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Despite a terrible injury According to his team, which demanded help on wheelchairs, the Kiper Flag Basketball Basketball star will play in the NCAA tournament.
Duke and The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) said the NCAA tournament commission that Flagg would be available for Dan Gavit, Senior Vice President of Basketball, Saturday said.
Gavit expressed comments on CBS before announcement on Sunday about the field 68.
Flagg spread his left ankle during the Duke’s victory against Georgia Techi on Thursday in the quarter -finals of the Atlantic coast conference tournament.
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The striker of the Duke of the Blue Devils Cooper Flag was injured in the first half in the Spectrum center on March 13, 2025. (Bob Dannan / Imagn Images)
It happened when the flags jumped to get a rebound. When he fell to the floor, he landed on his left ankle. He immediately fused on the floor. The freshman 6 feet-9 was delayed on the floor for a few minutes before helping his teammates. Then the flags limped to the bench, obviously in trouble before sitting down.
After he left the game, the flag was put in a wheelchair and taken to the locker room.
The striker of the Duke of the Blue Devils Cooper Flag was injured in the first half in the Spectrum center on March 13, 2025. (Bob Dannan / Imagn Images)
Despite the injury, the flags returned from the locker room to the bench to cheer up his teammates in the second half, but he did not return the game.
Duke’s coach John Sheyer said a puffiness appeared at a press -conference after the ankle games.
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Forward Duke of blue devils Cooper Flag responds when he heads to the bench in the second half against the deacons Wake Forest Deacons at the Cameron Stadium. (Rob ate/Imagn Imagnages)
Flagg, named ACC Player and Newcomer of the Year Associated Press on Tuesday, missed the semi -final victory on Friday against the North Carolina competitor. Subsequently Sheyer took off flagg on the titular game on Saturday evening vs. No. 13 Louisville.
Flagg sat on the bench in black warm -ups while playing at UNC, standing on the back of a party with a victim Malik Brown. Flagg walked without a big lame or protective bot while playing Friday.
Gavit said the status of the flag is not the only trauma that the committee monitors on weekends, as the availability of players could enter into the sowing of the team.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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