University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

[Tovarich]

Athletic Director Steve Cobb: Welcome everyone, I am here to formally announce the University of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves will move up to Division 1 in basketball, effective for the 2007-2008 basketball season. We received a large anonymous donation to help fund the endeavor. With that boring statement stuff out of the way, I now introduce our first Division 1 basketball head coach, Coach Tovarich.

Tovarich: Hello everyone. Sorry this press conference isn't about hockey like you probably all assumed it was. They'll have to share the Division 1 spotlight with us now. Coach Tovarich 3.0 doesn't like to talk a lot either, so questions?

Reporter: Are you here for the long haul or are you going to jump to another school when you get a chance?

Tovarich: I intend to retire here. There'll be no career progression to follow. It's not about me, it's about the school and the program. I just stand up here for press conferences and coach the team.

Reporter: Is it realistic to be an independent Division 1 basketball program?

Tovarich: Well, no conference would take us. Something about non-existent TV market and not enough fans and lots of travel and these blah blah blah excuses. It's the ultimate challenge to build a program up here in Alaska anyway, but being a relevant program in D1 basketball in this scenario is indeed probably the biggest challenge I could think of. Games will be more difficult. Recruiting will be more difficult. I expect great difficulty, but I am here to get it done.

Reporter: How did you build this roster?

Tovarich: Basically when Centenary decided to drop down to a lower Division, I begged them all to transfer here to continue playing D1 basketball.

Reporter: How about your assistant coaches?

Tovarich: Oh, good. You guys love those too. I didn't exactly have the pick of the litter on those. This whole experiment of a program up here might be a career killer. I hired some people. I'd love to tell you how great they are at coaching basketball and recruiting and scouting, but it wouldn't be great if I got up here and lied during my first ever press conference.

Reporter: What do you expect to accomplish during this first season?

Tovarich: Scheduling as an Independent is a nightmare, as I've already learned. There's lots of rules, some very odd ones. We put together a few different road trips. If we're going to fly all the way over to the mainland, we might as well stay a while. We'll alternate every year between the Great Alaska Shootout and the Top of the World Classic. We'll get around to every part of the country. We've got a handful of power schools, some major, some mids, some small. We'll assess after this season how much of a challenge we're capable of and adjust the schedule next year. Eventually though, once we build up some talent and aspire for bigger things, we'll have to put a schedule together that would help us get an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and we'll have to figure out how to do that later. That's a long way off I expect. Baby steps for now.

Reporter: Who do you consider our rival to be?

Tovarich: Hawaii is the only team that made sense to me, a respectful rivalry of non-contiguousness, so we'll see them every year. That sounds like enough of me talking for now. I'll get you all the roster and the schedule and the depth chart and such later on. For now, I've got a lot of recruiting work to do and I'll see you all again after the first game.

[Tovarich]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

The conferences are a mix of current/past/whatever I thought made sense etc. Obviously the mega conferences that now exist can't be duplicated so I did as close to what I thought made sense as I could come up with.

Because the American didn't exist back then, and I used the Colonial as a mish-mash conference of larger schools who don't fit anywhere to avoid dropping them lower than mid-major, the decaying remnants of the Ohio Valley and Northeast conferences have essentially been dissolved.

The "America East" is the quasi-Summit League. St. Thomas MN and Omaha don't exist on the game. I used the never-really-in-D1 Winston-Salem State to make South Dakota. I used St. Francis NY who dropped basketball to be North Dakota. To round it out, I added former member Western Illinois and Eastern Illinois from the Ohio Valley to fill the final opening.

The "Atlantic Coast" is the old 12-team Big 10 before they added Maryland, Rutgers and the West Coast.

The "Atlantic Sun" is the current Coastal Conference, since apparently Colonial is gone due to political correctness. There were only 12 spots for 14 teams, so I removed Campbell and Monmouth who were the newest members.

The Atlantic 10 is largely in tact. There are 14 spots for 15 teams, so Loyola Chicago was removed as the newest member.

The "Big East" is the pre-2024 15-team ACC minus SMU and the Bay Area schools, and to fill the final 16th spot, I returned Maryland to where God intended them to be.

