No one’s saying he shouldn’t travel, though he may choose not to if he disagrees with being shut down. Continuity matters in basketball. A lack of it is a big reason this team has struggled. It’s intuitive, but regardless, Otz has explicitly said you can’t just plug someone in because they’re cleared by the training staff and expect the team to do the same things it did before in the same way. This isn’t subbing a DH or 1B into a lineup for a few games. Duke can do what they want with Flagg, but 1. taking the season as a whole he’s in a different galaxy than Gilbert, so even at 70% his presence would be more impactful, and 2. if they go game by game it will absolutely affect the team as the tournament progresses. Every team has injuries and will have to decide if they’re going to fly by the seat of their pants or give other players certainty in their roles. Now that you mention it, I’m interested to see what Duke and Tech do, among others. We’ll have a real-time experiment, Iowa State going one direction, and other teams perhaps taking things as they come