Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

[Tovarich]

@

Johnson Arena
Morehead, KY

Tennessee State Tigers at Morehead State Eagles
Jan 25, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Tennessee State (6-17)	16	35	51
Morehead State (15-7)	30	43	73

Tennessee State Tigers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dumont	23	4-10	3-7	0-0	5	4	0	0	4	11
Gill	21	4-9	1-4	0-1	1	0	0	0	2	9
Vignale	20	2-10	0-3	0-0	4	2	1	0	3	4
Knox	22	2-6	0-3	0-0	8	4	0	1	0	4
Jeffers	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wilkins	9	3-6	0-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	6
Lenzly	12	2-2	0-0	2-2	2	2	0	1	1	6
Kinloch	11	2-3	1-2	2-2	0	2	0	0	1	7
Barber	13	0-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Payton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
McKenzie	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Deng	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-51	5-22	4-5	28	16	1	3	12	51
TEAM TOTALS		21-51	5-22	4-5	28	16	1	3	12	51

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ravello	22	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	2	2	1	1	4
Atako	23	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Gomes	23	3-6	0-1	0-0	4	2	3	0	0	6
Stokes	18	2-8	0-0	3-4	1	1	2	0	0	7
Crenshaw, P	19	10-15	0-0	4-6	10	1	1	1	0	24
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
DeJesus	10	8-10	0-0	6-7	2	0	1	0	0	22
Bobik	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Crenshaw, C	9	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	6
Lemons	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Crosswhite	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		30-54	0-2	13-17	24	10	10	2	1	73

Tovarich: Ending a streak of 1 game hurts less than 456.

Reporter: Was it nice to have an easier win than the last three close games?

Tovarich: They count the same. Also, now that we've clinched a spot in the conference tournament, these games no longer particularly mean anything.

Reporter: You can win the regular season championship coach!

Tovarich: Cool. I've got like 10 of those. As much as I'd love to wrap up that NIT autobid, it's not why I came here.

Reporter: Do you expect your conference tournament woes to carry over?

Tovarich: Probably, especially when we're so grossly overachieving this regular season.

Reporter: How's recruiting coach?

Tovarich: Thanks for finally asking something interesting. It's been a little stale, just going through the motions. No one's had any new offers in a while. We're a little over our heads on a lot of these guys, just hoping everyone else ends up using up their scholarships elsewhere and one or two of these guys slip through the cracks. I've left 2 of the 6 scholarships unoffered for now. Maybe we'll see if someone worthwhile would like to transfer in that can help. Outside shooting is what I really need and I'm not sure we're making much progress on that. I'm a little worried this won't work out, but I was worried about my Eastern Shore class and it all came together in the offseason at the last minute, and I need that again.

Reporter: That's the longest we've ever heard you talk coach.

[Tovarich]

Ohio Valley Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 27, 2020
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Morehead State	15-7	.681	10-2	-
Samford	11-7	.611	9-3	1
Southeast Missouri	11-7	.611	9-3	1
Jacksonville State	8-9	.470	8-3	1.5
Tennessee Tech	10-7	.588	8-4	2
Eastern Kentucky	6-12	.333	5-7	5
Murray State	6-14	.300	4-7	5.5
Austin Peay	4-10	.285	4-7	5.5
Tennessee-Martin	4-13	.235	3-7	6
Tennessee State	6-17	.260	3-8	6.5
Eastern Illinois	1-20	.047	0-12	10

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 27, 2020
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Marquette	19-1
2	2	UCLA	17-2
3	7	Duke	17-1
4	6	New Mexico	15-1
5	4	Oregon	16-4
6	3	Georgia	18-2
7	8	Maryland	17-3
8	12	North Carolina State	15-3
9	5	Arizona	17-2
10	10	Clemson	18-3
11	11	Florida State	17-5
12	9	Pittsburgh	17-3
13	14	Gonzaga	17-4
14	18	St. Louis	18-2
15	NR	St. Joseph's	15-3
16	19	Tennessee	13-3
17	NR	Louisiana State	13-3
18	13	Pepperdine	14-4
19	20	Louisville	17-4
20	17	Miami Florida	12-6
21	15	Georgia Tech	16-6
22	NR	Oklahoma	12-4
23	23	California	12-5
24	25	Missouri	17-5
25	NR	Penn State	17-3

[Tovarich]

Quote: Originally Posted by studbucket

I know the conference is miserable, but the wins are fun and all the new ways that Morehead State is able to win while also doing something terrible is exciting.

