He’s the runaway favorite to be selected No. 1 overall in this year’s NBA Draft. He’s a finalist for every major national player of the year award. He has led Duke within two wins of the program’s sixth national championship.
It’s inarguable that Cooper Flagg has delivered an all-time great freshman season. The question now is how high he has climbed up the list of college basketball’s greatest one-and-dones.
Is he already the best? Could he cement that title if he and his Duke teammates cut down the Alamodome nets on Monday night? Or are the likes of Carmelo Anthony or Anthony Davis still a cut above even if Flagg, too, leads his team to a national title?