Cooper Flagg has a twin brother – he just committed to college

Maine has his man.

Ace Flagg – twin brother of Cooper Flagg, Duke prodigy and presumed No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft – has committed to the University of Maine.

It's something of a homecoming for the Newport, Maine, native.

Flagg, a three-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class according to 247Sports, chose middle school over competing offers from West Virginia, Richmond, George Washington and others, according to ESPN.

Ace lacks some of the natural gifts his brother was so blessed with, but he also came to the game a few years later.

Whatever the case, at 6-foot-4 and 180 pounds, he's all-around excellent and could emerge as a solid forward at the college level.

In high school, the twins played together at the prestigious Montverde Academy in Florida – although Ace was often relegated to a supporting role due to the abundance of talent on the roster.

Last season, which featured four five-star prospects, Ace averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, according to MaxPreps.

Ace and Cooper were both originally members of the Class of 2025, but the latter was reclassified to enter the association a year earlier than he otherwise could have.

Now that his brother is headed to Duke, Ace is playing the final season of his high school career just an hour west at Greensboro Day School in North Carolina.

Next season, Ace will go to his mother's alma mater. Kelly Cooper was a star at Maine and was captain of the Bears women's team that won the program's first – and only – NCAA tournament game in history, a first-round upset of Stanford in 1999.

Maine's men's team has never competed in the NCAA Division I basketball tournament; Their 78 consecutive seasons without a postseason bid are the sixth-most all-time among eligible programs.

Last season, Maine went 15-17 overall and 7-9 in conference play under second-year head coach Chris Markwood.

Although the family moved to Florida after Cooper and Ace completed their first season of high school ball, the Flaggs still have deep roots in the Pine Tree State.

Just last summer, the twins returned to Orono — the city where the University of Maine is located — to host a basketball camp.

Coincidentally, Cooper and the Blue Devils open their season when the Bears travel to Cameron Indoor on November 4th. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.