Mode: | Basketball |
Sex: | men |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Duquesne Dukes |
Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Short Conf: | A–10 |
Record: | 25–12 |
Conf Record: | 10–8 |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Asst Coach1: | Rick McFadden |
Asst Coach2: | Terry Weigand |
Asst Coach3: | Steve Wright |
Asst Coach4: | Ari Stern |
Champion: | Atlantic 10 tournament champions |
Bowl Result: | Second Round |
The 2023–24 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Keith Dambrot in his final season as head coach, and played their home games at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). They finished the season 25–12, 10–8 in A-10 play, to finish in sixth place. As the 6 seed, they defeated Saint Louis, Dayton, St. Bonaventure and VCU to be champions of the A-10 tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the sixth time in school history and first since 1977. As the No. 11 seed in the East Region, they upset BYU in the first round before losing in the second round to Illinois.
The Dukes finished the 2022–23 season 20–11, 10–8 in A-10 play, to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost to La Salle in the first round of the A-10 tournament. The Dukes were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they were defeated by Rice in the first round.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Tevin Brewer | 0 | G | 5'8" | 160 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Joe Reece | 20 | F | 6'8" | 200 | Senior | Left the team for personal reasons | ||
Rodney Gunn Jr. | 21 | F | 6'7" | 230 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Devin Carney | 23 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Freshman | Transferred to Denver | ||
Jaylen Cole-Williams | 25 | G | 6'1" | 175 | RS Sophomore | Walk-on; transferred | ||
Jake Harper | 30 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Junior | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons | ||
Austin Rotroff | 34 | F | 6'10" | 240 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Kevin Easley Jr. | 35 | F | 6'7" | 230 | RS Junior | Transferred to Coastal Carolina | ||
Quincy McGriff | 55 | G | 6'6" | 200 | Sophomore | Transferred to Cal State Northridge |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
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Dusan Mahorcic | 0 | F | 6'10" | 225 | GS Senior | NC State | ||
Andrei Savrasov | 23 | F | 6'7" | 225 | GS Senior | Georgia Southern | ||
Hassan Drame | 33 | F | 6'7" | 200 | GS Senior | La Salle | ||
Fousseyni Drame | 34 | F | 6'7" | 200 | GS Senior | La Salle |
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