Pittsburgh, Pa. – As part of the pairings for the Atlantic 10 Conference schedule released Wednesday, the Duquesne University men's basketball team will face Dayton, Fordham, St. Bonaventure and Saint Joseph's twice during the 2024-25 season.
It marks the second consecutive year the Dukes will face the Flyers, Rams, Bonnies and Hawks, respectively, twice during the regular season. The 2024-25 campaign also marks the 19th straight season that Duquesne and St. Bonaventure will square off twice in the regular season.
The Bonnies are the closest geographical A-10 foe for the Dukes as well as the longest running rivalry in program history. The two programs have met 134 times in a series that dates back to Feb. 13, 1920, with Duquesne having won four consecutive games over SBU entering the 2024-25 campaign and the Bonnies owning a 70-64 advantage overall.
As part of their 2024-25 A-10 slate, the Dukes will host George Mason, Loyola Chicago, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and VCU at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse while visiting Davidson, George Washington, La Salle, Richmond and Saint Louis.
All 15 teams will participate in the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship in Washington, D.C., March 12-16, at Capital One Arena. The complete 2024-25 A-10 conference schedule with dates and times, as well as national television information, will be announced at a later date.
Led by first-year head coach
Dru Joyce III, Duquesne returns two starters and nine letterwinners from a 2023-24 squad that finished with an overall record of 25-12 (.676), including a mark of 10-8 (.556) in the A-10. The Dukes won four games in five days in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Barclays Center as part of a season-high nine-game winning streak to win their first Atlantic 10 Championship and subsequent bid to the NCAA Tournament since 1977.
In the first round of the 2024 NCAA Championship in Omaha, Neb., under former head coach Keith Dambrot, who announced his retirement after Duquesne won the 2024 Atlantic 10 Championship, the Dukes earned a 71-67 win over No. 6 seed BYU to claim their first win in the NCAA Tournament since 1969.
Returning as starters for Duquesne in 2024-25 are junior forward
David Dixon and sophomore guard
Jake DiMichele. Dixon was one of four Dukes to play in all 37 games last year, providing averages of 7.2 points and 4.8 rebounds while converting a team-high 54.3 percent (102-for-188) of his shots from the field. He ranked fifth in the Atlantic 10 in blocks (60) and tied for sixth in blocks per game (1.6) with Chad Venning of St. Bonaventure.
DiMichele saw action in 30 contests last season, with Duquesne finishing with a record of 15-6 (.714) in his 21 starting assignments. He averaged 6.4 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 46 percent (75-for-163) from the floor.
Deposits for
season tickets for the 2024-25 season are now being accepted. Fans wishing to renew, upgrade or purchase season tickets for the first time can use the following
link to secure seats for next year. Included among Duquesne's 2024-25 non-conference slate is participation in the
Cayman Islands Classic, Nov. 24-26, at John Gray Gymnasium in George Town, Grand Cayman. Information for travel packages to the tournament will also be distributed in the weeks ahead.
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