Joseph Tugler

ANALYSIS
Tugler put together a career-best offensive performance during the Big 12 championship game, reaching 20 points for the first time in his career while adding 10 boards for his third double double of the season. The junior forward added three assists while also adding his usual stellar defensive play with a steal and a block, though the second-seeded Cougars fell to the top-seeded Wildcats. Tugler, who's always been regarded as one of the top defenders in the country, is in the midst of an offensive awakening of late, reaching double figures in five of his last six games and averaging 13.0 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks during that stretch. His season average of 8.4 points represents a new career-best mark, as does a field-goal percentage of 58.9 while shooting 69.6-percent from the charity stripe after percentages of 46.3 and 53.8 across his first two seasons in Houston.