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Cooper Flagg commits to Duke basketball

No. 1 basketball prospect in the Class of 2024 makes his pick

Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports

Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2024, committed to the Duke basketball program on Monday morning, according to reports.

The five-star small forward at Montverde Academy (Fla.) and projected top NBA Draft pick announced his decision on Monday morning. The 6-foot-9, 195-pounder, who recently announced his reclassification from 2025 to 2024, picked the Blue Devils over Connecticut.

Flagg averaged 20.5 points, 10 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 3.7 blocks and 3.7 steals for Nokomis Regional in Maine as a freshman, earning the state's Gatorade Player of the Year award, before transferring to Montverde Academy in Florida. 

He averaged 9.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3 assists per game as a sophomore at Montverde a year ago. Now, after reclassifying, he will be a senior this season and then become a Blue Devil for the 2024-25 campaign. 

Flagg will be eligible for the 2025 NBA Draft, where Bleacher Report, NBA Draft Room and others already tab him as the projected No. 1 pick.

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Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports
NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting.  He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com.  In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University. 

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