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Dick Vitale makes unprecedented claim about Cooper Flagg amid Duke blowing out UNC

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peeryabout 10 hours
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Like they have done so many times this season, the North Carolina Tar Heels have gotten off to a slow start on Saturday. And unfortunately, it’s against the wrong team to do it against. The Duke Blue Devils. Cooper Flagg has put on a show in the first half, stuffing the stat sheet with 11 points, 5 assists, and three rebounds. He’s connected on two of his three shots from beyond-the-arc. And longtime college basketball aficionado Dick Vitale is smitten with Flagg’s skill set.

“All I can say in 45 years at ESPN I have not seen a player as young as Cooper Flagg so skilled–he is in his own World–he is THAT GOOD!” Vitale tweeted out in the first half.