Duke basketball forward Cooper Flagg began his freshman season as a presumed shoo-in for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, and The Athletic's Sam Vecenie thinks he's done nothing to lose that spot as of Tuesday.

The Blue Devils battled in a tight loss to No. 1 Kansas, but undefeated Auburn gives Duke another stiff challenge coming up.

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.

Cooper Flagg finished his night with nine points, nine rebounds and seven assists while shooting 2/7 from the field and 0/2 from the three-point range in 27 minutes of playing time. Many people reacted to his performance on social media.

Duke's Cooper Flagg continues to elevate fans' excitement as he posts XXX against the Seattle U Redhawks on Friday. The Duke Blue Devils dominated

Cooper Flagg could have a LeBron James type of impact on one of the Eastern Conference's worst teams as a rookie.

Fresh off a dominant showing against Arizona, Flagg and the Blue Devils prep for perennial power Kansas as another big week looms.

Cooper Flagg may be the top player in the country, but Kansas is the top-ranked team. And the Jayhawks proved why Tuesday. No. 1 Kansas defeated Flagg and

Cooper Flagg and the No. 11 Duke Blue Devils suffered their second loss of the 2024-25 college basketball season as they fell to the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks 75-72 in the Terry's Chocolate Vegas Showdown on Tuesday night.

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