68 bold predictions WSOC TV [Video]

The men’s college basketball season tips off Monday night with all but six AP Top 25 teams in action. To celebrate the start of the new season, here are 68 bold predictions that are sure to come true (unless they don’t).

1. Duke’s Cooper Flagg will be this college basketball season’s biggest story, bigger than Mark Pope trying to reinvigorate Kentucky, bigger than John Calipari’s fresh start at Arkansas, bigger than UConn’s bid for a historic three-peat. The presumed No. 1 pick in next year’s NBA Draft is the rare prospect capable of siphoning mainstream attention away from the NFL and enticing curious viewers to tune into college basketball before March.

2.Anyone expecting Flagg to put up Carmelo Anthony- or Kevin Durant-like numbers at 17 years old is setting the bar too high. The aspect of the 6-foot-9 forward’s game that has the most room for growth is his ability to …