Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

[studbucket]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tovarich

Reporter: What are you talking about coach? You just played LSU six days ago. Tovarich: I don't know, man. That felt like 8 months. I don't know if I went into a coma or something, but that felt like forever ago. I was trying to remember who some of the guys on the bench even were and what they were good at and such.

Can you imagine this interaction at a press conference? LOL. I'm dying.

[Tovarich]

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CBE Classic Quarterfinal
Breslin Center
East Lansing, MI

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Illinois Fighting Illini
Nov 14, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#10 Western Kentucky (3-1)	37	33	70
Illinois (2-0)	35	40	75

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	23	4-8	3-7	2-2	0	3	3	0	0	13
Stivers	23	4-10	2-7	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	10
Tamayo	23	5-15	4-10	0-0	2	2	3	0	0	14
Riley	23	3-9	0-0	6-6	6	3	3	0	0	12
Suotamo	23	8-13	0-0	0-3	6	4	0	0	0	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	5	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pawlak	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Lewis	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Li	5	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Capel	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-62	10-27	10-13	16	16	12	0	1	70

Illinois Fighting Illini
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Alleyne	23	9-11	2-3	2-3	0	7	0	0	3	22
Sayman	28	4-14	0-5	2-2	6	3	0	0	5	10
Bridgewater	23	6-12	2-5	2-3	5	4	0	0	4	16
Mbyirukira	21	4-4	0-0	2-2	11	4	0	3	1	10
Bradford	25	5-8	0-0	1-3	11	0	0	1	1	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Swanson	8	3-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	6
Gardner	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Vignale	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jennings	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Corner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Lisinic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Conway	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-52	4-13	9-13	39	21	1	4	16	75

Tovarich: Obviously being -23 in rebounds in untenable. Even being +15 in turnovers can't make up for that. That team was enormous, not that it mattered. A team of 5 Muggsy Bogues' can probably outrebound us.

Reporter: So, were you rusty coach?

Tovarich: I don't think they shot 60% because we were rusty. I don't think they got rebounds on almost half their own misses from that. We had those problems before.

Reporter: Will this help you in March?

Tovarich: That's the point of scheduling all these types of games and tournaments. We have less talent than whatever 8 seed we're going to see in the 2nd round and we aren't doing so great in the tournament so far. We'll see a lot more good teams like this. That team's better on paper and yet aren't even ranked somehow.

Reporter: So you're giving yourself a 1 seed already?

Tovarich: Unless we really bomb a lot of these OOC games like Iowa and Indiana and such, yes. The Sun Belt is weak again and we should cruise through most of those. That's why I loaded up the OOC schedule.

Reporter: What will you do differently against the next big school with much bigger players?

Tovarich: Something different. I don't know yet.

Reporter: What do you want to get out of the Maui Invitational?

Tovarich: 3 wins.

Reporter: Are you disappointed in the field?

Tovarich: A little. There's lots of big schools in there, but Arizona, Cincinnati, Oklahoma, all unranked somehow. I'm sure they'll play like a ranked team though, if Dartmouth doesn't first.

[Tovarich]

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Maui Invitational Quarterfinal
Lahaina Civic Center
Lahaina, HI

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Dartmouth Big Green
Nov 19, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#15 Western Kentucky (4-1)	37	50	87
Dartmouth (2-1)	35	22	57

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	18	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	6	2	0	1	0
Stivers	17	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	3	1	0	0	3
Tamayo	18	15-32	11-22	1-2	4	0	0	0	0	42
Riley	17	2-3	0-1	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	4
Suotamo	18	4-5	0-0	0-0	12	3	4	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	10	0-0	0-0	-0	4	2	1	2	1	0
Pawlak	9	2-2	0-0	0-1	4	0	1	0	1	4
Lewis	9	4-8	3-5	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	11
Li	10	4-6	2-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	10
Capel	10	1-2	0-1	0-2	0	5	1	0	0	2
Blankenship	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	3
Jack	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		34-65	18-37	1-5	31	24	13	2	4	87

Dartmouth Big Green
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jacobson	22	6-11	3-5	1-1	3	3	0	0	2	16
Erickson	18	1-5	1-2	0-0	0	3	0	0	1	3
Evtimov	22	1-12	1-11	0-0	4	2	2	0	6	3
Douglas	22	5-10	0-3	0-0	2	2	0	1	3	10
Lee	22	4-8	0-0	1-2	21	2	0	0	1	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bates	15	2-4	0-0	2-2	6	1	1	0	0	6
Coombs	8	1-5	0-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Sayman	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bathie	5	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Souchu	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0
Hester	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Prato	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-61	7-28	4-5	36	15	4	1	14	57

Tovarich: Well, I'm not one to tell the opposing coach how to coach, except for the 10 or so previous times I've done that, but leaving Tamayo open all the time against the zone was probably something that should get him fired.

Reporter: Do you know about 2-point shots coach?

Tovarich: About as much as they know about defending 3-point shots.

Reporter: What changed at halftime?

Tovarich: We were a little less embarrassingly bad at rebounding, and they refused to defend Tamayo. Dartmouth coach ought to look up man to man defense.

Reporter: Pawlak hasn't made a FT this year. What can you do about that?

Tovarich: He practically shoots underhand, so I have no idea what release point he should use. We probably need to just overhaul that whole thing. It's absolutely broken as of now.

Reporter: Just 1/5 at the line. Is that a concern?

Tovarich: That we only got 5 or that we only made 1? I don't expect to get many when we take 37 3's. Only making 1 isn't great, but Capel, like Pawlak has some bizarre side motion where he's leaning more than the Tower of Pisa.

Reporter: Can you take anything away from the game with Arizona last season and use it this season?

Tovarich: Absolutely not. I don't remember the slightest thing about that game.

[Tovarich]

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Maui Invitational Semifinal
Lahaina Civic Center
Lahaina, HI

Arizona Wildcats at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 20, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#24 Arizona (1-1)	35	20	55
#15 Western Kentucky (5-1)	38	42	80

Arizona Wildcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wilson	24	4-12	1-7	5-9	0	4	1	1	4	14
Mullins	22	1-7	0-4	1-2	3	2	0	0	1	3
Austin	25	5-9	2-4	0-0	2	3	0	1	3	12
Caskill	24	3-6	0-1	0-1	9	1	0	1	1	6
Hart	18	2-4	0-0	4-4	6	0	1	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Vitelli	14	4-7	4-5	0-0	0	3	1	0	5	12
Van	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merchant	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Payne	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnsen	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Summers	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ferguson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		19-45	7-21	10-16	22	14	3	3	14	55
TEAM TOTALS		19-45	7-21	10-16	22	14	3	3	14	55

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	18	1-3	1-3	2-2	1	3	1	0	0	5
Stivers	18	3-6	0-3	3-3	4	3	2	0	0	9
Tamayo	18	8-13	5-7	0-0	0	0	2	0	1	21
Riley	18	3-6	0-0	0-0	4	2	2	0	1	6
Suomato	18	2--6	0-0	6-10	4	1	2	1	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	10	5-6	0-0	0-0	6	1	2	0	1	10
Pawlak	8	2-4	1-1	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	5
Lewis	10	3-4	1-2	0-0	1	2	2	0	0	7
Blankenship	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Li	8	2-5	0-3	1-1	1	0	0	0	0	5
Capel	10	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	1	0	1	2
Jack	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		29-54	8-19	14-18	26	15	14	2	4	80

Tovarich: I'd like to think I made some awesome halftime adjustments, but I can't take much credit. I don't know why they shot so poorly in the second half.

Reporter: What did you think about the rhythm of the game?

Tovarich: It was simultaneously helter-skelter, and yet choppy because of the refs needing their camera time. We got lucky with a few deflected passes, which normally I say seem to go 90% against us, or we'd have had more turnovers. They were totally out of control in transition at points trying too hard to force the ball down the court, which is baffling considering their lack of depth. Yet, we got called for 8 fouls in the first half I think.

Reporter: Speaking of fouls, what gave you the confidence in Riley to leave him in when he picked up 2 fouls in under 3 minutes?

Tovarich: I wouldn't call it confidence. It's more a lack of concern. I don't care if he fouls out.

Reporter: Did the refs over-calling of the game cause you to go down low more often in the second half?

