Another one! The Blue Devils have landed maybe their best player of the transfer portal era with the addition of Maliq Brown. Brown is a 6-8, long-armed elite defender in the post and the Duke Basketball Roundup gang are thrilled to be adding a guy who was voted to the All-ACC Defensive team. Jason and Donald spend some time breaking down Maliq's game and, more importantly, how his skill set will fit alongside the rest of the Duke roster. But, the portal giveth and the portal taketh away. It is ...
Apr 21, 2024•52 min
We are back with a full episode where we discuss the Duke Blue Devils in the transfer portal era on Episode 623. TJ Power announced yesterday that he has entered the transfer portal, so we begin with that discussion (note: this show was recorded a couple hours before Sean Stewart announced he is also entering the portal, so that discussion will come on a later episode). Power’s departure leads to a grander discussion that Donald and Jason have: why is Duke losing so many players to the portal th...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 623
We’ve reached the emotional portion of the season where we bid farewell to a couple more players, Jeremy Roach and Jaden Schutt. Donald and Jason react to their departures on DBR Bites 45. Jeremy Roach, our two-time captain and soon-to-be Duke graduate, will test the NBA Draft waters and will also enter the transfer portal. We’ve followed Roach’s career since he was in high school, so it’s bittersweet to watch him leave Duke. But, we beam with pride when recalling his career and get into some of...
Apr 17, 2024•43 min
Caleb Foster is back! The Duke Blue Devils guard discussed teaming up next season with Tyrese Proctor on the latest episode of The Brotherhood Podcast, and we react to it on DBR Bites Episode 44! We hinted that it was coming due to the show notes in The Brotherhood Podcast’s preview on YouTube referencing it, but Caleb Foster will return for his sophomore season to pair up with Proctor in the backcourt. Jason and Donald discuss what a boost it will be to the lineup next season. The team’s going ...
Apr 15, 2024•36 min
It is with a heavy heart, but with clear eyes, that the Duke Basketball Roundup says goodbye to Jared McCain, Kyle Filipowski, and Jaylen Blakes. Flip and Mac both declared for the NBA draft on Friday and seem fated to go somewhere around the late lottery. They stand to make millions of dollars and leave behind a legacy of inspiring play that led Duke to great heights. And Jaylen Blakes, who has performed the remarkable feat of graduating from Duke in just three years, now enters the NCAA transf...
Apr 14, 2024•37 min•Ep. 622
The Blue Devils get some great news for the 2024-25 campaign as it has been revealed that point-guard Tyrese Proctor will return to Durham to captain what is widely expected to be the preseason #1 team in the land. The Duke Basketball Roundup Podcast team are positively giddy with excitement over getting another year of an elite player like Proctor and they really cannot wait to watch him tossing lobs to what looks like a super bouncy Blue Devil team next season. Tyrese showed improvement in man...
Apr 12, 2024•34 min
We’re back with DBR Bites Episode 42 as we presumably say goodbye to Mark Mitchell’s time at Duke Blue Devils. Donald and Jason come together to celebrate Mark Mitchell as he has entered his name in the transfer portal. Jason and Donald discuss what it means for Mark Mitchell and for Duke and how this is a huge loss for the team but could mean a better setup for Mark. We certainly wish him the best and we discuss some of the nice moments he had in a Duke uniform. After the break, we recap the na...
Apr 09, 2024•34 min
While we await decisions about who from last season's Blue Devils will be a part of next season's Blue Devils, the DBR Podcast takes a peek into the future with a look at some of the Dukies-to-be who were playing in the high school national championships this weekend. It was a very impressive show put on by Cooper Flagg, Darren Harris, and (surprisingly) the once-injured Patrick Ngongba. Jason and Donald break down all of what they observed and when you hear the comments about Cooper Flagg... we...
Apr 08, 2024•44 min•Ep. 621
It is time for the Duke Basketball Roundup to reflect on the season in the way they do every year, by looking back at how awful the guys are at predicting the stats of the Blue Devil team. And, as as special treat, Sam Klein is back in the saddle to guide us through the results of the annual stats game. While the DBR podcast crew may have good sources and compelling insights, the stat game shows that the guys are just hysterically bad at some of their projections for the season. Of course, it wo...
Apr 05, 2024•57 min•Ep. 620
The Duke Basketball Roundup crew has a lot to cover in this episode. Christian Reeves says his time in Durham is probably over, he is entering the transfer portal. We have nothing but best wishes for a very tall kid who just could never find the health or opportunity to get on the floor for Duke. Next, the guys look ahead to the crop of incoming Dukies with a recap of what they say at the McDonald's All-American game. Cooper Flagg and Isaiah Evans were both in the starting lineup for the East......
