All eyes are on Cooper Flagg as top-seeded Duke prepares for its hyped-up NCAA postseason run this March. Flagg injured his left ankle in the ACC tournament quarterfinal game against Georgia Tech on Thursday and missed the team’s final two games en route to winning the ACC championship.

Duke, the No. 1 seed in the East region, is expecting to have star freshman Cooper Flagg for the NCAA Tournament beginning this week.

It wasn’t a suprise that a Duke freshman was named the Most Valuable Player of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

While the focus will undoubtedly skew toward Duke — with or without Cooper Flagg — UNC, Clemson and Louisville are coming off thrilling finishes in their own quarterfinals.

No. 1 seed Duke won three games in three days in Charlotte, North Carolina this week to capture the 2025 ACC Tournament championship for the 23rd time in program history and first since 2023. Duke defeated No.

While the NCAA tournament tabbed Auburn as its overall No. 1 seed, it was Duke that topped the AP Top 25 ahead of Houston, Florida and then the Tigers at No. 4.

Duke, Auburn and Florida are among the expected top contenders in the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, which includes a record 14 teams from the Southeastern Conference.