Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

[Tovarich]

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Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Indiana Hoosiers
Dec 10, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#18 Western Kentucky (8-2)	40	52	92
Indiana (4-3)	32	45	77

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	16	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	4	1	0	1	5
Stivers	16	2-6	2-6	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Tamayo	16	6-11	4-7	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	18
Riley	16	4-7	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	8
Suotamo	16	5-9	0-0	0-1	5	6	0	1	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	10	4-4	0-0	1-2	1	1	1	1	0	9
Pawlak	9	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	1	1	0	2	2
Lewis	10	5-6	1-2	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	13
Blankenship	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Li	9	5-5	3-3	2-2	2	1	0	0	1	15
Capel	12	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	3	4
Jack	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		36-57	11-20	9-11	15	21	11	4	9	92

Indiana Hoosiers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Holman	23	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	8	0	0	3	5
Osborn	21	2-9	0-3	0-0	0	4	0	0	1	4
Baskauskas	22	11-15	1-2	0-0	2	4	1	0	2	23
Temple	23	1-2	0-1	0-2	7	1	2	1	1	2
Orfini	19	8-11	0-0	3-4	7	0	1	1	0	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Fadipe	14	2-2	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	0	0	5
Clark	9	6-7	1-2	1-2	1	2	3	0	5	14
Keeler	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Day	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Norton	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	5
McCrommon	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Avery	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-54	4-12	5-10	21	24	9	2	13	77

Tovarich: That was an odd game of no defense and yet a lot of defense. Both teams got a good number of turnovers. 9 for us is really high. Forcing 13 is solid. Yet, both teams shot 60%. We shot more 3's and made more and did better on FT's and that was about the difference.

Reporter: Why did you turn it over so much?

Tovarich: Capel was a little sloppy against the press late. Both teams were trying to push it in transition and it wasn't there.

Reporter: Were you thinking you could win down 20-12 early?

Tovarich: Missed layups, bad rebounding, etc. Every tipped pass going back to them. It felt like things were conspiring against us for a bit. Even after halftime, they jumped out 7-0 after we missed a couple layups. The first few minutes of each half were rough, and then we shot the lights out. Just one of those things I guess.

Reporter: You're going back to Eastern Shore next, what kind of reception do you expect?

Tovarich: I expect all 25 fans who remember me to give me a lengthy standing ovation during my 5 minute long video tribute on the scoreboard.

Reporter: They don't have a video board.

Tovarich: I expect them to buy one just for my return.

[Tovarich]

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Hytche Athletic Center
Princess Anne, MD

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
Dec 16, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#18 Western Kentucky (9-2)	39	44	83
Maryland-Eastern Shore (5-5)	33	36	69

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	20	1-5	1-3	0-0	0	6	1	0	0	3
Stivers	20	5-6	4-4	6-6	0	4	3	0	0	20
Tamayo	20	6-8	3-3	0-0	3	1	1	0	2	15
Riley	20	5-74	1-1	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	11
Suotamo	20	9-18	0-0	2-7	10	2	0	0	0	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	8	2-3	0-0	3-4	3	1	0	0	0	7
Pawlak	8	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Lewis	8	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Li	8	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Capel	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-57	10-15	11-17	26	17	7	0	2	83

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hurley	17	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	4	0	0	0	6
Burrell	16	0-9	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Porter	22	2-6	0-2	1-2	4	3	0	0	1	5
Wiedemann	21	9-12	0-0	1-1	7	1	0	4	0	19
Finn	13	3-6	0-2	2-2	4	3	0	0	3	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Heard	12	1-2	0-0	2-2	7	1	0	0	0	4
Bland	12	5-7	3-3	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	13
Mcfarlin	11	3-5	3-5	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	9
McFadgon	10	1-4	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	3
McCullough	5	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	2
Kane	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Faye	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-57	9-22	6-7	27	22	2	4	7	69

Tovarich: Such an emotional night. The video tribute to me was just great. The excitement on the players' faces who were here back then. The crowd was thrilled to see me.

