If one player embodies the spirit of Houston's basketball program that is one win from a national title, it may be this unsung hero of the Cougars.

Houston basketball's Joseph Tugler suffered an apparent ankle injury early in the Cougars' Final Four matchup with Duke on Saturday in San Antonio. Tugler, one of 10 finalists for the Naismith ...

Houston is anything but. The Cougars are the result of decades spent refining the process of building, improving and winning with a basketball team suited ideally to its coach. Joseph Tugler ...

Houston basketball's Joseph Tugler suffered an apparent ankle injury early in the Cougars' Final Four matchup with Duke on Saturday in San Antonio. Tugler, one of 10 finalists for the Naismith ...

University of Houston forward Joseph Tugler, the Big 12's Defensive Player of the Year, will return for another season, the school announced Wednesday. Tugler, a 6-foot-8 rising junior ...

The Houston Cougars' men's basketball team announced on Wednesday that it will return Joseph Tugler for his junior season. Tugler, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound sophomore power forward, is a defensive ...