The Big Sky is current except for newest member Idaho.

The Big South is current except for Presbyterian, which is not on the game.

The "Big 10" is a semi-Big East Conference. There was no room for Cincinnati and West Virginia in the Big 12, so I have returned them here to where they are not demoted from power status. I removed newer members Creighton and Butler. I almost left Rutgers here, but decided that Xavier was a more relevant program, so they are in.

The "Big 12" is this super old-school retro conference called the PAC 12 that existed way back in 2023.

The Big West is current, minus Hawaii, and then Cal State-San Diego doesn't exist on the game.

The "Colonial" is the leftover conference-anyone who didn't fit in a bigger conference or had their conference dissolved etc and was someone I was trying not to demote to a "small" school.
They include: Arkansas-Little Rock, Belmont, Butler, Creighton, Florida Atlantic, Illinois-Chicago, Marshall, Morehead State, Murray State, North Texas, Texas-San Antonio and Valparaiso.

"Conference USA" as a "major" conference on the game became the American. With no room for Central Florida, Houston, TCU, SMU or Rutgers in a bigger conference, they've been returned here, filled out with current members East Carolina, Charlotte, UAB, Temple, Tulane, Memphis and South Florida. Florida Atlantic, Texas-San Antonio, Wichita State, Tulsa and Rice were sacrificed elsewhere to make room for the bigger schools to keep them from becoming too irrelevant.

The "Horizon" is the current CUSA.

Independents are Alaska-Anchorage, previous Independents Chicago State and Utah Valley State, along with OVC and NEC leftovers Fairleigh Dic kinson, Monmouth, Southeast Missouri and then Southern Utah.

The Ivy League is of course unchanged.

The "Metro Atlantic" is a form of the America East. Bryant and UMass-Lowell don't exist on the game. The remaining 3 spots were filled out with NEC teams Long Island, Wagner and Central Connecticut who seemed the best geographic fit.

The MAC is unchanged.

The "MEAC" is the current Metro Atlantic.

The Missouri Valley is largely current but with old members Wichita State and Loyola Chicago who didn't fit elsewhere, replacing more recent additions Valparaiso, Murray State, Illinois-Chicago and Belmont.

The Mountain West is a mix of old and new. Gonzaga has been added to make them a major team instead of mid-major (also they're leaving the WCC anyway), and BYU who doesn't fit in the Big 12 has been returned. Fresno State, Utah State, Hawaii and San Jose State were all moved over to the WAC where there was lots of room. Boise State was chosen over those four for the final spot as I arbitrarily deemed them to be the most relevant program of those choices.

The "Northeast" is the current members of the Atlantic Sun, minus non-existent teams North Alabama, Queens, Bellarmine and West Georgia. To fill out the final 3 spots, OVC refugees Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and Tennessee-Martin were moved in to be kept together.

The "Ohio Valley" is the current Horizon, which demotes them from mid-major to small, which seems more accurate. To fill out the 12th spot, St. Francis PA from the NEC was moved over to keep Robert Morris company in the eastern fringes of the conference.

The "PAC 10" is the old Big 12 without Nebraska and Colorado.

The "Patriot" is the current MEAC.

The SEC is the old 12-team SEC before Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma.

The Southern conference is largely current but with 11 spots for 10 teams, so Campbell who didn't fit in their conference seemed like the best geographic fit fills it out.

The "Southland" is the current SWAC.

The "SWAC" is the current Southland, minus non-existent Incarnate Word, Houston Christian and East Texas A&M. To fill out the final spot, former member Texas-Arlington was returned.

The "Summit" is the current Patriot League.

The Sun Belt is largely current except for Marshall as there were 13 spots for 14 teams.

The West Coast is largely current minus temporary members Oregon State and Washington State and then the soon to be outgoing Gonzaga.

The WAC is largely an old version. Grand Canyon was created to replace Savannah State who dropped down to D2, then former WAC members Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Tulsa, San Jose State, Utah State, Rice and Fresno State.

