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Cal Signs 7-Foot Georgia State Basketball Transfer DK Dut

Dut is a project but he has three seasons of eligibility left, and Mark Madsen will try to make him a force in the middle

Jake Curtis

DK Dut
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Cal added an under-the-radar player on Wednesday when the school announced that it has signed Georgia State transfer big man Dhiaukuei "DK" Manyiel Dut.

The 7-foot Dut was scheduled to transfer to VMI last month but changed his mind and signed with Cal.

Dut is a project, as big men often are, but he has three years of college eligibility remaining, and coach Mark Madsen hopes he can mold Dut into a formidable inside presence.

Dut , a native of South Sudan who attended Greenforest Christian High School in Decatur, Georgia, redshirted as a true freshman at Georgia State.  He then averaged 1.1 points and 1.2 rebounds while playing in nine games this past season.

He scored in just three of his nine games, and seven of his 10 total points came against Division II Toccoa Falls.  Dut played 17 minutes in that game and added five rebounds to his seven points.

Dut was rated a three-star prospect coming out of high school and had offers from Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Temple, New Mexico State and Yale, among others, before choosing Georgia State.

“DK has a rare combination of size, athleticism and skill that will make our frontcourt better,” Cal head coach Mark Madsen said in a statement provided by Cal. “He has a great ability to protect the rim and is a good shooter from outside. Our staff is excited about where DK can take his game, and he’s got the work ethic to make it happen – it’s great to have him wearing Blue and Gold."

Dut is the eighth transfer to sign with the Cal program since then end of the 2024-25 season. He joins Syracuse transfer Chris Bell, Grand Canyon transfer Sammie Yeanay, Michigan transfer Justin Pippen, Delaware transfer John Camden, Loyola-Maryland transfer Milos Ilic,Campbell transfer Nolan Dorsey and Virginia transfer Dai Dai Ames.

Florida Atlantic transfer Mantas Kocanas reportedly also has committed to Cal.

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Jake Curtis
JAKE CURTIS

Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years, and won awards for his feature stories.

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