{"id":27966,"date":"2025-03-11T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=27966"},"modified":"2025-03-11T14:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:21:13","slug":"dukes-cooper-flagg-named-acc-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/dukes-cooper-flagg-named-acc-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke&#8217;s Cooper Flagg named ACC Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke star, Cooper Flagg dominated the ACC post-season awards. Flagg won multiple Player of the Year awards and made the All-Defensive team. Cooper Flagg was named the 2024-25 ACC Player of the Year, receiving 76 of the 81 votes. The forward was also named the 2024-25 ACC Rookie of the Year, receiving 79 of the 81 votes.<\/p><p>Cooper Flagg made history by winning the ACC Player of the Year award in his freshman year. Only four players and all from Duke have won the ACC Player of the Year in their freshman years. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Player<\/td><td>Team<\/td><td>Year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jahlil Okafor<\/td><td>DUKE<\/td><td>2015<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marvin Bagley III<\/td><td>DUKE<\/td><td>2018<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zion Williamson<\/td><td>DUKE<\/td><td>2019<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cooper Flagg<\/td><td>DUKE<\/td><td>2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><p>The freshman led Duke to the best conference record (19-1) with a clean sweep of the arch-rivals, North Carolina. He ended the regular season averaging 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. In doing so, Flagg became the only player in the conference to finish top-10 in all major stat categories. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Category (per game)<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/conferences\/acc\/men\/2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Rank in Conference<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Points<\/td><td>3rd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rebounds <\/td><td>8th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Assists<\/td><td>8th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Steals <\/td><td>10th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blocks <\/td><td>8th<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><p>Flagg also made the All-ACC first team and the All-ACC Defensive team. He missed out on the ACC Defensive Player of the Year award and was beaten by Chucky Hepburn of Louisville. <\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also Read:<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=27629&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Warriors&rsquo; Stephen Curry becomes first active NBA player to take NCAA administrative role<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=27585&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Cooper Flagg Caps Regular Season as Duke&rsquo;s Leader in Every Major Stat<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=26294&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cooper Flagg&rsquo;s odds of becoming the no.1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft<\/h2><p>Cooper Flagg is considered as one of the most complete prospects in recent years. Multiple NBA teams have been tanking to get the young superstar. However, Flagg has the option to decide whether to return back to Duke or join the NBA. <\/p><p>Flagg also faces competition from the Rutgers duo, Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey. A race among three freshman&rsquo;s for the 2025 number one overall pick. Let&rsquo;s look at the odds for each of the three by DraftKings:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Player<\/td><td>Odds<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cooper Flagg<\/td><td>-1600<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dylan Harper <\/td><td>+750<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ace Bailey <\/td><td>+2500<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><p>According to the odds by DraftKings, Flagg is the favorite to be picked number one overall by an NBA team. <\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper Flagg made history by winning the ACC Player of the Year award in his freshman year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":27983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2722],"tags":[4475,2688,4263],"class_list":["post-27966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-acc-player-of-the-year","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-duke-blue-devils"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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