Cooper Flagg will become the first rookie selected No. 1 overall to play on Christmas Day since LeBron James in 2003.

Duke’s Cooper Flagg (2) celebrates hitting a three-pointer during the first half of Duke’s game against Notre Dame at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

Duke basketball's Brotherhood lives on in Dallas as Dereck Lively II is helping No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg find his footing in the NBA.

Duke’s Cooper Flagg (2) runs drills with associate head coach Chris Carrawell during Duke’s open practice at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Ralph Flagg hugs his son, Cooper, after Duke’s 85-65 victory over Alabama in their Elite Eight game in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J ...

The mania around Cooper Flagg at Duke is here. And it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Flagg, the Class of 2024’s most-hyped recruit and projected 2025 No. 1 NBA Draft pick, spoke publicly ...

Long before he set foot on a college basketball court, NBA scouts and experts had already deemed Cooper Flagg t he best player of his class and the future first-overall pick. He fulfilled that destiny ...

For most college basketball programs, landing a recruit of Cooper Flagg's caliber would be monumental and a ...

LOS ANGELES — Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg said he doesn’t plan on rewatching Duke’s 70-67 Final Four loss to Houston as he continues to process the heartbreaking end to his season.