NEWPORT, Maine -- The Duke flag is pinned to the siding above the front door of Bill Nemer's home alongside Sebasticook Lake, just down the road from where Cooper Flagg is having a house built for his grandparents. Nemer was never much of a Blue Devils fan, but he bought the flag the day Maine's favorite son committed to Duke. Now, he never misses a game.
His Facebook page is a shrine to Flagg, an endless scroll of highlights, stats and overt gushing that might seem like hyperbole if it was directed at anyone other than college basketball's biggest star.