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Canada Duane Notice is a professional basketball player recognized for his collegiate achievements, including being named SEC Sixth Man of the Year, and his contributions to various professional teams in Canada and Europe.
Duane Notice is an active player for the Vancouver Bandits in the CEBL. He was re-signed for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 seasons, and was named the team's Defensive Player of the Year in 2023. This demonstrates a continuous professional relationship with the team.
Notice spent two seasons and played 80 games with the Toronto Raptors' NBA G League affiliate, the Raptors 905. He rejoined them for the 2019-2020 season, being the only player from the previous season to return.
Notice played for the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League for their inaugural season in 2019 and re-signed for the 2020 and 2022 seasons. He tore his Achilles tendon during the 2020 CEBL Summer Series while playing for the team.
Notice signed with the Sudbury Five of the National Basketball League of Canada for the 2023 season and was re-signed for their 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.
Duane Notice has represented Canada at both youth and senior levels in basketball, winning three bronze medals in various FIBA championships.
Duane Notice was born on September 7, 1994, in Toronto, Canada. He developed his basketball skills early, playing four years at St. Michael’s College School in Toronto before completing a postgraduate year at St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut. During his youth career, Notice demonstrated significant promise, earning MVP honors at the Ontario provincial U15 squad’s national championship in August 2009. His international recognition grew when he was named MVP of the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic International Game, becoming the first Canadian to achieve this honor. He also played for the Canadian U17 and U18 National Teams, securing bronze medals in the 2010 FIBA U17 Championship and the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship, respectively.
Notice committed to the University of South Carolina, playing for the South Carolina Gamecocks men’s basketball team in the SEC for four years (2013-2017). His collegiate career was marked by consistent performance and adaptability. Initially a starter, he transitioned to the team’s sixth man during his junior year in the 2015-16 season, earning the SEC Sixth Man of the Year award while averaging 10.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. In his senior year (2016-17), he returned to a starting role, playing a crucial part in the Gamecocks’ historic run to the Final Four in the 2017 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. He concluded his college career as the school’s all-time leader in games played with 138 and second in 3-point field goals made with 219, averaging 10.2 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.0 steals per game in his final season.
Following his collegiate success, Notice began his professional career, remaining active in various leagues. After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, he joined Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in the Polish Basketball League for the 2017-18 season, also playing in the FIBA Europe Cup. In 2018, he joined the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League through an open tryout, where he played for two seasons and shot nearly 40% from 3-point range. He also participated in the 2019 NBA Summer League with the Toronto Raptors. Notice has been a prominent player in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), playing for the Hamilton Honey Badgers (2019-2022) and the Vancouver Bandits (2023-present). He also joined the Sudbury Five of the National Basketball League of Canada for the 2023 season, where he was re-signed for 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. His career progression highlights his dedication to professional basketball and his continued presence in high-level competitive environments.
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