PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne University men's basketball schedule is set for the 2023-24 season, as head coach Keith Dambrot announced the team's non-conference slate in conjunction with the Atlantic 10's conference schedule release this afternoon. 

The Dukes will play 13 non-conference games, eight of which inside the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. The season will begin by hosting Cleveland State on Monday, November 6. 

After learning the schedule pairings in late June, the Dukes now know the order of play for A-10 action in 2023-24. Nine of the 18 A-10 games are scheduled to be on national television across CBS Sports Network – once, ESPN – three times, and USA Network – five times. 

As previously announced, Duquesne will take on the College of Charleston on Friday, November 10 as part of the 10th annual Veteran's Classic in Annapolis, Md., the first of two neutral site games on the schedule. 

Four straight home games follow the Veteran's Classic, two of which as part of the Cornhusker Challenge (November 13 vs. Stony Brook and November 17 vs. Rider), then it's all aboard to Lincoln, Nebraska to battle the Cornhuskers on Nov. 22, the only Power Five opponent for the Dukes in the regular season. 

A mid-week game against Princeton inside the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse falls in the middle of the Cornhusker Challenge schedule on November 15. 

Duquesne will return home from Nebraska and take on UC Irvine after a week off on November 29. Then it is the second of two true away games for the 2023 non-conference slate witha  trip down to Marshall on Wednesday, December 6. The Dukes will be right back home on the 8th of December for a home game against Saint Peter's. 

After a 10-day layoff, the annual Akron game will be against Bradley on Monday, December 18 at Saint Vincent Saint Mary's High School. 

Duquesne travels to Las Vegas on December 23 for a neutral site game against Santa Clara, then will have its final tune-up for A-10 play against Cleary University on December 30 inside the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. 

The non-conference schedule rounds out against Chicago State on January 31 at home during the heart of A-10 play.

Two straight road trips will start the conference slate, traveling to UMass on January 3 and Loyola Chicago on January 6, the latter will be live on CBS Sports Network. 

Four of the next five will be home with a Friday matchup with Dayton opens the A-10 home schedule on January 12 and will be broadcasted on ESPN, the first of two Friday ESPN dates for Duquesne. The other on February 23 at Fordham. 

Richmond will be in town on January 16, then a quick trip to Philadelphia to take on Saint Joseph's on national television (USA) will follow on Saturday, January 20 at 2:30 pm. 

The Dukes are home for the last week in January with matchups against St. Bonaventure (Jan. 23) and Fordham (Jan. 27) inside the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. The January finale for DU on Saturday, January 27 versus Fordham will be broadcasted on USA Network at 12:30 pm. 

A second straight USA Network game will tip off the month of February for the Dukes, as they travel to Rhode Island for a 12:30 pm game on Saturday, February 3. 

A mid-week home contest against Davidson precedes back-to-back away games on February 10 (at St. Bonaventure on ESPN) and February 13 (at Dayton). 

The national spotlight is on UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse for the third and final time on Saturday, February 17 against Saint Joseph's with a 2:30 pm tip off on USA Network. 

Saint Louis will be in town on February 20, then three of the final five conference matchups will be played on the road.  

The Dukes host La Salle on Wednesday, February 28 following the Fordham ESPN game on Friday, February 23. 

A pair of tough road games will set up the regular season finale at home against George Washington on Saturday, March 9. Duquesne travels to George Mason the Saturday prior (March 2) and VCU on the Tuesday before (March 5). 

The March 2nd George Mason contest will be live on USA Network at 4:30 pm. 

Game times not set at the moment will be announced at a later date. 

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE NOTES

• Seven won 20 or more games, and seven finished first or second in their conference, with four (Bradley, Charleston, Princeton and UC Irvine) either winning their conference outright or sharing the regular-season title. An eighth team, 23-10 Santa Clara, finished third.
• Six were in the 2023 NET Top 100, with a seventh, UC Irvine, checking in at No. 102 (Duquesne was 137)
• This will be Duquesne's second neutral-site meeting with Bradley in the past three years, with DU taking 78-70 decision over the Braves on Nov. 22 at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands.
• Chicago State is on the schedule for the first time since a 104-64 Dukes win at Pittsburgh Civic Arena on Feb. 15, 1973.
• Only meeting with Charleston came at the Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic on Nov. 24, 2000 (a 69-66 Charleston win).
• Will be the fifth meeting with Marshall in the past six seasons.
• The Dukes are 2-1 all time vs. Nebraska, with the last meeting coming in Pittsburgh on Dec. 6, 1971 (a 75-53 DU win). The two have met once in Lincoln, with the unranked Cornhuskers upsetting the No. 7 (AP) Dukes 82-77 on Dec. 9, 1969. The 2023-24 matchup will be Duquesne's first game vs. a Big Ten team since a 73-67 loss to Penn State at PPG Paints Arena on Dec. 19, 2018.
• This will be Dambrot's second meeting with Princeton in his seven seasons at Duquesne. Dambrot guided the Dukes to a 94-67 win over the Tigers in the 2019-20 season opener at PPG Paints Arena.
• This will be DU's second meeting with Santa Clara since 1971, with the last coming in Albuquerque, N.M. in the first round of the NABC Classic on Nov. 12, 2004 (a 74-65 Santa Clara season-opening win).
• DU is 1-0 vs. Rider with a 73-61 win in the 2021-22 season opener at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Nov. 9, 2021. Tre Williams is the only current Duke who saw action in that game which was the first played before fans at DU's new on campus home. 
• This wil be Duquesne's first meeting with Coastal Athletic Association (formerly Colonial) member Stony Brook.
• UC Irvine will be looking to avenge a 76-54 loss to the Dukes in a game played in Akron, Ohio on Dec. 19, 2021.
• Saint Peter's and the Dukes will battle for the first time since 1980.
• Cleary University will begin its first-ever season of men's basketball at the NAIA level. Carl Thomas, who spent the past six seasons on the coaching staff at Duquesne, was named the head coach in late August.

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