I'd still be questioning that I'm on the right difficulty but I know I am, just these teams are so horrible haha. I mainly win by them being worse than me and so we just sort of stumble into wins by default.

[Tovarich]

@

Dave Aaron Arena
Clarksville, TN

Morehead State Eagles at Austin Peay Governors
Jan 27, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Morehead State (15-8)	30	28	58
Austin Peay (5-10)	30	32	62

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ravello	22	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	3	0	1	1	2
Atako	23	4-8	2-5	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	10
Gomes	23	2-5	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	5
Stokes	18	2-2	0-0	1-1	2	1	3	0	0	5
Crenshaw, P	20	8-22	0-0	2-2	4	2	2	1	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
DeJesus	7	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	1	4
Bobik	5	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	1	2	0	0	1
Crenshaw, C	10	6-9	0-0	1-3	0	0	1	0	1	13
Lemons	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Crosswhite	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		25-54	3-9	5-8	17	10	12	2	4	58

Austin Peay Governors
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McKenzie	26	2-7	1-5	2-2	2	7	1	0	2	7
Newsom	23	5-13	0-2	2-5	2	2	0	0	3	12
McNurlin	26	6-10	0-0	0-0	9	1	0	0	2	12
Jolly	21	5-6	0-0	1-1	6	2	0	1	4	11
Clifford	25	7-10	0-0	1-1	14	4	2	2	0	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Forney	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nengsu	12	2-6	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	5
Lhota	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Galis	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Payton	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Anderson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Toppert	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-53	2-10	6-9	34	17	4	3	13	64

Tovarich: Ugh.

Reporter: Are you upset about the loss coach?

Tovarich: 3 games this week. No time to recruit.

Reporter: How about the game?

Tovarich: We missed the 3.

Reporter: Why did you let Atako take the 3 with the game on the line?

Tovarich: He was 2/4, so it seemed 50-50. I wasn't interested in overtime.

Reporter: What about Crenshaw's game?

Tovarich: He finally played like a true FR 2* player is supposed to play. It happens. It hasn't happened nearly as often as you'd expect. That's why we're light years better than we should be.

Reporter: What changed after you lead 9-0?

Tovarich: Rebounding mostly. It was pitiful. Everything went wrong pretty much and there were were, 7 seconds to go, taking a 3 to go ahead. It was a god-awful team we lost to, but it was a road game, and they're still more talented than us.

[Tovarich]

@

Regional Special Events Center
Murray, KY

Morehead State Eagles at Murray State Racers
Jan 30, 2020	1ST	2ND	OT	SCORE
Morehead State (15-9)	24	32	6	62
Murray State (7-15)	31	25	20	76

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ravello	24	3-6	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	6
Atako	27	2-9	2-8	0-0	4	1	2	0	0	6
Gomes	26	1-7	0-5	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2
Stokes	24	1-6	0-0	0-0	5	0	5	1	1	2
Crenshaw, P	24	12-26	0-0	4-5	13	1	0	1	4	28
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
DeJesus	9	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bobik	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	4
Crenshaw, C	9	5-8	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	10
Lemons	14	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	4
Crosswhite	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		28-68	2-14	4-5	29	8	11	2	7	62

Murray State Racers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cuffee	26	5-16	2-12	0-0	4	12	2	0	5	12
Avery	28	6-8	1-1	0-0	3	2	0	1	1	13
Mcbridle	27	7-13	3-7	2-2	3	0	1	0	2	19
Bell	25	1-2	0-0	0-0	6	1	2	1	1	2
McDade	22	4-7	0-0	7-7	11	4	0	3	0	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gooding	13	1-3	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Leslie	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Blancett	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Nardi	9	2-4	1-3	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	7
Joynes	6	2-4	0-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Smalls	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Tamayo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-59	7-25	11-13	34	22	6	5	11	76

Tovarich: That's why I didn't want overtime the last game.

