this one... and Duke needed it as some of our more reliable guards suffered from poor shooting performances. Jason and Donald are joined by Forbes.com college basketball writer Jeff Fedotin to talk about what went right and wrong in the...

Duke Men’s Basketball heads to the United Center in Chicago tomorrow to take on Michigan State in the Champions Classic, and we preview the big game on Episode 557. Michigan State comes into this game with the same record as Duke: 1-1, with their loss courtesy of James Madison in the biggest upset in college basketball in the first week of the season. Jason and Donald preview what the Spartans can...

The Duke Basketball Roundup takes a deep dive into the good and the bad from the Blue Devils' heavyweight matchup with the Arizona Wildcats. It was a tough, back-and-forth battle that put several Duke weaknesses on stark display. The starters suffered from poor shooting early and Arizona really dominated the boards, especially in the first half. When Duke turned to what was expected to be a deep b...

The Duke Blue Devils welcome the Arizona Wildcats to Cameron on Friday night, and we preview the big game on Episode 555! It’s an early season matchup between two highly ranked teams, and to help us preview the Wildcats, we welcome Brian Pedersen of Arizona Desert Swarm to the show. Brian helps us understand the Arizona team that is coming to Cameron, from the players we know like Caleb Love to gu...

If you had guessed that Jalen Blakes and Spencer Hubbard would arguably play bigger roles in Duke's season opening victory than Sean Stewart and TJ Power, go to the prize window to collect your reward. The Duke Basketball Roundup has plenty to talk about in their recap of Duke's impressive win over the Dartmouth Big Green and it all begins with the impressive display of depth from Jon Scheyer's sq...