Duke Basketball Report

0:00 Hello, this may be Ep #78 but Sam and Jason explain “the missing podcast” that happened but got trashed before being posted. 2:05 Donald joins us and explains where he has been… Downunder 2:35 Sam launches the discussion about Duke’s roster, those leaving and coming… this could get a bit haphazard. 4:10 We start with Frank Jackson’s decision to enter the draft… Jason seems to have a bunch of intel on this including some speculation about who might take Frank in the draft. 8:30 On to recruiting, our 6-man recruiting class is mostly comprised of kids from Atlanta, GA 12:00 The Trevon Duval conversion begins and Donald compares him to John Wall and (pre-injury) Derek Rose. Wow! 16:15 The conversation turns to the big men. Will Duke play 2 traditional bigs at one time? 21:10 Time for a debate about minutes/rotation. This was inevitable. Sam thinks the bigs won’t play as much as others have predicted. 27:05 Prediction time… who will be our second leading scorer next season? Sam gets a history lesson. 30:55 Sam wants us to talk about the one-and-done trend at Duke. We understand it, we accept it, but we are not fans of it. You can hear the strain and the angst in this discussion. 41:00 Jason says what we need to look at is not the one-and-done players, it is the players who could be here long term but who leave via transfer. 46:30 Sam time travels 10 years in the future and says we will barely remember Jabari Parker, Brandon Ingram, and other one-and-done guys… and that is a shame. 51:00 Jason dissects why players rush to the NBA and has a suggestion for how to fix the flawed NBA Draft system 58:20 Parting shot – Jason on the Duke teams still competing for a national championship 1:00:50 Parting shot – Donald gives a travel update and shout out to the American Outlaws 1:01:45 Parting shot – Sam on the woes of being a DC sports fan… which Jason says does not compare to getting crushed in the Super Bowl 1:06:50 Bye bye… and Duke band

0:00 Preamble… where we acknowledge that we recorded this before we got the Kennard news 0:40 Welcome! We can’t even get through the intros without talking about whether it is ok to not be upset at Carolina winning. 5:15 Let’s talk about Duke. Tatum and Giles are entering the draft. Any surprises or disappointments here? 14:40 Obi and Jeter are transferring. How much will they be missed and how impactful were their careers? We don’t have answers because Jason’s mike is on mute! 21:00 Sam makes a great point about Chase Jeter and Duke’s impressive history of developing big men. 27:20 Amid all the departures, someone is coming back! We react to Bolden’s return and Jason has a theory about why Bolden thought about leaving. 36:00 Donald tries to start a new topic but Jason interrupts with some quick recruiting talk. 37:30 Mailbag time! We start with Kaze asking about the single thing that could best equip Duke for a title run in 2017-18 41:35 Mailbag – Brevity asks about football stadiums and their impact on shooting in the Final Four 50:30 More mailbag – Mountain Devil wants to know if the spotlight of the championship will impact the NCAA investigation and potential penalties connected to the UNC academic scandal 57:00 Parting Shot – Jason on the lunacy (and shame) of Kentucky fans and their treatment of referee Tim Higgins 1:02:40 Parting Shot – Sam on Georgetown hiring Patrick Ewing and the trap of nepotism 1:06:05 Parting Shot – Donald on the brilliance of Russell Westbrook’s season 1:09:55 Buh-bye and Duke band

0:00 Jason is so despondent, he curses as the podcast opens. Meanwhile, Sam is watching “highlights” on YouTube and Donald is getting drunk 3:00 Recapping the good – the victory over Troy 6:45 Sam talks about the “two Duke teams” 8:05 Recapping the bad – the loss to South Carolina. Jason can barely speak. Sam talks about the quality of the shots that SC got. 12:25 Jason was blown away by how well SC shot from the field and how many shots they took. 14:50 Donald thought the law of averages would kill SC after they had a hot game against Marquette. It didn’t. 17:20 Sam makes a great point about the cumulative effect of Duke not getting to practice enough this season 20:10 K said this was the most physical team we faced all year 23:00 Sam asks about the UNC fans rooting for SC which leads to a conversation about home court in the NCAA tourney and some seeding controversy. 30:40 Looking back on our predictions for the season… we were mostly wrong!! 42:40 What was your most disappointing Duke season? This will not be an enjoyable trip down memory lane. 51:15 Jason is just despondent about this year’s Duke club and what could have been 1:00:25 Player of the week and player of the year! Sam with an amusing POW pick and then we all pick the same guy for POY. 1:07:00 Parting shots – Donald on the Duke women’s basketball team 1:08:05 Parting shots – Sam asks - who will be Duke’s next celebrated senior? It is telling that he even has to ask this question.

