Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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@

Stegeman Coliseum
Athens, GA

Tennessee Volunteers at Georgia Bulldogs
Feb 9, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Tennessee (16-6)	24	37	61
#1 Georgia (24-0)	46	32	78

Tennessee Volunteers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hunter	22	5-10	1-3	0-0	0	4	0	0	6	11
Johnston	22	7-11	0-2	2-2	6	2	0	0	1	16
Messy	18	6-8	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	13
Sheppard	23	1-4	0-2	2-2	6	2	1	0	1	4
Hellenga	17	3-7	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	2	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Norwood	15	3-6	1-2	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	7
Hooks	11	1-4	0-2	2-2	2	2	0	1	2	4
Cox	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Henry	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Campbell	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigert	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Pleiness	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-51	3-16	6-6	21	16	4	3	11	61
TEAM TOTALS		26-51	3-16	6-6	21	16	4	3	11	61

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	22	4-6	1-2	2-2	1	0	1	0	1	11
Horton	22	1-4	1-3	3-4	3	3	2	0	1	6
Sanderson, T	22	5-10	1-5	2-3	1	2	0	0	0	13
Kovacevic	22	7-9	0-0	1-2	10	4	2	0	0	15
Moody	22	8-12	0-0	5-6	4	4	2	0	0	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Root	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Fontenet	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Deren	6	3-6	0-0	2-3	0	0	1	1	1	8
Hart	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		30-50	3-10	15-20	20	15	10	1	4	78

Tovarich: Finally a drama-free win. I needed one of those after this last week. That first game against them my first season they killed us, and their offense hasn't done much against us since, not sure why. They made a little bit of a run in the second, but nothing concerning.

Reporter: How big is next week for recruiting?

Tovarich: It's our last week with one game, so we'll have to get a few visits scheduled at least. It's not easy to find time for anything during conference season.

Reporter: Kentucky is now on a win streak. Is that game harder than it seemed before?

Tovarich: We caught them at the right time the first go. Maybe they had some injuries, I'm not sure. This'll be our first time finally. I expect a battle.

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 11, 2019
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Georgia	24-0
2	3	Arizona	21-2
3	2	Marquette	20-4
4	5	Alabama	19-4
5	4	Clemson	22-4
6	6	Fresno State	21-1
7	8	Southern California	20-4
8	15	Georgia Tech	15-8
9	12	Michigan State	19-5
10	11	Florida State	14-6
11	17	Notre Dame	17-5
12	10	Pepperdine	19-5
13	7	South Florida	17-5
14	18	Texas Tech	16-4
15	14	Massachusetts	17-4
16	16	Indiana	16-6
17	9	Brigham Young	18-4
18	21	Louisville	16-7
19	19	West Virginia	16-7
20	23	Miami Florida	16-6
21	13	North Carolina State	15-6
22	NR	UCLA	17-6
23	22	Pittsburgh	16-7
24	24	Auburn	14-5
25	25	Duke	17-9

[Tovarich]

@

Rupp Arena
Lexington, KY

Georgia Bulldogs at Kentucky Wildcats
Feb 16, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#1 Georgia (25-0)	43	53	96
Kentucky (11-10)	38	48	86

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	20	4-5	2-3	4-4	0	4	2	0	3	14
Horton	20	4-7	2-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	10
Sanderson, T	20	4-8	4-5	0-0	0	1	3	0	0	12
Kovacevic	23	5-8	0-0	2-2	11	10	2	1	1	12
Moody	19	11-15	0-0	8-8	5	1	1	0	0	30
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	8	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Root	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fontenet	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	8
Deren	6	3-6	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	8
Hart	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		36-60	8-12	16-16	19	20	12	1	5	96

Kentucky Wildcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dickey	17	6-8	1-2	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	13
Goodson	26	7-13	2-5	2-2	0	10	1	0	6	18
Gastel	23	8-11	4-6	2-2	8	4	1	0	2	22
Frisby	12	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	2
Wilmont	20	2-5	0-2	0-0	7	2	1	0	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hanson	9	4-7	2-4	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	10
Hayes	13	4-6	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	9
Sola	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	1	1	2
Ruffin	11	3-3	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	6
Mikulas	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Randall	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Paulding	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		36-58	10-21	4-4	24	24	5	1	12	86

Tovarich: Fun game. Reminds me of some of my Western Kentucky games against Louisiana Lafayette. Fast paced, lots of shots. Lots of made shots today. Misses were rare, defense was optional. First time I've had a player get a triple-double. I had no idea he was up at 9 assists, so we made sure to try our hardest there to get him a 10th and we got it with about 45 seconds left. He kicked it out nicely for some 3's to Sanderson and Horton, and they were kind enough to give him 2 assists on out of bounds throw-ins. I'm not sure if that's technically correct or not, but we'll take it.

Reporter: Are you rooting for Alabama to continue winning to possibly have another Game of the Century in 2 weeks?

Tovarich: I'll root against them specifically so I don't have to hear that phrase again. Leave it to football.

Reporter: Coach Gillispie joined the chorus of your opposing coaches complaining about free throw disparities. Do you think the refs are bias in your favor?

Tovarich: I think we're usually more aggressive than most of our opponents. Kentucky's 4 big guys only combined for 16 shots while ours had 35, so I think it's natural we got to the line more. We also had a big height advantage over their PF's. They have 2 C's, but they're young and both come off the bench and the PF's got in foul trouble trying to deal with people much bigger than them. I know their C's are so heralded and they're young, but maybe keeping people in their position would behoove coach.

[Tovarich]

SEC Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 18, 2019
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Georgia	25-0	1.00	10-0	-
Alabama	20-5	.800	8-2	2
Arkansas	18-8	.692	8-3	2.5
South Carolina	17-7	.708	7-4	3.5
Tennessee	17-6	.739	5-5	5
Auburn	15-6	.714	5-5	5
Louisiana State	16-10	.615	5-5	5
Mississippi State	12-12	.500	4-7	6.5
Mississippi	12-14	.461	4-7	6.5
Vanderbilt	11-9	.550	3-7	7
Kentucky	11-10	.523	2-8	8
Florida	9-13	.409	1-9	9

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America East
UMBC 9-4
Maine 8-5
Albany 7-6
New Hampshire 6-6
Vermont 7-7

ACC
Clemson 10-2
Miami, GT, VT 7-4
MD, BC 6-6

A-Sun
UNF 10-3
Mercer 9-3
Kennesaw State 9-4
Gulf Coast 8-4
Lipscomb 8-5

A-10
UMass 8-2
St. Bonaventure 8-3
Temple 7-3
St. Joe's, Richmond 7-4
Rhode Island 6-4

Big East
Marquette 11-2
ND 11-3
Louisville 9-3
WVU 8-5
USF 8-6

Big Sky
Weber State 9-3
Portland State 9-4
Montana, Sac State 8-4

Big South
Winthrop 9-1
Charleston Southern 10-2
Asheville 7-3

Big 10
Michigan State 10-4
Iowa 8-5
Michigan 7-5
Indiana 8-6
Wisconsin 7-6

Big 12
Colorado 7-3
Texas Tech, A&M 7-4
ISU, Oklahoma 6-5
Kansas State 5-5

Big West
Northridge 9-3
Davis 8-4
LBSU, Riverside 7-4
Irvine 6-5

Colonial
George Mason 13-2
Towson 12-3
VCU 11-4

CUSA
ECU 9-1
Houston 8-2
Marshall 7-3
USM 7-4

Horizon
UIC 11-4
Loyola, Butler, Valpo 8-7
Milwaukee, Green Bay 7-7

Ivy
Dartmouth, Harvard 6-2
Columbia 5-2
Brown 5-3
Yale 4-4

Metro
Loyola 13-3
Fairfield 11-5
Marist 10-6

MAC
WMU 11-2
Ball State 9-3
Miami Ohio 9-4

MEAC
FAMU 11-1
Eastern Shore, S Car State 9-4
Howard 8-4

MVC
Creighton, Indiana State 11-4
Bradley 11-5
SIU, No Iowa 10-6

MWC
AFA 9-2
BYU, UNLV 7-4

NEC
MSM 11-3
LIU, RMU 9-5
CCSU 8-6

OVC
Tennessee State 14-4
SEMO 13-4
Samford 12-6
APSU, UTM, Tennessee Tech 11-7

PAC 10
USC 11-2
Arizona 10-3
UCLA 9-4

Patriot
American 9-2
Army 8-2
Lafayette 7-4

SoCon
Furman 14-2
Wofford 11-5
C of C 12-6
Davidson 11-6

Southland
C Ark 9-1
NW State 8-3
SELA, SFA 6-4

SWAC
Grambling 9-3
Southern 10-4
JSU, AAMU 8-4
PV 8-5

Summit
UMKC 10-4
ORU 10-5
SD State 10-6
IUPUI 9-6
Oakland 8-7

SBC
New Orleans 12-2
WKU 11-3
MTSU 9-5

WCC
Pepperdine 10-1
San Fran 7-4

WAC
Fresno 11-0
NMSU, Idaho 8-4

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@

Humphrey Coliseum
Starkville, MS

Georgia Bulldogs at Mississippi State Bulldogs
Feb 20, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#1 Georgia (26-0)	45	39	84
Mississippi State (12-13)	33	39	72

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	22	4-5	2-3	2-2	1	4	2	0	2	12
Horton	22	2-2	2-2	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	6
Sanderson, T	22	1-6	0-3	0-0	1	3	3	0	0	2
Kovacevic	22	13-18	0-0	5-6	6	2	0	0	0	31
Moody	20	10-16	0-0	2-2	10	1	3	1	0	22
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Root	6	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Fontenet	6	0-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0
Deren	8	4-5	0-0	3-4	1	0	0	1	0	11
Hart	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		34-58	4-10	12-14	22	14	12	2	3	84

Mississippi State Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wente	21	5-6	3-3	2-2	0	8	0	0	3	15
Willie	21	4-9	2-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	10
Petersen	21	5-10	3-8	0-0	2	2	0	1	2	13
Monserez	15	2-4	0-2	0-0	3	3	0	2	3	4
Mikalauskas	23	3-5	0-1	1-3	10	3	1	2	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bolton	16	7-10	4-6	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	18
Staten	16	1-7	0-3	1-3	4	1	0	1	0	3
Rhodes	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Fitzgerald	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Sigurdarson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bowden	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Krager	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-54	12-28	4-8	23	19	1	6	13	72

Tovarich: Luckily our big guys dominated. Kovacevic was tremendous breaking the press. We allowed a lot of 3's to keep them in it. The bench was pretty brutal outside of Deren.

