Duke played most of the ACC tournament without Cooper Flagg, the consensus national player of the year favorite and a near-lock to be the first pick of the NBA Draft, and still won that title.

When Duke coach Jon Scheyer was unofficially handed the keys to the program by Mike Krzyzewski following his retirement announcement in 2021, the now 37-year-old former Blue Devils player got to work.

Early chalk might not make for as fun of a first weekend, but the matchups in the second weekend and at the Final Four could be epic.

Regardless of his ankle injury suffered in the ACC Tournament, Cooper Flagg is slated to be the top pick at the 2025 NBA Draft.  The still-18-year-old has been

But the Blue Devils were able to survive and lift the conference championship trophy without him, learning on Saturday that Flagg would be available for the start of the NCAA Tour

The No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils are set to embark on their journey in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. It remains to be determined which team Duke basketball will face in the first round of the Big Dance on Friday,