Senior writer
The anticipation built with each tick of the clock.
A throng of starstruck elementary-school kids eagerly craned their necks for their first glimpse of America’s most celebrated teenaged basketball prospect.
When Cooper Flagg and his twin brother announced that they were returning to their home state of Maine to hold a two-day youth basketball camp this past August, all 125 spots sold out by the next day. Parents from across Maine and beyond forked over $149 to give their son or daughter the chance to meet Flagg and to get hands-on instruction from the soon-to-be Duke freshman.