After a hot week and Johni Broome's injury, Cooper Flagg has emerged as a heavy favorite to win the John Wooden Award.

Duke freshman star Cooper Flagg made history in his team's 86-78 win over Notre Dame last weekend. Flagg set a single-game ACC freshman scoring record and finished with a career-high 42 points in Duke's 10th consecutive win.

The 6-foot-9 Flagg scored 42 points to set a conference freshman single-game scoring record Saturday, helping fourth-ranked Duke beat Notre Dame 86-78. It was a performance that put the preseason Associated Press All-American alongside some prominent names in the history of the blue-blood program and its longtime league home.

Duke’s Cooper Flagg of Newport, Maine — named The Associated Press men’s college basketball national player of the week earlier Tuesday after scoring an ACC freshman record 42 points against Notre Dame — had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

Flagg is the crown jewel of this class, and whatever team wins the lottery will be making him the top overall pick. He passes the eye test and has been unreal in the box score, especially as of late.

The 6-foot-9 freshman forward scored 42 points in Saturday’s victory over Notre Dame to set an ACC freshman single-game record. He went 11 of 14 from the floor, making 4 of 6 3-pointers, and hit 16 of 17 foul shots — with the 16 made free throws standing as a Duke freshman record.

It’s the most talked about dunk of the year. Cooper Flagg had just stolen the ball from Pitt’s Jalond Lowe, and after dribbling down court at full speed, threw down an emphatic one handed dunk over a 7-foot defender named Guillermo Diaz-Graham.