The 2025–26 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dukes, led by second-year head coach Dru Joyce III, played 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 2024–25 season 13–19 overall and 8–10 in A-10 play, placing ninth in the conference in their first season under head coach Dru Joyce III. After an 0–6 start, Duquesne earned its first win of the Joyce era by defeating Old Dominion 67–54 at the Cayman Islands Classic (Nov. 26), then beat Towson 65–47 in Akron (Dec. 14) and UC Irvine 70–54 in Pittsburgh (Dec. 21) during a midseason run that evened the record at 9–9.
Duquesne’s season ended in the second round of the A-10 tournament, where they fell to St. Bonaventure 64–59 after leading by 13 in the second half.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Hassan Drame 33 F 6'7" 200 GS Bamako, Mali Graduated / exhausted eligibility after 2023–24; last played at Duquesne in 2023–24. Eli Wilborn 25 F 6'8" 215 So. Middletown, Connecticut Transferred to James Madison Tre Dinkins 0 G 6'2" 190 Sr. Chester, Pennsylvania Transferred to George Washington Matúš Hronský 14 F 6'8" 205 Jr. Poruba, Slovakia Transferred to Portland
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Tarence Guinyard 1 G 6' 2" 170 Senior Tampa, Florida UT Martin Jimmie Williams 3 G 6' 5" 210 Junior Solon, Ohio South Florida John Hugley IV 4 F 6' 10" 265 Graduate Cleveland, Ohio Xavier Stef van Bussel 18 C 6' 10" 235 Sophomore Ommel, Netherlands College of Charleston
2025 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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