Cooper Flagg from Duke has appointed AP Player of the Year in view of his first final four

Duke’s Cooper Flagg has only become the fourth serial number to be nominated the national player of the year of the male university basketball year of the Associated Press, Friday. He took 41 of the 61 votes expressed, with the rest he went to the center of Auburn Johni Broome.

Flagg, 18, is the eighth Blue Devil who won the prize, adding to Duke’s distinction as a team whose players have won the honor more than any other. The latest Duke winner was Sion Williamson, who also won the prize as a serial number in 2019. Anthony Davis del Kentucky and Kevin Durant of Texas are the only other winners of the serial number.

Flagg, forward of 6 feet and 9, 205 pounds from Newport, in Maine, Duke Guide in the score, with an average of 18.9 points per game. The team in the rebound (7.5), assist (4.2) and Ruba (1.4) also leads the team. His team will compete in the national semifinal on Saturday against Houston. Both teams were the best seeds in their conferences.

For most of this season, Flagg and Broome have been the neck in terms of consideration of the best player in the country. Broome’s domain in the century – which in the end sent a record of 14 teams to the NCAA tournament – was an important factor in his favor, while Flagging beat the humble ACCA was considered a knock.

But when Broome went down with an ankle injury in mid -January, he gave Flagg the opportunity to take pole position, which he immediately did. His explosion of 42 points against Notre Dame, which established the Score of the Single game serial number ACC, showed that Flagg was capable of otherworldly efforts, regardless of who came against.

When Broome returned, Flagg had found his 3 -point shot and became good offensively as he had been defensive. That two -way impact is ultimately what has separated Flagg and what made it the best light player in America for most of the last two months.

(Photo of Eric Gay / AP)