Men's Basketball

Stanford’s Raynaud, Duke’s Flagg Earn Weekly ACC Men’s Basketball Honors

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Stanford senior center Maxime Raynaud was named Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Duke guard/forward Cooper Flagg was tabbed ACC Rookie of the Week, as announced Monday.
 
ACC men’s basketball weekly honors are nominated by the respective schools and determined by a vote of an 18-member media panel.
 
Raynaud led the Cardinal to a pair of wins with averages of 27.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game for the week, shooting a slash line of 56/55/83 and recording a pair of double-doubles. The native of Paris, France, racked up 22 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Northern Arizona, and followed it by scoring a career-high 33 points and pulling down 14 rebounds in a victory over UC Davis. Raynaud has recorded double-doubles in all four of Stanford’s games this season as the Cardinal is off to a 4-0 start.
 
Flagg averaged 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 blocked shots and 1.5 steals against No. 19 Kentucky and Wofford. The Newport, Maine, native posted a double-double against No. 19 Kentucky with game highs of 26 points and 11 rebounds, while adding two assists and two blocked shots. Against Wofford, Flagg stuffed the stat sheet with eight points and team-highs of nine rebounds, six assists, three steals and two blocked shots.
 
2024-25 ACC Players of the Week
Nov. 11 – Jamir Watkins, Sr., G, Florida State; Nijel Pack, Gr., G, Miami
Nov. 18 – Maxime Raynaud, Sr., C, Stanford
 
2024-25 ACC Rookie of the Week
Nov. 11 – Kon Knueppel, G/F, Duke
Nov. 18 – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke