Cooper Flagg, Cameron Boozer share uncanny, depressing Duke legacy
Not two years in a row.
Cooper Flagg, Cameron Boozer share uncanny, depressing Duke legacy originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Duke Blue Devils might've had the best team in the country two years in a row.
Neither of the past two seasons even saw them reach the national championship game, though. This year, it ends even earlier. The Blue Devils were stunned in the Elite Eight by a last-second shot from the logo from Braylon Mullins in a game they led by 18 at one point.
And in the end, legacies are formed in an odd way. Cooper Flagg was the best player in the country last season, but a late phantom foul call ended up more or less defining him as a Duke superstar who never got to be the last team standing. Boozer was the best player in the country this season, at least as far as productivity is concerned.
He, too, will move on to the NBA without a national title. How do you put those pieces together? Do you blame head coach Jon Scheyer?