Jameel Pugh

Pugh in the GW game, 1/6/2001

At UMass

Played his freshman year for Bruiser Flint, and sophomore year for Steve Lappas. Opted to transfer after that.
A sensational dunker, but didn't get many opportunities to showcase those skills in games with us.
Committed to UMass in November 1999.

Appeared in 12 games, all off the bench. Tallied 5.3 points and 2.1 rebounds, in 11.4 minutes per game.
Left the team prior to the regular-season finale, opting to concentrate on academics, after it was clear he wouldn't make much more progress with the Minutemen.¹⁾
Last appeared in the game at Rhode Island (2/2), going scoreless in six minutes of action.
The 12 games played was the lowest for any Minuteman on scholarship this season.
Scored double-figures in three games, including a 22-point effort at Fordham (1/12) in 22 productive minutes of action.
Logged a UMass-high 26 minutes against Maine (12/23), tallying 12 points and 6 rebounds.
Was in the dog house early in the season, missing the team bus for the trip to NC State (12/1), and he was left behind for the trip.
Pugh leaps at his opportunity (10/13)
Successfully defended his best dunk title at Midnight Madness.

Appeared in 17 games, all off the bench, but only tallied 45 minutes of action, scoring 20 total points.
Better at dunks than defense, Pugh struggled to gain favor with Bruiser's defensive mindset.²⁾
Pugh learning college game (12/7/2000)
Won the best dunk title at Midnight Madness.

Pugh with Sacramento State

Transferred back home to Sacramento, and joined the Hornets at Sacramento State.³⁾
Got the opportunities he was looking for, and upped his production from 3.0 ppg at UMass to 12.0 at Sac State, including 15.0 in his final season.
Had also considered Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, and St. Mary's.⁴⁾
Graduated in 2005 with a degree in Child Development.⁵⁾
Inducted into their Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.⁶⁾

Big Sky First Team selection.
Runner-up at the College Slam Dunk Championship in March.⁷⁾
Appeared in 25 of the Hornets' 28 games, starting in 23.
Minutes up to 28.2 per game, scoring up to 15.0 per game, as he blossomed into a 3-point shooter, taking 6.2 per game and hitting at .378.
Scored 24+ points in four of the last five games in the season, and 20+ points in seven of the last ten.
Dropped 40 points on NAIA's William Jessup University (1/25).
Just missed a double-double, with 11 & 9, at Montana State (1/20).
His 18 points led the team at Portland State (1/6).
Scored 25 points in 29 minutes of action versus Southern Utah (11/22).

Practiced with the Hornets, but had to sit out from games under NCAA transfer rules.

Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	PTS	PPG	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FO
2000-01	UMass	A-10	17	0	45	2.6	8	28	.286	6	15	.400	2	13	.154	2	10	.200	20	1.2	8	5	13	0.8	3	5	0	2	9	0
2001-02	UMass	A-10	12	0	137	11.4	22	66	.333	15	37	.405	7	29	.241	12	16	.750	63	5.3	12	13	25	2.1	6	5	1	12	17	0
Total	UMass		28	0	182	6.5	30	94	.319	21	52	.404	9	42	.214	14	26	.538	83	3.0	20	18	38	1.4	9	10	1	14	26	0
2003-04	Sac. St.	Big Sky	28	11	545	19.5	95	216	.440	81	175	.463	14	41	.341	56	91	.615	260	9.3	60	78	138	4.9	25	34	4	50	77	1
2004-05	Sac. St.	Big Sky	25	23	704	28.2	129	330	.391	70	174	.402	59	156	.378	57	86	.663	374	15.0	34	77	111	4.4	25	34	6	51	67	1
Total	Sac. St.		53	34	1249	23.6	224	546	.410	151	349	.433	73	197	.371	113	177	.638	634	12.0	94	155	249	4.7	50	68	10	101	144	2
Career	Overall		81	34	1431	17.7	254	640	.397	172	401	.429	82	239	.343	127	203	.626	717	8.9	114	173	287	3.5	59	78	11	115	170	2

PacWest Hoops called him the #2 shooting guard on the West Coast⁸⁾
Slam Magazine called him “The Best Dunker in the World That You've Never Heard Of.”⁹⁾
Profile from Dunk.Net (Aug. 2000)
January 2000 articles

Selected in the 6th round of the 2006 NBA D-League Draft, by the Dakota Wizards.¹⁰⁾ Appeared in two games with the Wizards in the 2006-07 season.¹¹⁾
Went on to become a college and career counselor.¹²⁾¹³⁾
Made a documentary film on education called Solving The Inequality.