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James Duke
First Season: 2017-18
Last Season: 2025-26
Total Games: 157
Crew Chief: 3 (2%)
U1: 30 (19%)
U2: 124 (79%)
Home Wins: 71%
Home Fouls: 16.4
Away Fouls: 17.8
Foul Diff: 1.5
Attendance: 4,287
| Games | Total | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 157 | 32 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Crew Chief | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U1 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| U2 | 124 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| NCAA Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIT Tournament | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pre/Mid-Season Tournament | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CUSA | 47 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Big 12 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OVC | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| MVC | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Horizon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MAC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big West | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WAC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mountain West | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASUN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Crew Chief | U1 | U2 | Home | Away | Score | Fouls | Fee | Season $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-3-18 | Matthew Ruskasin | James Duke | Justin Albrecht | Bradley | Dayton | 66 - 80 | 19 - 16 | $2,000 | $81,600 |
| 2026-3-5 | Jeff Campbell | Kipp Kissinger | James Duke | Valparaiso | Indiana State | 63 - 62 | 12 - 18 | $2,300 | $79,600 |
| 2026-2-28 | Shawn Lehigh | John Hampton | James Duke | UC Irvine | UC Santa Barbara | 64 - 60 | 11 - 21 | $1,950 | $77,300 |
| 2026-2-25 | Antinio Petty | Chance Moore | James Duke | Belmont | Evansville | 98 - 64 | 13 - 10 | $2,300 | $75,350 |
| 2026-2-21 | Jeff Malham | Gene Grimshaw | James Duke | Bradley | Illinois State | 74 - 60 | 13 - 16 | $2,300 | $73,050 |
| 2026-2-18 | Edward Crenshaw | James Duke | John Jenkins Jr. | Drake | Southern Illinois | 61 - 66 | 16 - 13 | $2,300 | $70,750 |
| 2026-2-7 | Randal Anders | James Duke | Antonio Moss | Hawai'i | UC San Diego | 72 - 67 | 17 - 18 | $1,950 | $68,450 |
| 2026-1-28 | Doug Sirmons | Brooks Wells | James Duke | TCU | Houston | 70 - 79 | 22 - 22 | $3,200 | $66,500 |
| 2026-1-24 | Gregory Nixon | Matthew Ruskasin | James Duke | BYU | Utah | 91 - 78 | 13 - 19 | $3,200 | $63,300 |
| 2026-1-20 | Jeff Campbell | Edward Crenshaw | James Duke | UIC | Evansville | 76 - 49 | 12 - 17 | $2,300 | $60,100 |
| 2026-1-17 | Rick Crawford | James Duke | Michael Mojica | Seattle U | Gonzaga | 50 - 71 | 13 - 15 | $2,400 | $57,800 |
| 2026-1-10 | James Duke | Larry Hamilton | Dean De Selle | Bradley | Northern Iowa | 75 - 69 | 14 - 20 | $2,300 | $55,400 |
| 2026-1-1 | Jeff Malham | Ervin Wilson | James Duke | Cal State Fullerton | UC Santa Barbara | 95 - 84 | 17 - 27 | $1,950 | $53,100 |
| 2025-12-30 | Deron White | Antinio Petty | James Duke | Pepperdine | Saint Mary's | 45 - 72 | 10 - 8 | $2,400 | $51,150 |
| 2025-12-29 | Randy Heimerman | Antinio Petty | James Duke | Northern Iowa | Valparaiso | 58 - 48 | 15 - 14 | $2,300 | $48,750 |
