Impact of Cooper Flagg's Injury on Duke's NCAA Tournament Odds

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00:00Flag goes down with the ankle.

00:02He's got the rolly Massimino.

00:04He's gonna, you know, there's nothing worse.

00:06Achilles ankles, knees, calves.

00:10I don't even like saying the words.

00:12It's bad luck diner.

00:14So he's obviously rolled it hard.

00:17They didn't put him back in a game.

00:19He's fine.

00:20X-rays negative, this and that, but here's the deal.

00:22It's never better the next day or the day after the day

00:25after the day after.

00:26It's bad for like five days, no matter what.

00:28And then most guys I know wear the full ankle.

00:34It's like a, it's like a brace.

00:35It's like an ankle brace that they'll wear

00:38and put on when they play.

00:39They'll play through it with a, with a brace.

00:41Do you think that he's gonna be affected by this

00:45in the NCAA tournament and cost them a national championship?

00:48Because I do not believe that they can win it all

00:50without him.

00:51Even though they won today,

00:52they beat a crappy team today that was killing them.

00:55And they came back and won.

00:56Like they had to handle their business.

00:58But do you think it'll affect them in the tournament?

01:00You know, I think it's a little too early

01:02to tell still, Scott.

01:03I should note this and odds makers aren't doctors,

01:07but they're pretty good at knowing what the doctors think.

01:10Ole Miss hit a three to win.

01:12Ole Miss hit a three to win.

01:14Ole Miss hit a three with one second left to win.

01:17There's been no, Duke are the favorites

01:20to win the championship right now.

01:22There hasn't been a drop off.

01:23Timeout, what was the spread on that Arkansas game?

01:27It was like a near pick them.

01:28It was like one and a half type thing, right?

01:30It was one and a half, two.

01:32Did it really go down to that?

01:33Yeah, all these games are going down to that.

01:35That's why I'm taking underdogs for the most part.

01:37But it was four and a half.

01:40Was it four and a half?

01:41You sure it closed?

01:42I think it came down a little bit.

01:43It closed at four and a half, they covered.

01:46All right, so, but as far as Duke is concerned,

01:50they're still the favorites

01:51to win the championship right now.

01:52There's been no, there's no panic.

01:54I know the media went crazy and stuff like that.

01:57People online, you know, Scott, they have time.

02:00And I'll tell you right now too, the NCAA,

02:02watch how it'll be just by coincidence

02:05that Duke don't play on Thursday.

02:06They're gonna get the Friday, Sunday slate down suddenly.

02:09Right, just to buy a little extra time.

02:11But the Duke Blue Devils can get through

02:15the first two games next weekend without Cooper Flagg.

02:19Right, they need everybody else though.

02:20Like they need Proctor, like, you know,

02:22it's the thing with Duke, they're always going down.

02:24I posted this, I told people this on the show.

02:27The one seed, the top seed has not won

02:31the ACC Conference Tournament since 2018.

02:34Just saying, Duke, we're the top seed.

02:37Right, the top seed doesn't win the ACC Tournament.

02:39So here we go again.

02:40So it's gonna be Louisville, it's gonna be Clemson.

02:41Yeah, I don't care about the tournament.

02:43I care about, like last year,

02:45NC State goes to the Final Four.

02:47They get the automatic bid.

02:48All I care about as a program,

02:51I know people won't like this or admit it,

02:54but the only thing that matters is the NCAA Tournament.

02:56Well, I wouldn't even be playing guys.

02:59Conference tournaments means nothing.

03:01Would you rather, what, so you win the Big East

03:03and then you go lose in the NCAA and the Elite Eight?

03:05What do you, I mean, what do you got?

03:07You got a little trophy from your conference.

03:10I've said this before, like I wouldn't even play guys,

03:12like for the most part in these conference.

03:14If I was like a national champion,

03:17like if you're a mid-tier team,

03:18obviously you're going forward here,

03:19you're trying to make the tournament and all this.

03:22If you're a top, top-tier team,

03:24like if you're Auburn or you're Duke,

03:26this is exactly what can happen.

03:27Who cares if you win or lose this tournament?

03:29A lot of coaches want to lose the first game

03:31and get out of there.

03:32They can yell at their kids.

03:33You're not as good as you thought you were.

03:34And let's get some rest and practice

03:36for the tournament next week.

03:37It's a nightmare, Scott.

03:39You win the Big Ten title,

03:40you're playing Sunday night, bro, before the bracket.

03:43And then boom, oh, you're playing Thursday.

03:45You know, I'm with you.

03:46I think these conference tournaments,

03:48they're like bowl games, Scott.

03:49People don't want to say.

03:49They're like bowl games, right?

03:51It's just for money.

03:52It's just, they don't matter in the big picture.

03:55But my point is, I think Duke will be fine.

03:57I think Flagg will be fine.

03:59I don't know how extreme it is,

04:02but even if he doesn't play,

04:03let's say hypothetically next week,

04:05they get through the weekend,

04:06in the big picture, I don't think it'll affect them, Scott.

04:09But I'm not sure though.

04:11They seem to be injury-prone, this team.

04:12Every game, man, guys are going down with this team.

04:15I don't know if they're going to be able to stay healthy

04:17for six more games after.

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