The 2019–20 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented

Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( ; also known as Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a Private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of ...

during the

2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...

. The Dukes, led by third-year head coach

Keith Dambrot Keith Brett Dambrot (born October 26, 1958) is an American former college basketball coach who was most recently the men's basketball head coach of Duquesne University. In his final year, he led them to their first tournament appearance since 197 ...

, were members of the

Atlantic 10 Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. The A-10's member schools are located most ...

(A-10). The Dukes finished the season 21–9, 11–7 in A-10 play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. Their season ended when the A-10 tournament and all other postseason tournament were canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Due to the closure of the Dukes' normal home of

UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, originally known as A.J. Palumbo Center, is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in the Bluff (Pittsburgh), Uptown area of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The arena originally opened in 1988 and is part of Duquesne Univer ...

(formerly Palumbo Center) for major renovations, the team used three venues for its home games: Kerr Fitness Center at

La Roche University La Roche University is a private Catholic university in McCandless, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Divine Providence and now sits on an campus within the Diocese of Pittsburgh. History La Roche Univers ...

in the northern suburb of McCandless, UPMC Events Center at

Robert Morris University Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris (financier), Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the American Revolution". It enr ...

in the northwest suburb of Moon Township, and

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downtown Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River an ...

Previous season

The

Dukes Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...

finished the 2018–19 season 19–13, 7–11 in A-10 play, to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost to Saint Joseph's in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Duquesne Dukes men's basketball seasons

2019 in Pittsburgh 2020 in Pittsburgh