Reporter: Uhh, coach? None of that happened.

Tovarich: I watched it in my mind. It was a lot of images of me calling timeout trying to keep my 2-3 competent players rested and lots of reaction shots of me wondering why we can't get a rebound.

Reporter: Are you serious coach?

Tovarich: No, as I expected, no one cared I was back. The arena was still half empty even with a ranked team coming in, which will likely never happen again in the history of this school. We may have been busy watching my imaginary tribute video for a while there. It was a pretty listless beginning of the game. I never coached any of the players on this roster. I know I recruited the two big guys, because they're by far the two best players on the roster. The 3 walkons were all here, but I redshirted them all.

Reporter: You seemed to make it a point to get the ball down low early and often.

Tovarich: Well, the PF and C are the only two remotely decent players they have, so partly, get them in foul trouble, which we did with Finn. We let Weidemann get 3 blocks on the first 4 shots, but Suotamo is a FR and playing against two talented seniors is a good test for him. He was so-so. Obviously this game is huge for them to have a top 20 team there. We looked thrown off by the tiny half-filled arena of apathetic fans and curtains blocking the exit doors right behind the basket. We may not be a big program, but we're definitely evolved beyond those kinds of atmospheres. Luckily we shot well, but they hung in there and the point of these kinds of games is to get the backups and 3rd stringers more minutes, and we didn't really accomplish that today. I mean, that's what most of conference season is for, but Jack is getting kinda whiny, so it would have been nice to get him in, but they fought hard to stay in it. They gave us a better fight than Arizona and Indiana did.

Reporter: Speaking of conference games, you said you already ordered the championship banner. Do you not expect a fight from anyone?

Tovarich: There's always someone who treats it like their Super Bowl and they play out of their minds. But we're 35-1 the last two regular seasons with a 1 point loss to Troy, which I haven't forgotten. 18-0 isn't maybe a given, but it's very possible. That's why I threw Kansas State and Purdue in there during the breaks in games to get us some more frequent close games and help out the SOS.

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 20, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Arkansas-Little Rock (9-2)	42	32	74
#19 Western Kentucky (10-2)	42	35	77

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ireland	21	6-9	1-4	2-2	5	4	0	0	1	15
Thomas	18	8-10	2-3	1-2	2	5	0	0	1	19
Grant	21	2-9	1-6	0-0	6	3	0	0	2	5
Bazin	19	2-8	0-2	5-6	5	0	0	0	0	9
Christopher	21	2-5	1-1	0-0	8	3	0	0	1	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McKee	10	1-4	1-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	3
Havens	12	3-6	3-3	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	9
Hipsher	7	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	5
Bates	5	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Janusauskas	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Brickens	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ziri	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-56	10-24	8-10	39	19	1	0	9	74
TEAM TOTALS		28-56	10-24	8-10	39	19	1	0	9	74

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	22	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	12	1	0	0	0
Stivers	22	6-11	4-9	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	16
Tamayo	22	11-27	10-24	0-0	2	1	2	0	1	32
Riley	22	3-4	0-0	1-1	7	1	1	0	0	7
Suotamo	22	6-8	0-0	2-2	11	2	1	0	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pawlak	6	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	3
Lewis	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Li	6	1-9	1-8	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Capel	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-67	16-45	3-3	28	20	8	0	1	77

Tovarich: Well, we're lucky we pulled that out. They're lucky we didn't shoot 3's better against their zone.

Reporter: Why do you think they didn't score the last 4 minutes of the game?

Tovarich: I don't know why they missed all of a sudden. We hit a couple 3's in a row to tie it with 2 minutes left, and then no one scored again until Stivers hit the 3 with 2.5 to go. Just one of those things I guess. They were making everything it felt like before that.

Reporter: Is 45 a record for 3's attempted?

Tovarich: That's probably a personal record, but I don't recall well enough to know. They played almost exclusively zone though, so if they're going to leave it open, I trust Tamayo always.