[Tovarich]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves 2007-08 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 1	vs Citadel
Nov 7	vs Denver
Nov 13	vs Cal State Bakersfield
Nov 22	at Great Alaska Shootout
Nov 29	at Wichita State
Dec 1	at Butler
Dec 4	at Dayton
Dec 6	at Ohio State
Dec 11	vs Eastern Washington
Dec 17	vs North Dakota
Dec 21	at Sun Bowl Classic
Dec 24	at New Mexico
Dec 27	at Arizona State
Jan 2	vs South Dakota
Jan 5	vs San Francisco
Jan 10	at Hawaii
Jan 13	at Cal Riverside
Jan 15	at St. Marys
Jan 17	at Southern California
Jan 21	vs Grand Canyon
Jan 25	vs Idaho
Jan 30	vs Oral Roberts
Feb 7	at Western Illinois
Feb 9	at Loyola Chicago
Feb 14	at Northern Colorado
Feb 16	at Utah Valley State
Feb 19	vs North Carolina A&T
Feb 29	vs Monmuth

2007-2008 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
4	Edgar Murry	PG	6'1"	200	RS JR	Baton Rouge, LA
11	Robbie Wagner	SF	6'8"	180	FR	Austin, TX
20	Pete Peavy	PG	6'2"	200	JR	Columbus, GA
25	Shane Scalzo	PG	5'10"	175	SO	Towson, MD
30	Robert Spears	SG	6'2"	175	FR	Oklahoma City, OK
32	Coby Borders	PF	6'8"	215	FR	Edmond, OK
35	Leandro Zwikker	SF	6'6"	210	SR	Montenegro
40	Vernon Taft	PF	6'7"	225	RS JR	Dallas, TX
50	John-Michael Atkinson	C	6'11"	205	FR	Houston, TX
52	Eugene Marsh	PF	6'7"	205	FR	Houston, TX

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Depth Chart - 2007-08
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Murry (65)	Peavy (60)	Scalzo (58)
SG	Spears (60)
SF	Wagner (55)	Zwikker (48)
PF	Borders (60)	Taft (58)	Marsh (57)
C	Atkinson (56)

Independent Ratings:
Southeast Missouri 71
Southern Utah, Chicago State 70
Utah Valley State 68
Monmouth, Fairleigh Dic kinson 67
Alaska-Anchorage 65

[Tovarich]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

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Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Citadel Bulldogs at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Nov 1, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Citadel (0-1)	25	22	47
Alaska-Anchorage (1-0)	37	23	60

Citadel Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Liberty	19	2-8	0-3	0-0	1	6	0	0	2	4
Wheeler	26	3-8	2-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	8
Ireland	22	3-4	1-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	7
Guy	21	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2
Elias	22	4-5	0-0	1-1	4	2	0	0	1	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Borders	11	2-2	0-0	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	5
Christensen	10	3-6	2-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	3	8
McLeod	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Durovic	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	1	2
Holden	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zivanovic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-38	5-13	5-13	18	13	2	0	10	47
TEAM TOTALS		20-38	5-13	5-13	18	13	2	0	10	47

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	24	2-4	0-0	1-2	3	6	1	1	0	5
Murry	24	7-9	3-4	0-1	1	0	1	0	0	17
Spears	24	2-4	1-2	0-2	1	1	2	0	0	5
Borders	23	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	2	0	1	0	1
Atkinson	22	10-17	0-0	4-6	5	0	3	2	0	24
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wagner	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Scalzo	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Taft	6	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	2
Marsh	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zwikker	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		24-39	4-6	8-15	15	9	9	4	2	60

Tovarich: It's great to start 1-0 in Division 1. We're actually the only 1-0 team in America right now. We are still in America up here, yes? Russia didn't secretly invade without anyone knowing? Nah, the Polar Bears would've alerted someone, right?

Reporter: Why do you think both teams scored so little?

Tovarich: Poor team unity. They're probably the one team in America who has less than us.

Reporter: How would you describe team unity coach?

Tovarich: Basically, your freshman guard gets a steal and he's running down the court, and on the way, he starts thinking about how he's a freshman, and then he realizes some other people are freshmen too and then he misses because he's thinking about being a freshman.

Reporter: Is this slow pace going to be the regular style for this team?

Tovarich: Probably. We can run a little with the starters. We have 3 guards out there. We'll run with some teams if we can. That's the only team on our schedule worse than we are. That's why I scheduled them. Normally you schedule some NAIA bible college if you can so you make sure your program starts 1-0, but I'm not allowed to do that. The B team, with 2 SF's and 2 PF's is obviously not out there to run. They're ideally not out there at all, but that's unrealistic.

Reporter: What did you learn about the team in the scrimmage?

Tovarich: Mostly I'm wondering about one of my assistants. I only have two, and one was coaching the other team...so how did we both have the same third assistant on both our benches at the same time the entire game? It was impossible to miss. We only have 10 players on the roster, so there was literally no bench for that game. That's why we each had to call every timeout we had so no one collapsed of exhaustion. I had to poke the guy over there to see if he was real. Maybe the other one was a hologram. Maybe a clone? Can you do that in Alaska? It's pitch black out for the next three months, so who'd notice?

Reporter: Do you think recruits will be willing to come up here and play?

Tovarich: We'll see. I haven't developed much in the way of recruiting skills yet. My assistants have no skills at anything really except maybe cloning themselves. I haven't seen the second assistant's double since the scrimmage though. He could've been gored by a moose, I'm not sure. It's going to be rough. There are 2 prospects in this state this season and honestly, neither are really worth signing unless I'm desperate at the end. I'm curious what kind of recruits we can get too.

[studbucket]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

Any reason why you don't do both tournaments each year? Are they at the same time?

Reporter: How would you describe team unity coach?

Tovarich: Basically, your freshman guard gets a steal and he's running down the court, and on the way, he starts thinking about how he's a freshman, and then he realizes some other people are freshmen too and then he misses because he's thinking about being a freshman.

OMG I'm dying. So perfect.


Also sounds like your assistant coaches may be mad scientists, not basketball guys.

[RolePlayer]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

He's back and as good as always

[Tovarich]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

Any reason why you don't do both tournaments each year? Are they at the same time?

They're one week apart, but I'd get bored without ever being able to play in any others all the time, so I'll kinda do the new Chaminade plan which is to alternate instead of being in it every year.

[RolePlayer]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

Have you done an independent team before? How difficult is it to get them in the tourney?

[Tovarich]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

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Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Denver Pioneers at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Nov 7, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Denver (0-1)	29	17	46
Alaska-Anchorage (2-0)	35	40	75

Denver Pioneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gooding	23	3-12	2-5	0-0	1	4	0	0	0	8
Zuzak	24	3-8	1-3	0-0	0	5	0	1	4	7
Gates	21	5-8	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	11
Minter	23	3-7	0-0	0-0	10	3	0	0	2	6
Loughton	21	3-6	1-2	0-0	6	2	0	0	1	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dickerson	13	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Guiang	5	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	3
Lidzius	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Hart	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Okpwae	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bouma	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-46	6-15	0-0	22	15	0	2	9	46
TEAM TOTALS		20-46	6-15	0-0	22	15	0	2	9	46

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	24	2-2	1-1	0-0	2	4	4	0	0	5
Murry	24	5-11	4-10	2-2	1	2	2	0	0	16
Spears	24	3-7	2-4	3-4	1	1	1	0	0	11
Borders	20	4-7	0-0	1-2	7	2	0	0	0	9
Atkinson	20	10-12	0-0	6-7	4	0	1	1	0	26
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wagner	4	1-1	0-0	1-1	2	1	0	0	0	3
Scalzo	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taft	11	1-4	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	3
Marsh	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Zwikker	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		27-47	7-16	14-18	22	11	9	2	0	75

Tovarich: I know that looks like a blowout, but that was a 9 point game with 5 minutes to go. Then they couldn't make a shot and they were in a hurry and devolved into taking the first shot they could get. So I think went 27-7 there to finish? I guess there is a second team in America with less team unity than us. Maybe no one has any right now.

Reporter: Denver coach is complaining that FT's were 18-0 and thinks the refs were biased.

Tovarich: The refs have been kind to us both times. Maybe our 4,000 seat arena is intimidating and refs don't want to get whale blubber thrown at them on their way out of the arena so they give us some calls. Or Denver just relied on jump shooting too much.

Reporter: What's the plan with recruiting?

Tovarich: We only have one SG on this roster, and only one C. We only have one SF back next year too. Those are the priority probably with the 3 scholarships. Next year we'll have 4 I think and then we can work on building up the all-around talent. Most of these FR are likely going to be here their entire four years, so we'll build around them for now. I think one is in a position where he's possibly going to get cut next season if I can get some better talent but we'll see.

RolePlayer: How difficult is it going to be to get an Independent to the tournament?

Tovarich: Without that autobid, you pretty much have to be one of the top 40-45ish or so teams in the country. The 12-16 seeds, so about 20 of the 65 spots, go to teams who get an autobid but wouldn't otherwise be in. So that leaves basically the top 45 other teams, maybe even a few less than that if there are some upsets in the bigger conference tournaments. It's hard to say how tough it is. It's a total after-thought. It's not normally a way you can even start a career because none of those jobs are available in your typical career path. In this open career, I was able to take on the challenge. Building a top 40-45 roster is probably the first step. Otherwise, you might have to figure out a balance in the schedule of piling up wins against bad teams, but somehow increasing your RPI from some tougher games, and winning one or two here and there. We'll have to figure out the optimal RPI-inflating schedule somewhere down the road. For now, we have to recruit the talent first and then worry about that, because getting a top 40 roster at a small school AND one 3,000 miles from anywhere is probably going to be a long and arduous and maybe impossible journey.

[Tovarich]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

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Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Nov 13, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Cal State Bakersfield (1-2)	35	36	71
Alaska-Anchorage (3-0)	44	37	81

Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Diaz	24	4-8	1-1	2-2	1	12	1	0	3	11
Buckley	21	6-9	2-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	14
Jorgusen	22	5-12	3-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	13
Johnson	14	3-5	0-0	2-2	5	1	0	0	0	8
McLaughlin	19	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	2	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Vargas	11	2-3	0-0	3-4	7	1	0	2	1	7
Rios	11	3-5	2-4	0-0	0	2	1	0	1	8
Lett	12	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	4
Santos	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	4
Osborne	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bowden	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Tamayo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-48	8-16	7-8	20	21	3	4	10	71
TEAM TOTALS		28-48	8-16	7-8	20	21	3	4	10	71

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	24	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	10	3	0	0	2
Murry	24	8-13	5-10	0-0	1	2	2	0	1	21
Spears	24	6-8	5-7	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	17
Borders	20	3-6	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	8
Atkinson	19	11-16	0-0	6-6	4	2	1	0	1	28
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wagner	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scalzo	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taft	9	1-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	2
Marsh	8	1-1	0-0	1-1	2	0	1	0	1	3
Zwikker	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		31-52	10-18	9-9	16	16	9	0	3	81

Tovarich: You hope with that level of opponents to start the season, you can start 3-0, but you know it might not happen. We did it. Obviously it's hard to get anyone good up here, so many of our home games are winnable.

Reporter: Is it all blue skies then?

Tovarich: Of course not. You can read between the lines in some of the stats and see the potential clouds on the horizon. Maybe not here because it's dark 19 hours a day until the end of the season, but you can see the grizzly bear lurking to eat you when you let your guard down for a second. The rebounding is obviously pitiful. We were tied in rebounds with Denver, but they missed at least 10 shots in the last 5 minutes and we made most of ours. We were probably -8 or so on the boards until they started jacking shots before anyone got the hoop, so those were free like some politician running unopposed. Citadel shot over 50%. Bakersfield just shot almost 60%. We shot well in those games too. That's not going to last forever. We're 21/40 on 3's this season. That's not realistically going to last. We haven't left home yet, so we don't know how we'll react to that, and we're obviously the less talented team in most, if not all of our road games. So let's slow down, especially considering who we're about to get in the Great Alaska Shootout.

