KC's Duncan to go into NJCAA's Hall
JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL
By CHRIS CRADDOCK Special to the News Herald

Ned Duncan, a former standout KC basketball player and member of the school's national title teams in the 1950's, has been named to the 2008 class of the NJCAA Men's Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Only 114 coaches, players and special contributors have ever been inducted into this prestigious group since its inception in 1984. Duncan will join four coaching greats to make up the 2008 hall of fame class: Bill Carlyle, Francis Flax, Joe O'Brien and Paige Rowden.

Duncan was a two-time All-American at KC and noted on the NJCAA Web site as "one of the best pure shooters in KC basketball history." He played for the Rangers from 1954-56.

Duncan led Kilgore to back-to-back Region XIV and Longhorn Conference titles in addition to the school's first NJCAA national championship in 1956 under head coach Joe Turner. Duncan scored 575 points in his freshman season at KC and averaged 22.1 points per game. He was voted a second-team NJCAA All-American and was chosen as an All-Longhorn Conference standout his freshman year.

During Duncan's sophomore year, he scored 704 points, averaging 22 points per game. He led Kilgore to the NJCAA title and tallied 23 points in the championship game versus Hannibal-La- Grange, winning 68-65. He was named to the All-Tournament Team and voted a first-team NJCAA All-American. He continued his career at Southern Methodist University where he led the Mustangs to the 1957 NCAA sweet sixteen, only to lose to the Kansas Jayhawks (led by Wilt Chamberlain). As a senior at SMU in 1958, Duncan averaged 9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game while leading the league in assists.

After graduation, Duncan moved to Tyler and worked for Massey & Brown Sporting Goods selling athletic equipment to Texas high school athletic departments. He worked for Massey & Brown for 40 years until retirement in 2000.