{"id":28660,"date":"2025-03-14T04:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T03:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=28660"},"modified":"2025-03-14T04:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T03:19:16","slug":"cooper-flagg-injury-what-happened-to-cooper-flagg-latest-injury-update-on-dukes-basketball-prodigy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/cooper-flagg-injury-what-happened-to-cooper-flagg-latest-injury-update-on-dukes-basketball-prodigy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg Injury: What Happened to Cooper Flagg? Latest Injury Update on Duke&#8217;s Basketball Prodigy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Duke freshman Cooper Flagg has been the heart of the Blue Devils&rsquo; success this season. The star forward has led the team in every major statistical category this season, helping them finish with a sensational 28-3 record. Cooper&rsquo;s record-breaking season made Duke one of the favorites to win the 2025 March Madness.<\/p><p>But their title hopes took a hit on Thursday. Flagg <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/watch-cooper-flagg-heads-to-locker-room-after-suffering-an-ankle-injury-vs-georgia-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>suffered an ankle injury<\/a> in the ACC quarterfinals against Georgia Tech. The injury occured when he landed awkwardly after grabbing a defensive rebound. He immediately left the game and was later seen in a wheelchair.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cooper Flagg exited the game and was helped to the locker room after appearing to injure his left ankle in the first half against Georgia Tech. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EiUslVt0ZM\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/EiUslVt0ZM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1900229436529627539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Update on Cooper Flagg Injury<\/h2><p>After the injury, Flagg was helped by his teammates to the locker room. Later, he was seen in a wheelchair, heading for further evaluation. Duke head coach Jon Scheyer confirmed that X-rays were negative. <\/p><p><em>&ldquo;He sprained his ankle. X-rays were negative, which is great. We just have to see how he recovers and how he goes from there&rdquo;,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheFieldOf68\/status\/1900256766413115454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Scheyer said<\/a> in post-game press conference.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/dukes-cooper-flagg-named-acc-player-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Duke&rsquo;s Cooper Flagg named ACC Player of the Year<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will Cooper Flagg Play in March Madness?<\/h2><p>While Duke has not ruled him out, Scheyer hinted that playing in the ACC semifinals would be a &ldquo;real longshot.&rdquo;<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not worth it,&rdquo;<\/em> Scheyer said. <em>&ldquo;It just isn&rsquo;t. He was swollen already. It&rsquo;s not about being ready to go tomorrow. That&rsquo;s not the most important thing for us. We&rsquo;ve got to see if we can get him right for this run that we can make in the [NCAA] tournament. So I would have to be really convinced that we should even consider if he can go tomorrow.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/cooper-flagg-caps-regular-season-as-dukes-leader-in-every-major-stat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Cooper Flagg Caps Regular Season as Duke&rsquo;s Leader in Every Major Stat<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duke&rsquo;s Odds of Winning NCAA Championship<\/h2><p>Before Flagg&rsquo;s injury, Duke was among the favorites to win the national title. However, his injury on Thursday led to a dip in betting odds, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/2025-ncaa-tournament-winner?tid=1741891809224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Polymarket<\/a>. Duke&rsquo;s odds were <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCousinSal\/status\/1900233443533029536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>+330<\/a> before Cooper&rsquo;s injury but was briefly dropped to +700. However, as more time passed, the odds improved and Duke has jumped to +375. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4YzFcz2kw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/j4YzFcz2kw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Polymarket Sports (@PolymarketSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolymarketSport\/status\/1900234095164350629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>For now, the Blue Devils and their fans can only hope for a speedy recovery as they prepare for the most important stretch of the season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper Flagg suffered an ankle injury during Duke&#8217;s ACC quarterfinals against Georgia Tech on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2722],"tags":[2688,4551,3969],"class_list":["post-28660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-duke","tag-march-madness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cooper Flagg Injury: What Happened to Cooper Flagg? 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