Kueth Duany

Infobox NBA Player
name = Kueth Duany


nickname =
league = American Basketball Association
position = Guard / Forward
height_ft = 6
height_in = 6
weight_lb = 190
team = Buffalo Silverbacks
nationality = Sudanese
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|4|22
birth_place = Sudan
highschool = Bloomington North High School
Bloomington, Indiana, US
college = Syracuse University
draft = not drafted
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 2003
career_end =
former_teams = Fayetteville Patriots (2003)
Braunschweig (Germany) (2005)
Bonn (Germany) (2005)
Pyrinto (Finland) (2005–2006)
awards =

Kueth Duany (born 22 April 1980 in Sudan) is a Sudanese former college basketball player for the Syracuse Orange who was the captain and lone senior on Syracuse's 2003 NCAA National Championship team. He currently plays for the Buffalo Silverbacks of the American Basketball Association.

College

Duany sat out the 1998-99 season while recovering from knee surgery and was granted a medical redshirt.

After being used sparingly his freshman year, Duany averaged 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds in 8.3 minutes a contest his sophomore year, scoring in double figures six times.As a junior, Duany started all 36 games, while averaging 7.2 points and 3.3 rebounds. Duany's best game came with career-high 14 points, 7 rebounds and five steals against Michigan State. He also earned All-Tournament mention at the Pre-Season NIT.

Duany, named captain his senior season, averaged 11.0 points and 3.7 rebounds while starting all 35 games. He also ranked fourth on the team in scoring and rebounding. Duany played an important role in Syracuse's march to the 2003 National Championship, registering 12 points and five rebounds against Auburn in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, and scoring 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting in the NCAA Tournament championship game against Kansas.

Duany finished his collegiate career ranked 42nd on Syracuse’s all-time scoring list with 1,084 career points. He played in 127 games spanning from 1999-2003, ending with career averages of 8.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. [ [http://www.orangehoops.org/KDuany.htm Kueth Duany ] ]

Professional career

Following graduation, Duany was taken with the sixth pick in the fifth round of the National Basketball Development League by the Fayetteville Patriots. [ [http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/draft_board_03.html NBDL: 2003 NBDL Draft Board ] ] He would appear in three games with the Patriots before being released on December 4, 2003. [ [http://www.nba.com/dleague/stats_fayetteville_team_0304.html NBA Development League: 2003-04 Fayetteville Patriots Statistics ] ] [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/transactions/2003/12/04/index.html SI.com - Today's Transactions - Thursday December 04, 2003 10:53 PM ] ]

Following his stint with Fayetteville, Duany played overseas for Pyrinto (Finland), Braunschweig (Germany) and Bonn (Germany). With Pyrinto, Duany started in 21 games and recorded 12.3 ppg and 6.4 rpg for the ninth placed team. [ [http://www.africabasket.com/sud/sud.asp?NewsNo=15 AFRICABASKET - Sudanese Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball ] ] He also played in the American Basketball Association for Long Beach. [ [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GER&PlayerID=37318 EUROBASKET - Kueth Duany Basketball Player Profile, career, stats, biography ] ]

On October 27 2006, Duany signed a contract with the ABA's Buffalo Silverbacks. [ [http://www.abalive.com/news/releases/?newsid=2006102706008 ABAlive.com - Home of the American Basketball Association ] ] He appeared in nine games, averaging 18.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. [http://daemen.edu/~swoodruf/Silverbacks/Player%20Pages/kuethduany.html]

High school

* He averaged 19.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists a contest as a senior
* He helped Bloomington North to a combined 66-10 record in his three varsity campaigns
* Duany was a Nike All-American. He earned All-Conference Indiana honors, as well as all-state, all-area and all-region. [ [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=13&sport=176&roster=122 SUathletics.com - The Official Website of Syracuse University Athletics ] ]

Personal

*Duany and his family escaped religious persecution in his native country of Sudan. Duany's father had been imprisoned for five months for the crime of being a Christian in government office. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/oconnor/2003-03-22-oconnor_x.htm USATODAY.com - Kueth Duany holds interesting world perspective ] ]

*Duany is one of five siblings, all of whom have played Division I basketball. Duany Duany made it to the 2000 Final Four with Wisconsin. Nyagon played for the women's team at Bradley. Nok played for the Georgetown women's team, and Bil currently plays for the Eastern Illinois Panthers. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/gamelog?playerId=22919&year=2006 ESPN - Bil Duany Game Log - Eastern Illinois Panthers ] ]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.orangehoops.org/KDuany.htm Orangehoops.org Kueth Duany Profile]
* [http://www.nba.com/nbdl/players/kueth_duany.html D-League Profile]
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GER&PlayerID=37318 EUROBASKET - Kueth Duany Player Profile]