Cooper Flagg’s Mom Issues Apology After UNC-Duke

The Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball team ended the regular season with an 82-69 win over North Carolina on Saturday in Chapel Hill.

Duke is now the top seed in the ACC tournament and is in line to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Star freshman Cooper Flagg had a bit of an uneven performance. In the first half, he had three fouls that limited him. Still, he finished the game with 15 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four blocks. With less than two minutes to go, Flagg had an emphatic dunk that was the final blow to North Carolina.

The dunk gave Duke a 15-point lead with just over 90 seconds remaining.

As a result, Flagg’s mom, Kelly, expressed her excitement in a reaction that has been widely shared on the internet.

On Sunday night, Kelly Flagg responded to the clip and issued an apology while also taking a shot at the North Carolina fanbase.

“I appreciate all of you who have supported us all season long, especially last night after my call for bail money,” Kelly Flagg wrote. “I also want to apologize to anyone who was offended by my language that was caught in a celebratory moment. I do realize it wasn’t my best look.”However, if you actually know me and are a real friend of mine you weren’t shocked,” Kelly Flagg continued. “It was a very intense situation we were put into and we were taken aback by the crudeness of the UNC fans as we made our way into the arena. They continued to harass us with much worse being spewed in our direction as well as at our 18 year old son and his teammates through the entirety of the game.”

Kelly Flagg also called out the North Carolina fan base with some expletives and finished it by saying “If you are a UNC fan and didn’t like it…tough! Better luck next time!”

The UNC-Duke rivalry game is also a big one, and this one was no different even with North Carolina not being ranked in the top 25.

At the end of the day, Flagg and Duke got the last laugh.