Cooper Flagg: Duke's Key to Winning a National Championship?

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00:00Let's talk individual big picture as well. Jason Duke, the National Championship favorite. So of

00:05course the best player on the title favorites is going to be the favorite to win the most

00:09outstanding player. That of course is Cooper Flagg. We expect to see him right away in the round of

00:1664 as Duke will take on Mount St. Mary's tomorrow on a Friday afternoon. But let's start with Cooper

00:23Flagg's health. What do you anticipate the strategy to be for John Shire when it comes

00:29to his best player on the floor? Yeah, I think we're going to get limited minutes in the first

00:34game and then see when he comes back in and how he feels. Guys, the biggest concern I have here

00:38too is remember nobody touched him. He didn't land on anybody. He landed on an already taped ankle

00:44and it rolled on him. So now my biggest concern is when we get to this situation where it's 24

00:48hours between games, how's that ankle going to feel? That's why when you start talking about

00:52most outstanding player, as much as I do believe for for Duke to win a National Championship,

00:57Cooper is going to have to be Cooper Flagg. He's going to have to be everything we've seen

01:00and that makes him a great candidate for most outstanding player. But if you look at the way

01:04Duke played when he was out and the effectiveness and the importance of Con Canipple, you want to

01:10talk about a sneaky pick for a most outstanding player. If you believe Duke is going to win the

01:14championship and you're concerned about Cooper Flagg's health, then Canipple becomes the name

01:19to watch to me because he certainly will be the person that Duke relies on.