2025 Recruiting: Cooper Flagg

[LetsGoUC]

This kid is blowing up online, he'll enter college with similar hype to Zion

 

[Ricker]

Would love to see a roster with Betsey, Ross, and Flagg. Meant to be.

Very Very good and amusing post. I almost spit my morning coffee. And our colors are national Flagg blue.

 

[metsfan2323]

This kid is blowing up online, he'll enter college with similar hype to Zion

Flagg's game at a young age is unreal, he's a Lebron James type prospect.

 

[KeyWestUC]

Nope. He dribbled his head and Billy Packer started crying, BWAH. HAHAHAHA

Exactly - hated BP so much back then!!

 

[Conndog]

Exactly - hated BP so much back then!!

Packer was awful in the 1999 championship, he was such a Duke homer & hated UConn. He kept saying UConn players were pushing off or somehow committing infractions- now & then Jim Nantz would challenge him, but eventually even Nantz knew it was hopeless.

 

[AllHusky]

Rod Sellers?

Edit: Never mind. Just saw Khal’s post above.

Must have been a Rutgers fan circa 1976

 

[sirjames]

Packer was awful in the 1999 championship, he was such a Duke homer & hated UConn. He kept saying UConn players were pushing off or somehow committing infractions- now & then Jim Nantz would challenge him, but eventually even Nantz knew it was hopeless.

Completely true - extremely ACC biased

 

[HuskyHoosier]

https://www.si.com/college/duke/recruiting/top-threat-duke-basketball-cooper-flagg-7-23

 

[ucp990411]

https://www.si.com/college/duke/recruiting/top-threat-duke-basketball-cooper-flagg-7-23

So Jon Scheyer is arguably college basketball’s best recruiter? Hmmmm. Jon Scheyer and staff meet Dan Hurley and staff. I’ll take our guy.

 

[aburks41]

https://www.si.com/college/duke/recruiting/top-threat-duke-basketball-cooper-flagg-7-23

Can’t wait for this news to hit the Duke forum to watch them squirm

 

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https://www.si.com/college/duke/recruiting/top-threat-duke-basketball-cooper-flagg-7-23

 

[Ricker]

https://www.si.com/college/duke/recruiting/top-threat-duke-basketball-cooper-flagg-7-23

Thank you for the pleasant read that even acknowledges our wins over Duke and is from a Blue Devil source

 

[KingAG]

Game on

 

[TrueBlue22]

How 5-star PF Cooper Flagg would fit with each of his top 12 suitors

Cooper Flagg is taking the basketball world by storm and college programs are jockeying for position.

247sports.com

 

[ToolzieFan]

We need to keep at it and post this thing into a reality. This doesn’t have new info, it’s just a Hartford Courant reporter sharing the info posted here earlier.

UConn considered ‘biggest threat’ to Duke to land high school basketball phenom Cooper Flagg

Cooper Flagg has been described as the next great high school basketball prospect, and UConn is reportedly right in the mix to land him. Flagg may end up being the No. 1 recruit in his class and ha…

www.courant.com

 

[M.S.G.]

 

[UConnSwag11]

Link in the quoted tweet

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[Waquoit]

I honestly feel the same about this as I do about getting into the Big 12. I'm girding for disappointment, but what if...

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I believe that time is our best ally here.

The more time passes, the more Scheyer demonstrates that he isn't K,.

The more Scheyer demonstrates that he isn't K, the better our chances.

 

[Waquoit]

I believe that time is our best ally here.

The more time passes, the more Scheyer demonstrates that he isn't K,.

The more Scheyer demonstrates that he isn't K, the better our chances.

That's the issue. Do you want your dream school even though it comes with an inferior coach? And that's not even opinion, that's fact.

 

[NJHoops]

The message is clear, stay home and be gorgeous-

 

[UCan3]

What I like about this situation is objectively, UCONN is his safest bet. Dan and assistant coaches will develop him in case he hits any bumps, like with Hawkins and he will have the supporting cast to ensure he can be the best player possible during his short time in College. He will get massive publicity as well.

There are other schools, sure - Duke, also a good choice but if you are about minimizing risk and excelling in prep for NBA - UCONN is the most logical place for him to go.

 

[metsfan2323]

I honestly feel the same about this as I do about getting into the Big 12. I'm girding for disappointment, but what if...

Flagg is so good that if he were to commit to UConn today it might put us over the top for a B12 invite. Triple (at least) the TV ratings for whoever plants Flagg.

 

[UCfor3]

If he reclassifies to 2024 and goes to Duke it would stink but maybe he pushes Betsey toward UConn in that scenario(Betsey may be a UConn lean anyway?).

 

[HeGotGame]

Flagg is so good that if he were to commit to UConn today it might put us over the top for a B12 invite. Triple (at least) the TV ratings for whoever plants Flagg.

This is why I try to stay away in the summer months. Sheeesh

 

[USNavyDog]

We should definitely be all over him. Can't concede anyone to Duke or Kentucky. He's a once in a long time New England recruit and there's the connection with the Clingan's. UConn and Hurley are a hot property now.

Whats the connection that Cooper Flagg has with the Clingans? Curious, and sounds interesting...

 

[Waquoit]

This is why I try to stay away in the summer months. Sheeesh

Hyperbole knows no season

 

[NJHoops]

Whats the connection that Cooper Flagg has with the Clingans? Curious, and sounds interesting...

Their moms played together at Maine. It’s a connection, but I don’t think it’s an especially impactful one. It’s more like an interesting and cool little fact, imo.

 

[businesslawyer]

Flagg is so good that if he were to commit to UConn today it might put us over the top for a B12 invite. Triple (at least) the TV ratings for whoever plants Flagg.

No. A one year boost in one basketball program is not going to earn the Big XII $50M a year to pay us for the indefinite future.