The Devil's Den: A Duke Athletics Podcast
Listen to The Devil's Den Podcast for all the latest news and notes surrounding Duke Basketball and Football.
Episodes
May 5, 2025 • 40 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul are joined by Jordan Mann of CBB Addiction and The Big J & Little J Show to discuss the way Duke's roster is shaping up for the 2025-26 season. Topics discussed include:
Jordan's experience seeing the Final Four in person
What Cedric Coward brings to Duke if he returns to college
What Isaiah Evans needs to improve on next season
The potential starting lineup
Returning players to be most e...
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April 24, 2025 • 65 mins
With the deadline to enter the transfer portal having passed, Josh, Dustin, and Raul discuss the current outlook for Duke's 2025-26 roster. Topics discussed include:
The departure of Tyrese Proctor for the NBA and what he meant to Duke over the last three years
How Duke can replace Proctor's volume 3pt shooting and on-ball defense
Shelton Henderson's decommitment from Duke and commitment to Miami
Caleb Foster returning to ...
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April 18, 2025 • 78 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul look back on the 2025 season. Topics include:
Best overall moment
Favorite play - offense
Favorite play - defense
Biggest pleasant surprise
Game they are most likely to rewatch
Most impressive win
Biggest positive takeaway from the season
Biggest “what if” from the season
Then they look forward to the 2025-26 season. They discuss the NBA potential of Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, and Khaman ...
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April 9, 2025 • 48 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's devastating loss to Houston in the Final Four. Topics discussed include:
Dustin's experience in San Antonio at the game
How they felt after a first half that saw Duke up 34-28
The momentum Houston had at the end of the half
How Duke was able to push the lead back up to 14
What went wrong over the final 8 minutes of the game
The disastrous final 33 seconds that saw Duke give up a 9-0 run...
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April 3, 2025 • 71 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul are joined by John Watson of thedevilsden.com to preview Duke's Final Four matchup with Houston. Topics discussed include:
John's reflections on the season as a whole
Whether Coach Scheyer has gotten enough recognition nationally
How Duke can attack Houston's ball screen traps
Houston's strange shot profile
The value of running Houston off the 3pt line
How to keep Houston off the offensive glass ...
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March 31, 2025 • 71 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's victories over Arizona and Alabama that have Duke in the Final Four for the first time in the Jon Scheyer era. Topics discussed include:
The Caleb Love and Cooper Flagg battle in the Arizona game
Love's questionable shot selection at the end of the 1st half that allowed Duke to take a 6-point lead into halftime
How Duke was able to stretch the lead to 19 in the 2nd half
How Arizona ca...
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March 25, 2025 • 52 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul are joined by friend of the pod Kaleb Hilliard to react to Duke's first two games of the NCAA tournament. Topics include:
Duke's fast start versus Mount St. Mary's
Duke's great decision making, which led to 21 assists to 2 turnovers
What it was like for Josh and Kaleb to be in the building for Duke versus Baylor
Baylor's tough shotmaking early
Norchad Omier giving Duke issues on the offensive glass ...
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March 20, 2025 • 53 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul are joined by Brendan Marks of The Athletic to discuss Duke's regular season and the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Topics discussed include:
How Jon Scheyer was able to overhaul his roster and approach in a single offseason to have one of the best regular seasons in Duke basketball history
How Scheyer has changed as a coach and leader across his first three seasons
Scheyer's relationships with NBA coaches ...
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March 17, 2025 • 60 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke winning its 23rd ACC Tournament Championship. Topics discussed include:
The atmosphere Dustin experienced on press row in the Spectrum Center
The sluggish start against Georgia Tech
The 1st half injuries to Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown
The rally to take the lead and advance to play UNC
Getting up 24 points on UNC
What went wrong in the 2nd half to allow UNC to cut the lead to one po...
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March 13, 2025 • 55 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul get together with Brian Geisinger of 247Sports and the Buzz Beat Podcast to reflect on Duke's regular season as a whole. Topics discussed include:
The factors leading to Duke's offensive explosion from February on
The three-headed monster of Kon Knueppel, Isaiah Evans, and Tyrese Proctor as off-ball spacers
The way Duke uses their big men as screeners on the left wing for flares and floppy actions
Sion Ja...
