JUST IN: Blue Devils Add Another Five-Star brilliant forward tagged “Mr. Basketball USA”
Wilt Chamberlain became the first Mr. Basketball USA selection in 1955. He and all but two winners of the prep honor since have gone on to play in the NBA, not counting 2025 Duke basketball recruiting target Cameron Boozer, a five-star forward who is still just a junior in high school but earned the distinction as a mere sophomore last year.
This year’s Mr. Basketball USA, presented by Ballislife.com on Friday, belongs to incoming five-star Blue Devil forward Cooper Flagg. He marks only the fourth Duke prize to ever wear that tag; that said, he’s the third to do so since 2018 and second of the Jon Scheyer era in Durham.
Of course, Duke’s count could grow to five should Boozer, son of 2001 Blue Devil national champion Carlos Boozer, eventually commit to Scheyer and his crew.
