T. J. PUGH

PUGH, Thomas Joseph

Hometown: Omaha, NE (Creighton Prep HS)

CATEGORY   TOTAL   1996 1997 1998 1999
YEAR     Fr. So. Jr. Sr.
POSITION     F F/C F/C F
HEIGHT     6'8 6'8 6'8 6'8
WEIGHT     215 246 246 240
JERSEY     32 32 32 32
Games Played/Started  130/42   34/0 36/0 30/27 30/15
Minutes 2167   343 412 727 685
   Per Game 16.7   10.1 11.4 24.2 22.8
Points 563   116 128 172 147
   Per Game 4.3   3.4 3.6 5.7 4.9
Rebounds 444   78 74 150 142
   Per Game 3.4   2.3 2.1 5.0 4.7
   Offensive     - 36 61 54
   Defensive     - 38 89 88
Blocks 36   6 6 9 15
Assists 71   8 8 19 36
Steals 57   16 6 13 22
Turnovers 134   23 28 40 43
(Assists+Steals)/TO 0.96   1.04 0.50 0.80 1.35
FG: Attempts 434   89 89 141 115
       Made 215   41 48 69 57
       Percent 49.5   46.1 53.9 48.9 49.6
3FG: Attempts 23   9 7 7 0
       Made 6   4 1 1 0
       Percent 26.1   44.4 14.3 14.3 0.0
FT: Attempts 233   61 60 56 56
       Made 127   30 31 33 33
       Percent 54.5   49.2 51.7 58.9 58.9
Production Points/Game 5.47   3.59 3.44 7.60 7.93
Production Points/Minute .329   .357 .301 .314 .347

1996: Lettered, Honorable Mention Academic All-American.

1997:  Lettered, 1st team Academic All Big12.

1998:  Lettered, Academic All-American, Big 8 All-Defense team

1999: Kansas University seniors Ryan Robertson and T.J. Pugh have been awarded a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship by the NCAA. one of 12 Div. I student-athletes to receive the award. Robertson will pursue a sports administration degree. Pugh is planning on attending medical school.

For me it all goes back to T.J. Pugh, who Roy Williams recruited to play for Kansas. Pugh, a dominating force at Omaha Creighton Prep, would have played immediately with Rodney, and the two would have spent four years completely terrorizing the Missouri Valley Conference. Instead, Pugh went to Kansas and had a solid role-playing career as a defensive stopper off the bench. -Bluejay Basketball Thursday, November 25, 2004

Ex-Jayhawk Pugh to add title , 5/16/2005 Former men's basketball forward to graduate from CU med school

Ex-Jayhawk Pugh all for KU, KUSports.com, 2/2/2008