Reporter: Is this a team of destiny coach?

Tovarich: Well, that phrase is less bad than Game of the Century, but no, I still expect to lose somewhere. Tennessee on the road. Alabama's still in the top 10 despite their loss the other night. The whole SEC tournament has been awful for us so far. I don't think there's a 40-0 in our future. I hope to get a loss out of the way before the NCAA tournament.

Reporter: We're almost to the final week of recruiting. Do you expect the class to come together?

Tovarich: I think we're a lock for 3 or so guys. We're chasing Tennessee on one. UNLV and USC can steal one if they open up a scholarship. USC has a guard who could go to the NBA early if he wanted. I think we're safe on UNLV getting us unless they have someone unhappy who wants to transfer. Plenty of backup plans, but that's most likely the next coach's problem.

[Tovarich]

@

Stegeman Coliseum
Athens, GA

South Carolina Gamecocks at Georgia Bulldogs
Feb 24, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Carolina (17-8)	41	26	67
#1 Georgia (27-0)	50	36	86

South Carolina Gamecocks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bajornas	20	7-11	1-3	0-0	3	2	0	0	4	15
Bridgewater	19	2-8	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Arline	24	3-7	3-5	2-2	3	1	1	0	2	11
Thompson	22	6-11	0-0	1-1	12	2	0	2	1	13
McGuire	21	2-6	0-1	2-2	7	4	0	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Caldwell	10	4-9	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Pulley	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	1	0
Perry	13	1-2	1-1	3-4	4	1	0	0	1	6
Jimenez	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Melvin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Douthit	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Peavy	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-55	9-20	8-9	30	13	2	3	13	67
TEAM TOTALS		25-55	9-20	8-9	30	13	2	3	13	67

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	24	2-4	1-2	2-2	1	19	3	0	1	7
Horton	22	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	5
Sanderson, T	22	7-12	3-7	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	17
Kovacevic	22	5-7	0-0	2-3	6	1	2	0	1	12
Moody	19	10-17	0-0	3-3	5	1	2	0	0	23
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	6	2-4	1-3	1-2	1	1	1	0	0	6
Root	6	0-4	0-4	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fontenet	6	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	6
Deren	9	4-6	0-0	0-0	6	2	1	0	0	8
Hart	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		36-64	6-19	8-10	25	27	13	1	2	86

Tovarich: 19 assists is crazy. I've seen opposing PG's put up some crazy numbers, but that's a new high. We tried to leave him in there for 20, but after his touch being magic for everyone else in the 1st half, it was a curse for most of the 2nd, or he could've had Steve Nash-like numbers. Good win though. Rebounding was awful, but they never really threatened despite being 7/10 on 3's in the 1st half.

Reporter: He's only averaging 2.8 assists per game. What was different today?

Tovarich: They played a little zone, so we were able to get some open 3's and we hit them. Assists are largely dependent on other people making shots. Normally we hit the guard or SF outside and they dump it down to the post when we want to do that, but with the zone, it seemed better to maneuver Sanderson around and get a more direct passing lane down low, and they made a lot of their layups in the 1st half. I think he went to halftime with 13. Then suddenly no one could hit anything he threw them after. Who knows.

Reporter: If you can get by Tennessee and Alabama, should you go into the SEC tournament undefeated?

Tovarich: Those are definitely the two hardest. I'm not sure why Florida is so awful. @ Vanderbilt won't be a cakewalk most likely. But Alabama is obviously the toughest. Tennessee I see just fell out of the rankings after climbing into them, but that's a road game, so it won't be easy.

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 25, 2019
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Georgia	27-0
2	2	Marquette	23-4
3	4	Clemson	25-5
4	7	Alabama	22-5
5	6	Arizona	23-4
6	5	Southern California	23-5
7	3	Fresno State	22-2
8	8	Pepperdine	22-5
9	9	Georgia Tech	17-9
10	10	Massachusetts	21-4
11	11	Brigham Young	21-4
12	12	Michigan State	21-6
13	13	Florida State	16-8
14	14	Notre Dame	19-7
15	15	South Florida	20-6
16	16	Indiana	18-7
17	17	Louisville	18-9
18	18	Pittsburgh	18-9
19	19	Texas Tech	18-6
20	NR	Boston College	19-8
21	24	West Virginia	18-8
22	20	Auburn	16-7
23	NR	California	16-8
24	NR	Syracuse	20-7
25	NR	East Carolina	20-6