Episode 347 - Evan Miya

The Devil's Den: A Duke Athletics Podcast · Jan 23, 2026 · 27m

Josh and Raul are joined by Evan Miyakawa of evanmiya.com to delve into what his proprietary metrics can tell us about Duke Basketball and the college basketball landscape as a whole. Topics discussed include:

The increasing embrace of analytics by college basketball coaches

How to balance analytics with the eye test

The value of analytics in portal scouting and roster construction

Duke-specific lineup data

How Jon Scheyer has been able to construct teams that maximize his star players

The widening gap between the top teams in college basketball and the rest of the field

The difficulty of…