Duke coach Jon Scheyer said he will never forget the day Brian Scalabrine introduced him to eventual No. 1 overall pickCooper Flagg. Identifying the superstar prospect from Maine, convincing him to play his college basketball at Duke and utilizing his talents en route to the Final Four shaped much of Scheyer's upward trajectory as one of the top coaches in the sport early in his Blue Devils tenure.

General manager Nico Harrison didn't have to do much more draft prep after the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA draft lottery.

It's long been expected that Cooper Flagg would be the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, and that's exactly what happened as the Dallas Mavericks selected the ex-Duke star first on Wednesday.