Tovarich: Very much so, also let some of the guards wander in there and drive it in too. They don't like to play many players so getting to the bench is obviously something that's not good for them. Getting their starting center 2 fouls early was helpful.

Reporter: Why do you think it is Arizona has such a lack of depth?

Tovarich: I don't know what their recruiting has been like since Lute retired, but if they'd like to hire me, I can fix it.

[Tovarich]

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Maui Invitational Championship
Lahaina Civic Center
Lahaina, HI

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Oklahoma Sooners
Nov 21, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#15 Western Kentucky (5-2)	31	34	65
Oklahoma (5-0)	40	26	66

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	23	3-4	3-4	0-0	1	5	0	0	1	9
Stivers	23	3-11	1-8	0-0	2	4	2	0	1	7
Tamayo	23	7-19	4-11	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	18
Riley	23	3-6	0-0	0-0	7	1	2	0	1	6
Suotamo	23	4-9	0-0	3-5	10	4	2	1	0	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	5	2-3	0-0	2-2	2	1	0	1	0	6
Pawlak	5	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	4
Lewis	5	1-5	0-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Li	5	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Capel	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-64	8-28	5-7	28	19	11	3	4	65

Oklahoma Sooners
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Krywonis	20	6-11	5-9	0-0	2	7	0	0	2	17
Salisbery	26	6-11	3-5	0-2	4	1	0	0	5	15
Drabyn	24	2--6	0-0	0-0	6	5	1	1	2	4
Salow	16	0-6	0-2	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	0
Thompson	19	2-3	0-0	0-0	9	0	0	4	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Matthews	15	7-8	3-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	17
Dewitt	13	3-7	1-3	0-0	5	1	0	0	1	7
Chapman	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guiang	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Buscher	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Christie	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Whitney	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-53	12-22	0-2	31	17	2	5	12	66

Tovarich: Tough loss on the lay-in with 2 seconds to go. I thought that 19-5 run that put us up 4 was good enough, but we didn't cover the guy in the corner on the in bound pass and he ran right in for an easy winner.

Reporter: Would you have preferred Riley hold the ball on the offensive rebound down 1 with 12 seconds to go rather than going right back up?

Tovarich: Nah, we already had the chance to hold it until the buzzer, and Tamayo missed. Getting 2 offensive rebounds there was lucky. I'm not sure we could have gotten lucky again. It's an easy thing in retrospect to change, but taking the lead was a good result. We just needed to cover the in bound pass better.

Reporter: What will you change between now and next week when you play Oklahoma again?

Tovarich: Probably nothing. There's a good chance nothing that happened tonight will play out the same next week.

Reporter: Is the tournament a disappointment for not winning it?

Tovarich: Ideally you win it, but we're racking up some serious strength of schedule. We're getting experience in close game, and against good teams. I don't know how they're unranked at 5-0 but they're a good team. If we end up better for it, then it's not a disappointment.

Reporter: But you didn't get a trophy in either of your tournaments.

Tovarich: I've already made some space in the cabinet for the Sun Belt championship trophy and the banner's ready to hang up.

[studbucket]

Tough loss, but from a meta point, it's great to have close games like that. Learn and grow.

[Tovarich]

@

E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Oklahoma Sooners at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 28, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Oklahoma (5-1)	31	24	55
#19 Western Kentucky (6-2)	33	29	62

Oklahoma Sooners
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Krywonis	26	4-13	3-9	3-3	0	5	0	0	3	14
Salisbery	23	3-10	3-8	0-0	2	1	0	0	4	9
Drabyn	26	4-6	0-1	0-0	6	4	0	0	1	8
Salow	22	5-7	0-0	0-0	14	1	1	0	1	14
Thompson	19	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	4	2	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Matthews	11	4-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Dewitt	13	3-4	0-1	0-0	1	4	1	0	2	6
Buscher	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Chapman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Christie	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Whitney	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Guiang	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-47	6-19	3-3	27	16	2	4	13	55
TEAM TOTALS		23-47	6-19	3-3	27	16	2	4	13	55

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	21	1-5	0-2	1-2	0	7	3	0	0	3
Stivers	21	2-5	1-3	2-3	1	0	1	0	0	7
Tamayo	21	8-19	5-12	4-4	4	1	2	1	1	25
Riley	21	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	0
Suotamo	20	4-12	0-0	1-2	12	2	2	0	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	2
Pawlak	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0
Lewis	7	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Li	7	5-7	3-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	13
Capel	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		22-54	10-22	8-11	23	19	12	2	3	62

Tovarich: Nice to get them back for Maui.

