Will Duke Star play in the NCAA tournament?

For the 15th time in the history of programs, Basketball found his name along the line with 1 seeds of The NCAA tournament for men Sunday in the selection.

But this is not the biggest story that surrounds the best -ranked Blue Devils in March madness. Instead this is the status of first -story guard Cooper Flagg.

Flagg, considered widely considered as one of the top players in the male college basketball, missed the last two games for lead with an apparent left ankle lesion that he supported in the quarterfinals of ACC vs. Georgia Tech.

The phenomenon is heading in Madness March in a tight head, with Johni Broome from Auburn for the National Player of the Year. If Flagg will win the prestigious individual basketball prize for men, he became the first bud from Zion Williamson who won it.

Duke will open his 2025 NCAA tournament Friday, March 21 against the winner no. 16 American seeds and Mount St. Mary’s at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. American and Mount St. Mary faces each other in the first four In Dayton, Ohio Wednesday, March 19th.

Here is the most recent about Flagg and its status for the NCAA tournament:

Will Cooper Flagg will play in the NCAA tournament? Duke Basketball Star status in March Madness

Yes, Flagg is expected to play in the NCAA tournament for Duke.

Coach Duke, Jon Scheyer, made his player status known in the ESPN “Bracketology” show on Sunday, after the NCAA tournament support was revealed, saying the goal is to return on Friday in the first round.

“From my perspective, it is the complete steam. I want to go back to Coop back as soon as I can, and he wants to do the same. Obviously, tomorrow is important. Today was a day off, we returned late (from the ACC tour),” Scheyer said on Sunday. “We hope that he can start progressing starting tomorrow with doing some works on the court and then he will be built to where he can practice later in the week.

“Our goal is for Friday. Without question about it.”

Scheyer’s comments reiterated on Sunday those of the head of the NCAA selection committee, Dan Gavitt, that Flagg would be good for Madness March.

“What we understand from communication with Duke and ACC is that Cooper Flagg will be available for the NCAA tournament so you don’t expect this to show them sowing.” Gavitt said on Saturday.

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Updating Cooper Flagg’s injury

Cooper suffered an injury to the left ankle in the last minutes of the first half of the victory in the quarterfinals of the Duke against Georgia Tech, on Thursday, March 13.

The lesion for the 6-meter-9 guard came to the 2:48 note of the half after descending with a defensive return following a 3-point missed in Jaeden Mustaf from Georgia Tech. While he was in the movement of descending with the return, Flagg seemed to land in a painful position that led to the ankle.

Flagg immediately grabbed the ankle as he hit the floor.

Left with a significant hobble. The members of Duke’s medical staff were considering on the Blue Devils bank before bringing back to the locker room, where he was subjected to subsequent tests, including radiographs, who returned negative, Schedyer.

Duke held Flagg for the ACC semifinal against the North Carolina Championship and ACC championship against Louisville. In his press conference, after the victory over Georgia Tech, Scheyer said it would be a “long shot” for Flagg to play in the ACC semifinal (and then at the championship game), as the NCAA tour was following.

“To be honest with you, I should be, like, convinced by everyone in the locker room when I go there that they should play. It’s not worth it. It’s not,” Scheyer said on Thursday. “We must see if we can understand it correctly for this running we can do in the tour.”

What is Cooper Flagg’s injury?

Scheyer told reporters at the ACC tour on Thursday that his star player is in charge of a left ankle after the radiographs have returned negative.

“Cooper, he just went down, spread his ankle, the radiographs were negative, which is great,” Schedyer said. “We just have to understand that it will be swollen and see how it recovers and how it goes from there.”

Statistics Cooper Flagg

Here is a look at the statistics of the Flagg season entering its first NCAA tour:

Points: 18.9
Recovery: 7.5
Assist: 4.1
Blocks: 1.3
Steal: 1.5
Shooting: 48.8
3 -point photography: 36.8%

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