Although consensus national player of the year Cooper Flagg is expected to leave Duke now that his freshman season is complete, oddsmakers still favor the Blue Devils to win the 2026 national championship.

Duke basketball is the betting favorite to win the 2026 national championship, according to oddsmakers. Cooper Flagg and the Blue Devils came up short in a second-half collapse at the Final Four in San Antonio,

Duke players including Darren Harris, Cooper Flagg, Neal Begovich, Patrick Ngongba II, Khaman Maluach and Tyrese Proctor throw up confetti during the second half of Duke’s 73-62 victory over Louisville in the finals of the 2025 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte,

Flagg getting the ball was foreseeable in that moment (can you imagine the reaction if Duke coach Jon Scheyer used his best player as a decoy and it didn't work?) but it was also the right call for several reasons.

The Cryer family is full of athletes, including their parents who were student athletes at Grambling State and their relative, Barry Cryer, a former defensive lineman at Nebraska. Justin claims to be a better basketball player than his older brother,

NCAA Tournament is officially in the books. No. 1 seed Florida defeated No. 1 seed Houston 65-63 in a dramatic comeback victory to claim the program's first national title since 2007. The Gators trailed by as many as 12 points in the second half before flipping the switch behind a big performance from All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr.