Chapter 1: What milestone is celebrated in this episode?
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Hey there, Duke fans. This is the episode you have been waiting for. Welcome to episode number 800 of the Duke Basketball Roundup. I am Donald Wanya. I'm your host for this milestone episode. I have Jason Evans with me. And for Jason, as you say hi, I just want to let people know that we are living in a world that has a lot of news going on right now. And Jason is at the center of it.
So we may not have Jason for this entire episode, but Jason just wants you to be able to say hi before things get hectic.
Chapter 2: What has Kenny Dennard been up to recently?
Yeah, yeah, sometimes life at CNN is a little bit difficult and things are happening and I'm kind of busy but I, I had to at least be on here for a moment to say hi to the great, great man who is making his eighth appearance on this podcast. The dog is here.
Yes. This is the episode where you do not want to hear from us. You don't want to hear from Jason or I. You hear from us the other 99 episodes out of every 100 on every milestone 100 episode. And this is the eighth time we've had him. Kenny Denard, the dog, is here with us. Kenny, how you doing, my man?
I'm doing great.
Chapter 3: What were the highlights from Kenny's recent experience shooting a free throw?
It's an honor to be marking these centennial events every time, and I guess that's the right way to categorize it. It's just thrilling that I'm still here to do it.
We're honored to have you here once again. It's good to see you. You look well, but tell the people what you've been up to the past year or so.
Same old, same old. Just work and travel and try to go to as many Duke basketball games as my schedule will allow, which.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on. Cause I was there.
Chapter 4: What insights does Kenny have about this year's Duke basketball team?
You and I were both there over the weekend. Uh, you got to shoot a free throw. I need to hear. It was the tell folks the circumstances and tell them what you did because it was epic. It was unbelievable.
It would have been epic if I hadn't air balled it, but, uh, no, uh, the fine folks at the Duke basketball office called and said, Hey, we'd like you to shoot the halftime charity shot for the Duke kids. And well, how are you going to turn that down? Even if you miss, they get 500 bucks. If you make it, you get a thousand.
Chapter 5: How has Jon Scheyer's coaching impacted the team?
So, um, and I hadn't shot a basketball over my head for 20 years when backyard with my son, when he was a kid, but I said, sure, I'll do it. I'll, I'll get everybody to laugh at me. So, uh, I did ask for one special favor. I said, just let me go practice in K center. Cause I'm going to have to shoot it. Rick Barry style, you know, we'll Chamberlain style.
Cause, and I had a pretty good rhythm going and you know, it's, if you've been to K center, it is bright in there. It's, it's beautiful. It's, there's so many goals and I just boom, boom, hitting them.
Chapter 6: What are the challenges facing college basketball today?
I videoed it and shared it with a few friends. And so I, when half the time came and I went out there, there's just this, like the only lights are on you and the basket. So that right there kind of freaked me out because I, and so anyway, I, I did my five bounces and tried to, and of course missed it to the right, had the right distance, just missed it to the right. My right hand failed me.
My left hand took over and pushed it to the right, but it was fun. And I appreciate them asking. It was an honor to be asked. I guess Ken Jeong did the one at the Clemson game, and a lot of people miss. I think I'm only the second person to shoot it underhanded, old-school style like that.
Chapter 7: What changes does Kenny suggest for improving college basketball?
They didn't make theirs either, so I would have been perfect. I would have really been able to say I made my last basket in Cameron like that, but it was still for a good cause.
Well, I'm going to give you some grace, Kenny, because I saw the videos of you practicing in the K Center, and they were all going in, ladies and gentlemen. I mean, every single one was going in. And last time you probably took a free throw in, Cameron, there was no AC. So whoever turned on the AC at the wrong time to blow your shot to the right a little bit, shame on them for that.
That's so sweet of you, Donald.
I appreciate it.
But again, you raise money for a good cause, so we appreciate the attempt nonetheless. But I want to ask you, you've seen so many basketball games this year.
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Chapter 8: What are the expectations for Duke basketball moving forward?
It feels like every time I turn on the TV, I see you in one of those seats, not just in Cameron, but in other games. Just talk about this team for a minute, what you've seen so far. Obviously, we're recording this days before they're here in D.C. for a very big matchup. But what have you seen from this team so far this year?
You know, I tell people Duke basketball, and mostly now all college basketball, is like a box of chocolates. Each year you never know what you're going to get. The intensity of this team on defense is what I love the most. I love Sark guarding that ball coming up.
I mean, being close to the court where I wasn't in New York, I wasn't close to the court, but being close to the court and seeing the athleticism of these kids on both sides, is amazing how quick they are. But there's a couple of things I don't like about today's game. It's just how they palm the ball. The offense has all the advantages because they can hold the ball.
They dribble it and pause and then dribble it some more. So they walk at least once or twice each play. There's no pivot step. rule anymore. It just, I feel like I'm getting old, but I know I am. So, but this team, this team is fascinating. Watching the loser kids is, you know, Carlos is a good buddy and I'm so happy for him and his family and the, how they're getting to share.
He's at every game and he's, he's just like a kid himself watching him. It's so fun to watch him watch, but this team has so many weapons and, you know, I'm, I'm, Just please, because, you know, in November or December, you know, who knows what's going to happen in February.
And in February, I think we're playing pretty good if we stay injury free, which is always a risk, is to go into the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament. You know, with a high seed, don't know if we'll be a number one right now. Saturday's game, is this going to go before Saturday's game?
Yes, yeah. So Saturday, I mean, Saturday's a big game.
Yeah, I mean, this is like one versus two since Houston lost. And, you know, we have a chance to be number one. Not that that matters, but it helps with seeding going forward, et cetera. But I just, you know, the Houston team, I get to see a lot because I live in Houston. And, you know, those guys are just, you know, men. And they always are. I mean, Kelvin, God bless him.
He's going to be in the hall of fame, I believe this year, and he deserves it. And they, what they did to us last year in the last couple of minutes was just, you know, took us out of our rhythm. It was sad. And of course, you know, I mean, I tell all my buddies in Houston were texting me, you know, last April. And then when Florida won, I said, Hey,
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