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00:00I asked you what the best thing about the Blue Devils is, you said their propensity
00:04to lock you up on the defensive end of the floor, and also the fact they probably have
00:09the best player in college basketball in Cooper Flagg.
00:12Of course, that will be a big story as we start the big dance.
00:16Cooper Flagg injured during the ACC tournament on Thursday afternoon for Duke, did not play
00:21Friday against North Carolina, nor in the tournament title game last night against Louisville.
00:27But John Shire in the program, saying that Cooper Flagg will be ready to go for the round
00:31of 64.
00:32Doc.
00:33Doc.
00:34Because if they are healthy, and they get Cooper back and he's ready to go, and obviously
00:39we'll see with Brown getting him back from injury with the shoulder, it just, they play
00:46a style, here's the thing you have to realize, a team with three starting freshmen, McDonald's
00:52all Americans all over the place.
00:55They're one of the slowest teams in the country, which you know, and I know Ben, it slows down
01:03when you get to the tournament.
01:05It's not the high, that's why you get nervous at times with a team like Alabama, like even
01:08though they got to the championship game.
01:11You don't get high flying up and down teams.
01:13You got to be able to defend it and defend well in a half court.
01:17And pretty much all year until the very end of the year, the number one defensive team
01:20according to efficiency was the Duke Blue Devils.
01:23So their ability to defend is something that's very impressive.
01:28You look at some of the scores that they've had in the ACC, and like, I mean, it's hard
01:32to find anybody that got, I mean, I know, you know, 77 points when he lost to Clemson,
01:37but besides that, they haven't given up 77 points to anyone since Notre Dame, January
01:4411th.
01:45You want to go further back than that?
01:48You got to go back to the game against Auburn when they give somebody December 4th.
01:54They don't give up points, and they don't give up points, and then it gets scored many
01:58different ways.
01:59This is why this team is playing the way they are right now.