2024–25 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:men
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:Duquesne Dukes
Conference:Atlantic 10 Conference
Short Conf:A–10
Record:1–7
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Rick McFadden
Asst Coach2:Julian Sullinger
Asst Coach3:Steve Wright
Asst Coach4:Ari Stern
Asst Coach5:Chase Goldstein

The 2024–25 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represents Duquesne University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by first-year head coach Dru Joyce III and plays their home games at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).

Previous season

The Dukes finished the 2023–24 season 25–12, 10–8 in A-10 play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Saint Louis, Dayton, St. Bonaventure, and VCU to win the A-10 tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament marking the sixth trip to the NCAA tournament in school history and first since 1977.[1] As the No. 11 seed in the East Region, they upset BYU in the first round[2] before losing in the second round to Illinois.[3]

After winning the A-10 tournament championship, head coach Keith Dambrot announced that he would retire following the season.[4] Dambrot had spent seven years as head coach of the Dukes. On March 28, 2024, the school named associate head coach Dru Joyce III the team's new head coach.[5]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Dusan Mahorcic 0 F 6'10" 235 GS Senior Graduated
Jimmy Clark III 1 G 6'3" 185 Senior Graduated
Dae Dae Grant 3 G 6'2" 185 Senior Graduated
Tre Williams 4 C 6'7" 250 Senior Graduated
Andy Barba 22 F 6'6" 200 Junior Transferred to Case Western Reserve
Andrei Savrasov 23 F 6'7" 225 GS Senior Graduated
Hassan Drame 33 F 6'7" 200 GS Senior Graduated
Fousseyni Drame 34 F 6'7" 200 GS Senior Graduated
Kailon Nicholls 55 G 6'0" 160 Freshman Transferred to Northern Illinois

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Tre Dinkins 0 G 6'2" 190 Senior Canisius[6]
Cameron Crawford 1 G 6'5" 192 Junior Marshall
Jahsean Corbett 4 G 6'7" 210 Senior Chicago State[7]
Alex Williams 6 F 6'5" 235 Senior Furman
Maximus Edwards 8 G 6'5" 215 Junior
Lucas Prolla 22 G 6'2" Sophomore Missouri State–Western Plains
Eli Wilborn 25 F 6'8" 215 Sophomore Saint Francis (PA)
Brandon Hall 55 G 6'4' Junior Howard College

2024 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2024.

2025 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Duquesne men's basketball earns NCAA tournament bid for first time since 1977; Dukes to play BYU Cougars in first round. CBS News. Garrett. Behanna. Alexandra. Todd. March 18, 2024. October 4, 2024.
  2. News: What to know about Duquesne after its NCAA men's tournament upset of Brigham Young. USA Today. Jordan. Mendoza. March 21, 2024. October 4, 2024.
  3. News: Column: Illinois soaks it in after an 89-63 rout of Duquesne puts them in the Sweet 16 for the 1st time since 2005. Chicago Tribune. Paul. Sullivan. March 27, 2024. October 4, 2024.
  4. Web site: 2024-03-18 . Duquesne's Dambrot retiring after NCAA tourney . 2024-11-12 . ESPN.com . en.
  5. Web site: Henderson . Cydney . LeBron James 'proud' to announce Duquesne's hire of Dru Joyce III, his high school teammate . 2024-11-12 . USA TODAY . en-US.
  6. News: Marshall, Canisius transfer guards Cameron Crawford, Tre Dinkins commit to Duquesne coach Dru Joyce. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Jerry. DiPaola. April 24, 2024. October 4, 2024.
  7. News: Duquesne receives verbal commitment from ex-Chicago State forward Jahsean Corbett. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Jerry. DiPaola. April 25, 2024. October 4, 2024.
  8. Web site: 2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule . October 4, 2024 . Duquesne University Athletics . en.