Reporter: So what are you doing well then?

Tovarich: Other than shooting 3's, we're taking care of the ball. +24 in turnovers through 3 games. That IS something we can keep up. Atkinson is making his layups. Can't rebound, but he's finishing down low. We're keeping the starters fresh. The higher percentage of minute they're out there, the better. We're not falling behind early, so we're not having to press, or tire ourselves out of get desperate. We're getting to the line. It was fairly even two of those games and then Denver was probably an aberation. Now, we can do any of that against an elite team, or away from home? We'll see.

[Tovarich]

Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

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Great Alaska Shootout Quarterfinal
Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Wisconsin Badgers
Nov 22, 20078	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alaska-Anchorage (3-1)	28	45	73
#7 Wisconsin (2-0)	37	43	80

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	22	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	7	1	0	0	0
Murry	22	5-9	4-8	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	14
Spears	22	2-8	1-6	2-2	3	3	1	0	0	7
Borders	20	2-4	0-0	2-2	3	1	1	0	1	6
Atkinson	20	15-23	0-0	5-8	4	0	3	0	1	35
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wagner	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scalzo	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taft	10	4-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	8
Marsh	6	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Zwikker	6	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	1
TEAM TOTALS		29-53	5-14	10-14	15	13	7	0	2	73

Wisconsin Badgers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Winter	25	5-6	0-0	2-2	2	10	0	0	3	12
Stivers	22	5-10	1-2	0-0	1	4	0	0	1	11
Iversen	22	7-8	0-0	3-3	5	3	0	1	2	17
Zwikker, F	20	8-8	0-0	2-4	6	1	0	0	1	18
Lambert	20	6-8	0-0	0-1	10	5	0	0	0	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nance	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Havens	6	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Rose	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Barnes	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	2
Zwikker, J	8	2-2	0-0	0-1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Little	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Koger	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		36-48	1-3	7-11	27	24	1	1	8	80

Tovarich: We were horrific on defense. 75% shooting, albeit mostly on dunks and layups is pretty embarrassing. We didn't force them into jump shots. We often just plain didn't stop the ball in transition. I'd give them more credit for the shooting but a high school ought to shoot 75% on what we gave them.

Reporter: How about the pace of the game?

Tovarich: Not ideal. But when they start 19/24 shooting and you're missing a bunch of layups, and falling behind, you can't slow it down. So we get in a track meet and we shot a lot better in the second half to make it look close at the end. I think we managed to tie it up with just a touch under 5 to go. We didn't execute though at the end. They made their FT's.

Reporter: Did it give you confidence to play with anyone?

Tovarich: Yeah. Too much. It should be tougher. We go on a four game trip of true road games though after this. Maybe we'll see some more adversity there. This has all been easier than I thought so far.

Reporter: Do you know about mid-range jumpers?

Tovarich: Don't care for them. If we're going to shoot from 18 feet away, we may as well back it up and make it a 3. Otherwise I want people shooting from 2 feet away or less. I don't trust them any further.

[Tovarich]

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Great Alaska Shootout Consolation Game
Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

UTEP Miners at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Nov 23, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
UTEP (1-4)	27	36	63
Alaska-Anchorage (4-1)	26	41	67

UTEP Miners
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ramsdell	26	6-7	2-3	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	16
Beauford	26	7-12	0-0	6-8	4	3	0	0	2	20
Cunningham	15	1-2	0-1	0-0	5	4	0	0	0	2
Castillo	25	3-11	0-3	0-0	6	2	1	0	2	6
Winter	24	5-9	0-0	0-0	11	3	0	0	2	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Powers	11	2-6	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	5
Meyer	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Polakovic	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	2
Kent	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Gai	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Forth	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-49	3-9	8-10	32	17	2	0	10	63
TEAM TOTALS		26-49	3-9	8-10	32	17	2	0	10	63

