I looked frame by frame and there was a frame his foot was about as perpendicular to his ankle as you can get, looked pretty bad to me. But ankles, as others have said, are a mysterious thing.
Brown and Flagg both injured in first half of game
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Duke will Jeff Sheppard him. He will be in a tape cast through NCAA tourney. Jeff played really well with a bad sprain.
Looked like a pretty significant ankle injury for Flagg. Probably a matter of can you play through pain (and do you aggravate it) but my best guess would be sit him for the first weekend of the tournament, hope you can get by a 16 and an 8 without him, and bring him back Sweet 16 on 2 weeks rest. Probably not 100% but probably able to play.
Ankle injuries are rough. Hope the young fella heals quick. No ill will toward any player. Hope he is back for NCAA. Would love to beat them again with Duke at full strength.
Flagg has a sprained ankle. They'll know more after they see how much it swells the next 24 hours. Will probably not play the rest of the week.
Oh he’s done for the ACC tourney for sure. Duke could care less about that right now. ACC is a joke anyway.
They don't need him to win the ACCT, they need him to win the NCAAT
LOL! The biggest Duke apologist here RUNS to post this as "sticking it" to UK fans is a hobby. What a dork show. 🤡
So is this the thread where we all pretend we don't hope he's done for the tournament?
He'll be a millionaire no matter what. I hope he's done and I hope Duke loses in the first round.
He'll be a millionaire no matter what. I hope he's done and I hope Duke loses in the first round.
5 years from now, it won't matter. All that will matter is that Duke has one less title.
People outside of our fanbase don't sit around ruminate about how UK "should have" won it all in 1997 with a healthy Anderson or in 2015 with a healthy Alex Poythress. All they see is that we're still stuck on 8 titles.
I'm doubtful that they can beat an 8 w/out flagg. There are some dangerous teams projected as 8's: I've seen teams like Memphis, BYU, UConn, Gonzaga, New Mexico and Creighton mentioned as possible 8's. I don't think a flagg-less dook beats 2 or 3 of that bunch.
You KNOW I don't mince words over that cheating program lol.
8 seeds can take down 1 seeds.
Just ask Kentucky 2004 or Wichita State 2014.
Idc if he's out or not. This board keeps saying Duke will lose early with him due to poor competition of late.
A few posters have been writing that. I still think Duke is the most talented team in the field, even without Brown.
The ACC was trash, but Duke handled their business in a weak league. They're still loaded.
Yeah, I'm not sure I believe them either.
Only 1 team can win it all so odds are still against them fortunately.
Did he return your frantic text? 🤣
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All the ESPN stuff I thought he was dead. Just saw. It's a sprained ankle, hell be fine for the Tourney.
Brown no clue how serious.
Brown no clue how serious.
If that is the case I can't understand why it wasn't iced when he was on the sideline.
I don’t wish injury on any kid but I’m not trying to get no excuses either. We’ve played next man up all year
I’m wondering if he sits out the tourney now for his draft stock? That looked bad. Brown missing hurts their defense too.
I don’t think he will if he has a choice. Meaning, if he’s cleared, I’d think he’ll play.
Worst time for an injury like that. Not much rest time. He surly won’t be 100% the first 2 games.
