Cooper Flagg recently admitted that he could really stay in Duke, although he is the n ° 1 choice provided for in the NBA draft this year.
Well, if he had to do that, he could hand over male university basketball on the map, believes a university coach.
The March Madness 2024 tournament was the first time that women have screened men, largely partly at Iowa Hawkeyes in Caitlin Clark, making another race for the NCAA female title.
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Cooper Flagg and Caitlin Clark (AP Newsroom / Imagn)
However, with regard to male game, with Nile, Transfers and One-And-Andons, it is easy to see why the male game did not stay with viewers.
But that could change if Flagg stayed in Durham, said Illinois coach Brad Underwood.
“If he stayed in school, he would be the face of university basketball and would breed basketball at the levels that Caitlin Clark has made on the female side,” said Underwood on “Don’t @ me” d ‘ Outkick with Dan Dakich. “I don’t know him as a young man, but everything I heard was what he is great. I think it’s a great talent. I think it would be great for the NBA.
The Duke Cooper Flagg drives while Tre’von Spillers of Wake Forest defends himself in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, January 25, 2025. (AP photo / ben mckeown)
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“I still hope with young children that when they leave, it is the right mental space for them. The way that gives off confidence, it is really talented. And then he supports it. “”
The 6 -foot 9 inch striker dominated as part of team n ° 3 of the country, with an average of 19.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per competition. He started all his 26 games played this season, shooting 48.6% of the soil and 36.6% in depth.
It is rare to see a selection of upper NBA return to school, but Flagg surprised a lot of people last week with an amazing admission.
“S —, I want to come back next year,” said the first year.
“I always feel like a child,” he continued. “This is the only way I have never known the university. This is how I see it. I really couldn’t know what children felt before, and if it feels different, if it looks like No more to be a professional.
Duke Blue Devils Cooper Flagg’s goalkeeper before the match against Syracuse Orange at JMA Wireless Dome.
Flagg actually started the college season at the age of 17, only 18 years old only four days before Christmas (he reclassified in high school a year earlier). He was the best rated recruit for the 2024 class and received a Bryant division I offer before even finishing the college.
