The kid doesn’t blink. They ask him to carry The House That Coach K Built to a national championship if he can, and it is no Mission: Impossible to him.

The student body and the fan base have their fingers crossed that Cooper Flagg can play three more games now before he takes his talents to the top of the NBA draft.

They were mesmerized by him in Maine, before they were mesmerized by him in Durham, and on Thursday night, they were mesmerized by him in the East Regional Sweet 16 at Prudential Center when Duke held off a furious Arizona comeback, 100-93 at Prudential Center in Newark, to set up a Saturday showdown with Alabama.

The growing Legend of Cooper Flagg (30 points, seven assists, six rebounds, three blocks) in one snapshot: