It seems like this 12 months’s NCAA Event can be in Cooper Flagg’s future.
NCAA senior vice chairman of males’s basketball Dan Gavitt revealed Saturday that Flagg, 18, can be out there for the Blue Devils forward of March Insanity.
“What we understand from communication with Duke and the ACC is that Cooper Flagg will be available for the NCAA tournament, so don’t expect that to impact their seeding,” Gavitt mentioned throughout a CBS broadcast. “He isn’t the one vital harm. We’re monitoring different accidents from different groups.
“Player availability is always a concern and a consideration and could potentially impact seeding, especially if a player is unavailable to play in the NCAA tournament.”
Flagg suffered an ankle harm throughout Duke’s ACC Event quarterfinal recreation in opposition to Georgia Tech and was compelled to cheer from the sidelines within the Blue Devils’ 74-71 win over North Carolina on Friday.
Regardless of Flagg’s X-rays finally coming again detrimental, the ACC Participant of the Yr was dominated out for Saturday’s convention championship in opposition to Louisville.
Duke can also be down junior Maliq Brown for the ACC title conflict with a shoulder harm.
Head coach Jon Scheyer mentioned the harm might hold Brown out for a major period of time.
Following Friday’s win over the Tar Heels, Scheyer informed reporters that the crew is working to verify Flagg can be prepared for March Insanity.
“As far as [Flagg] goes, he’s doing better,” Scheyer mentioned. “Sprained ankle. All the imaging came back negative. He sprained it pretty good, though. It’s a good sprain. I’m not breaking any news. He’s not going to play [in the ACC title game]. He can’t play. But our goal is to have him ready for the NCAA tournament. But we need to see how this weekend goes with the swelling and what he can do.”
Flagg is the projected No. 1 decide within the 2025 NBA Draft and the favourite to win the Picket Award, given to probably the most excellent faculty basketball gamers after every season.