Apr 03, 2024•37 min
It wasn't supposed to end this way. NC State knocked the Blue Devils out of the tournament, ending the season for a club that seemed poised to make a magical run to the Final Four. This simply wasn't Duke's day as the team suffered one of their worst shooting performances of the entire year and State ran away and hid on the backs of DJ Burns and DJ Horne. The DBR Podcast has a full breakdown of everything that happened in the contest from the good (like Jared McCain and Sean Stewart) to the bad ...
Apr 01, 2024•58 min•Ep. 619
We’re still buzzing after Duke’s thrilling win in the Sweet 16 over the Houston Cougars, and we do a full recap on Episode 618! Duke set some records with this win, and answered a lot of questions about their toughness. After reviewing some of the amazing headlines we received, we get to the game, and toughness is the first thing Donald and Jason discuss. It was the theme for the game, and in a game where haymakers were thrown by Houston in the form of their physical play, Duke answered the bell...
Mar 30, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 618
Duke 54 - Houston 51! It was a war and Duke was the victor. Only minutes after the game ended, Jason and Donald hopped on to give us an "instant reaction" podcast. You can hear how emotionally drained and emotionally charged they are at the same time from an incredibly hard-fought Duke victory. The Duke Basketball Roundup team will have their usual list of the good and bad and all that other stuff in the coming hours, but for now they are just basking in the glory of a trip to the Elite 8... and...
Mar 30, 2024•18 min
We continue our preview of the Houston Cougars on Episode 617 as we get ready for tomorrow night! The Duke Blue Devils will have their hands full tomorrow night against the Coogs, and Donald and Jason go through their normal preview format as we figure out how Duke can win this Sweet 16 matchup. The two things that have been used the most to describe Houston: tough and relentless. It's present in everything they do, and it's why they've walked into the Big XII and dominated in season 1. They hav...
Mar 28, 2024•41 min•Ep. 617
The Duke Blue Devils are preparing for their Sweet 16 matchup with the Houston Cougars, so we begin Part 1 of our preview by welcoming Jeremy Branham from Houston Basketball Radio to Episode 616! Branham is the voice of Cougars Basketball and has had the best seat in the house this season for Houston. So, he has a great perspective of what has made Houston so successful this season, their first in the Big XII. Branham tells us what has made Houston so good this year, and the main theme is: tough...
Mar 28, 2024•33 min•Ep. 616
One day after Duke's thrashing of James Madison and the Duke Basketball Roundup is still basking in the glow of that impressive 38 point victory. Donald is back along with Jason to talk about the many ways the Blue Devils found success in this game, from the shooting to the passing to the defense to the rebounding. There wasn't really any area of the game where Duke did not dominate the Dukes. And be sure to stick around for the longest play of the game conversation in DBR Podcast history! Also,...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 615
How sweet (16) it is! Duke walloped the Dukes of James Madison in a game that was dominated by the Blue Devils from the opening minutes. The Duke Basketball Roundup is going to have a full recap in their usual style tomorrow, but Jason and special guest Scott Rich wanted to hop on right away after the game was over to give a little instant reaction to the victory. Obviously, the story of the game was Jared McCain raining threes from all over the floor, breaking James Madison's spirit but the pod...
Mar 25, 2024•28 min
It wasn't a nail biter, but it wasn't exactly easy either. Still, the Blue Devils turned up the defensive pressure and survived the first round of the NCAA tournament with a victory over a game Vermont Catamounts club. The latest episode of the Duke Basketball Roundup dives into the combinations and strategies that helped Duke win their R64 game and live to fight another day. Jason and Donald have effusive praise for the Duke D and for the way the team shared the ball on offense. After the break...
Mar 23, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 614
March Madness is here, and Duke begins its journey on Friday. We preview their opponent, the Vermont Catamounts, on Episode 613. Donald and Jason begin by examining Vermont's record, who they've played, and historically how they've done under coach John Becker. The short answer: they've been stellar the past decade plus! We discuss some of the teams they've played and use that to move into the metrics. What does Vermont do well? What do they struggle with? It's a stark difference between their o...
Mar 20, 2024•46 min•Ep. 613
We’ve taken some time to review the NCAA Tournament brackets and Duke’s road, so we have more thoughts on Episode 612. We begin by taking a further look at Duke’s potential path to the Final Four and a national championship, and we examine our early brackets to identify some of the potential upsets that could get you ahead on your tournament challenges. Jason and Donald then offer their early Final Four picks and who they think will be cutting down the nets in Glendale. After the break, we do a ...