0:00 Welcome to Podcast #75, Donald enjoys the fact that Duke is the ACC champion 2:00 ACC tournament thoughts – Jason is very impressed with Duke at crunch time, especially the way Tatum takes over games. 4:45 Kennard or Tatum, who was the best player in the ACC tourney? 6:40 Donald says the Louisville game set the tone for Duke’s success in the ACC tourney. This is a team that will not give up! 10:25 Sam was impressed with Duke’s defense and our depth 12:10 Time to talk about Harry Giles’ miracle minute against UNC 16:10 Donald pulls out a huge stat about… wait for it… Duke’s zone defense! 18:00 Jason wraps up the ACC tourney talk with a comment on versatility 21:30 NCAA Bracket chatter, starting with our thoughts on Duke’s seed and where we are playing 25:30 Jason previews the Troy Trojans, our first round opponent. Troy’s best player is the son/nephew of a pair of very famous NBA stars 32:00 Sam tries to figure out why Duke didn’t get a #1 seed which sends Jason off on a rant 36:50 Sam previews one potential 2nd round opponent, South Carolina 43:40 Donald previews the other potential 2nd round opponent, the Marquette fighting Wojos 50:25 We venture outside the East region to look at the rest of the bracket… and we make our upset picks. 1:03:50 Sam’s Final Four picks: Duke, Oregon, Gonzaga, and Wichita St 1:05:50 We pimp the DBR bracket challenge, you all need to join!! 1:06:45 Donald’s Final Four picks: Duke, Kansas, Arizona, and UCLA 1:07:45 Jason’s Final Four picks: Duke, Louisville, Gonzaga, and UNC 1:09:45 Player of the week, 2 obvious choices and a big surprise! 1:12:50 Parting Shot – Jason gives us a history lesson about Duke’s dominance over UNC in the ACC Tourney 1:14:25 Parting Shot – Donald on Michigan and the trouble with their airplane 1:16:20 Parting Shot – Sam thinks that stealing the internet helped Duke win the ACC 1:18:20 Goodbye and Duke band

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 people during big games 4:50 - We recap the loss to UNC 22:40 - We recap the victory against FSU on Senior Night 24:35 - Donald gets clowned for being on mute, but he had great thoughts! 29:37 - Thoughts on the team entering the ACC Tournament: Jason feels good, Sam is concerned, Donald falls in the middle 38:23 - We preview the ACC Tournament 43:04 - We talk about the teams that could surprise in the ACCT 51:15 - Has the ACC secured 10 bids for the NCAA Tournament? 56:30 - Players of the Week 58:40 - Parting Shots 1:07:00 - See ya!

0:00 Welcome to the Oscar Controversy Report… I mean, the Duke Basketball Report 1:35 Time to talk about the loss at Syracuse. Jason pulls out the Bootsy to describe this game. 8:35 What happened against Miami? Did anyone play well for Duke? Maybe Frank Jackson. 14:10 Our preview of Florida State and UNC contains a warning about Duke’s fate in the ACC standings 17:40 Some comments about senior night and whether Allen and Jefferson should play or rest. Donald predicts Amile will have a big final game. 23:45 The key to beating UNC, Donald wants us to be strong on D and on the boards to keep UNC from getting too excited on their senior night. 30:50 The ups and downs of college hoops… remember a week ago when we thought Duke was surging? 32:20 Sam points out some of the nobodies who will play on UNC’s senior night 33:55 Player of the week… we can barely pick anyone. 35:10 Parting Shots – Jason talks about JJ Redick on Bill Simmons podcast and also reflects a bit on Carolina’s recruiting woes in recent years 39:40 Parting Shot – Donald with a shout out to Michigan St. and a very senior day celebration 41:20 Parting Shot – Sam reflects on the years when Duke kept on winning titles in the ACC… something that has not happened in a long time. 45:30 Before we go, Donald with a shout out to the Duke women for a beatdown of the UNC women… and the Duke band plays us out.

