As he continues enjoying for a nationwide championship, Cooper Flagg has added one other honor to his résumé.
The Duke celebrity was named this 12 months’s recipient of the Wood Award, given to one of the best school basketball participant within the nation.
Flagg turns into simply the fourth freshman in historical past to win the award, becoming a member of Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Zion Williamson.
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Duke Blue Devils ahead Cooper Flagg reacts within the second half at Dean E. Smith Middle. (Bob Donnan/Imagn Photographs)
Flagg acquired the nod over Johni Broome, Walter Clayton Jr., Mark Sears and Braden Smith.
This season, Flagg is averaging 18.9 factors, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Regardless of getting back from an ankle damage sustained within the ACC match, he’s placing up 19.5 factors, 7.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists within the NCAA Event.
Flagg has helped carry Duke to the Ultimate 4, and the Blue Devils are the favourite to win all of it.
Duke Blue Devils ahead Cooper Flagg reacts within the second half at Dean E. Smith Middle. (Bob Donnan/Imagn Photographs)
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It won’t be a straightforward activity as a result of the Ultimate 4 options 4 No. 1 seeds for simply the second time in match historical past.
The Blue Devils will tackle Houston at 8:49 p.m. ET Saturday after Florida and Auburn meet in San Antonio.
Flagg is the favourite to be the primary total decide this summer season if he enters the NBA Draft. Flagg has stated he needs to stay at Duke.
Duke Blue Devils ahead Cooper Flagg heads to the bench throughout the second half towards the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Cameron Indoor Stadium. (Rob Kinnan/Imagn Photographs)
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“S—, I wish to come again subsequent 12 months,” the freshman stated in February. “I nonetheless really feel like a child. That is the one means I’ve ever identified school. That’s how I see it. I actually wouldn’t understand how youngsters felt earlier than, and if this feels totally different, if this feels extra like being knowledgeable. I imply, it’s the identical factor for youths in highschool, too, getting paid some huge cash. I don’t know. I really feel fairly regular.”
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