Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

[Tovarich]

NCAA Tournament

Play-in Game
Northwestern State 56 Prairie View 42

1st Round
East
#1 Boston College 98 #16 Northwestern State 53
#9 Alabama 107 #8 Creighton 49
#5 Louisville 80 #12 UCLA 77 (OT)
#4 Southern California 79 #13 Tennessee Tech 73

#6 Florida 93 #11 Seton Hall 86
#3 Notre Dame 87 #14 Boston U 75
#7 Illinois 90 #10 Grambling 88
#2 Duke 109 #15 Georgia Southern 76

West
#1 Air Force 69 #16 Cal Davis 66
#9 St. Mary's 83 #8 San Diego State 70
#12 Texas 84 #5 Massachusetts 82
#4 Charlotte 70 #13 San Francisco 67

#6 Pittsburgh 87 #11 Washington State 54
#3 Xavier 82 #14 Virginia Military 77
#10 Arkansas 91 #7 Iowa State 78
#2 Georgia Tech 81 #15 Colgate 49

South
#1 Western Kentucky 102 #16 Wagner 37
#9 Texas A&M 82 #8 California 70
#5 Florida State 67 #12 Ball State 53
#4 North Carolina State 101 #13 Columbia 62

#6 Loyola Maryland 72 #11 St. Louis 66
#3 Michigan State 85 #14 Valparaiso 44
#7 DePaul 66 #10 La Salle 54
#2 West Virginia 111 #15 Portland State 69

Midwest
#1 Houston 95 #16 UMKC 43
#9 Arizona 102 #8 Florida Atlantic 73
#12 Virginia Tech 78 #5 Oklahoma State 64
#4 Syracuse 72 #13 William & Mary 56

#11 Richmond 83 #6 Fresno State 60
#3 Vanderbilt 101 #14 Winston-Salem State 67
#7 Nebraska 65 #10 Oklahoma 55
#2 Marquette 80 #15 Lipscomb 67

[Tovarich]

vs.

NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
Gallagher-Iba Arena
Stillwater, OK

Texas A&M Aggies at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 20, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#9 Texas A&M (25-11)	43	20	63
#1 Western Kentucky (34-3)	49	23	72

Texas A&M Aggies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Holmes	22	3-5	2-3	0-2	0	6	0	0	5	8
Duggins	25	4-6	3-4	2-2	1	2	1	0	3	13
McKinney	17	3-5	2-4	1-2	4	1	1	0	1	9
Hunter	21	4-6	1-1	0-0	9	2	1	1	2	9
Conklin	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McElroy	13	2-6	0-2	4-4	5	0	0	0	2	8
Santos	5	3-4	2-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	8
Shimokawa	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Millar	6	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	1	4
Mohammed	13	1-3	1-1	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	4
Marsh	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Gordon	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-39	11-18	10-14	26	16	3	1	15	63
TEAM TOTALS		21-39	11-18	10-14	26	16	3	1	15	63

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	23	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	3
Lewis	23	1-6	1-6	0-0	1	1	3	0	0	3
Li	23	6-12	4-9	0-0	1	3	3	1	0	16
Jack	23	5-8	0-1	1-2	4	2	1	0	1	11
Shehan	11	4-8	0-0	6-6	3	2	0	0	1	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	17	5-12	0-1	6-6	9	3	2	0	0	16
Pawlak	5	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	1	1	1	0	3
Camper	5	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	2	1	0	3
Jordan	5	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Capel	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		25-55	8-23	14-16	21	13	13	3	3	72

Tovarich: I know there aren't really any easy games after the 16 seed, but can a 9 seed just play like a 9 seed for once? That would be nice. 11/18 on 3's just had me rolling my eyes all game. The rebounding got a little closer at the end there. They were dominating that for most of the game. We went 1/10 on 3's in the second half after shooting them well in the first half. I should've recognized that earlier. We dribbled the cover off the ball in the second half. I know that's not interesting for anyone to watch, but it seemed like the way to go. They made 21 field goals and scored 63, so I just could only watch so much of that. Luckily we shot well in the paint in the second half, unlike the first. Crazy how that just magically flips sometimes randomly in the second half totally beyond our control.

Reporter: Why the switch to Shehan starting at center?

Tovarich: Better team unity.

Reporter: Re-match with North Carolina State. Will the first matchup have any bearing on this one?

Tovarich: I doubt it. I can barely remember that game. I know it was close and we squeaked it out at the end. We'll take a look but in my experience nothing ever carries over.

[Tovarich]

NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
East
#9 Alabama 83 #1 Boston College 80
#5 Louisville 92 #4 Southern California 58
#3 Notre Dame 82 #6 Florida 81
#2 Duke 70 #7 Illinois 39

West
#1 Air Force 77 #9 St. Mary's 72
#12 Texas 97 #4 Charlotte 93
#6 Pittsburgh 76 #3 Xavier 61
#2 Georgia Tech 83 #10 Arkansas 71

Midwest
#1 Western Kentucky 72 #9 Texas A&M 63
#4 North Carolina State 81 #5 Florida State 80
#3 Michigan State 90 #6 Loyola Maryland 57
#7 DePaul 103 #2 West Virginia 86

South
#9 Arizona 51 #1 Houston 49
#12 Virginia Tech 64 #4 Syracuse 59
#11 Richmond 69 #3 Vanderbilt 57
#7 Nebraska 68 #2 Marquette 61

NIT 1st Round
Arizona State 85 Texas San Antonio 55
Clemson 76 Brigham Young 74
Mississippi State 68 Coastal Carolina 48
Loyola Marymount 80 Florida Gulf Coast 67

Baylor 83 Southern Utah 52
Youngstown State 71 Maryland 67
Ohio State 86 Colorado State 81
Auburn 89 Maine 59

Fairfield 65 Utah Valley State 61
South Florida 80 Tennessee 74
Rhode Island 62 Canisius 60
Gonzaga 89 Central Connecticut 73

Oregon 98 NC Greensboro 54
Pepperdine 89 Stanford 81
UNLV 84 Michigan 59
Indiana 96 Cal Santa Barbara 68

[Tovarich]

vs.

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
Frank Erwin Center
Austin, TX

North Carolina State Wolfpack at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 27, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 North Carolina State (25-12)	44	20	64
#1 Western Kentucky (35-3)	47	22	69

North Carolina State Wolfpack
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanders	25	2-5	1-2	1-2	0	7	1	0	8	6
Hatten	18	4-6	4-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	12
Sidibe	24	7-9	4-5	0-0	4	1	0	0	2	18
Bosley, B	25	4-5	0-0	2-3	11	2	2	1	2	10
Bosley, E	21	5-9	0-2	1-2	8	3	0	0	3	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nuualiita	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ahvenniemi	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Barnes	8	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	0	0	1	4
Cain	7	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	3
Houston	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Laurie	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-38	10-15	4-7	27	18	3	1	19	64
TEAM TOTALS		25-38	10-15	4-7	27	18	3	1	19	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	24	2-3	0-0	1-2	1	6	3	0	0	5
Lewis	18	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	2
Li	21	11-22	8-17	1-1	0	0	3	0	1	31
Jack	21	1-5	0-1	0-0	5	3	4	0	0	2
Shehan	13	3-5	0-0	0-0	1	4	0	1	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	15	6-9	0-0	1-2	7	0	2	0	1	13
Pawlak	7	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	2
CAmper	10	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	6
Jordan	7	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Capel	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Merriex	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-57	10-23	3-5	17	20	16	1	4	69

Tovarich: I take back what I said about the first matchup not having anything to do with the second. That was damn near identical. We had to hold the ball and limit their shots because they were shooting the lights out. First game they were 26/38. We improved to hold them to 25/38 this time. They were 9/16 on 3's the first game, 10/15 this time, so we got a little worse there. They were 9/9 at the line, we held them to just 5 free throws, so that was better. We forced 18 turnovers the first time, we improved slightly to 19, although that 19th one came with about 1 second to go. We shot 28/60 the first time, we took 3 fewer shots but still made 28, so our percentage was a tad better. 9/22 from 3, this time 10/23 so we took one more and made it. Hooray. We were 9/10 at the line, this time just 4/7, so the refs just weren't calling as many fouls for either of us. Carbon copy of the first matchup almost, but that works for us.

Reporter: The team seems to play better with Suotamo in. Is the better team unity from Shehan really worth it?

Tovarich: Probably not, we may switch that back for Michigan State. We'll let the next game unfold a little first and try to recognize quickly who's on and who's off. It's too random and unpredictable.

