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Cooper Flagg Becomes Youngest-Ever AP Men’s Player of the Year

Cooper Flagg is interviewed before the Final Four. | Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

Duke forward Cooper Flagg has had a season to remember, and on Friday he was rewarded accordingly.

Flagg has been named the AP Men's Player of the Year, the organization announced Friday afternoon. The 18-year-old is the youngest man ever to win the award, and the fourth freshman to win it after Texas forward Kevin Durant in 2007, Kentucky center Anthony Davis in 2012, and Duke forward Zion Williamson in 2019.

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