In what form will happen Cooper Flagg at March Madness? The big favorite to be chosen in 1st from the next draft was injured in the ankle Thursday in the quarter -final of the ACC conference tournament against Georgia Tech. Absent last night for the semi-final against North Carolina, the winger will also miss the Duke final on Saturday against Louisville.
Flagg was hit on a trivial rebound at the end of the first period Thursday, twisted the left ankle when no opponent was nearby, making the worst fear about the nature of his injury. “” It is better “Tried to reassure Blue Devils Jon Scheyer coach Friday after the success of his players against UNC. “” All the radios have returned negative, but he twisted his ankle. It's a big sprain. It is not a scoop, he will not play on Saturday. “” ” It is not worth it, really The technician had already estimated on Thursday after the meeting against Georgia Tech.
Court of trial before the NCAA tournament
One week before the first round of the NCAA tournament on March 20 and 21, the absence of Cooper Flagg could be a huge blow for Duke, current number one in the ranking of the best teams of the season with a remarkable assessment of 30 wins for 3 defeats. But also for the whole meeting of the end of the university season, while Flagg was the number one attraction of the season both by expectations around him and by his production. “” Our goal is that it is ready for the tournament “Said Jon Scheyer. “” But we have to see how this weekend is going with hematoma on his ankle this weekend, and what he can do. »»
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For the moment, his absence is without too much consequences for the Blue Devils, winners of Georgia Tech when they were led in the first period at the time of the release of their star, then qualified in extremis last night against the rival North Carolina (74-71). The end of the match was incredible, while Unc had two free throws to go ahead of the end. But Ven-Allen Lubin missed the first, then scored the second, before this point of equalization was finally removed because his teammate Jae-Lyn Withers put a foot in the racket before the ball returned. Duke led 21 points to the break, before suffering on the return from the locker room.
“” What we miss the most is that we had to use five that we had never tried “Said Jon Scheyer on the impact of the absence of Cooper Flagg on Friday. “” So our execution of our actions and their timing was not the level I expected. Overall, our players did a good job to adjust at the moment. But obviously, it's different when Cooper is not there. »»
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Duke will have to do without his best scorer, rebounder, passer, interceptor and bounted of the season to face Louisville, who had eliminated in the quarter -finals Stanford and the French Maxime Raynaud. The cardinals dominated Clemson in the other semi-final, winning three small points (76-73) as in the previous round. This match also marked by a rare event, since the door of the tiger locker room was blocked, Clemson in front of passing half-time in the corridor, before the door was unlocked after several minutes of waiting.
