For the umpteenth time, a national media member asked the Duke basketball head coach if Cooper Flagg could become a sophomore in Durham.

As legendary Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski began plotting his retirement plan, his vision for his successor, Jon Scheyer, looked a lot like what’s happening now. Here’s what Coach K had to say.

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Flagg and the Duke men’s basketball team are in the Final Four following wins over Arizona and Alabama, the first of which featured a performance that dazzled a national audience and may have just been the most complete and impressive effort of his career, and which set the stage for his being named the regional tournament’s MVP.

Only two more games separate Cooper Flagg and the Blue Devils from immortality and the program's sixth national championship banner.