| 2025-12-22 | Mick Fieldbinder | Devyn Page | James Duke | Florida International | Trinity College of Jacksonville | 121 - 70 | 18 - 25 | $2,000 | $46,450 |
| 2025-12-21 | Randy Heimerman | Robert Felder | James Duke | Bradley | Southern Illinois | 73 - 69 | 17 - 21 | $2,300 | $44,450 |
| 2025-12-18 | Rick Crawford | Chris Pacsi | James Duke | Murray State | Drake | 81 - 72 | 20 - 21 | $2,300 | $42,150 |
| 2025-12-17 | John Gaffney | Chris Merlo | James Duke | Cincinnati | Alabama State | 88 - 51 | 13 - 17 | $3,200 | $39,850 |
| 2025-12-16 | Chance Moore | James Duke | Tommy Johnson | Evansville | Belmont | 78 - 83 | 19 - 22 | $2,300 | $36,650 |
| 2025-12-13 | Steve Honacki | Robert Felder | James Duke | Valparaiso | UNC Wilmington | 70 - 73 | 25 - 24 | $2,300 | $34,350 |
| 2025-12-7 | Bret Smith | Kipp Kissinger | James Duke | UCF | Towson | 86 - 61 | 15 - 16 | $3,200 | $32,050 |
| 2025-12-6 | Shane Staggs | Adam Flore | James Duke | West Virginia | Wake Forest | 66 - 75 | 13 - 19 | $3,200 | $28,850 |
| 2025-12-3 | John Gaffney | Gregory Nixon | James Duke | San Francisco | North Alabama | 63 - 65 | 18 - 16 | $2,400 | $25,650 |
| 2025-11-27 | Earl Walton | Darron George | James Duke | Northwestern | Oklahoma State | 81 - 86 | 21 - 24 | $3,400 | $23,250 |
| 2025-11-26 | Rick Crawford | Tyler Kumpf | James Duke | Florida Gulf Coast | Kennesaw State | 100 - 102 | 26 - 29 | $1,850 | $19,850 |
| 2025-11-25 | Deldre Carr | James Duke | Kirk Smith | UCF | Quinnipiac | 102 - 91 | 21 - 25 | $3,200 | $18,000 |
| 2025-11-18 | Nick Meyer | James Duke | Steve Divine | Florida International | Fort Lauderdale | 104 - 80 | 17 - 25 | $2,000 | $14,800 |
| 2025-11-8 | Kipp Kissinger | Marques Pettigrew | James Duke | Kansas State | Bellarmine | 98 - 71 | 19 - 20 | $3,200 | $12,800 |
| 2025-11-7 | Antinio Petty | Tyler Kumpf | James Duke | Cincinnati | Georgia State | 74 - 64 | 19 - 22 | $3,200 | $9,600 |
| 2025-11-6 | Doug Sirmons | Jeffrey Anderson | James Duke | West Virginia | Campbell | 73 - 65 | 20 - 23 | $3,200 | $6,400 |
| 2025-11-3 | Tony Padilla | Chris Merlo | James Duke | UCF | Hofstra | 82 - 78 | 20 - 28 | $3,200 | $3,200 |
| 2025-3-19 | James Duke | Justin Albrecht | Grant Jeffres | Bradley | North Alabama | 71 - 62 | 17 - 23 | $2,000 | $75,250 |
| 2025-3-8 | Darron George | Antinio Petty | James Duke | Arizona State | Texas Tech | 57 - 85 | 18 - 19 | $3,200 | $73,250 |
| 2025-3-5 | Gregory Nixon | Chance Moore | James Duke | Cincinnati | Kansas State | 49 - 54 | 12 - 11 | $3,200 | $70,050 |
| 2025-3-1 | Casey McClellan | Chad Shepherd | James Duke | Seattle U | Grand Canyon | 60 - 63 | 19 - 24 | $1,650 | $66,850 |
| 2025-2-19 | Kelly Self | Ervin Wilson | James Duke | Indiana State | Evansville | 74 - 79 | 14 - 15 | $2,300 | $65,200 |
| 2025-2-15 | Darron George | Michael Greenstein | James Duke | Utah | Kansas | 74 - 67 | 20 - 19 | $3,200 | $62,900 |
| 2025-2-8 | Bret Smith | Tyler Kumpf | James Duke | Cincinnati | BYU | 84 - 66 | 8 - 12 | $3,200 | $59,700 |
| 2025-2-6 | Frank Harvey | Justin Shamion | James Duke | California Baptist | Southern Utah | 57 - 60 | 17 - 19 | $1,650 | $56,500 |
| 2025-2-1 | Gregory Nixon | James Duke | Tommy Johnson | Iowa State | Kansas State | 61 - 80 | 17 - 22 | $3,200 | $54,850 |
| 2025-1-25 | Kelly Self | Keith Patterson | James Duke | Kansas State | West Virginia | 73 - 60 | 14 - 23 | $3,200 | $51,650 |
| 2025-1-18 | Kelly Self | Gary Maxwell | James Duke | Oklahoma State | Colorado | 83 - 73 | 21 - 29 | $3,200 | $48,450 |
| 2025-1-15 | Gregory Nixon | Brooks Wells | James Duke | Houston | West Virginia | 70 - 54 | 11 - 17 | $3,200 | $45,250 |
| 2025-1-11 | Gregory Nixon | Glen Mayberry | James Duke | Gonzaga | Washington State | 88 - 75 | 12 - 17 | $2,400 | $42,050 |
| 2025-1-8 | Rick Crawford | Robert Felder | James Duke | Northern Iowa | Murray State | 68 - 71 | 12 - 15 | $2,300 | $39,650 |
| 2025-1-4 | Blake Harris | Michael Swoboda | James Duke | Kennesaw State | Jacksonville State | 83 - 71 | 23 - 18 | $2,000 | $37,350 |
| 2024-12-22 | Tyler Kumpf | John Hampton | James Duke | Cincinnati | Grambling | 84 - 49 | 15 - 21 | $3,200 | $35,350 |
| 2024-12-21 | Doug Sirmons | Chris Merlo | James Duke | UCF | Jacksonville | 86 - 66 | 14 - 20 | $3,200 | $32,150 |
| 2024-12-14 | Tyler Kumpf | Gary Maxwell | James Duke | West Virginia | Bethune-Cookman | 84 - 61 | 17 - 16 | $3,200 | $28,950 |
Showing 1-50 of 157 games
Tournament Games
| Tournament | Times Worked | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| NIT | 3 | 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| Baha Mar Hoops - Nassau Championship | 3 | 2023-24 |
| Ball Dawgs Classic | 3 | 2024-25 |
| C-USA Championship - Quarterfinal | 1 | 2022-23 |
| CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic | 1 | 2025-26 |
| CUSA Championship - 1st Round | 1 | 2023-24 |
| Coconut Hoops - Tarpon Bay Division | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Gulf Coast Showcase | 3 | 2023-24 |
| Holiday Hoopfest presented by CharlestonWV.com | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Kentucky Classic | 1 | 2021-22 |
| MVC | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Nassau Championship | 2 | 2021-22 |
| OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND | 1 | 2019-20 |
| OVC Championship - 1st Round | 1 | 2021-22 |
| Skyscanner Legends Classic | 1 | 2025-26 |
| The Basketball Classic - 1st Round | 1 | 2021-22 |
| Vegas 4 | 2 | 2022-23 |
James Duke Game Pace by Season
Total games worked across seasons, relative to each season's opening day
Estimated Salary Information
Salary estimates based on conference rates, tier level, and season adjustments. Rates vary by conference and year.
Career Summary
Current Tier: Tier 2
Career Total: $319,688
Total Games: 157
Avg per Game: $2,036
Highest Season: $81,600 (2025-26)
Season-by-Season Breakdown
| Season | Tier | Games | CC Games | U1/U2 Games | Total Earned | Avg per Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Tier 2 | 32 | 1 | 31 | $81,600 | $2,550 |
| 2024-25 | Tier 2 | 28 | 1 | 27 | $75,250 | $2,688 |
| 2023-24 | Tier 2 | 31 | 0 | 31 | $71,017 | $2,291 |
| 2022-23 | Tier 3 | 26 | 1 | 25 | $38,140 | $1,467 |
| 2021-22 | Tier 3 | 21 | 0 | 21 | $29,803 | $1,419 |
| 2020-21 | Tier 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | $10,912 | $1,364 |
| 2019-20 | Tier 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | $7,310 | $1,218 |
| 2018-19 | Tier 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | $3,444 | $1,148 |
| 2017-18 | Tier 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | $2,212 | $1,106 |
James Duke Salary Pace by Season
Estimated cumulative salary earned across seasons, relative to each season's opening day