2024–25 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team

2024–25 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball
2024–25 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	1–6 (0–0 A–10)
Head coach	Dru Joyce III (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Rick McFadden; Julian Sullinger; Steve Wright; Ari Stern; Chase Goldstein;
Home arena	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rhode Island	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
Loyola Chicago	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
George Washington	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
St. Bonaventure	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Davidson	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Dayton	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
La Salle	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Saint Joseph's	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
VCU	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Saint Louis	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
George Mason	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Richmond	0	–	0	–	4	–	4	.500
Fordham	0	–	0	–	3	–	5	.375
UMass	0	–	0	–	2	–	5	.286
Duquesne	0	–	0	–	1	–	6	.143

† 2025 A-10 tournament winner As of November 28, 2024

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.^[4] 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	Belgrade, Serbia	Graduated
Jimmy Clark III	1	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Covington, GA	Graduated
Dae Dae Grant	3	G	6'2"	185	Senior	Lorain, OH	Graduated
Tre Williams	4	C	6'7"	250	Senior	Reynoldsburg, OH	Graduated
Andy Barba	22	F	6'6"	200	Junior	Cleveland, OH	Transferred to Case Western Reserve
Andrei Savrasov	23	F	6'7"	225	GS Senior	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Graduated
Hassan Drame	33	F	6'7"	200	GS Senior	Bamako, Mali	Graduated
Fousseyni Drame	34	F	6'7"	200	GS Senior	Bamako, Mali	Graduated
Kailon Nicholls	55	G	6'0"	160	Freshman	Toronto, ON	Transferred to Northern Illinois

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Tre Dinkins	0	G	6'2"	190	Senior	Chester, PA	Canisius^[6]
Cameron Crawford	1	G	6'5"	192	Junior	Hoover, AL	Marshall^[6]
Jahsean Corbett	4	G	6'7"	210	Senior	Orlando, FL	Chicago State^[7]
Alex Williams	6	F	6'5"	235	Senior	Xenia, OH	Furman
Maximus Edwards	8	G	6'5"	215	Junior	Stratford, CT	George Washington
Lucas Prolla	22	G	6'2"		Sophomore	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Missouri State–Western Plains
Eli Wilborn	25	F	6'8"	215	Sophomore	Middletown, CT	Saint Francis (PA)
Brandon Hall	55	G	6'4'		Junior	Chicago, IL	Howard College

2024 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2024.

2025 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2025 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Arness Lawson #29 PG	Pickerington, OH	Pickerington North High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sep 19, 2024
Arness Lawson #29 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 79
Dom Aekins PG	Columbus, OH	Walnut Ridge High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A	Jul 19, 2024
Dom Aekins PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2024-10-04.

Roster

2024–25 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Tre Dinkins	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Chester, PA
G	1	Cam Crawford	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Spain Park Marshall	Birmingham, AL
F	2	David Dixon	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Speights Academy (FL)	Memphis, TN
G	3	Kareem Rozier	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	St. Mary's Prep	Detroit, MI
G/F	4	Jahsean Corbett	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	West Oaks Academy (FL) Chicago State	Orlando, FL
F	5	Halil Barre	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Scotland Campus (PA)	Cotonou, Benin
F	6	Alex Williams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Archbishop Moeller Furman	Dayton, OH
F	7	Jakub Necas	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Gymnázium Blansko	Blansko, Czech Republic
G	8	Maximus Edwards	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Jr	Our Saviour Lutheran (NY) George Washington	Stratford, CT
F	14	Matúš Hronský	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Wasatch Academy (UT)	Poruba, Slovakia
G	22	Lucas Prolla	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Corinthians U18 Missouri State–Western Plains	Porto Alegre, Brazil
F	23	Jayden Brown (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	St. Andrew's Episcopal	Upper Marlboro, MD
F	25	Eli Wilborn	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	South Kent School Saint Francis (PA)	Middletown, CT
G	30	Lucas Perusek (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	St. Edward	Willoughby Hills, OH
G	31	Seamus McDermott (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Holy Ghost Prep	Holland, PA
G	32	Ethan Anish (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Taylor Allderdice	Pittsburgh, PA
G	44	Jake DiMichele (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	First Love Christian Academy	McKees Rocks, PA
G	55	Brandon Hall	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Thoronton Township Howard College	Chicago, IL

Head coach

Dru Joyce III (Akron)

Assistant coach(es)

Rick McFadden (Akron)
Julian Sullinger (Kent State)
Steve Wright (Bowling Green)
Ari Stern (The College of Wooster)
Chase Goldstein (Florida Gulf Coast)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	Lipscomb	L 72–77	0–1	16 – Dinkins	9 – Edwards	2 – Tied	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,274) Pittsburgh, PA
November 8, 2024* 8:30 p.m.	vs. Princeton Jersey Jam	L 68–75	0–2	14 – Rozier	9 – Corbett	4 – Rozier	CURE Insurance Arena (2,247) Newark, NJ
November 15, 2024* 9:00 p.m., FS2	at DePaul	L 58–84	0–3	13 – Edwards	4 – Tied	4 – Necas	Wintrust Arena (3,303) Chicago, IL
November 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Milwaukee	L 74–80	0–4	21 – DiMichele	7 – Wilborn	4 – Dinkins	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,046) Pittsburgh, PA
November 24, 2024* 1:30 p.m., FloSports	vs. South Dakota State Cayman Islands Classic quarterfinals	L 60–71	0–5	19 – Dinkins III	5 – Edwards	3 – Dinkins III	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, Cayman Islands
November 25, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FloSports	vs. Hampton Cayman Islands Classic consolation game	L 59–64	0–6	13 – DiMichele	11 – Barre	5 – Dinkins	John Gray Gymnasium (905) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 26, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FloSports	vs. Old Dominion Cayman Islands Classic 7th place game	W 67–54	1–6	13 – Hronský	12 – Dixon	4 – Rozier	John Gray Gymnasium (920) George Town, Cayman Islands
December 3, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Peter's						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
December 6, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Delaware						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
December 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Maine						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
December 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m.	vs. Towson LeBron James Classic						Lebron James Arena Akron, OH
December 21, 2024* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	UC Irvine						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
December 27, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cleary						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
Atlantic 10 regular season
December 31, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Rhode Island						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m.	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Joseph's						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m.	at George Washington						Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	St. Bonaventure						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
January 21, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Dayton						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
January 26, 2025 12:30 p.m., USA	at Fordham						Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m.	at Saint Joseph's						Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UMass						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m.	at Richmond						Robins Center Richmond, VA
February 8, 2025 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	Loyola Chicago						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
February 15, 2025 2:30 p.m., USA	at Dayton						UD Arena Dayton, OH
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Fordham						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
February 22, 2025 4:00 p.m.	at St. Bonaventure						Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
February 26, 2025 6:30 p.m.	at La Salle						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	George Mason						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
March 4, 2025 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	VCU						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
March 8, 2025 8:00 p.m.	at Saint Louis						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
A-10 tournament
March 11–16, 2025 TBA	vs.						Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[8]

References

^ Behanna, Garrett; Todd, Alexandra (March 18, 2024). "Duquesne men's basketball earns NCAA tournament bid for first time since 1977; Dukes to play BYU Cougars in first round". CBS News. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ Mendoza, Jordan (March 21, 2024). "What to know about Duquesne after its NCAA men's tournament upset of Brigham Young". USA Today. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ Sullivan, Paul (March 27, 2024). "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. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Duquesne's Dambrot retiring after NCAA tourney". ESPN.com. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
^ Henderson, Cydney. "LeBron James 'proud' to announce Duquesne's hire of Dru Joyce III, his high school teammate". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
^ ^a ^b DiPaola, Jerry (April 24, 2024). "Marshall, Canisius transfer guards Cameron Crawford, Tre Dinkins commit to Duquesne coach Dru Joyce". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ DiPaola, Jerry (April 25, 2024). "Duquesne receives verbal commitment from ex-Chicago State forward Jahsean Corbett". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Duquesne University Athletics. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[1] Behanna, Garrett; Todd, Alexandra (March 18, 2024). "Duquesne men's basketball earns NCAA tournament bid for first time since 1977; Dukes to play BYU Cougars in first round". CBS News. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[2] Mendoza, Jordan (March 21, 2024). "What to know about Duquesne after its NCAA men's tournament upset of Brigham Young". USA Today. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[3] Sullivan, Paul (March 27, 2024). "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. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[:0-4] "Duquesne's Dambrot retiring after NCAA tourney". ESPN.com. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-11-12.

[5] Henderson, Cydney. "LeBron James 'proud' to announce Duquesne's hire of Dru Joyce III, his high school teammate". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-11-12.

[commits-6] DiPaola, Jerry (April 24, 2024). "Marshall, Canisius transfer guards Cameron Crawford, Tre Dinkins commit to Duquesne coach Dru Joyce". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[7] DiPaola, Jerry (April 25, 2024). "Duquesne receives verbal commitment from ex-Chicago State forward Jahsean Corbett". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[8] "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Duquesne University Athletics. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

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