Reporter: What did you do differently?

Tovarich: Not a lot. We were home this time. We got tighter defensively on some of the 3-point shooters who hurt us last week. So we got them down to about 30% instead of a little over 50% and that was pretty much the difference. Mostly that game went about the same otherwise.

Reporter: They only played 7 players and seem to suffer from a lack of depth. Would you like to openly lobby for them to hire you too like Arizona?

Tovarich: I wouldn't take that job.

Reporter: The in-season recruiting window is coming up. Will there be any signings?

Tovarich: It's not looking like it. We'll be in some recruiting battles to the end of the season most likely.

[Tovarich]

@

Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Iowa City, IA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Iowa Hawkeyes
Dec 3, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#19 Western Kentucky (6-2)	41	37	78
Iowa (4-3)	35	34	69

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	22	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	8	0	0	1	3
Stivers	22	2-6	2-4	5-5	2	3	3	0	0	11
Tamayo	22	7-23	7-18	2-2	3	0	2	0	0	23
Riley	22	3-3	0-0	1-2	7	0	1	0	0	7
Suotamo	22	3-4	0-0	2-2	5	2	1	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	6	2-2	0-0	2-3	0	1	1	0	1	6
Pawlak	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	6
Li	6	5-7	2-3	0-1	0	0	1	0	0	12
Capel	6	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	4	0	0	0	2
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-51	14-30	14-17	21	19	9	0	3	78

Iowa Hawkeyes
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Krayl	24	8-10	2-3	2-2	3	4	0	0	1	20
Johnsen	22	2-5	1-2	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	5
Lamptey	24	7-11	3-6	2-2	1	3	1	0	4	19
Iati	23	6-14	1-3	0-0	11	3	0	1	2	13
Randall	15	2-4	0-0	1-2	5	1	0	0	1	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Frandsen	10	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	3
Odugbela	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Henson	13	2-4	0-1	0-0	5	3	0	0	0	4
Becker	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Novak	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hancock	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Lovelace	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-52	8-18	5-6	30	19	3	1	10	69

Tovarich: I haven't told another coach how to coach in almost two weeks, but has no one watched the tape of the team who play zone against us? Like, are people using the Johnny Manziel philosophy on watching tape?

Reporter: Was that a 1-2-2 zone or a box and 1?

Tovarich: It was hard for me to tell too, but that's a bad plan. They were lucky Tamayo was relatively cold shooting tonight.

Reporter: You looked frustrated at the rebounding in the first half.

Tovarich. Extremely, as usual. 9 offensive rebounds they had. We got the starting center in foul trouble and got him sent to the bench for the rest of the half, and I thought that would get better, but even one of their 5 different PG's wandered in and got his own putback. We couldn't make a layup in the first half, and they missed a lot too, but they always got it back. I yelled until I was blue in the face about rebounds the entirety of the game, and it never really was too good.

Reporter: Some of those FT's were at the end, but the team seemed to do a good job getting to the line.

Tovarich: Yeah, we must have brought our Sun Belt refs with us. But, them fouling Stivers on a 3 with .1 to go before the half was one of the dumber decisions I've ever seen. Those 3 FT's he nailed were huge going into the half.

Reporter: You said there would no real news for recruiting, but you got some huge recruits.

Tovarich: Yeah, I don't know why Sid Jordan had no other scholarship offers. Boston College was ahead of us the whole time. Offer him and he's theirs. How does a 5* 16th OVR recruit not get an offer from anyone besides Western Kentucky? Baffling. A 4* SF too, another top 10 at his position and top 50 player overall. No other offers? Crazy.

Reporter: What will you do with your last scholarship?

Tovarich: We'll aim for a PF. We've offered someone. Long way to go in recruiting him.