Duke’s Flagg gets top AP honor
ALEX SLITZ/GETTY Images Cooper Flagg enters the Final Four leading Duke in scoring, rebounding, assists, and steals. 5 Apr 2025 - The Boston Globe By Aaron Beard ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO — Cooper Flagg and his Duke teammates were days away from clinching a spot in the Final Four, and the Blue Devils’ freshman star was planning ahead. It wasn’t about anything on the court, though. It was to be ready the next time teammates Khaman maluach and Patrick ngongba broke out water guns at the cold tubs. “I’m definitely ordering one as well,” Flagg said with a grin, a nod to the fact that he’s still “just being a kid.” Maybe so, but the the 18year-old’s game has been far more advanced than his age from the opening tip of his college debut. scoring. Rebounding. setting up teammates as a playmaker, then aiding them as a defender. he did it all amid high expectations as the potential no. 1 overall NBA draft prospect, the driving force with a relentless competitive edge and mature focus fo...