The latest intel in No. 1 ranked Cooper Flagg’s recruitment
While much of Cooper Flagg’s recruitment has been kept quiet, there has been some interesting information floating around surrounding the five-star forwards’ future.
Flagg was born in December 2006. This means he will turn 19 in 2025, making him draft eligible in the 2025 NBA Draft. As the current rules state, a player has to be one year removed from high school and 19 years old by the end of the calendar year for which the player is drafted.
There is a lot of conversation behind closed doors that Flagg will end up re-classifying into the 2024 class and make himself eligible for the 2025 NBA Draft.
Schools in the mix for Flagg
Cooper Flagg has shut down any conversations about his recruitment, but reading the tea leaves, UConn, Duke, and Kentucky were three programs whose head coaches were at multiple games during Peach Jam.
Flagg went on the record with On3 at last summer’s USA Basketball U17 mini-camp, saying that while growing up, Duke was his ‘dream school,’ and he ‘looked up to a lot of their players.’ While much of the sourced information around Flagg’s recruitment is surrounding the re-classification, there continues to be momentum surrounding Duke.
UConn and Kentucky made very obvious pushes by being very present for Flagg’s games at Peach Jam. Coaches were able to be on the road to live evaluate for four of the days of the event, all three programs had coaches present each day, with Jon Scheyer (Duke), Danny Hurley (UConn), and John Calipari (Kentucky) front and center.
Sources have indicated that Flagg’s recruitment is still open as he is hearing out his options.
After taking the crown as the No. 1 overall player, Flagg shows out at Peach Jam
Prior to Peach Jam, On3 updated its 2025 On3 150 rankings, and Cooper Flagg earned his way back into the No. 1 spot. The 6-foot-8 forward then took Nike’s Peach Jam by storm. Not only was his name trending on social media, but his Maine Elite team was winning games.
Flagg helped lead his group to the Peach Jam E16 finals while leading the division in scoring (25.4), as well as finishing in the top two in rebounds (13.0), assists (5.7), and blocks (6.9). They finished 6-1 on the week, dropping the final game by two points to the Nightrydas Elite team.
Last month Flagg was the top player at the NBPA Top 100 Camp, taking home MVP honors. And in keeping the momentum going, he was among the top performers throughout Nike’s Peach Jam.
One thing to watch
Cooper Flagg is a twin. His brother, Ace Flagg, is a 6-foot-7 forward who also plays high school ball and travel ball with Cooper. Ace averaged 14.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and shot 58.3 percent from the field during Maine United’s run to the finals.
West Virginia offered and pursued both Flagg brothers and sources around the situation say that the two were talking about visiting Morgantown prior to the situation happening with Bob Huggins.
Wrapping it up
After gathering information from a variety of sources, most fingers are pointing toward Duke and Jon Scheyer. However, the recruitment process is fluid. Keep a look for where Flagg takes his visits, as I could see programs like UConn, Kansas, and Kentucky making a huge push for his commitment.
While some may call Duke the leader, I wouldn’t go as far as to say that Duke is a lock just yet. As he is one of the best players in the last couple of recruiting cycles, many of the power players will look to give it a go.
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