Episode 262 - Season Preview Megapod

The Devil's Den: A Duke Athletics Podcast

Josh, Dustin, and Raul prepare you for the Duke Men's Basketball 2024-25 season with the longest The Devil's Den podcast episode ever released. In part one of the pod, they get together with Brian Geisinger, writer for 247Sports and cohost of the Buzz Beat podcast. They talk about what Brian has seen over the first couple exhibitions. Topics include:

• Screening actions for the teams multitude of shooters, especially Kon Knueppel
• How Duke is creating 5-out offense by having their bigs camp outside the 3pt line
• The value of Khaman's rim gravity in making this work
• Maliq Brown's defensive versatility
• The sustainability of the 3pt volume against better competition
• The need for dribble penetration, and the best candidates to provide that
• Whether Duke will be able play at a fast pace
• How many players Duke will be playing by the end of the season
• Biggest story lines Brian will be tracking
• The matchups Brian is most looking forward to

Then in part two of the pod (timestamp - 1:10:59), Josh, Dustin, and Raul preview the season in more detail. They predict wins and losses, leaders in various stat categories, and make some over/under picks. They look at the schedule in detail and talk about the most difficult or exciting stretches. They also give their own story lines they'll be monitoring.

You can find Brian Geisinger's work at: https://briangeisinger.substack.com/ or https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina-state/user/briangeisinger/.

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