{{Short description|Sudanese basketball player (born 1980)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Kueth Duany | image = Duany, Kueth (Whitehouse).jpg | league = | position = Shooting guard / small forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 190 | team = | nationality = Sudanese / American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|4|22}} | birth_place = Sudan | highschool = Bloomington North<br />(Bloomington, Indiana) | college = Syracuse (1999–2003) | draft_year = 2003 | career_start = 2003 | career_end = 2006 | years1 = 2003 | team1 = Fayetteville Patriots | years2 = 2004 | team2 = Long Beach Jam | years3 = 2005 | team3 = Braunschweig | years4 = 2005 | team4 = Telekom Baskets Bonn | years5 = 2005&ndash;2006 | team5 = Tampereen Pyrintö | years6 = 2006 | team6 = Buffalo Silverbacks | highlights = * NCAA champion (2003) }} '''Kueth Duany''' (born April 22, 1980) is a Sudanese-born American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange and was the captain and lone senior on Syracuse's 2003 NCAA National Championship team.

==Early years== Kueth Duany was born in Sudan to Julia Aker and Wal Duany on April 22, 1980.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wertheim |first=L. Jon |url=https://archive.org/details/transitiongameho00wert/ |title=Transition game : how Hoosiers went hip-hop |date=2005 |publisher=New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-399-15250-4}}</ref>

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.<ref name=usatoday>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/oconnor/2003-03-22-oconnor_x.htm |title=USATODAY.com - Kueth Duany holds interesting world perspective<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=USA Today |access-date=2017-09-02 |archive-date=2011-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523092120/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/oconnor/2003-03-22-oconnor_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Duany is one of five siblings, all of whom have played Division I basketball. Older brother 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 played for the Eastern Illinois Panthers.<ref name=usatoday/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/gamelog?playerId=22919&year=2006|title=Bil Duany Game Log - Eastern Illinois Panthers - ESPN|date=May 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525032155/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/gamelog?playerId=22919&year=2006 |accessdate=Dec 17, 2024|archive-date=25 May 2011 }}</ref>

At Bloomington High School North, he helped his team to a combined 66-10 record in his three varsity seasons; his senior year, he averaged 19.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Duany was a Nike All-American, as well as being named to the all-Conference, all-state, all-area and all-region teams.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=13&sport=176&roster=122 |title=SUathletics.com - The Official Website of Syracuse University Athletics<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-06-23 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191236/http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=13&sport=176&roster=122 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==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 was named captain his senior season, on a team that featured future NBA players, Carmelo Anthony and Hakim Warrick. Duany 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.orangehoops.org/KDuany.htm |title=Kueth Duany<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-04-28 |archive-date=2007-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513115924/http://www.orangehoops.org/KDuany.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Professional career== Following graduation, Duany was taken with the sixth pick in the fifth round of the National Basketball Development League draft by the Fayetteville Patriots.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/draft_board_03.html |title=NBDL: 2003 NBDL Draft Board<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=NBA.com |access-date=2007-06-23 |archive-date=2008-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327192207/http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/draft_board_03.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He would appear in three games with the Patriots before being released on December 4, 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/stats_fayetteville_team_0304.html |title=NBA Development League: 2003-04 Fayetteville Patriots Statistics<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=NBA.com |access-date=2007-06-23 |archive-date=2012-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024184528/http://www.nba.com/dleague/stats_fayetteville_team_0304.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/transactions/2003/12/04/index.html|title=SI.com - Today's Transactions - Thursday December 04, 2003 10:53 PM|date=Dec 7, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207064631/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/transactions/2003/12/04/index.html |accessdate=Dec 17, 2024|archive-date=7 December 2003 }}</ref>

Following his stint with Fayetteville, Duany briefly played for the Long Beach Jam in the ABA before playing overseas for Tampereen Pyrintö (Finland), Braunschweig (Germany) and Bonn (Germany). With Pyrintö, Duany started in 21 games and recorded 12.3 ppg and 6.4 rpg for the ninth placed team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.africabasket.com/sud/sud.asp?NewsNo=15 |title=AFRICABASKET - Sudanese Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-06-23 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004109/http://www.africabasket.com/sud/sud.asp?NewsNo=15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also played in the American Basketball Association for Long Beach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GER&PlayerID=37318 |title=EUROBASKET - Kueth Duany Basketball Player Profile, career, stats, biography<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-06-23 |archive-date=2012-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020171629/http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GER&PlayerID=37318 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On October 27, 2006, Duany signed a contract with the ABA's Buffalo Silverbacks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abalive.com/news/releases/?newsid=2006102706008 |title=ABAlive.com - Home of the American Basketball Association<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-06-23 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213736/http://www.abalive.com/news/releases/?newsid=2006102706008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He appeared in nine games, averaging 18.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://daemen.edu/~swoodruf/Silverbacks/Player%20Pages/kuethduany.html |title=Kueth Duany |access-date=2007-06-23 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928120232/http://daemen.edu/~swoodruf/Silverbacks/Player%20Pages/kuethduany.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In April 2007, Duany joined the Indonesian national team in Jakarta to play in the SEABA Championships. Indonesia recruited him to bolster up their roster although Duany has no familiar links to the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Team list|url=http://fibaasia.net/Website%20files/SEABAChampsCup/team_list.pdf|access-date=11 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531165151/http://fibaasia.net/Website%20files/SEABAChampsCup/team_list.pdf |archive-date=2022-05-31}}</ref>

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

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