The 2010–11 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented

Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( or ; Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a private Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened as the Pittsbu ...

in the

2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010, with the preliminary games of the 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, and ended with the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April ...

. The Dukes, led by head coach

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, played their home games at the A.J. Palumbo Center and

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, as members of the

Atlantic 10 Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern ...

. Duquesne started the year with a 16–5 record, the program's best start since the 1971–72 season, and won their first eight conference games for the first time ever. However, they ended the regular season losing six of their last eight games. The Dukes finished fourth in the A-10 during the regular season, but were upset in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament by the 12th-seeded , ending their tournament run after just one game. Duquesne failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament, but were invited to the

2011 College Basketball Invitational The 2011 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament nor the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round began Tuesday, Mar ...

. The Dukes won their first game in the tournament, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the CBI after losing to eventual tournament champion

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, 77–75.

Roster

Source

Schedule and results

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References

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