[autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag], the top-ranked prospect in the Class of 2024, sent shock waves through the college basketball world when he picked the Duke Blue Devils.
His commitment heralded one of the best recruiting classes in recent college basketball history as head coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] pulled in three other five-star prospects and two additional four-star players. All in all, the Blue Devils finished with six top-50 recruits when the dust settled.
During a Tuesday episode of The Brotherhood Podcast, Flagg talked to sophomore teammate Caleb Foster about why he picked the program.
“It was something that coach Scheyer had stressed to me a lot going through the whole process was about the feel,” Flagg said. “Like I would know when I got the feeling of where I wanted to be.”
“I think it really came down to when I came on my visit and I was just able to meet all of the guys on your team last year, interact with the coaches a bunch more, and just kind of had that feeling of being on campus and really just imagining myself being here,” he continued. “Once I kind of felt that, I kind of had the feeling of, like, this was where I want to be.”
Foster, a four-star recruit in his own right, and Flagg agreed on one thing other schools tried that didn’t work for them.
“When we were going and talking to other schools, just kind of like, ‘Oh, Duke doesn’t have this,’ ‘This is why you shouldn’t go to Duke,'” Foster said. “Everybody recruiting against Duke, it’s like, bro, what do you have to offer? Why are you worried about Duke?”
“I think most players out there do not like when coaches will do that type of stuff,” Flagg added.
Flagg confirmed earlier in the video that his decision came down to the Blue Devils and two-time defending champion Connecticut.