The message came from Duke's Khaman Maluach: "Big time." Maluach has made plenty of news himself as he elected to head into the NBA draft. The 18-year-old from South Sudan stands 7-foot-2 and projects to be a top 10 pick in the draft.

Duke freshman big man Khaman Maluach is jumping to the NBA. The program announced Sunday in a social media post that the 7-foot-2, 250-pound Maluach would go the one-and-done route after helping the Blue Devils reach the Final Four.

Khaman Maluach's Duke career lasted one season. On Sunday, the big man declared for the 2025 NBA draft after his freshman campaign: Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman projected Maluach to go No. 7 overall to the Toronto Raptors in his most recent mock draft.