Duke’s Cooper Flagg won the 2025 wooden prize on Johni Broome, Walter Clayton Jr., Plus

The Duke Cooper Flagg striker won the 2025 wooden prize, which is given each year to the best university basketball in the country.

Flagg obtained the honor of four other finalists, including the Auburn striker, John Broome, the goalkeeper of Florida Walter Clayton Jr., the goalkeeper of Alabama Mark Sears and the Guardian of Purdue Braden Smith.

The 18 -year -old joined Kevin During, Zion Williamson and Anthony Davis as the only first -year students to have won the award.

Williamson was the last first -year student to win the wooden award in 2019.

Flagg entered his first season in Duke with high expectations, because he was listed as the country’s n ° 1 perspective as part of the 2024 recruitment class (via the composite classification of 247sports).

His first year with the Blue Devils was impressive, with an average of 18.9 points and 7.5 rebounds to accompany 4.2 assists per game. Flagg was promising as a three -level marker, pulling 48.3% of the field and connecting to 37.4% of his three -point attempts.

He also made his presence in defense feel, recording 1.4 interceptions and 1.3 blocks per game.

Flagg previously won the ACC player of the year and the honors of the recruit of the year, helping to lead Duke to a record of 35-3 as well as an appearance in the Final Four of the NCAA 2025 tournament.

He intensified March Madness’s race by Blue Devils, with an average of 19.5 points and 7.8 rebounds while pulling 42.9% behind the arc in four tournament games.

Flagg should not have to wait a long time to hear his name entitled in the draft of the NBA 2025, because he had to be selected with the choice n ° 1 in the last simulated draft of the Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report.

For the moment, Flagg will focus on the attempt to withdraw Houston in the Final Four on Saturday after winning the Wooden Prize.