Mar 18, 2024•49 min•Ep. 612
The path is now known. Duke's journey to reach the college basketball promised land begins in Brooklyn. New York on Friday night against the Vermont Catamounts. There is no more room for "we need to learn from this" or "that's something we can work on." From here on out, it is win or go home. And that is what makes March Madness the greatest event in sports. The Duke Basketball Roundup brings you our take on the brackets, starting with Duke's draw but then expanding out to look at how all the AC...
Mar 18, 2024•52 min•Ep. 611
We don’t like these episodes, but we have to do it. The ACC Tournament ended in abrupt fashion last night with Duke’s loss to NC State, and Jason and Donald discuss what went wrong on Episode 610. Donald was at the game and after speaking with pride about the many listeners who he met in DC, he and Jason have to discuss the product on the floor and how it was not a great performance. The many headlines we received reflected some of our feelings about the game. There was some good in this game, n...
Mar 15, 2024•53 min•Ep. 610
This episode of the Duke Basketball Roundup has a little something for everyone. The guys start by tackling a couple controversies coming out of the Carolina game involving the behavior of the Cameron Crazies. After that, Jason and Donald turn their attention to the ACC tournament to chat about the teams on Duke's side of the draw and also the Blue Devils that they hope to see improvement from as the post-season arrives. After a break, the guys dive into ACC Award season with some praise and som...
Mar 12, 2024•55 min•Ep. 609
Well, that was no fun. UNC completed a season sweep of the Blue Devils and with it took the ACC regular season title. On the latest edition of the Duke Basketball Roundup, Jason and Donald break down what they saw in this contest. It was a whole lot of stuff that was "good...but" (meaning everything Duke did well had a tinge of frustrating counteraction attached to it). The reality is that UNC just found numerous little ways to be better than Duke and it translated into a victory for the Heels. ...
Mar 10, 2024•50 min•Ep. 608
The rematch is here and there is a lot riding on it. The Duke Basketball Roundup is here with its preview of the big game this weekend against the hated Tar Heels from down the road. This matchup probably boils down to the elite Duke offense against the elite Carolina D and the winner get a major leg up on seeding for the NCAA tournament... as well as bragging rights (at least for a few days until these teams likely meet again in the ACC Tourney). Jason and Donald give you everything you need to...
Mar 08, 2024•30 min•Ep. 607
Can you hear those emergency sirens? The Duke Basketball Roundup is here with instant reaction to the earthquake that shook college basketball recruiting Wednesday afternoon. 7-2 Khaman Maluach is coming to Duke. The South Sudanese phenom is projected near the very top of the 2025 NBA Draft and will form one of the most fearsome shot blocking combos (alongside #1 recruit Cooper Flagg) in college basketball history. Jason and Donald may laugh as they say it but the reality is that anyone trying t...
Mar 06, 2024•29 min•Ep. 606
The Duke Blue Devils went over to Raleigh and, in what could be the best road win of the year, defeated the NC State Wolfpack 79-64. We recap everything immediately afterwards by welcoming Scott Rich to the show for Episode 605. Jason was only able to be on the show for a few minutes, but after we go through the headlines, we start with Sean Stewart’s HUGE game. Jason can’t wait to discuss all the great things he brought to the floor against NC State. It was a ginormous road win for Duke, the fi...
Mar 05, 2024•55 min•Ep. 605
The Duke Blue Devils are back on the road tonight when they head to Raleigh to take on the NC State Wolfpack, and we prepare for the game on Episode 604. Duke has had this game circled all season thanks to last season's terrible loss at PNC Arena where they just did not show up to play. They want to turn it around, and as they enter the final week of the regular season, this is a game they want to come out with fire and intensity. Donald and Jason break down the Wolfpack, who they've played and ...
Mar 04, 2024•37 min•Ep. 604
Virginia has been one of the most formidable defensive teams in college basketball for more than a decade. Duke utterly dismantled that defense on Saturday night in Cameron, making it look easy on their way to 40 first half points. Meanwhile, the Duke D was forcing Virginia into bad shot after bad shot and the Cavs weren't hitting hardly any of them. The Duke Basketball Roundup takes great pleasure in recapping this contest for all of you. From Tyrese Proctor's trickiness to Kyle Filipowski's wi...
Mar 03, 2024•51 min•Ep. 603
Tony Bennett's Virginia Cavaliers always present an unique challenge for Duke. An absolutely elite defensive team that often has a weak offense. This year is no exception. If anything, the offense may be worse than usual. Still, you need to know just what they are going to throw at you and the Duke Basketball Roundup is here to give you, our loyal listeners, all the details you need. After the break, Jason and Donald turn their attention for a few moments to the college football playoff, and wor...
Mar 01, 2024•37 min•Ep. 602
