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 89–63.
Previous season 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.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Tevin Brewer 0 G 5'8" 160 GS Senior Fort Smith, AR Graduated Joe Reece 20 F 6'8" 200 Senior St. Louis, MO Left the team for personal reasons Rodney Gunn Jr. 21 F 6'7" 230 GS Senior Columbia, SC Graduated Devin Carney 23 G 6'1" 180 Freshman Butler, PA Transferred to Denver Jaylen Cole-Williams 25 G 6'1" 175 RS Sophomore Reston, VA Walk-on; transferred Jake Harper 30 G 6'3" 180 Junior Dayton, OH Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Austin Rotroff 34 F 6'10" 240 GS Senior Wauseon, OH Graduated Kevin Easley Jr. 35 F 6'7" 230 RS Junior Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Coastal Carolina Quincy McGriff 55 G 6'6" 200 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA Transferred to Cal State Northridge
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Dusan Mahorcic 0 F 6'10" 225 GS Senior Belgrade, Serbia NC State Andrei Savrasov 23 F 6'7" 225 GS Senior Saint Petersburg, Russia Georgia Southern Hassan Drame 33 F 6'7" 200 GS Senior Bamako, Mali La Salle Fousseyni Drame 34 F 6'7" 200 GS Senior Bamako, Mali La Salle
2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| A-10 tournament
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