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Pitt Reaction: Everything's Fine?

2019-20, Ep. 19

17-3 (7-2)

While there's plenty of positive takeaways from Duke's gritty home win over Pitt, find out why I worry about the ominous blueprint being set for a potential early NCAA Tournament exit. I'm joined by Andrew Clark on the ep as we discuss Jeff Capel's return to CIS, Wendell Moore's cast removal, why my mind is blown by widespread interest in the Coach K-Duke fans "incident", plus much more!

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I do my best to make sure each DBC episode contains far and away the best Duke MBB analysis you'll find anywhere. I'd love to cover the team full-time, but the only way that happens is if I receive help spreading the word. It's a supply and demand business, and if better coverage isn't demanded and then consistently supported and promoted, nothing will improve. Please rate AND leave reviews. If you've previously left a review, leave another. I pour my heart and soul (and infinite amounts of time) into the DBC pod. If you enjoy, why not take 30 seconds to help me out? By doing so, you'll also be helping other Duke fans receive the best team coverage in the country. Thanks!

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Zion Williamson 2019 Pre-Draft Scouting Report Repost (With Mike Gribanov)

2019-20, Ep. 18

16-3 (6-2)

After Zion's electric NBA debut, I decided to revisit my 2019 predraft thoughts on him and figured others may enjoy them as well. I was joined by Mike Gribanov of The Stepien on the episode, who always does a fantastic job with draft prospects. Check him out! 

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The Big Louisville Reaction Pod

2019-20, Ep. 17

15-3 (5-2)

The fourth straight single-game reaction pod is here after Duke's second straight loss, and considering I stated back in October how the season wouldn't *officially* begin until January 18th vs Louisville, this episode is extra packed with takeaways both from the game and overall.

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The Louisville game coverage I've read and heard was underwhelming to say the least, packed with soft narratives, and I do my best to make sure each DBC episode contains far and away the best Duke MBB analysis you'll get anywhere. I'd love to cover the team full-time, but the only way that happens is if I receive help spreading the word. It's a supply and demand business, and if better coverage isn't demanded and then consistently supported and promoted, nothing will change. Please rate AND leave reviews. If you've previously left a review, leave another. I pour my heart and soul (and infinite amounts of time) into the DBC pod. If you enjoy, help me out, and by doing so, you'll be helping all other Duke fans receive the best team coverage in the country. Thanks!

Co-Host: Shane Nash

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UPDATE

A couple of stats I gave on the episode were a bit off, so I decided to correct those as well as provide some other stats I found interesting from the second half of Louisville as well as specifically related to Vern. You'll also see I wrote out Vern and Hurt's on/off splits from Louisville as well as their splits from the last four games (GT through Louisville).

2nd Half Initial Halfcourt Offense

22 poss 11 pts 5-19 fg 1-6 3fg 0-2 ft, 3 to

2nd Half Initial Halfcourt Offense

With Vern: 11 poss 9 pts 4-7 fg 1-2 3fg 0-2 ft

No Vern 11 poss 2 pts 1-12 fg 0-4 3fg 0-0 ft

*3 turnovers with, none without, but all 3 not his fault

15:08 White post entry immediately taken by Johnson

14:50 Tre awful over the head crosscourt attempt to Cassius picked by Johnson

4:35 Cassius pass out of bounds when Hurt cuts with ball in air

2nd Half Under-10 Minute Oreb/Second Chance

With Vern (3:25): 2 missed shots, 1 oreb = Vern putback

No Vern (5:26) 1-1 ft (Tre and-1 in transition from JW stl)

Last 14 poss of Initial Halfcourt Offense

14 poss 5 pts 2-13 fg 1-4 3fg 0-0 ft 0 to

2nd Half Initial Transition

16 poss 23 pts 8-13 fg 1-5 3fg 6-6 ft 1 to

(eliminating final 3 poss)

13 poss 20 pts 7-11 fg 0-3 3fg 0 to

2nd Half Second Chance + BLOB

9 opportunities 7 pts 1-5 fg 0-2 3fg 5-7 ft

Can Hurt/Vern Play Together?

