The freshman All-America team includes two SEC players, two Big Ten players and Player of the Year candidate Cooper Flagg from Duke.

Retired Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski has high praise for Blue Devils freshman Cooper Flagg’s season to date: “He’s the best player in the country.”

Duke basketball's Cooper Flagg wasn't pleased with his first half against N.C. State, and neither was Jon Scheyer. Here's what changed.

Flag scored 23 of his game-high 28 points in the second half to power the Blue Devils past the Wolfpack 74-64 to improve to 18-2 and 10-0 in ACC play. Duke outscored NC State by 14 in the second half thanks largely to the play of Flagg and fellow freshman phenom Kon Knueppel, who added 19 points of his own.

After a so-so first half, Duke's Cooper Flagg posted 23 second-half points, added five rebounds, an emphatic block and two assists during the Blue Devils' rousing 74-64 victory over the NC State Wolfpack on Monday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Cooper Flagg scored 23 of his 28 points in the second half as No. 2 Duke rallied past North Carolina State to win 74-64 on Monday night in Durham, N.C.