One of Duke’s heralded freshmen won the first Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Week honor of the season, but it wasn’t the player whose recruitment made the biggest headlines.
No. 19 Kentucky Wildcats took down Cooper Flagg and No. 6 Duke Blue Devils (77-72) in one of the biggest non-conference matchups on Tuesday night at the State Farm Champions Classic in Atlanta.
We shouldn't overreact to a small, single-game sample size, but the buzz around KonKnueppel, a five-star recruit from Wisconsin, is palpable right now. Let's be clear — "best freshman" and ...