Reporter: You looked defeated early in the first half, did you feel that way?

Tovarich: Hard not to down 14-4 right off the bat, 2 fouls on us, 3 blocks by then, 2 other missed in the paint and they were 3/3 on 3's. Then it was apparent our only defense was denying shots and being hyper aggressive going for steals and we forced enough and hit enough 3's ourselves to stay in it and ran the clock in the second half, and just barely hung on.

[Tovarich]

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
#5 Louisville 93 #9 Alabama 86
#2 Duke 89 #3 Notre Dame 87

#12 Texas 88 #1 Air Force 71
#2 Georgia Tech 61 #6 Pittsburgh 60

#1 Western Kentucky 69 #4 North Carolina State 64
#3 Michigan State 96 #7 DePaul 82

#12 Virginia Tech 67 #9 Arizona 60
#7 Nebraska 88 #11 Richmond 77

NIT 2nd Round
Arizona State 62 Clemson 55
Mississippi State 73 Loyola Marymount 70

Baylor 71 Youngstown State 66
Ohio State 95 Auburn 73

South Florida 74 Fairfield 70
Rhode Island 80 Gonzaga 76

Oregon 73 Pepperdine 59
UNLV 81 Indiana 76

[studbucket]

Texas doing their best to get a rematch with WKU. Virginia Tech also a spunky 12 seed.

Wild that you're the only #1 seed left.

[Tovarich]

vs.

NCAA Tournament Elite 8
Frank Erwin Center
Austin, TX

Michigan State Spartans at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 29, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Michigan State (27-10)	29	29	58
#1 Western Kentucky (36-3)	46	21	70

Michigan State Spartans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Rowland	25	4-8	2-5	0-0	1	8	2	0	6	10
Newton	26	5-7	2-4	0-0	1	1	1	1	2	12
Butt	26	6-9	1-3	2-2	2	2	0	2	4	15
Frey	22	4-6	1-2	0-0	3	2	0	1	3	9
Briggs	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Miles	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Willis	13	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	2
Draughan	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard	10	2-2	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	5
Garza	5	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	3
Humphries	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Loucks	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-36	8-16	2-2	15	15	4	8	20	58
TEAM TOTALS		24-36	8-16	2-2	15	15	4	8	20	58

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	26	1-4	1-4	6-6	0	3	8	0	2	9
Lewis	25	0-5	0-4	0-0	1	2	2	0	0	0
Li	25	5-13	3-11	0-0	2	1	2	0	2	13
Jack	23	4-8	0-1	2-2	3	2	3	2	0	10
Shehan	15	7-11	0-0	4-4	6	0	1	0	0	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	13	3-5	0-0	7-9	4	1	1	0	0	13
Pawlak	5	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	4
Camper	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jordan	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Capel	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merriex	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-51	4-22	21-23	17	9	20	2	4	70

Tovarich: My favorite way to win. Allow 67% shooting, 50% from 3, force 20 turnovers and hang on to win at the end after leading big.

Reporter: When they got the lead down to 3 or 4 a few times, did you regret all the time wasting?

Tovarich: No. You figure a 17 point lead just takes a few baskets here and there to keep it up. It worked the way it's supposed to work. Sure, they made it interesting at the end, but I knew the way they turned the ball over like crazy in the first half that they'd make a run in the second. You just try to drag it out if you can and see if you run the clock out on them, which we did.

Reporter: Do you like your chances against a 12 seed in the Final Four?

Tovarich: That doesn't matter at this point in the tournament. They're obviously playing well. Can't have a bad game and survive against anyone after the 1st round.

[Tovarich]

NCAA Tournament Elite 8
#5 Louisville 86 #2 Duke 80

#12 Texas 77 #2 Georgia Tech 76

#1 Western Kentucky 67 #3 Michigan State 58

#12 Virginia Tech 81 #7 Nebraska 73

NIT Quarterfinals
Arizona State 80 Mississippi State 78

Ohio State 83 Baylor 77

Rhode Island 81 South Florida 77

UNLV 89 Oregon 83 (OT)

NIT Semifinals
Arizona State 72 Ohio State 69
UNLV 73 Rhode Island 71

NIT Championship
UNLV 88 Arizona State 74