Flagg has been tested during the first weeks of his college career, and the 17-year-old phenom still looks like the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft.

On that play, Flagg drove to the basket on big man Hunter Dickinson. Adams arrived to help and swatted Flagg’s shot. He tried to recover the ball but knocked it out of bounds. On the next Duke possession, Adams stopped a three-on-one fast break by swatting Kon Knueppel’s shot at the rim.

Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self had high praise for Duke’s freshman phenom Cooper Flagg ahead of Tuesday’s clash between the No. 1 Jayhawks and No. 11 Blue Devils in Las Vegas. Speaking about Flagg’s impact and skill set on Monday,

It came down to the wire, but experience showed in the closing minutes of Duke basketball's loss to Kansas in Las Vegas.

Duke's Cooper Flagg swept the ACC men's basketball weekly awards after the Blue Devils picked up a statement road win.

The Washington Wizards hold the league's worst record at 2-13, registering a painful start to the season. However, pain could turn into pleasure if the Wizards can land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.

Cooper Flagg scored 24 points and No. 12 Duke picked up its first victory against a power-conference team this season by defeating No. 17 Arizona 69-55 on Friday night at Tucson, Ariz. Kon Knueppel scored most of his 13 points courtesy of three 3-pointers as Duke's top two scorers were freshmen in the team's first true road game of the season.