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	25	0-0	0-0	3-4	2	3	3	0	0	3
Murry	25	2-9	2-7	0-0	1	3	1	0	1	6
Spears	25	6-9	3-6	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	15
Borders	21	3-5	0-0	1-1	5	2	2	0	0	7
Atkinson	20	7-18	0-0	4-6	3	2	0	1	2	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wagner	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scalzo	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Taft	10	6-6	0-0	2-3	1	1	1	0	0	14
Marsh	6	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	4
Zwikker	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		26-49	5-13	10-14	18	15	8	1	4	67

Tovarich: I expect to be -12 on the boards against Wisconsin. -14 against UTEP is bad, even for us. We shot exactly the same, we that could've gone either way. We made a couple 3's more and a couple FT's more. That was it. Tight game all the way to the end. Probably a team that's better than us. We certainly shouldn't win that one playing like that.

Reporter: Maybe your team is better than you think coach?

Tovarich: No. Centenary dropped down to Division 3 for a reason.

Reporter: Do they underestimate you?

Tovarich: Maybe it's just bad team unity. Everyone's seems low. Maybe they'll play better when that improves. We're bad at defense and bad at rebounding, so we shouldn't be 4-1 even against fellow cupcakes.

[Tovarich]

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Great Alaska Shootout 5th place Game
Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Pacific Tigers
Nov 24, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alaska-Anchorage (5-1)	25	34	59
Pacific (4-2)	23	31	54

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	25	0-0	0-0	2-3	2	3	3	0	0	2
Murry	25	3-8	1-5	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	7
Spears	24	2-7	2-3	4-4	1	0	1	0	0	10
Borders	23	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	0	2	0	0	4
Atkinson	20	9-18	0-0	8-8	6	2	3	1	0	26
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wagner	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Scalzo	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Taft	8	2-4	0-0	4-4	1	0	1	0	0	8
Marsh	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Zwikker	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		18-41	3-8	20-21	14	8	12	1	0	59

Pacific Tigers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Conner	24	6-9	1-2	1-1	0	6	0	1	3	14
Temple	23	2-4	0-1	4-4	3	3	0	0	1	8
Hoskins	23	5-8	0-1	1-1	3	3	0	0	4	11
Ngounou	19	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	6
Friend	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	1	2	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Novakovic	14	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Esparza	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rasmussen	7	1-2	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	0	2	3
Duncan	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	2
Cobb	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Valentine	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Tamayo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-38	1-5	7-8	19	13	2	3	14	54

Tovarich: Incredible FT performance. More FT's than FG's made. That has to be a first. Turnovers, none for us and forced 14 and go to the line 13 more times. Other than that, we were grossly outplayed. We can't keep letting everyone shoot 60%. We've inexplicably gotten away with it so far. But it surely won't last.

Reporter: Is 5th place a failure or 2-1 a success?

Tovarich: We got one big opponent and we played well. Then we got a decent mid in UTEP. Pacific's probably not much better than us. We didn't earn the extra games against big opponents. I suppose we should be happy with the wins. I had no idea we might start 5-1. Now a long flight out to the midwest though and we'll learn more.

Reporter: Can you win games when you get refs that aren't calling any fouls down low or sending you to the FT line significantly more than your opponents?

Tovarich: It'll take a big 3-point shooting effort. We had a couple of those, so yes, it can be done, but for now, I thank the refs. I suspect we don't get to bring them on the road with us though. We are constantly getting the ball down low though. I like shots from 1 foot away. They were all man to man today, so open 3's were tough. So we're aggressive and the refs should reward us.

[Tovarich]

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Charles Koch Arena
Wichita, KS

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Wichita State Shockers
Nov 29, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alaska-Anchorage (5-2)	38	28	66
Wichita State (4-4)	39	36	75

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	23	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	8	0	0	1	0
Murry	23	4-6	4-5	2-2	0	2	1	0	0	14
Spears	23	2-12	2-10	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	6
Borders	20	4-9	0-0	4-4	2	1	4	0	1	12
Atkinson	20	6-10	0-0	4-4	4	0	1	1	1	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wagner	5	1-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	3
Scalzo	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taft	8	5-5	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	11
Marsh	8	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2
Zwikker	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	2	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		23-47	6-15	14-16	16	13	8	1	6	66

