The Duke basketball centerpiece is the clear Blue Devil MVP through 23 games and frontrunner for loads of accolades.

No. 2 Duke's 77-71 loss at Clemson on Saturday featured some flashbacks to November for Cooper Flagg. The freshman phenom dealt with cramps and couldn't quite get the Blue Devils over the hump when given the basketball with the game on the line.

In a high-stakes showdown between the top two seeds in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Clemson Tigers took down the Duke Blue Devils 77-71, handing Cooper Flagg one of the most embarrassing defeats of his young career.