Reporter: Then why did Stivers get the last shot?

Tovarich: I just had a feeling. They were both fairly open there, but I trust Stivers to shoot it as well.

Reporter: They didn't take kindly to you saying you'd already made a banner for the Sun Belt championship.

Tovarich: And they blew their chances to get a leg up to start the season.

[Tovarich]

@

Murphy Center
Murfreesboro, TN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Dec 22, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#19 Western Kentucky (10-3)	32	49	81
Middle Tennessee (4-6)	60	31	91

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Valdez	13	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	2
Coombs	18	6-9	3-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	15
Valiulis	16	6-9	3-6	0-0	0	4	0	0	0	15
Worley	18	3-8	0-3	2-2	11	4	0	0	2	8
Ford	18	10-11	0-0	2-2	11	4	1	2	0	22
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
King	15	4-6	2-2	3-4	4	1	0	0	3	13
Ballinger	13	1-6	0-1	1-4	12	2	0	1	0	3
McCurry	7	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
Coggins	9	2-6	1-3	2-2	0	1	0	0	2	7
Vianney	13	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	5	0	0	2	4
Lynch	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zamore	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		36-61	9-21	10-14	43	26	1	3	12	81
TEAM TOTALS		36-61	9-21	10-14	43	26	1	3	12	81

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	21	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	13	0	0	0	3
Stivers	21	7-15	7-13	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	21
Tamayo	21	12-24	7-15	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	31
Riley	21	1-2	0-0	2-2	6	3	1	0	1	4
Suotamo	21	4-9	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	1	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	7	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	4
Pawlak	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Lewis	7	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Li	7	4-11	2-6	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	10
Capel	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-71	17-38	2-2	19	25	9	1	1	91

Tovarich: I've seen a lot of incredible halves of basketball. A 3-6 team shooting 22/29 in a half was by far the most incredible though.

Reporter: Do you feel like you ever had a chance in that one?

Tovarich: Of course not 43-19 rebounds. 13-1 fouls. They shot 75% for an entire half. 14-2 FT's. We shot 8/19 on point blank layups. There was no overcoming any of that.

Reporter: Not even when you started the 2nd half on a 13-0 run?

Tovarich: No, that was never going to last.

Reporter: Why can't you rebound?

Tovarich: I will never know.

Reporter: How do you refocus for Kansas State?

Tovarich: We'll practice and we'll do what we do when the game starts. I don't thinkl I'll see another 75% half from anyone.

[studbucket]

Holy cow. That 60 point half is wild.

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Kansas State Wildcats at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 28, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Kansas State (7-3)	29	36	65
#19 Western Kentucky (10-4)	28	32	60

Kansas State Wildcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Okosa	23	6-10	3-4	0-0	0	4	1	0	6	15
Foster	20	5-8	2-4	2-2	1	1	0	0	1	14
Greenleaf	22	3-4	2-2	1-1	1	4	0	0	0	9
Pulice	20	0-2	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	0	3	0
Roy	22	3-5	0-0	2-2	14	1	0	2	2	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Daley	5	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Norman	9	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	5
St. Clair	13	3-5	0-0	1-2	10	1	0	0	4	7
Maye	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wilder	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	1	2
Camper	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hatten	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-44	9-15	6-7	34	15	1	4	19	65
TEAM TOTALS		25-44	9-15	6-7	34	15	1	4	19	65

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	22	1-2	0-0	0-2	0	7	3	0	1	2
Stivers	22	3-11	3-8	0-0	0	3	2	0	0	9
Tamayo	22	5-20	3-12	2-2	2	1	1	0	0	15
Riley	22	3-7	0-0	1-1	4	3	4	1	0	7
Suotamo	22	8-10	0-0	0-0	9	1	1	1	0	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	6	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2
Pawlak	6	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	2
Lewis	6	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Li	6	0-7	0-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Capel	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-66	7-27	3-5	21	16	17	2	1	60

Tovarich: We're just broken at the moment. +18 in turnovers, +22 in shots but we can't hit any of them. Our defense is playing better than to allow 60% shooting again. I still don't know why we can't get a rebound. I can't remember the last time Li hit a shot. We're just broken and I don't know what to do to fix it right now.

Reporter: Why can't any of your guards ever make a layup?

Tovarich: I have no idea. It's a constant thing and it's baffling. Like they cringe every time they go up like someone might touch them and they manage to miss a layup that's barely contested. The other team's great at finishing with 3 people around him. I guess we need to get tougher.

Reporter: This is your first 2-game losing streak here. How do you deal with that when you never have before?

Tovarich: Florida Atlantic is 4-11. Hopefully we can break it against them. I don't know why we're in a holiday funk. We'll get back to practice in a few days and hopefully get some confidence back.

[Tovarich]

Non-Conference Tournament Winners:
2K Sports College Hoops Classic: San Diego
Hangar Classic: Brigham Young
Cyclone Classic: Oklahoma State
CBE Classic: Illinois
Pre-Season NIT: UCLA
"Palm Tree Shootout" aka Puerto Rico Tip-off: Delaware
"Polar Bear Tipoff Classic: aka Top of the World Classic: Oregon State
100 Club Classic: Holy Cross
Paradise Jam: Virginia
"Hawaiian Invitational" aka Maui Invitational: Oklahoma
Great Alaska Shootout: Nebraska
"Orange County Shootout aka Wooden Legacy: Stanford
"Deodorant Classic" aka Old Spice Classic: Rider
Deep Dish Challenge A: Michigan State
Deep Dish Challenge B: Utah Valley State
Liberty Bell Classic A: George Mason
Liberty Bell Classic B: North Carolina State
South Padre Island Tournament A: Fresno State
South Padre Island Tournament B: Troy
"Blackjack Shootout A" aka Las Vegas Invitational: Seton Hall
"Blackjack Shootout B" aka Las Vegas Invitational: Howard
Legends Classic: Kansas
"Big Tree Tournament" aka Montana State Bobcat Classic: Idaho State
Drake Iowa Realty Tournament: Dayton
Hawkeye Challenge: Memphis
Drake Regency Classic: Indiana State
"Hawaiian Island Classic" aka Rainbow Classic: Utah State
Gossner Foods Holiday Classic: Louisiana Monroe
"Daylight Bowl Tournament" aka Sun Bowl Classic: Air Force
Jackpot Challenge A: Penn State
Jackpot Challenge B: NJIT
"Casual Apparel" aka Aeropostale Holiday Festival: St. John's
Cable Car Classic: Portland
"Gulf Coast Challenge" aka Flint Hills Tournament: Bowling Green
Golden Bear Classic: Oregon
Shamrock Office Solutions Classic: Troy
Cougar Classic: Maryland-Eastern Shore
"Railroad Classic" aka Dr. Pepper Classic: Campbell
UCF Holiday Classic: NJIT

[Tovarich]

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Dec 31, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Louisville	11-0
2	2	Memphis	11-0
3	4	Georgia Tech	12-1
4	5	Kentucky	11-1
5	3	North Carolina	10-3
6	6	UNLV	11-1
7	8	Florida State	10-1
8	9	North Carolina State	11-1
9	7	Clemson	7-0
10	10	Marquette	10-1
11	12	Duke	10-2
12	13	Virginia	11-1
13	14	Penn State	13-0
14	15	Kansas	10-2
15	24	St. Joseph's	10-1
16	17	Texas Tech	9-1
17	11	UCLA	11-2
18	18	Michigan State	10-1
19	21	Providence	10-1
20	20	Pittsburgh	10-3
21	22	Southern California	11-1
22	23	Southern Mississippi	9-1
23	16	Notre Dame	9-2
24	NR	Florida	11-4
25	NR	Alabama	8-2