Flagg is the biggest men’s college basketball star in years, bringing a built-in following to a sport fighting the perception that it is declining in popularity.

Since losing to Kansas during Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas, Duke has been a different team. The Blue Devils have won their last eight games and star freshman Cooper Flagg has been the leading scorer in five of them.

Six weeks ago, Cooper Flagg became the 13th in history to sweep the ACC Player of the Week and ACC Rookie of the Week awards. On Monday afternoon, he became only the fifth to do so twice, a list consisting entirely of Duke basketball names.

Duke star and projected top NBA draft pick Cooper Flagg took the hoops world by storm on Tuesday night after he stole an entry pass to the post and proceeded to go coast-to-coast and drop an absolute hammer on Pitt's Guillermo Diaz Graham. Watch the viral highlight here:

But it just seems like what Cooper Flagg is doing at Duke should be a bigger story than it is. Do you agree? Yes, I understand that Flagg entered college with an unusual amount of hype that's even led to a "Cooper Flagg Tracker" here at CBSSports.

The projected No. 1 overall draft pick has been as close to flawless as anyone could ever expect from a Duke basketball freshman.

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg pumped in 24 points as the No. 4 Blue Devils defeated SMU 89-62 without their coach on Saturday afternoon at Dallas. Kon Knueppel and Tyrese Proctor

Thanks to a pair of 24-point performances against Virginia Tech and SMU last week, Duke freshman Cooper Flagg swept the ACC Player of the Week and ACC Rookie of the Week awards for the second time on Monday.