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00:00Tonight we will see the ACC conference championship game being played between Duke and Louisville
00:07Should be no surprise
00:09Should really be no
00:11Controversy around this game Duke big favorite Louisville great season should be a fun one
00:18It would take it out. You know an incredible effort for Louisville to pull off the upset
00:23instead
00:24Cooper flags absence is the story so we will get into it a number that is climbing a little bit on Duke from five
00:30And a half up to six and a half
00:32but flags absence
00:35Came at a time when this team in Duke
00:39Were really struggling against Georgia Tech in their opening game of this conference tournament
00:45They weren't able to turn it around
00:47Found their stroke from deep a law against tech and won that game not going away
00:53I mean certainly not anywhere flirting with covering as a 22 and a half point favorite
00:58But it wasn't a situation where the final possession, you know, the ball was in Georgia Texans. Oh, here we go
01:05That was the case against North Carolina
01:07But initially it was not so the question it for Duke now
01:13Because the only timeline we really have on flag is he won't play tonight
01:19when
01:20Do the Blue Devils?
01:22need
01:23Cooper flag back and that to me coaches is where I want to start with a team that still finds themselves
01:31Largely co-favorites in a lot of spots the expectation is flag will be back. What is your assessment right now around this situation?
01:39Well, you know you got to take it easy with angle and how high he was in the air when he came down
01:43Yeah, it's flat-out scary as a coach. So angles can be tough folks. And I think John Shire did the right thing
01:50He played the long game, right?
01:51Because at the end of the day kept their spot as a number one seed was secured going into the tournament
01:57So what do you do if you're John Shire you talk to the medical staff? He's training. I'm sure he's getting treatment around the clock
02:04They probably have some of the best trainers in the country. If I'm Shire, I'm sitting him through the round of 32
02:10I got I got to get him. I got to get him through another week
02:14Luckily, they play I'm thinking I'm not if it's Greensboro, but this relatively close
02:19They're gonna be the first two rounds of the tournament. So you're not worrying about flying an elevation and ankle blowing back up
02:25I think you take your time
02:27I think you look to give him another week off get him through around the 32
02:31Then you're probably looking at Thursday or Friday
02:34You're playing next and then you have about two to three days of practice to ramp up job to get him ready for sweet 16
02:39I was gonna say sweet 16
02:41I think from the gambling perspective you look at them in terms of the final four minus 145
02:46I'm not making that bet right now Kev just because of the uncertainty or Cooper flag
02:50I think the biggest thing when you saw yesterday for me is that you know
02:53You lose your star player and you're right. They came out a little bit flat against Georgia Tech
02:57But up until that point they had one what like seven straight games by 33 and a half points per game
03:02Maybe they did take G tech a little lightly in terms of the first round. It's possible
03:07But we saw a better perspective about what Cooper flag means to that offense the consistency
03:12Wasn't there from start to finish right? And that's the biggest thing if you're looking big picture on Duke
03:18Do I want to risk the number at minus?
03:21145 or whatever they are once they put up the sweet 16 odds on the Duke Blue Devils
03:26I would rather wait and see because even if he comes back to coaches point
03:31The ankle is such a tricky type of injury cuts off that you know in terms of how you use it in basketball
03:38This is a little bit different
03:39Yeah, then football where you could just tape it up and you're going in a straight line, you know basketball
03:44You're up and down the court jumping
03:45You always have the ability to potentially land on that ankle in a different type of way and injure it again
03:52So I'm a little hesitant at minus 145. I'd be hesitant big picture on Duke
03:57I think when you look at this game, though
03:59I think it does benefit the Blue Devils up against Louisville in the sense
04:04They do now have one game without Cooper flag in that lineup. Maybe it was a feeling out process
04:10We should see a better more consistent effort against the Cardinals tonight and one thing really quick
04:16I want people understand as a coach
04:18Injuries impact with the ankle definitely for
04:21perimeter players than post player
04:24Because in a way that Cooper flag is used in different actions and coming off screens and and playing different ways
04:30It's to me. I think it's easier to come back as a big who doesn't have to do a lot of quick cutting
04:35It's usually in the post
04:36Everything's kind of close to the basket as a regards to reverse pivoting catching jabbing
04:41A lot of that stuff is really hard in an ankle. So I think Joe's right
04:45I think you wait for matchups
04:47You look to see where they're placed and how they go about where you go to bet it because no listen
04:54What happens if you know, maybe John Char may pick and see what happens if a Gonzaga is an eight seed in their region
05:00Do you you try and get them back a game earlier?