Wichita State Shockers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Causey	22	5-10	1-2	6-6	2	5	1	0	2	17
Duffy	20	2-5	1-1	0-0	2	3	0	0	2	5
Sullinger	21	2-8	0-1	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	4
Platt	19	2-7	0-0	1-1	5	2	1	2	2	5
Njila	15	7-9	0-0	0-2	5	0	0	0	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Radenovic	8	6-7	0-1	2-2	2	1	0	1	0	14
Kohn	9	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	4
Guerrero	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Richardson	11	1-1	0-0	0-1	4	2	0	1	1	2
Halcomb	9	5-8	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	10
Cranford	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-58	2-6	9-12	30	19	3	4	8	75

Tovarich: Rebound.

Reporter: The team from the loss?

Tovarich: That too.

Reporter: Care to elaborate?

Tovarich: We need to rebound.

Reporter: Why can't you?

Tovarich: Our center is a freshman. I don't doubt that's part of it. He's 6'11". He scores like he's 6'11". He rebounds like he's 4'11". I know because he got outrebounded by four different people on the other team. Spears, our SG tied with him for 4 boards. I need to do some recruiting in that area for sure.

Reporter: How about the rest of the game?

Tovarich: I thought we did well. That halfcourt trap caused some errant passes. We rushed some shots. We didn't finish down low all that well. It was hard to play at a more comfortable pace when we let ourselves get rushed like that.

Reporter: Could you have just gotten across half court and slowed down to a half court offense?

Tovarich: The trap kinda nags at you the entire time. Their PG is really in your face. You have to move around to avoid a 5-second call. And we had some people behind the defense sometimes. The main thing would be to force a miss and they only do it after a basket. But we can't get a rebound to save our lives, so it felt rare they weren't in it.

[Tovarich]

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Hinkle Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Butler Bulldogs
Dec 1, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alaska-Anchorage (5-3)	36	24	60
Butler (6-1)	38	32	70

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	22	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	4	3	0	0	0
Murry	22	3-11	1-7	2-2	1	2	2	0	0	9
Spears	22	4-13	3-11	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	13
Borders	19	1-3	0-0	2-2	7	2	3	0	0	4
Atkinson	19	8-16	0-0	0-2	1	2	2	3	1	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Scalzo	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Taft	13	6-10	0-0	1-1	1	1	2	0	0	13
Marsh	5	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wagner	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Zwikker	6	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	3
TEAM TOTALS		23-57	5-21	9-11	12	14	12	3	1	60

Butler Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gatling	23	3-5	0-1	2-2	2	3	0	0	1	8
Danley	23	4-11	4-7	0-0	2	8	0	0	3	12
Packevicius	22	2-5	0-3	1-1	5	1	0	1	3	5
Boylan	19	4-6	0-1	3-4	6	3	0	2	0	11
Hardy	14	4-7	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	3	2	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Forbes	10	4-5	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Volpenheim	12	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	3	0	0	1	2
Dupree	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Malone	15	6-8	1-2	1-4	7	0	0	0	0	14
McGuire	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Northern	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Battles	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-49	7-17	7-11	31	20	0	6	13	70

Tovarich: Can't shoot poorly AND not rebound, even when +12 in turnovers.

Reporter: Can you win a game on this road trip?

Tovarich: Not likely. I didn't really schedule any wins on this one. We'll have to see who we get in El Paso on the next one. There might be a win or two on the road in the last two road trips.

Reporter: What can you change up to rebound better?

Tovarich: I am at a loss for that right now. After Atkinson, we're not very good. Couple 6'7" and 6'8" guys and Atkinson's a freshman. Maybe it'll get better when he gets more experience. They all are supposed to be crashing the boards 100% with no regard for a fast break. I can keep yelling about rebounding at every timeout until I'm blue in the face.

Reporter: Are road games the problem or the opponent?

Tovarich: Probably neither. We just had an off night shooting 3's. We weren't great in the paint either. We couldn't rebound. We didn't have a free throw advantage. Turnovers are the only thing we consistently do right. But we have to be better in at least one other are to have a chance. Still, we're in every game so far.