Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

New Orleans Privateers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 23, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
New Orleans (14-11)	30	17	47
#2 Western Kentucky (29-2)	36	41	77

New Orleans Privateers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Villanueva	23	3-13	3-10	2-2	0	2	0	0	2	11
Lucas	25	2-7	0-3	1-2	0	0	2	0	1	5
Drabyn	19	8-14	4-7	0-0	5	0	0	0	1	20
Riddle	23	3-6	0-1	0-0	7	1	0	2	1	6
Benzel	21	0-3	0-0	3-4	8	0	0	1	0	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Richard	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	2
Darby	14	0-5	0-3	0-0	1	7	0	0	2	0
Gatson	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thiero	3	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flores	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eisentrout	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Morales	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		17-52	7-25	6-8	24	12	3	3	7	47
TEAM TOTALS		17-52	7-25	6-8	24	12	3	3	7	47

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	14	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	7	2	0	0	2
Rakiecki	14	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	0
Tamayo	14	9-16	5-10	4-4	2	0	0	0	0	27
Riley	14	0-2	0-0	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	0
Shehan	13	5-8	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	1	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	8	5-6	0-0	0-1	6	1	1	0	0	10
Galbreath	14	3-5	1-1	1-1	2	4	1	0	0	8
Marshall	14	2-2	0-0	2-4	2	0	1	1	1	6
Blankenship	9	0-7	0-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Li	13	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	4
Magley	7	1-4	0-0	2-2	6	0	1	1	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		30-59	8-21	9-12	36	17	7	3	3	77

Tovarich: Not sure what happened to their shooting in the second half, but that turned out to be an easy one after a close first half. We dominated the boards. I'm just too confused to even process that right now. Great performance from most people. I think a couple were banned from scoring no matter what, but that's ok when you win by 30.

Reporter: With Duke losing, do you expect to be #1 in the poll next week?

Tovarich: I can see someone jumping us, we'll see. We have to take care of Florida Atlantic first. They were 8-16 when we played them the first time and they played a great game. They're in 13th right now, so them continuing their season depends on them beating us in this one, so I assume we'll get another good effort.

Reporter: It's senior day, and you don't normally start the SR's on the bench. Will you do it this year?

Tovarich: Yeah, we'll let Magley and Marshall start and play a few minutes and we'll get back into our regular rotation. If the game were of some significance and we had a really good team in our last game, I wouldn't, but I think we're locked into a 1 seed and we've wrapped up the conference and we should be able to win no matter who I play.

Reporter: But you just said you expect a good effort from them even though they're 10-20?

Tovarich: Yeah, we're supposed to say nice things about the opponents, unless it's Denver.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Florida Atlantic Owls at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 25, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Florida Atlantic (10-21)	21	35	56
#2 Western Kentucky (30-2)	46	47	93

Florida Atlantic Owls
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Songcuacy	20	2-8	1-3	1-2	0	4	0	0	1	6
Perkins	24	9-14	2-4	1-2	2	4	0	0	4	21
Cranford	23	8-16	2-6	0-1	6	4	0	0	1	18
Bishop	21	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	0
McCoy	23	4-8	0-1	1-1	5	0	2	2	1	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Zimmerman	7	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Muhleisen	10	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Slattery	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Souchu	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vignale	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zuzak	-- DID NOT PLAY --
McClurkin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-55	5-17	3-6	18	16	2	3	7	56
TEAM TOTALS		24-55	5-17	3-6	18	16	2	3	7	56

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	16	2-3	0-0	2-2	1	3	1	0	0	6
Rakiecki	22	10-14	4-6	1-1	5	2	1	0	1	25
Tamayo	7	2-5	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Marshall	18	3-6	0-0	1-4	3	2	2	1	0	7
Magley	18	9-11	0-0	3-4	7	3	0	0	0	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Riley	10	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	2
Shehan	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	2
Petrauskas	6	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Galbreath	12	3-5	0-1	0-0	0	3	1	0	1	6
Blankenship	12	1-4	1-2	2-2	5	1	0	0	0	5
Lewis	9	1-3	0-1	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	3
Li	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		37-59	9-16	10-15	32	18	7	2	2	93

Tovarich: Obviously that couldn't have gone much better. Started all 3 SR's. Magley and Rakiecki were tremendous. I think they were both career highs in scoring for them. We got Marshall some points at least. I think that one was over at 40-12 in the first half. They had a rough shooting half and then never really had a chance. I know Tamayo and Shehan are probably disappointed but we spread the love on Senior Day. I don't think much could have gone better.

