Duke Blue Devils forward Cooper Flagg. Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

Duke's Cooper Flagg unsurprisingly wins major ACC awards

By Andrew Kulha | Last updated Mar 10, 2025 9:21 PM ET

Cooper Flagg has been incredible for the Duke Blue Devils this season. It's tough to live up to the billing of the consensus No. 1 overall recruit in the country, but Flagg has done it.

He's averaged 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this season. He's also come up huge in some of Duke's biggest games.

He scored 26 points against No. 19 Kentucky and 24 points against No. 17 Arizona early in the season. He put up 22 points in a win over No. 2 Auburn in December and scored 21 and 15 in two games against North Carolina, respectively.

As such, it's no surprise that Flagg has been named the ACC Player of the Year as well as the Rookie of the Year in the conference.

Cooper Flagg is the 2025 ACC Player and Rookie of the Year. pic.twitter.com/vskPiv8dPL
— ACC Men's Basketball (@accmbb) March 10, 2025

Flagg was also named first-team All-ACC, but that was basically a given for a freshman who is certainly going to be named a first-team All-American when all is said and done.

Flagg's Blue Devils are the top team in the country, according to the latest AP Poll. As the top seed in the ACC Tournament, they await their opponent for a noon ET tip-off on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

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