“I would expect he will decide after the Duke visit in a reasonably short period,” Montverde head coach Kevin Boyle told The Messenger. “He’s seen both campuses and talked enough to both staffs that he can make a decision. He’s not looking for more attention. Let’s be honest, he’s getting enough of it already.”
Kelly Flagg agrees with the shorter timeline. “Unless he’s unbelievably confused, I’m pretty sure he’s going to make a decision very quickly after he visits Duke,” she said. “That way, he can put it behind him and focus on what he needs to do to get better.”
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Kelly Flagg insists the race is not over. “We wouldn’t have taken a visit [to UConn] if he didn’t think it was a place he could see himself at,” she says. “He needed to get on campus and get a feel for the culture, and what the coaching staff was like in their environment.”
Though Flagg will not turn 17 until Dec. 21, which means he is just old enough to qualify for the 2025 NBA draft, he is by all accounts uncommonly mature. He will need to rely on that old soul when he makes his big decision. “The last ‘no’ is going to be the harder one for him,” Kelly says. “[Duke and UConn] are the two finalists for a reason. He feels a great connection to those coaches. It’s a hard position to be in. He’s got two great choices. He can’t go wrong either way.”
