Duke Basketball Roundup

0:00Dave Olverson says, “Move to Durham!” 0:30Jason welcomes Sam and Donald as they sidebar about the shows they are currently binge watching 1:55Down to business, we recap the Duke-NW Missou State exhibition game. We start by gushing about Grayson Allen. 8:15Donald talks about the athleticism of our big men and we try to figure out the last time we saw a Dukie dunk the way Wendell Carter dunks. 1...

0:00A big thanks to our sponsor, ByrdCampbell.com 0:32Welcome to Ep #89, we begin by talking about silly stuff like audio problems and squirrels. 2:40Countdown to Crazieness! We begin with the important stuff… how the players danced when they were introduced. 9:40“Hey let’s actually talk about the game.” Sam breaks down the guard play from Duval and Trent. 13:30We all gush over Trevon Duval’s absu...

0:00Once again, thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30Sam says hi and Donald explains why this is college basketball Festivus 2:30Jason warns the listeners… there will be cussing during this podcast! Podcast rated PG 13 3:15The NCAA chooses not to punish UNC… we are flummoxed. Donald begins by questioning the legitimacy of the NCAA. 7:15Jason explains academic fraud vs. improper benefits and he is clearly f...

0:00Byrd Campbell are good guys 0:30Welcome from Jason and Sam… but where is Donald? 1:40Special podcast guest! Jason interviews Mason Plumlee 2:30Q: What was free agency like for you? 3:33Q: Do you hear any good jokes about all three of the Plumlees being in the NBA? 4:10Q: Was there a moment where you realized you were not in college any longer? 5:50Q: What do you want your legacy in the NBA to...

0:00Thanks to Byrd Campbell for helping us out 0:35Donald introduces the topics… and we actually get to start with baskeball! 2:40Duke livestreams a practice and we watch. What did we notice? Grayson Allen is good at basketball. 5:25We focus on Duke’s big men, who seem more versatile than initially expected (and we enjoy Sam getting confused about who is who in our front court). 10:40Donald gives...

0:00Thanks to the Dukies of Byrd Campbell for loving the podcast! 0:40 Donald intros our discussion about the huge Adidas scandal and learns that Jason has A LOT TO SAY about all this 3:50We start with the obvious, Rick Pitino’s career is over… or is it? 5:15Jason says Pitino won’t be the only guy fired over this, and points out the difference in a NCAA investigation and one led by the FBI 11:40 J...

0:00Shout out to a nice fan who is sponsoring us… and we got new music! 1:30Jason can’t even get through the intros without giving Donald **** for the insane ending of the Falcons-Lions game. 4:50Donald gives us the history of the terrible luck of the Detroit Lions… are we ever going to talk about Duke?!?! 6:00Finally, we talk about the Duke-Carolina football game! Donald and Sam didn’t see as muc...

0:00Welcome to episode #83 in which Donald and Jason deal with microphone issues 2:05Breaking down the victory over Baylor. Sam says it was sloppy, but he loved the way we ran the ball. 4:50Jason chimes in and has a few comments about Duke’s special teams 10:55Let’s talk a bit about the defense. Jason pulls out an outrageous stat about Duke’s D 14:00Donald is loving watching out D play, something...

The triumverate of Jason, Sam and Donald recap the Duke Football smashing of Northwestern, preview the upcoming game against Baylor and then dive into Duke Basketball. They discuss the clearance of Marvin Bagley III to play this season and the recruitment of Zion Williamson. Timestamps 0:00 - Intros: Sam celebrates his Washington Nationals winning the division 1:26 - DukeGang beatdown! We recap th...

0:00Welcome to the pod. We become sidetracked by Donald’s professional sports woes. 2:45Getting down to business, time to dissect the just released hoops schedule. Jason talks about playing BC early and he says Duke’s ACC sked is about as easy as we could hope. 7:30Donald has a look at when Duke has a quick turnaround between games, and again, the schedule seems favorable. 11:50Sam also looks at t...

0:10Sam welcomes us to podcast #80, the giddy about Bagley podcast 2:00Jason recaps what it was like watching the Marvin Bagley iii announcement and points out that he thinks the Duke staff knew about Bagley’s decision for several days, at least. 8:00Donald likes that Danny Ferry agreed to let Bagley take his number and thinks is says something about Bagley’s potential 11:00Jason breaks down Bagle...

0:00Welcome back! Jason takes responsibility for the long break between podcasts 2:10Let’s debate the merits of one-and-done as it relates to Marvin Bagley and the controversy about bringing in a new player late in the summer 10:30Sam challenges Jason’s assertion that guys who don’t get minutes did not deserve more minutes 21:15Whew, this is a long conversation. Donald chimes in about the Dominica...

0:00Hello, this may be Ep #78 but Sam and Jason explain “the missing podcast” that happened but got trashed before being posted. 2:05Donald joins us and explains where he has been… Downunder 2:35Sam launches the discussion about Duke’s roster, those leaving and coming… this could get a bit haphazard. 4:10We start with Frank Jackson’s decision to enter the draft… Jason seems to have a bunch of inte...

0:00Preamble… where we acknowledge that we recorded this before we got the Kennard news 0:40Welcome! We can’t even get through the intros without talking about whether it is ok to not be upset at Carolina winning. 5:15Let’s talk about Duke. Tatum and Giles are entering the draft. Any surprises or disappointments here? 14:40Obi and Jeter are transferring. How much will they be missed and how impact...

0:00Jason is so despondent, he curses as the podcast opens. Meanwhile, Sam is watching “highlights” on YouTube and Donald is getting drunk 3:00Recapping the good – the victory over Troy 6:45Sam talks about the “two Duke teams” 8:05Recapping the bad – the loss to South Carolina. Jason can barely speak. Sam talks about the quality of the shots that SC got. 12:25Jason was blown away by how well SC sh...

0:00Welcome to Podcast #75, Donald enjoys the fact that Duke is the ACC champion 2:00ACC tournament thoughts – Jason is very impressed with Duke at crunch time, especially the way Tatum takes over games. 4:45Kennard or Tatum, who was the best player in the ACC tourney? 6:40Donald says the Louisville game set the tone for Duke’s success in the ACC tourney. This is a team that will not give up! 10:2...

The gang (Donald, Jason, Sam) returns to recap the UNC loss and FSU victory and break down the ACC Tournament. They talk about Duke's chances and highlight the teams that could surprise in Brooklyn. Finally, they end with Player of the Week and Parting Shots. 0:13 - Intros, Sam's friend's house party guests were the reason we lost) 1:43 - We tangent into our annoyance with teaching basketball to p...

0:00Welcome to the Oscar Controversy Report… I mean, the Duke Basketball Report 1:35Time to talk about the loss at Syracuse. Jason pulls out the Bootsy to describe this game. 8:35What happened against Miami? Did anyone play well for Duke? Maybe Frank Jackson. 14:10Our preview of Florida State and UNC contains a warning about Duke’s fate in the ACC standings 17:40Some comments about senior night an...

0:00We laugh at the fact that Sam is feeling fine. 1:20Recap of the UVA game, aka: The Jayson Tatum Show. Sam makes a great observation about how Duke adapts to different styles of play. 10:40Recap of the Wake game, sks: The John Collins Show (even though he lost). Jason thinks Duke gave up on even trying to play defense in this game. 17:10What is up with Giles and Bolden’s minutes? 18:30Time to c...

Episode 71 is a packed episode! Sam, Jason and Donald wish Coach K a happy 70th birthday, recap the UNC and Clemson victories, preview the UVa game and then get into a question from a podcast listener about Duke fans who didn't attend Duke. They then do players of the week and have several parting shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad...

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...

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 pla...

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 preview...

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 wee...