Cooper Flagg will make his return from an ankle injury when Duke, the No. 1 seed in the East Region, begins its 2025 NCAA Tournament campaign on Friday. The school confirmed that Flagg carries no injury designation and is active,

Consensus all-American Cooper Flagg, the ACC player of the year, sprained his left ankle in the ACC Tournament and missed Duke’s last two games. The Blue Devils play Mount St. Mary’s on Friday.

Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg — who missed the last two games of the ACC tournament with a sprained left ankle — is officially active for the No. 1 Blue Devils’ NCAA Tournament opener against No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s on Friday, the program confirmed shortly before its first media availability of the tournament Thursday.

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