Cooper Flagg recently admitted that he can actually live at Duke, despite being the expected # 1 choice in this year’s NBA draft.
If he were to do so, he could put men’s college basketball back on the card, a college trainer thinks.
The Marchness Tournament from 2024 was the first time the women monitored the men, largely partly partly to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes, who ran another race to Women’s NCAA title game.
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Cooper Flagg and Caitlin Clark (AP Newsroom/Imag)
Still, as far as men’s games go, with zero, transfers and one-and-dones, it’s easy to see why men’s games haven’t stuck with viewers.
But that could change if flagg stayed in Durham, said Illinois coach Brad Underwood.
“If he stayed in school, he would be the face of college basketball and raise basketball to levels Caitlin Clark did on the female side,” Underwood said on Outkick’s “Don’t @ Me” with Dan Dakich. “I don’t know him as a young man, but all I have heard has been what a good guy he is. I think he is a super talent. I think he would be great for the NBA.

Duke’s Cooper Flagg runs as Wake Forest’s Tre’von player’s defender in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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“I always hope with little kids that when they go, it’s the real mental space for them to go. It’s the big boy’s dressing room they go into. I love his mojo, I love his swag. He just wears herself in A way that exudes confidence, he is really talented.
The 6-foot-9 fronter has dominated as part of the No. 3 team in the country, an average of 19.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per year. Competition. He has started all his 26 games played this season and shoots 48.6% from the floor and 36.6% from Deep.
It is rare to see a top NBA selection go back to school, but Flagg surprised many people last week with a fantastic recording.
“S —, I’ll return next year,” the beginner said.
“I still feel like a child,” he continued. “That’s the only way I’ve ever known college. That’s how I see it. I really didn’t want to know how children felt before and if this feels different if this feels more like being a professional. I thinks it’s the same thing for kids in high school and paid a lot of money.

Duke Blue Devils Guard Cooper Flagg before the game against Syracuse Orange at JMA Wireless Dome.
Flagg actually started the college season as a 17-year-old and turned 18 just four days before Christmas (he is reclassified into a master’s degree one year early). He was the highest ranked recruits for the class 2024 and received a department I offer from Bryant before even completing Middle School.