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March 10, 2025 • 42 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's 82-69 road victory over UNC to complete the regular season sweep. Topics discussed include:
Duke's early 36-21 lead
The play of Tyrese Proctor and Sion James in the 1st half
Duke's uncharacteristically sloppy ball handling
Cooper Flagg's foul trouble
UNC's big run to take a six-point lead
RJ Davis's heater
The importance of Caleb Foster and Maliq Brown in turning the game around ...
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March 6, 2025 • 61 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's 90-63 beatdown of Wake Forest on senior night. Topics discussed include:
Tyrese Proctor's return
Whether this was Cooper Flagg's best all-around game
Khaman Maluach's increased production over this winning streak
Duke's shot quality compared to Wake Forest's
How Duke has learned to handle physicality
Then they take a moment to reflect on the regular season as a whole. They share s...
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March 3, 2025 • 56 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's 100-65 domination of Florida State. Topics discussed include:
Dustin's experience being at the game on press row
How Duke honored Leonard Hamilton in his last game in Cameron
Isaiah Evans' first career start
Kon Knueppel running point guard
Duke's increased pace of play
The evolution of Duke's offense throughout the season
Duke's ability to go on large runs
Positive bench minut...
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February 27, 2025 • 48 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's comfortable 97-60 win over Miami. Topics discussed include:
The strange atmosphere in the arena
How little resistance Miami offered
Some initial sloppiness from Duke (turnovers, defensive rebounding, etc.)
Coach Scheyer using his bench early
Isaiah Evans continuing to torch opposing defenses off the bench
Evans as a March X factor
Foster being productive in limited minutes yet ag...
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February 24, 2025 • 57 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul are joined by John Watson of thedevilsden.com to discuss Duke's 110-67 domination of Illinois in Madison Square Garden. Topics include:
Duke's early struggles guarding the paint
How Duke was able to attack mismatches to get anything they wanted on offense
Isaiah Evans continuing to garner attention from NBA scouts
Evans' future plans
Duke's excellent rebounding
2nd half adjustments to tighten up th...
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February 20, 2025 • 46 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's 80-62 road win over Virginia. Topics discussed include:
Virginia's early offensive success
How Isaiah Evans can completely change the dynamic of a game
The possibility that Evans is drafted after this season
Cooper Flagg's rebounding
Kon Knueppel's hustle and malleability
Sion James' recent stretch of incredible efficiency
Where James ranks among Duke's best transfers
The impac...
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February 16, 2025 • 44 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's dominant 106-70 victory over Stanford. Topics discussed include:
How Stanford was able to keep the game close for the first 10 minutes
Duke's recent struggles with defensive rebounding
Tyrese Proctor's ongoing hot stretch
The team's overall hustle (deflections, diving for loose balls, etc.)
Jaylen Blakes' difficult return to Cameron
Caleb Foster's positive production off the bench ...
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February 14, 2025 • 40 mins
Josh and Dustin react to Duke's 78-57 win over the California Golden Bears. Topics discussed include:
A bounce-back defensive performance by the team as a whole
Cooper Flagg seeming fully recovered from illness
Flagg's double-clutch reverse dunk
Improved team rebounding, particularly from Sion James and Khaman Maluach
Experimentation with Cooper Flagg at the 3
Tyrese Proctor's recent hot stretch and how sustainable it i...
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February 10, 2025 • 41 mins
Josh, Dustin, and Raul react to Duke's 77-71 road loss to Clemson. Topics discussed include:
What Duke did right in the 1st half to take a six-point lead into halftime
Tyrese Proctor's excellent play over the last three games
Kon Knueppel's strong start
Clemson's unusual midrange accuracy
Cooper Flagg's 1st half struggles
Caleb Foster's extremely limited minutes
The stagnant 2nd half offense which led to a 12-0 Clemson run
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February 7, 2025 • 33 mins
Josh and Dustin react to Duke's dominating 83-54 win versus Syracuse. Topics discussed include:
Maliq Brown's two-way impact
Duke's passing prowess
Tyrese Proctor with a second strong game in a row
Positive minutes for Caleb Foster
The eight dunks on the night
The play of the game
Then they preview Clemson, Duke's toughest test left in conference. Will Duke finally drop a game? If they win, will the talk of an undefeated A...
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