0:00 We laugh at the fact that Sam is feeling fine. 1:20 Recap of the UVA game, aka: The Jayson Tatum Show. Sam makes a great observation about how Duke adapts to different styles of play. 10:40 Recap 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. 17:10 What is up with Giles and Bolden’s minutes? 18:30 Time to chat about whether Coach K should rest Jefferson and Allen to heal their injuries. 27:00 Donald makes an amazing connection between the 2001, 2010, and 2015 national champs… and talks about how he wants to see something similar from Duke this season. 33:05 Jason uses someone else’s research to talk about the ACC race and why the regular season race is so absurdly imbalanced. 37:50 Fun question of the week – if not Duke, who would you want to win the ACC. No votes for Carolina, but lots of love for Virginia. 42:30 Jason previews Syracuse and their transfer shooter, Andrew White III 50:50 Donald wants us to tell him one key to win the rematch with Miami 55:15 Time to talk about the dumpster fire that is NC State and the decision to axe their coach with several games left on their schedule. 1:03:50 Jason has a crazy thought… is the State job interesting because UNC may be about to get the NCAA hammer? 1:07:55 Kyrie Irving and the Earth is Flat… we find this whole thing hysterical. 1:12:30 Player of the week… Tatum with the sweep! 1:14:00 Parting Shot – Jason on Kyrie as Uncle Drew 1:16:50 Parting Shot – Sam on Duke Lacrosse and Luke Kennard’s father’s headwear 1:18:55 Parting Shot – Donald on Jeff Capel Sr. joining the coaching staff on the bench for the Wake game 1:21:10 All done and Duke band!

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.

0:10 Jason welcomes us as he cries about his Falcons blowing the Super Bowl and tries to find a Duke equivalence. 3:00 We move on to recap the game against the “Pitt Pampers.” Sam was at the game and was impressed with Pitt’s size. 10:40 Jason 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. 18:45 Sam gives us the view from the stands of what Coach K looked like in his first game back. 22:35 Time 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. 34:05 Tenting Quiz- Part 2. Donald and Sam prove they are worthy of getting to the front of the Black tenting line for the Carolina game. 52:30 Parting Shots – Sam gets us into a conversation about how much we love our listeners which devolves into a peek inside Sam’s digital ineptitude. 56:45 Parting Shot – Donald also shares a story of meeting podcast fans 59:40 Parting Shot – Jason tells us about JJ Redick’s intellect 1:04:05 Player of the week – Grayson Allen

0:10 Hello… it is early but we are mostly awake 1:50 Wake Forest recap – Donald was impressed with our heart and our shooting percentage late 5:20 With the season on the verge of collapsing, Jason thinks Grayson’s composure saved us 8:05 Sam wants to know if what we think about Duke’s recent rebounding success 12:15 Time to talk about Notre Dame, which was likely Duke’s best game and the stellar D played by Duke 16:00 Jason Evans has figured out what will make Jayson Tatum truly great 22:35 We all wax poetic on the absurd between-the-legs pass by Luke Kennard 27:20 Jason has a cool stat about Duke’s 2nd half shooting 29:10 Previewing Pitt, a game Sam will attend! 32:10 We marvel at how badly Pitt has gotten beaten lately, ACC record-breaking losses 36:00 Player of the Week – we split the vote 3 ways 40:00 Parting shots – Donald was kickin’ with a legend! 41:35 Parting shot – Jason talks the success of the K coaching tree at Marquette and Northwestern 45:40 Parting shot – Sam reflects on January this year and in recent years… some surprising similarities! 46:30 Duke band, take us home!