Reporter: How would you describe their play in overtime?

Tovarich: They all turned into Superman in overtime. Crazy. We shot 2/11 and they were 8/10 I think.

Reporter: You looked annoyed with the refs.

Tovarich: Zero fouls on them in the second half. They finally committed 2 in overtime.

Reporter: You got back in the game with the press in the second half. Why'd you stop?

Tovarich: Everyone was exhausted trying to catch back up, but maybe we should have kept going with it. Once we tied it back up, I took it off to rest everyone. That was the only 5 minutes of the game we played well. I just hoped at some point the pitiful shooting would stop, but we're not good at shooting. We were off in the paint, under 50%.

Reporter: With the ball tied at the end of regulation, did you think Crenshaw was the best option even though the defense knew you'd go to him?

Tovarich: I'd rather watch Crenshaw get blocked at the buzzer than watch another missed 3. I've seen enough of those this season. I'd rather not watch another OT at all though, especially one like that. 20 points in 5 minutes was rather insane.

Reporter: Why do you think they can up the score like that?

Tovarich: Maybe he talked to O'Bannon. They didn't need to fire off 2 shots there at the end of full court press up 16. I'll remember it.

[Tovarich]

@

Johnson Arena
Morehead, KY

Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at Morehead State Eagles
Feb 1, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Southeast Missouri State (11-9)	14	30	44
Morehead State (16-9)	40	31	71

Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Buckley	21	1-11	0-5	0-0	1	8	0	0	1	2
Cole	20	6-8	1-2	0-1	1	2	0	0	1	13
Ellis	16	8-11	0-1	1-1	2	1	0	0	0	17
Momplaisir	19	1-1	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	0	2	2
Fuller	16	0-1	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	2	1	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hanson	10	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Konate	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dantoni	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crisp	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Barton	11	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Mathis	14	0-8	0-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Randall	3	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		21-53	1-13	1-2	22	14	0	3	5	44
TEAM TOTALS		21-53	1-13	1-2	22	14	0	3	5	44

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ravello	19	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	4
Atako	22	3-6	3-4	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	9
Gomes	18	1-5	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Stokes	18	1-2	0-0	1-2	4	2	2	0	0	3
Crenshaw, P	17	9-15	0-0	9-11	8	1	1	0	0	27
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
DeJesus	10	1-3	0-0	3-4	4	0	1	0	0	5
Bobik	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Crenshaw, C	11	6-11	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	14
Lemons	13	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	6
Crosswhite	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		26-48	4-8	15-19	31	6	5	0	0	71

Tovarich: Glad that's over.

Reporter: The losing streak?

Tovarich: The week with 3 games so I couldnt recruit. Now we have 5 games in 4 weeks and I can get serious about recruiting.

Reporter: So how big of a deal was it to the end the losing streak?

Tovarich: It wasn't. It's all about the conference tournament. That's all this league cares about. I thought we'd be borderline finishing in the top 8 to make it but this league turned out to be so much worse than I though. The next 5 games aren't terribly important. It's at a neutral site so home court isn't a factor. I expect a lot of teams will really step up the intensity of their play when we get there.

Reporter: Crosswhite is getting to play more?

Tovarich: Yeah, his level of confidence about his place at the program is more in line with reality now, so he can appear here and there when everyone's exhausted or it's a blowout or we need him to intentionally foul.

