DBR Podcast #167 - Breaking recruiting news and a conversation with Kenny Blakeney

0:00Welcome to this week’s edition of the global warming podcast 3:20Duke gets a surprising new recruit for the class of 2020 7:45We talk about how this recruiting class is a bit different from some other recent Duke classes 9:00How the Brakefield recruiting reminds us of a classic scene in Trading Places and Grey’s Anatomy 12:00The depth of the 2020 class means Duke will be well-stocked with players for a while 16:00Our weekly shout out to our wonderful sponsors, Byrd Campbell 16:40A special interview with former Dukie, 2 time national champ, Kenny Blakeney 18:25Kenny talks about his long coaching career and gives us a great story about coaching with Lefty Dreisell. 25:00Kenny tells us what it is like now that he is a head coach and discusses hiring Dukie Tyler Thornton as an assistant coach 29:15A bit about what Kenny hopes to accomplish at Howard 32:00Donald notes that Kenny will play his former bosses Mike Brey and Tommy Amaker this year 35:50Jason asks Kenny about the state of college basketball and the pay-the-players debate 38:15Kenny reflects on his recruitment and winning titles at Duke 43:00Kenny was on the bench for the Duke-Kentucky game in 1992… his perspective on the greatest game ever played 45:50Kenny talks about practices with the 1992 championship team 49:25Who was the best player Kenny played against? 52:30Kenny’s best Coach K story is all about going after loose balls 55:25Jason reflects on how the Kenny Blakeney interview came about 58:00We discuss our highlights from the interview 1:03:45Again, our thanks to Byrd Campbell 1:04:15Some thoughts on how California is shaking up the NCAA 1:18:00Football with a heartbreaking game against Pitt 1:24:25Parting Shots – Donald on the Bayou Brotherhood 1:27:50Parting Shots – Jason on a crazy poker cheating scandal 1:32:00Parting Shots – Sam on how stressful the MLB playoffs are if you care about the teams 1:33:35Parting Shots – Sam also talks about the demise of Sports Illustrated 1:35:45Goodbye from a long long long podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices