About this episode
0:00Those legal eagles, ByrdCampbell earn our thanks once again. 0:30Jason is in an unfamiliar place… and so is Sam. 2:40We recap the Florida game, and Jason begins by asking, “Did you think we would win when we were down by 17 points?” 6:30Sam says, “Duke looked around and said, ‘Hey, we’re better than this,’” and with that the Blue Devils took control of the game 9:10We sing the praises of Florida. Donald is really impressed and says Florida will be a contender all season long 9:55Jason unveils his unified theory of the 2017-18 season… it boils down to one word: Rebounding! 14:10Donald talks about Marvin Bagley, and we wonder where he ranks among the all-time greats at Duke, freshmen or otherwise. 18:30Donald brings up ESPN’s “odds of winning the game” silliness. Duke was a decided underdog at times during the tournament. 22:10Jason brings up some other folks who played well, starting with Wendell Carter, who was great down the stretch against Florida. 25:00Donald: “It is almost like Jay Bilas got married last night to a woman named Second Jump because he was in love with it…” 26:50We turn to the Texas game, which Jason says was “The dawn of the Alex O’Connell era” 32:20Sam discusses the shot chart from the Texas game, and how every shot was made in the paint. 34:50Donald points out that we lead the nation in points in the paint… and Jason wonders how scary good we will be in a few months when the youngsters mature. 37:55Jason wonders if we need to lose a game to really learn the lessons we need to be truly great. 40:30Sam is forced to eat crow over his earlier prediction that Duke would not develop the bench. 50:25ByrdCampbell is the choice of Dukies in FL and TX for legal advice 51:10Jason previews the ACC-Big Ten challenge and our mediocre opponent, Indiana 58:15Sam sidetracks us into a conversation about the amazing Minnesota-Alabama game which turned into an insane 5-on-3 contest… and the 3 almost won! 1:03:20Jason wants to know how much we should blame Richard Pitino for not being able to coach Minnesota better against the 3-man Alabama team. 1:09:05We turn to Duke Football and Jason admits he lost faith in this team and they proved him wrong by winning their last 2 games to make it to a bowl game. 1:15:25Player of the week… which we are re-naming the non-Bagley Player of the Week 1:19:35Parting Shots – Donald with some love for the Duke women’s soccer team 1:21:15Parting Shots – Sam congratulates Matt Luke, a Cut disciple, for becoming the new head coach at Ole Miss and then Sam tries to curry favor with noted Duke billionaire David Rubenstein. 1:23:25Parting Shots – Jason tips his cap to JWill, who was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame alongside some other legends, some of whom Sam has never heard of! 1:25:30We want your stories about your earliest basketball memories. Send them to us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com 1:28:15Goodbye and the Duke band plays us home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices