Dakar Université Club (basketball)

Dakar Université Club Basketball, also known simply as DUC or DUC Dakar, is a Senegalese basketball club based in Dakar. It is the basketball team of the Cheikh Anta Diop University. The team plays in the Nationale 1 and has won the league five times, its last being in 2021. Established in 1956, the team was founded as a basketball club and later became a multisports club, including football, athletics and more.

DUC plays in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in the 2022 season, having qualified as national champions.

History
The Dakar Université Club basketball team was founded in 1956.

The team had its first major success in 2009, when the Students won the Nationale 1 for the first time. This title was followed by three more championships in the 2010s (including 2010, 2013 and 2015). They also won the Senegalese Cup in 2015.

On 9 August 2021, DUC Dakar won its fifth national championship after defeating defending champions AS Douanes in the final. Thierno Niang was named the league's Finals MVP. As a result, the team qualified for the 2022 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

In the Sahara Conference of the BAL, which was hosted in the team's home city Dakar, DUC finished in the 6th and last place of group play. The only game that was won was against Rwandan champions REG on 11 March, 92-86. DUC's point guard Hameed Ali led the BAL in assists, with 8.4 per game.

Following their BAL campaign, DUC won back-to-back Senegalese Cup titles in 2022 and 2023.

Honours
Total: 18

Leagues
Nationale 1
 * Winners (5): 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2021
 * Runners-up (3): 1991, 1993, 2012

Cups
Senegalese Cup Saint-Michel Cup Mayor's Cup Trophée des Champions
 * Winners (3): 2015, 2022, 2023
 * Winners (7): 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
 * Winners (3): 2008, 2015, 2022


 * Winners (1): 2024

2022 roster
The following roster was used by DUC in the 2022 BAL season.

Individual awards
Nationale 1 MVP


 * Thierno Niang – 2021

Senegalese Cup Final MVP


 * Adama Diakhite – 2022

Men's team

 * 🇸🇳 Bara Diop
 * 🇸🇳 El Hadji Ndiaye
 * 🇸🇳 Thierno Niang
 * 🇸🇳 Babacar Sané

Women's team

 * 🇲🇱 Kadidia Maiga
 * 🇸🇳 Ndéye Séne