Cooper Flagg recently admitted that he can actually stay in Duke, despite being the number 1 selection projected in the NBA draft this year.
Well, if I had to do that, I could put the male university basketball on the map again, believe a university coach.
The March 2024 Crazy Tournament was the first time that women advise men, largely partially to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes doing another career for the game for the title of the Women’s NCAA.
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Cooper Flagg and Caitlin Clark (AP newsroom/imagn)
However, in regards to the male game, with zero, transfers and one and gifts, it is easy to see why the male game has not stayed with the spectators.
But that could change if Flagg stayed in Durham, said Illinois coach Brad Underwood.
“If you stay in school, it would be the face of university basketball and raise basketball to the levels Caitlin Clark made on the female side,” Underwood said in “Don’s Me” of Outkick with Dan Dakich. “I don’t know him when I was young, but everything I’ve heard has been how great it is. I think it’s a super talent. I think it would be great for the NBA.
Duke’s Cooper Flagg leads when Wake Forest spillers defend in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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“I always wait with young children who are going, it is the appropriate mental space for them. Those are the locker rooms of the big children they are entering. I love their mojo, I love their loot. It simply gets in the form In what exudes trust, it is really talented.
The 9 -inch striker has been dominating as part of team number 3 in the country, averaging 19.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per contest. It started all its 26 games played this season, firing 48.6% from the floor and 36.6% of Deep.
It is rare to see that a superior selection of the NBA returns to school, but Flagg surprised many people last week with an impressive admission.
“S —, I want to go back next year,” said the first year student.
“I still feel like a child,” he continued. “This is the only way I have met the university. This is how I see it. I would not really know how children felt before, and if this feels different, if this feels more like being a professional. I mean, It is the same for children in high school too, they pay me a lot of money.
The Duke Blue Devils Cooper Flagg guard before the game against Syracuse Orange at Jma Wireless Dome.
Flagg actually began the university season when he was 18, he turned 18 only four days before Christmas (he was reclassified to graduate from high school a year earlier). It was the best qualified recruit for the 2024 class and received an offer from Bryant division I before completing high school.
