Duke's Defense and Cooper Flagg's Impact in NCAA Tournament

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00:00I asked you what the best thing about the Blue Devils is, you said their propensity

00:04to lock you up on the defensive end of the floor, and also the fact they probably have

00:09the best player in college basketball in Cooper Flagg.

00:12Of course, that will be a big story as we start the big dance.

00:16Cooper Flagg injured during the ACC tournament on Thursday afternoon for Duke, did not play

00:21Friday against North Carolina, nor in the tournament title game last night against Louisville.

00:27But John Shire in the program, saying that Cooper Flagg will be ready to go for the round

00:31of 64.

00:32Doc.

00:33Doc.

00:34Because if they are healthy, and they get Cooper back and he's ready to go, and obviously

00:39we'll see with Brown getting him back from injury with the shoulder, it just, they play

00:46a style, here's the thing you have to realize, a team with three starting freshmen, McDonald's

00:52all Americans all over the place.

00:55They're one of the slowest teams in the country, which you know, and I know Ben, it slows down

01:03when you get to the tournament.

01:05It's not the high, that's why you get nervous at times with a team like Alabama, like even

01:08though they got to the championship game.

01:11You don't get high flying up and down teams.

01:13You got to be able to defend it and defend well in a half court.

01:17And pretty much all year until the very end of the year, the number one defensive team

01:20according to efficiency was the Duke Blue Devils.

01:23So their ability to defend is something that's very impressive.

01:28You look at some of the scores that they've had in the ACC, and like, I mean, it's hard

01:32to find anybody that got, I mean, I know, you know, 77 points when he lost to Clemson,

01:37but besides that, they haven't given up 77 points to anyone since Notre Dame, January

01:4411th.

01:45You want to go further back than that?

01:48You got to go back to the game against Auburn when they give somebody December 4th.

01:54They don't give up points, and they don't give up points, and then it gets scored many

01:58different ways.

01:59This is why this team is playing the way they are right now.