Duke freshman phenom Marvin Bagley III is set to miss his third consecutive game on Sunday vs. No. 11 Clemson after being ruled out with a lingering knee injury.
The program announced that Bagley, the Blue Devils' leader in scoring and rebounding this season, is recovering from a mild right knee sprain he sustained during the first half of the Duke-North Carolina game on February 8. Duke has gone 2-0 with wins over Virginia and Tech and Georgia Tech in his absence.
The 6-foot-11 star entered the season as a projected top-3 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, and he's done nothing to prove he's not worthy of the No. 1 overall pick. Bagley leads the ACC averaging 21.2 points and 11.4 rebounds per game this season, leading Duke to a 21-5 record and, likely, a top 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament at worst.
The Blue Devils are a No. 2 seed in Jerry Palm's latest Bracketology facing projected No. 3 seed Clemson on Saturday.