Reporter: You dominated rebounds again, is that encouraging that something has improved?

Tovarich: No, just bad shooting by the other team. I don't think we were the cause of the bad shooting though.

Reporter: Is there anything this team can improve on heading into the Sun Belt tournament?

Tovarich: More consistency is always good. Rebounding the last two games has been a fluke. We won't keep getting some awful shooting nights from teams who are going home if they don't win.

Reporter: What would it mean to the program if they're ranked #1 on Monday?

Tovarich: I'm sure it would go to a lot of people's heads, hopefully not the players'. We're obviously not the best team. I'll just settle for an easier 2nd round than we got last year.

[Tovarich]

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 27, 2012
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	30-2	.937	18-0	-
Troy	20-10	.666	12-6	6
South Alabama	17-10	.629	12-6	6
New Orleans	15-11	.576	12-6	6
Louisiana Lafayette	15-14	.517	11-7	7
Florida International	15-12	.555	10-8	8
Arkansas-Little Rock	14-15	.482	9-9	9
Middle Tennessee	14-13	.518	7-11	11
North Texas	12-15	.444	7-11	11
Denver	11-17	.392	5-13	13
Arkansas State	9-21	.300	5-13	13
Louisiana Monroe	8-24	.250	5-13	13
Florida Atlantic	10-21	.322	4-14	14

[Tovarich]

America East-Vestal, NY
1 New Hampshire vs. 8 Maine/9 Binghamton
4 Stony Brook vs. 5 Boston U
3 Albany vs. 6 UMBC
2 Hartford vs. 7 Vermont

Big South-Home Courts
1 Coastal Carolina vs. 8 Radford
4 Winthrop vs. 5 VMI
3 High Point vs. 6 NC Asheville
2 Charleston Southern vs. 7 Liberty

Colonial-Washington, DC
1 Old Dominion vs. 8 NC Wilmington/9 Northeastern
4 Towson vs. 5 Georgia State/12 Drexel
3 VCU vs. 6 Delaware/11 James Madison
2 Hofstra vs. 7 George Mason/10 William & Mary

Horizon-Home Courts
1 Butler vs. 8 Illinois-Chicago/9 Cleveland State
4 Valparaiso vs. 5 Detroit
3 Youngstown State vs. 6 Wisconsin-Green Bay
2 Loyola Chicago vs. 7 Wright State

Metro Atlantic
1 Iona vs. 8 Loyola MD/9 Marist
4 Manhattan vs. 5 St. Peter's
3 Rider vs. 6 Siena
2 Niagara vs. 7 Fairfield/10 Canisius

Summit-North Little Rock, AR
1 Oakland vs. 8 UMKC
4 Oral Roberts vs. 5 IPFW
3 IUPUI vs. 6 Southern Utah
2 North Dakota State vs. 7 "UL-Calcutta"

Missouri Valley-St. Louis, MO
1 Drake vs. 8 Missouri State/9 Indiana State
4 Creighton vs. 5 Evansville
3 Southern Illinois vs. 6 Illinois State
2 Bradley vs. 7 Wichita State/10 Northern Iowa

Northeast-Home Courts
1 Sacred Heart vs. 8 Fairleigh Dickinson
4 St. Francis PA vs. 5 Long Island
3 Wagner vs. 6 Central Connecticut
2 Robert Morris vs. 7 Monmouth

Ohio Valley-Knoxville, TN
1 Tennessee State vs. 8 Southeast Missouri
4 Samford vs. 5 Jacksonville State
3 Austin Peay vs. 6 Eastern Illinois
2 Tennessee Tech vs. 7 Tennessee-Martin

Patriot-Home Courts
1 Holy Cross vs. 8 Colgate
4 Lafayette vs. 5 Lehigh
3 Navy vs. 6 Army
2 Bucknell vs. 7 American

Sun Belt-Mobile, AL
1 Western Kentucky vs. 8 Middle Tennessee/9 North Texas
4 New Orleans vs. 5 Louisiana Lafayette
3 South Alabama vs. 6 Florida International/11 Arkansas State
2 Troy vs. 7 UALR/10 Denver

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 27, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	2	Western Kentucky	30-2
2	3	Marquette	23-5
3	7	UNLV	23-3
4	1	Duke	21-5
5	5	Memphis	26-2
6	4	Louisville	25-4
7	10	Texas A&M	25-4
8	6	Gonzaga	25-3
9	9	Michigan	23-6
10	13	Stanford	23-5
11	11	North Carolina	20-7
12	8	Kentucky	23-4
13	14	UCLA	21-7
14	12	Wisconsin	22-5
15	19	Pittsburgh	22-7
16	16	North Carolina State	22-8
17	20	Oregon	22-7
18	23	Texas Tech	18-6
19	15	Clemson	19-8
20	21	Houston	23-3
21	25	Mississippi	24-6
22	22	Alabama	21-7
23	24	Florida State	19-8
24	18	Notre Dame	20-8
25	NR	St, Joseph's	20-7

