Kevin Pangos

Kevin Pangos

No. 4 – Gonzaga Bulldogs
Position	Point guard
League	West Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	(1993-01-26) January 26, 1993 Holland Landing, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Denison (Newmarket, Ontario)
College	Gonzaga (2011–present)
Career highlights and awards
2x first team All-WCC (2012–2013) WCC Newcomer of the Year (2012)
Medals Men's basketball Competitor for  Canada FIBA Americas U16 Championship Bronze 2009 Argentina National team FIBA World U17 Championship Bronze 2010 Germany National team FIBA Americas U18 Championship Bronze 2012 Brazil National team

Kevin Joseph Pangos (born January 26, 1993) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference. He was named the 2012 WCC Newcomer of the year,^[1] 2011-2012 All-WCC Team,^[1] and to the 2011-2012 WCC All-Freshman Team.^[1] Pangos has also represented Canada at the international stage.

Early life

Like many young Canadians, Pangos played youth hockey. He had family connections to the game—an uncle played in the NHL, and a cousin was drafted by the Washington Capitals—but he did not like the sport as much as basketball.^[2] In any event, he had much deeper family links to that sport. His father Bill finished his 26th season as the head women's basketball coach at York University in Toronto in 2013,^[3] his mother Patty played Canadian Interuniversity Sport basketball at McMaster University,^[3] and his sister Kayla plays under their father at York.^[2]

Growing up, Pangos' biggest inspiration was Steve Nash, a Canadian who developed into one of the NBA's top point guards and a two-time MVP. At training camps throughout his youth, Pangos paid special attention to stories about Nash; he recalled in a 2013 interview, "Someone would say, 'Steve Nash would make 500 shots a day.' I figured I had to make 500 shots a day."^[3]

Although he played for various national and provincial youth squads, he frequently trained alone or with his father, as he found relatively little high-level competition in Ontario.^[2]

High school

Pangos played for Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School in Newmarket, Ontario. In his senior season, he led Denison to the OFSAA Triple-A title game where he scored a game-high 26 points in a 69-64 loss to Anderson CVI.^[4]

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kevin Pangos PG	Newmarket, ON	Dr. John M. Denison (ON)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Nov 11, 2010
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

International competition

Pangos played for the 2009 Canadian Cadet Men's National team that won bronze at the U-16 FIBA Americas Championship where he averaged 18.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.8 assists/game and 3.2 steals/game.^[5]

Pangos also represented Canada at the 2010 U-17 FIBA World Championships where he averaged 15.8 ppg, 5 rpg, and 1.3 steals per game en route to a bronze-medal victory over Lithuania.^[5]

In 2011, Pangos travelled with Canada's U-19 men's basketball team to Latvia for the FIBA U-19 World Championships. He finished second on the team in scoring averaging 13.5 ppg and led the team in assists with 3.1.^[6] Pangos finished fourth among the tournament steals per game leaders at averaging 2.1.^[7]

College

Pangos received offers from several NCAA Division I schools including Michigan, Temple, UNLV, Portland, and Cincinnati.^[8] Notably, he and Trey Burke were both offered scholarships to Michigan, but only on a first-come, first-served basis; Burke accepted first.^[3] Pangos opted for Gonzaga after receiving favorable reviews from Kelly Olynyk and his family; the Pangos and Olynyk families are longtime friends in the closely knit Canadian basketball community.^[3]

In his second NCAA game against Washington State he scored 33 points and tied a school record with nine three pointers made in an 89-81 victory. This game kicked off a stellar 2011-12 freshman season at Gonzaga, as Pangos led the team in many statistical categories including points, assists, steals, minutes played, 3-pointers made, and free throw percentage. He helped Gonzaga to a 13-3 record in the West Coast Conference, good enough for second place, and a 26-7 overall record.

In the WCC semi-finals Pangos led Gonzaga by BYU in a 77-58 victory, scoring a game-high 30 points on 10-17 shooting.^[9] Pangos did not perform well in the 2012 West Coast Conference finals in a 78-74 overtime loss to Saint Mary's. Pangos shot just 3-18 from the field and 1-10 from three-point range.^[10]

Gonzaga entered the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as a #7 seed. In his first NCAA tournament appearance, Pangos scored 13 points on 5-7 shooting and added 5 assists in a lop-sided 77-54 victory over West Virginia; however, Gonzaga would lose to #2-seeded Ohio State in the third round of the tournament 73-66. Pangos would score just 10 points on 3-13 shooting.^[11]

Awards and Achievements

• 2012-2013 Preseason All-WCC ^[12]
• 2012 WCC Newcomer of the year^[1]
• 2011-2012 All-WCC Team ^[1]
• 2011-2012 WCC All-Freshman Team.^[1]

References

External links

• Gonzaga Bulldogs bio