Cooper Flagg is expected to be cleared for next week’s NCAA tournament after suffering an ankle injury on Thursday. Flagg is the projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft and the favorite to win the Wooden Award.
Flagg was ruled out by Duke for the remainder of the ACC tournament, but x-rays were negative.
“As far as [Flagg] goes, he’s doing better,” Jon Scheyer said. “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.”
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