[Tovarich]

Atlantic Sun-Nashville, TN
1 Lipscomb vs. 8 Florida Gulf Coast
4 Kennesaw State vs. 5 East Tennessee State
3 Belmont vs. 6 Mercer
2 Stetson vs. 7 Gardner-Webb

Atlantic 10-Worcester, MA
1 Massachusetts vs. 8 St. Louis/9 Richmond
4 St. Joseph's vs. 5 Rhode Island/12 La Salle
3 Xavier vs. 6 Duquesne/11 Fordham
2 Temple vs. 7 Dayton/10 Charlotte

Big Sky-Missoula, MT
1 Montana vs. 4 Montana State/5 Idaho State
2 Eastern Washington vs. 3 Sacramento State/6 Portland State

Big West-Anaheim, CA
1 Cal Irvine vs. 8 Long Beach State
4 Cal Northridge vs. 5 Cal Poly
3 Cal Santa Barbara vs. 6 Pacific
2 Cal Fullerton vs. 7 Cal Riverside

CUSA-Memphis, TN
1 Memphis vs. 8 Tulsa/9 Tulane
4 Marshall vs. 5 Southern Mississippi/12 SMU
3 UAB vs. 6 Rice/11 East Carolina
2 Houston vs. 7 UTEP/10 Central Florida

MEAC-Raleigh, NC
1 Morgan State vs. 8 Winston-Salem State/9 North Carolina A&T
4 Bethune-Cookman vs. 5 South Carolina State
3 Coppin State vs. 6 Delaware State/11 Howard
2 Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. 7 Norfolk State/10 Hampton

Mountain West-Las Vegas, NV
1 UNLV vs. 8 Utah/9 Wyoming
4 Air Force vs. 5 Colorado State
3 San Diego State vs. 6 BYU
2 New Mexico vs. 7 TCU

PAC 10-Los Angeles, CA
1 Stanford vs. 8 USC/9 Oregon State
4 Arizona vs. 5 Washington
3 Oregon vs. 6 Washington State
2 UCLA vs. 7 California/10 Arizona State

SEC-Tampa Bay, FL
1 Kentucky vs. 8 LSU/9 Florida
4 South Carolina vs. 5 Vanderbilt/12 Georgia
3 Alabama vs. 6 Auburn/11 Mississippi State
2 Mississippi vs. 7 Arkansas/10 Tennessee

Southern-Greensboro, NC
1 Davidson vs. 8 Furman/9 Appalachian State
4 Elon vs. 5 College of Charleston
3 Georgia Southern vs. 6 NC Greensboro/11 Western Carolina
2 Wofford vs. 7 Chattanooga/10 Citadel

Southland-Houston, TX
1 Lamar vs. 8 McNeese State
4 Sam Houston State vs. 5 Texas State
3 Texas-Arlington vs. 6 Stephen F Austin
2 UTSA vs. 7 Northwestern State

SWAC-Birmingham, AL
1 Grambling vs. 8 Jackson State
4 Mississippi Valley State vs. 5 Alcorn State
3 Prairie View vs. 6 Alabama State
2 Alabama A&M vs. 7 Texas Southern

West Coast-San Diego, CA
1 Gonzaga vs. 8 Portland
4 San Diego vs. 5 Loyola Marymount
3 St. Mary's vs. 6 Santa Clara
2 Pepperdine vs. 7 San Francisco

WAC-Las Cruces, NM
1 Idaho vs. 8 New Mexico State/9 Nevada
4 Fresno State vs. 5 Hawaii
3 Utah State vs. 6 San Jose State
2 Boise State vs. 7 Louisiana Tech

[Tovarich]

vs.