The video I mentioned on the ep of Louisville attacking Hurt/Vern during last 10 min

*On/Off splits (stats) are not the end-all, be-all, just something to consider along with everything else. Context is important*

Min = Minutes

OEFF = Team Offensive Effenciency (the higher the better)

DEFF = Team Defensive Effenciency (the lower the better)

NETEFF = Team Net Efficiency i.e. difference between offensive and defensive efficiencies (the higher the better)

Vern and Hurt *Basic* On/Off Splits vs Lou

*Garbage Time Filtered Out

Carey Off/Hurt Off

Min: 6.18

OEFF: 101.01

DEFF: 58.92

NETEFF: 42.09

Carey On/Hurt Off

Min: 1.43

OEFF 67.11

DEFF 67.11

NETEFF 0

Carey On/Hurt On

Min: 21.54

OEFF: 94.98

DEFF: 109.97

NETEFF: -15

Carey Off/Hurt On

Min: 10.81

OEFF: 95.15

DEFF: 117.81

NETEFF: -22.66

Carey and Hurt *Basic* On/Off Splits Last Four Games (GT through Lou)

*Garbage time filtered out

Carey On/Hurt Off

Min: 25.43

OEFF: 131.09

DEFF: 90.13

NETEFF: 40.97

Carey Off/Hurt Off

Min: 29.29

OEFF: 96.86

DEFF 83.62

NETEFF: 12.24

Carey On/Hurt On

Min: 70

OEFF: 103.2

DEFF: 104

NETEFF: -0.80

Carey Off/Hurt On

Min: 22.84

OEFF: 89.83

DEFF: 102.98

NETEFF: -13.15

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Clemson Game Analysis + Big Picture Perspective

2019-20, Ep. 16

15-2 (5-1)

I don't think I've ever recorded three straight game reaction episodes before the postseason, but after Duke's loss to Clemson followed by the typical misguided media coverage, here ya go!

Co-Host: Shane Nash

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WF Reaction + Valuing Team Chemistry (With Shane Nash)

2019-20, Ep. 15

15-1 (5-0)

I rarely record after two consecutive games before the postseason, but considering the GT ep came on out WF gameday along with having on a new guest/potential co-host in Shane Nash for this ep, it seemed like a good time to give specific game thoughts as well as general opinions about Duke the morning after a home throttling of Wake Forest.

Also, I'm the only person in the world who isn't a big fan of the gothic jerseys. Fight me.

0:00 Intro + Shane's Duke fanhood growing up in Indiana

5:40 WF and overall team thoughts

55:15 ACC/UNC/Hot Gothic Jersey Takes/Upcoming Week/Outro

69:24 -fin-

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GT Reaction + Various Team Thoughts

2019-20, Ep. 14

Had a technology fail on Thursday, so recorded a quick, admittedly messy solo ep early this morning to give thoughts on an intense Georgia Tech game as well as some news and notes beforehand. Enjoy!

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DBC Deep Dive: The 2010s, Pt. 2

2019-20, Ep. 13

*Recorded late night Dec 29/early morning Dec 30th

*While I'm including the episode in the 2019-20 season as far as episode # to make it easy to find, both parts of "DBC Deep Dive: The 2010s" is better to think of as standalone.

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The 2010s were one heck of a decade for Duke basketball, and Ray Holloman joins me to break down all of it...yes, ALL of it...and there's a lot, so much so that that it needed two parts, this being two aka the conclusion.

RUNDOWN

0:00 Intro

1:47 The 2014-15 Season

15:25 The 2015-16 Season

23:10 The 2016-17 Season

33:52 The 2017-18 Season

42:05 The 2018-19 Season

52:02 All-2010s Teams

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd Team

60:35 Superlatives (lots of em)

97:35 Closing Thoughts/Outro

103:36 -Fin-

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DBC Deep Dive: The 2010s, Pt. 1

2019-20, Ep. 12

*Recorded late night Dec 29/early morning Dec 30th

*While I'm including the episode in the 2019-20 season as far as episode # to make it easy to find, both parts of "DBC Deep Dive: The 2010s" is better to think of as standalone.

__________________________________________________________________________

The 2010s were one heck of a decade for Duke basketball, and Ray Holloman joins me to break down all of it...yes, ALL of it...and there's a lot, so much so that that it needed two parts, this being the first.

RUNDOWN

0:00 Intro + State of Duke headed into the 2010s

15:15 Those with the biggest impact on the decade

25:50 Facts and figures, including:

• Wins

Season-By-Season

74:55 The 2009-10 Season

84:45 The 2010-11 Season

89:45 The 2011-12 Season 

98:30 The 2012-13 Season 

105:15 The 2013-14 Season

109:00 Previewing Part 2 + Outro

111:10 -Fin-

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Wofford/General Non-Conf Reaction + Reunited and it Feels So Good (With Ray Holloman)

2019-20, Ep. 11

10-1 (1-0)

A bit of background on on the structure of this epside:

Ray Holloman is my guest on the ep, but I don't even like calling him that considering he was for a while as close as I've ever come to having a permanent co-host. Long story short, his job and family life just didn't give him the abililty to consistently record, and when we were able to arrange time, it usuall occured late at night, like really late, and ended up wrecking havoc on our sleep schedule after each, more so him than me since I don't need much sleep in general.

