Duke forward Cooper Flagg won the 2025 Wooden Award, which is presented annually to the best college basketball player in the country. Flagg earned the honor over four other finalists, including Auburn forward Johni Broome, Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr., Alabama guard Mark Sears and Purdue guard Braden Smith.

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg had his excellent year of play cemented in history on Saturday when it was announced the 18-year-old had been named the Wooden Award winner for the season. The Blue Devils star averaged 18.

The freshman forward was announced as the winner just hours before his Blue Devils were scheduled to face Houston in the Final Four.

Flagg received both the Oscar Robertson Trophy and AP National Player of the Year honors as Friday at the Final Four turned into an unofficial coronation of the Blue Devils' freshman phenom as day after he was named the CBS Sports Player and Freshman of the Year.

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As Duke prepares for a Final Four matchup against the Houston Cougars, the accolades for Flagg continued to roll in. Flagg may still be waiting for the final call on the Naismith National Player of the Year award, but he was recently named the Small Forward of the Year, otherwise known as the Julius Erving Award.