Duke's freshmen are adjusting and learning on the go this season. Here's what they had to say, along with evaluations from Jon Scheyer and Sion James.

By now, you have probably heard of Duke freshman Cooper Flagg if you have watched a second of college basketball this season. The 17-year-old forward entered college as one of the

Cooper Flagg seems to have it in himself to be a captain, as third-year Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer still hasn't confirmed any players in that leadership role for the 2024-25 Blue Devils. Entrusting Flagg with that distinction would be unprecedented for a freshman in Durham. But so is everything else about him.

It was a breakthrough week for Cooper Flagg and the Duke men’s basketball team. After dropping tight contests to Kentucky and Kansas earlier in the season, the Newport native and the Blue Devils had their most impressive performance of the season, taking down No. 2 Auburn, 84-78, before landing a 76-65 victory over Louisville.

Few college basketball freshmen have carried the expectations Cooper Flagg brought with him to Durham this season. Despite reclassifying to reach the Duke Blue Devils a year early, Flagg won a national title as a high-school senior before scrimmaging against the U.

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is The Associated Press men's college basketball player of the week after dominating in a pair of wins.

Flagg, who is from Newport, scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half to help No. 4 Duke secure a win over No. 2 Auburn.

Superstar forward Cooper Flagg already earned some conference hardware through his first month with the Duke men's basketball team, but the 17-year-old freshman notched his first national award on Tuesday afternoon.