While scheduling could be and mostly was an issue during the DBC Ray era, the ep you're about to hear reminded me of of exactly what is so great about recording with him and what's also frustrating for me, because the thing is, Ray and I love to talk Duke, like looooove to talk Duke, and we love all the details and stories and context of it. 

I've never been a natural play-by-play guy, always more of a color commentator, so while I've become used to playing both roles at the same time over the years, I was always tested more handling the play-by-play aspects with Ray, because I find every story he tells about something Duke-related to be worthy quality and great entertainment. The issue is the length, which coming from me is funny. Often our recording sessions would be marathons, and we'd just keep chatting after it was officially over. Often I'd have to edit out 75% of each ep's material, because I'm not going to post a four hour episode each week, whether it's split up or not. 

So overall, I always found it tough to cut him off and eliminate topics and do whatever I could to trim time, because if I didn't, we'd just keep going. If it sound like I'm blaming him consider the fact that I equaled out to 50% of the people recording, and I controlled the topics, so I'm not blaming anyone, and am holding myself accountable.

So to sum it all up, since I cover everything current as far as news, notes, analysis, and projects each week, I just wanted him on to chat about Duke, and hopefully others would find our conversation interesting. I wanted the topics based around current Duke (and hopefully a 2010s decade ep we'll record next weekend) but more free-flowing. Basically I dind't want to get in the way.

So what happens? We record for 45 minutes veering off into all sorts of territory before actually being able to focus on the first current topic, which is Wofford haha. 

While Ray and I do discuss key topics such as Joey Baker's role as well as the major team factor I promised last ep, I'd actually say the first 45 minutes or so is peak Ray and I, which I couldn't love any more. I'm hoping others enjoy that as well, because I recognize it's a big change of pace as far as the format.

It was originally intended to give an overview of nonconference and talk about moving foward, It's not worth listing all every minor detail I had to leave out because of time, but do want to give a shoutout to my favorite overall type of shot so far this season, a shot which has existed in as pure a form as now since the day he arrived at Duke, he sunk one in Canada summer of 2018. and that's Joey Baker's shot face, one dribble, rise and fire. I need to specify, I think I mentioned Baker had played in 18 lineups from Georgia State through Wofford. I was actually talking about his 18 most played. Overall he's been in 42 different lineups and 35 filtering out garbage time, much more than 18. I was strictly referring to Duke’s 18 *most played* lineups during the time period involving Joey Baker. I stated last ep Jack White would be my choice for most underrated Duke player, then proceeded to barely talk about him, and don’t even think I mentioned him for more than a sentence on this episode. Perhaps he wouldn’t be as underrated and/or under the radar if folks like me consistently would give him more shine. Shame on me.

Last thing, which I actually talked about in-depth with Ray before than I somehow blanked while recorded, I've mentioned Tre's completely re-worked form and release constantly. It's nuts to imagine how much work he put in over the summer to re-work it to such an extent. I'm done telling people what I'm going to write or hoping to write. It's been a struggle to find time and motivation, but it’s worth stating that the Tre feature is the one article I mentioned over and over, plus even offered to send anyone who requested via emial a video I’d completed showing his made non-layups during the season. It really does blow my mind that the centerpiece player of Duke completely re-worked his form and release and it’s not only not being showcased and highlighted, it’s [from what I’ve seen and heard] not even being acknowledged. Duke deserves the highest quality coverage imo, and it’s a shame the type of coverage which ends up occurring instead is focused on lazy clichés, narratives, and generalities. Feel free to email me if you’re the type who enjoys reading, because it doesn’t take much motivation to get me going if I feel like there’s a demand for it.

Okay, I've rambled long enough. Hopefully everyone enjoys the holiday season doing or not doing whatever makes you happy. Hopefully you'll also get another ep in a week with Ray and I giving thoughts on the 2010s decade. If there's anything you'd like included, email Duke basketball corner. Co-host inquiries, email duke basketball corner at gmail. Keep in mind I put in the time to make this pod the best option anywhere for Duke analysis, and that includes every platform both paid and unpaid. All I've ever asked for is a bit of promo. Writing a review takes 30 seconds at most. RTing a pod post on twitter or writing your own tweet promoting the pod takes 30 seconds at most. Thanks, and enjoy the episode.

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MSU/VT Reaction + Breakdowns + Thoughts on Thoughts

2019-20, Ep. 10

9-1

Took a bit longer than expected to link up with Joe and record (REMINDER TO EMAIL IF SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN CO-HOSTING) but we're back again with thoughts on the Michigan State and Virginia Tech road wins as well as breakdowns of other team factors. Plus, we react to "10 Thoughts on Duke After 10 Games" by The Athletic beat reporter Brendan Marks.

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