Sun Belt Tournament Quarterfinal
Mitchell Center
Mobile, AL

North Texas Mean Green at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 4, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
North Texas (13-16)	36	31	67
#1 Western Kentucky (31-2)	37	54	91

North Texas Mean Green
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Grove	22	7-15	6-10	0-0	3	7	0	1	4	20
Daniel	23	3-12	1-4	1-1	1	3	0	0	8	8
Gabler	20	7-9	4-5	0-0	7	1	1	0	3	18
Hobson	14	0-0	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	0
Swift	22	2-4	0-0	0-0	6	2	1	0	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Myles	9	4-9	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	8
Cripe	7	1-4	0-2	1-1	0	3	0	0	0	3
Galloway	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	3	0	0	0
Victor	9	2-3	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	4
Jordan	5	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Vukusic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Wafer	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-59	11-25	2-2	29	18	6	1	18	67
TEAM TOTALS		27-59	11-25	2-2	29	18	6	1	18	67

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	15	2-5	0-1	0-0	2	3	1	0	0	4
Rakiecki	15	3-4	2-3	0-0	3	0	4	0	0	8
Tamayo	15	4-14	0-3	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	8
Riley	15	3-4	0-0	0-3	0	2	2	0	1	6
Shehan	13	8-9	0-0	2-3	3	0	1	1	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	10	4-5	0-0	1-2	4	1	1	1	0	9
Marshall	11	4-5	0-0	1-1	3	5	2	0	2	9
Galbreath	13	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	3	0	1	0
Blankenship	5	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Lewis	13	5-7	3-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	13
Li	10	2-6	2-6	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	6
Magley	5	3-3	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		40-68	7-19	4-9	29	17	17	3	9	91

Tovarich: Kind of a sloppy game, little high in the turnovers, not nearly as high as them though, and we only pressed for about 3 minutes right after halftime. We didn't shoot from the line well, but the big guys down low were tremendous, the backups hit some 3's. They shot great from 3 to keep themselves in it for a while. Nice second half though, nice minutes for the B team. I believe I already saw the Cajuns won and we handled them twice easily, so hopefully that goes as easily again.

Reporter: Were you worried about the #1 ranking going to the player's heads?

Tovarich: I never brought it up, but I know I didn't need to, I know they all saw it. Players are like robots though. They don't seem to show a lot of emotion, unless the ball is out of bounds on them. Then they're crushed. They handle losing better than that for some reason.

Reporter: Joe Lunardi has you potentially playing Georgia Tech in the 2nd round, how'd you feel about that?

Tovarich: At least I'd know we could beat them. I just don't want to see another 93 rated kinda team like North Carolina who just underachieved a little because they were young.

[Tovarich]

ACC-Charlotte, NC
1 Duke vs. 8 Virginia/9 Georgia Tech
4 North Carolina vs. 5 North Carolina State/12 Wake Forest
3 Boston College vs. 6 Florida State/11 Miami Florida
2 Clemson vs. 7 Virginia Tech/10 Maryland

Big East-Syracuse, NY
1 Marquette vs. 8 West Virginia/9 Providence
4 Notre Dame vs. 5 DePaul/12 Connecticut
3 Louisville vs. 6 St. John's/11 Syracuse
2 Pittsburgh vs. 7 Georgetown/10 Villanova

Big 10-Indianapolis, IN
1 Michigan vs. 8 Purdue/9 Penn State
4 Northwestern vs. 5 Ohio State
3 Illinois vs. 6 Michigan State/11 Iowa
2 Wisconsin vs. 7 Minnesota/10 Indiana

Big 12-Dallas, TX
1 Texas A&M vs. 8 Missouri/9 Nebraska
4 Iowa State vs. 5 Kansas State/12 Baylor
3 Kansas vs. 6 Texas/11 Oklahoma State
2 Texas Tech vs. 7 Colorado/10 Oklahoma

MAC-Cleveland, OH
1 Buffalo vs. 8 Central Michigan/9 Toledo
4 Bowling Green vs. 5 Akron/12 Eastern Michigan
3 Kent State vs. 6 Ohio/11 Miami Ohio
2 Western Michigan vs. 7 Northern Illinois/10 Ball State

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Mar 5, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	2	Marquette	25-5
2	1	Western Kentucky	31-2
3	3	UNLV	25-3
4	4	Duke	22-6
5	5	Memphis	28-2
6	6	Louisville	27-4
7	7	Texas A&M	26-5
8	8	Gonzaga	27-4
9	11	North Carolina	21-8
10	12	Kentucky	24-5
11	10	Stanford	24-6
12	9	Michigan	24-7
13	13	UCLA	23-7
14	18	Texas Tech	20-6
15	14	Wisconsin	23-6
16	15	Pittsburgh	24-7
17	19	Clemson	21-8
18	17	Oregon	23-8
19	22	Alabama	23-7
20	24	Notre Dame	22-8
21	16	North Carolina State	22-9
22	23	Florida State	20-9
23	21	Mississippi	25-7
24	20	Houston	23-5
25	NR	Louisiana State	19-11