Jason, Sam, and Donald celebrate Thanksgiving by spending an hour talking about Duke hoops!
00:00 – Devil With a Blue Dress and welcome to episode #36
00:55 – Lets talk some hoops! Sam starts by praising the upperclassmen.
03:05 – Donald and Jason think Grayson Allen is playing with a cheat code or something
7:20 – Jason wants to know the surprising thing and the disappointing thing you have seen from Duke hoops thus far. This leads to much conversation about Grayson, Duke’s zone, the slow development of the freshmen, and the thinness of the bench.
20:10 – We each reveal one “really smart” observation about Duke thus far this season. Jason talks Duke passing/assists, Donald loves Amile’s footwork, and Sam praises kids who are not stud recruits
33:10 – Reflecting back on Feb 26, 2000; the last time Duke lost a non-conference game in Cameron
35:35 – Jason leads our preview of the game with Indiana
40:30 – Sam wants to talk a bit about the strangeness that is the coaching tenure of Tom Crean at IU
44:30 – We get even further distracted, talking about college football coaching including Joe Alleva, Les Miles, and Coach Cut
46:20 – Back on track, we make some predictions on the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and talk about the games we are looking forward to watching
55:10 – Reflections on Duke’s football season and some bowl talk… including a distraction where we talk about Mark Richt being fired at Georgia and then speculate about the future of The Hat, Larry Fedora, at UNC
1:07:15 – Donald kicks off our parting shots with a shout-out to the women’s soccer team going for the national title
1:08:15 – The clock just struck midnight… and it is Donald’s 33rd birthday!
1:09:50 – Sam confesses that he does not like turkey
1:10:40 – Jason wants to talk about Jahlil Okafor’s struggles off the court in the NBA as well as how bad the Sixers stink
1:18:15 – A quick, quick shout out to some Dukies in the NBA who are kicking butt
1:19:15 – Good bye and Duke band

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