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Cooper Flagg is still just a kid from Maine. And he's out to silence all doubters • May 14, 2025, 2:36 PM ET (AP)
Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick • Apr. 21, 2025, 3:46 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Union Institute Society • Trinity College
Notable Alumni Edmund M. Clarke • Richard Nixon • J.B. Pritzker • Jayson Tatum • Angela Alsobrooks • Rand Paul • Zion Williamson • Grant Hill • Stephen Miller • Paul Farmer • Ken Starr • Cooper Flagg • Melinda Gates • William G. Kaelin, Jr. • Ron Paul • Fred Brooks • Jerome Bruner • Tim Cook • Sheikha al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani • Anne Tyler • Ricardo Lagos • Nancy Hanks • Shelley Moore Capito • Robert C. Richardson • Josephine Humphreys
Related People Mike Krzyzewski • Nannerl Overholser Keohane • James Buchanan Duke

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