Raleight, NC – Raleigh, NC (AP) – Duke Freshman Star Cooper Flagg He says he will be ready to play completely in the first game of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday against Mount St. Mary’s while recovering from a crooked ankle.
The first unanimous Associated Press All-American team He shot the left ankle during the quarterfinals of the Tournament of the Atlantic Coast Conference and The Blue Devils victories were lost in the semifinals and the title game. That sent Duke to March Madness with seed number 1 in the east region group.
The school published on social networks on Thursday that Flagg would be active for Friday’s game. After that, Flagg attended a players press conference and said he could return to full practice on Wednesday.
Flagg said “he hated every second” of not being able to play during the ACC tournament after the injury. He later said during a brief conversation in the locker room that was without pain.
The first round of the Blue Devils in its native state is one of the six games in the this Friday. The list includes state number 8 of Mississippi State against Baylor, also in Raleigh, North Carolina.
In Cleveland, the sown No. 2, Alabama, will face Robert Morris of 15 seeds, while Saint Mary of 7 seeds will meet 10 seeds Vanderbilt.
And in Seattle, the sown No. 4 Alabama meets AKRON of 13 seeds, 13, while the sown No. 5 Oregon meets the freedom of the 12th sown.
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