[Tovarich]

@

Howard C. Gentry Complex
Nashville, TN

Morehead State Eagles at Tennessee State Tigers
Feb 8, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Morehead State (17-9)	34	30	64
Tennessee State (9-19)	23	27	50

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ravello	19	1-2	1-1	0-0	2	4	5	0	3	3
Atako	20	0-2	0-1	1-2	1	0	1	1	0	1
Gomes	22	1-2	0-1	1-1	1	4	1	0	1	3
Stokes	20	2-4	0-0	2-2	0	1	2	1	1	6
Crenshaw, P	18	16-21	0-0	8-9	11	0	0	1	1	40
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
DeJesus	8	3-7	0-0	0-1	3	0	1	0	0	6
Bobik	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Crenshaw, C	10	1-7	0-0	1-4	5	0	2	0	1	3
Lemons	15	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0
Crosswhite	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		25-47	1-4	13-19	24	11	13	4	8	64

Tennessee State Tigers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dumont	21	3-7	1-2	0-0	0	4	1	0	2	7
Gill	25	1-9	1-2	0-0	2	2	2	1	3	3
Vignale	24	8-18	2-6	0-0	3	3	0	0	3	18
Knox	19	4-8	0-1	0-0	6	1	1	0	2	8
Jeffers	14	3-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wilkins	7	1-5	0-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2
Lenzly	15	2-5	0-2	0-2	6	0	0	2	2	4
Kinloch	7	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Barber	7	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	2
McKenzie	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Payton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Deng	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-56	4-18	0-2	27	13	6	4	13	50

Tovarich: Good week.

Reporter: Because you went 1-0 this week?

Tovarich: Because I got a couple guys making a visit to campus this week. I'll try to make at least one visit next week. Then we have a week off after where I can really be productive.

Reporter: Does any of your focus shift to this season since it's going so much better than you thought?

Tovarich: No. I still don't foresee much of anyone on this team having a future here. Crenshaw's going to play some next year most likely, but beyond that, it's unlikely unless I fail at recruiting. I at least do feel a little better knowing it doesn't take much talent to compete in this conference.

Reporter: How great was Crenshaw's night?

Tovarich: Tremendous, hopefully it helps him get better for next year.

Reporter: What did you think of them double teaming him?

Tovarich: That seems like a rather obvious response for some of these teams where he's dominating, and once he started 9/9 they went to that, and I'm shocked Tennessee State coach was the first one to come up with that plan. He was still good after that, just had to be quicker and more decisive with the ball rather than slowly backing in. Good experience for next year hopefully.

[Tovarich]

Ohio Valley Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 10, 2020
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Samford	15-8	.652	13-4	-
Tennessee Tech	14-7	.666	12-4	.5
Morehead State	17-9	.653	12-4	.5
Southeast Missouri	12-10	.545	10-6	2.5
Jacksonville State	10-12	.454	10-6	2.5
Austin Peay	7-12	.368	7-9	5.5
Eastern Kentucky	7-14	.333	6-9	6
Tennessee State	9-19	.321	6-10	6.5
Murray State	8-17	.320	6-10	6.5
Tennessee-Martin	6-15	.285	5-9	6.5
Eastern Illinois	1-24	.404	0-16	12.5

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 10, 2020
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Marquette	23-1
2	4	Pittsburgh	20-3
3	2	UCLA	19-4
4	7	Oregon	18-5
5	5	Georgia	20-3
6	6	Florida State	20-6
7	8	New Mexico	18-2
8	9	Clemson	21-4
9	3	Duke	18-4
10	13	Gonzaga	20-5
11	10	North Carolina State	17-5
12	16	Penn State	20-3
13	12	Maryland	19-5
14	19	California	16-5
15	18	Miami Florida	15-6
16	14	St. Joseph's	18-3
17	11	St. Louis	20-4
18	20	Southern California	19-4
19	25	Syracuse	18-4
20	15	Arizona	18-5
21	NR	Western Kentucky	19-3
22	17	Louisville	19-6
23	21	Georgia Tech	18-7
24	23	Missouri	19-7
25	NR	Iowa State	17-4