Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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Conference Tournament Winners
America East-2 Albany
ACC-1 Duke
Atlantic Sun-6 Lipscomb
Atlantic 10-2 Rhode Island
Big East-9 Louisville
Big Sky-1 Northern Colorado
Big South-2 Radford
Big 10-4 Ohio State
Big 12-7 Kansas
Big West-2 Pacific
Colonial-2 Old Dominion
CUSA-4 Houston
Horizon-5 Wright State
Metro Atlantic-5 Siena
MAC-1 Western Michigan
MEAC-2 Hampton
Missouri Valley-1 Illinois State
Mountain West-3 Air Force
Northeast-2 St. Francis PA
Ohio Valley-5 Tennessee Tech
PAC 10-1 Southern California
Patriot-2 Holy Cross
SEC-2 Tennessee
Southern-4 Wofford
Southland-7 Northwestern State
SWAC-1 Alabama A&M
Summit-3 Western Illinois
Sun Belt-1 Western Kentucky
West Coast-1 Gonzaga
WAC-2 New Mexico State

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NCAA Tournament
Play-in Game
Western Illinois (16-16) vs. Northwestern State (13-15)

East
#1 Duke (25-5) vs. Play-in
#8 Texas A&M (18-11) vs. #9 Virginia Commonwealth (23-5)
#5 Georgia Tech (21-10) vs. #12 Illinois State (21-11)
#4 Louisville (22-12) vs. #13 Houston (18-13)

#6 Michigan State (23-10) vs. #11 Arizona State (18-13)
#3 Texas (24-9) vs. #14 Wofford (18-13)
#7 UCLA (19-10) vs. #10 Western Kentucky (28-5)
#2 Georgetown (22-8) vs. #15 Tennessee Tech (18-13)

South
#1 Syracuse (26-7) vs. #16 Wright State (16-14)
#8 Iowa State (20-11) vs. #9 Maryland (21-11)
#5 Michigan (24-8) vs. #12 Air Force (22-11)
#4 Kentucky (23-9) vs. #13 Siena (20-11)

#6 Nebraska (22-9) vs. #11 St. John's (19-13)
#3 Southern Mississippi (23-5) vs. #14 Harvard (17-13)
#7 Rhode Island (25-7) vs. #10 Virginia Tech (18-11)
#2 West Virginia (22-9) vs. #15 Radford (16-12)

Midwest
#1 Gonzaga (29-3) vs. #16 St. Francia PA (18-14)
#8 Boston College (19-11) vs. #9 Oklahoma (17-10)
#5 North Carolina State (23-8) vs. #12 Old Dominion (23-9)
#4 Pittsburgh (23-11) vs. #14 Holy Cross (22-10)

#6 Xavier (25-7) vs. #11 Ohio State (23-11)
#3 Arkansas (27-8) vs. #14 Lipscomb (14-15)
#7 Connecticut (20-12) vs. #10 Arizona (21-11)
#2 Vanderbilt (25-5) vs. #15 Alabama A&M (21-13)

West
#1 Southern California (25-8) vs. #16 Northern Colorado (19-10)
#8 Kansas (22-13) vs. #9 Alabama (20-10)
#5 Oklahoma State (21-9) vs. #12 Western Michigan (25-6)
#4 Seton Hall (21-9) vs. #13 Albany (17-14)

#6 Cincinnati (21-11) vs. #11 New Mexico State (21-8)
#3 Oregon (23-9) vs. #14 Pacific (19-11)
#7 Marquette (17-13) vs. #10 Florida (18-12)
#2 Tennessee (24-6) vs. #15 Hampton (17-12)

NIT
La Salle vs. NJIT
Florida State vs. Manhattan
California vs. Eastern Illinois
Memphis vs. Loyola Chicago

Charlotte vs. Winston-Salem State
Utah State vs. East Carolina
St. Joseph's vs. Brigham Young
St. Mary's vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

Stanford vs. Stephen F Austin
Washington vs. Cal Poly
Bradley vs. Mercer
North Carolina Greensboro vs. Winthrop

Miami Florida vs. Oakland
Dayton vs. Massachusetts
Notre Dame vs. Boston U
North Carolina vs. Lehigh

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Assistant: wussup every1?

Reporter: Hi, who are you?

Assistant: I'm Lionel, 30m. I'm an assist at WKU. HBU?

Reporter: Why are you talking like that?

Assistant: Sry, I don't talk much. I mostly send e-mails. I'm not really sure why I'm up here.

Reporter: Coach Tovarich is just avoiding a press conference he feels in unnecessary.

Assistant: No, I get that. I just don't understand why ya'll couldn't just e-mail me your questions and I could e-mail you my answers. I don't talk much in public.

Reporter: OK, so what do you think about drawing UCLA in the tournament?

Assistant: We're playing UCLA?

Reporter: Yes?

Assistant: Oh, cool. U should come play Western Kentucky tho.

Reporter: Uh, coach, you don't have to recruit us.

Assistant: Oh, right, sry. That's all I do.

Reporter: So you don't have any opinions about UCLA?

Assistant: I haven't e-mailed any1 at UCLA.

Reporter: So what do you do during games?

Assistant: I send e-mails from my phone.

Reporter: So what can you tell us about the recruits?

Assistant: I don't know much. I don't talk to the ones we're gonna sign. I just e-mail some other guys, like a plan M if the first ones don't work out.

Reporter: So, what have you been doing since recruiting ended?

Assistant: I just sit at my desk. Then I go sit in the arena during games. I'm basically on vacation.

Reporter: Do you think coach will fire you like he does all his other assistants?

Assistant: Wut? Y? I did good sending all those e-mails.

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 1st Round
RCA Dome
Indianapolis, IN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at UCLA Bruins
Mar 18, 2010	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#10 Western Kentucky (28-6)	20	40	60
#7 UCLA (20-10)	47	47	94

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	22	1-7	0-5	2-2	4	7	3	0	1	4
Rakiecki	22	1-7	0-4	0-0	1	0	4	0	0	2
Tamayo	20	8-30	5-18	0-0	1	1	6	1	1	21
Riley	22	7-9	0-0	0-0	3	2	2	1	0	14
Petrauskas	22	2-4	0-0	1-1	6	2	1	0	3	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pettigrew	8	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Slaughter	6	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Marshall	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Frazier	6	3-4	0-0	3-4	2	1	0	0	0	9
Ryan	6	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Evans	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-71	6-36	6-7	18	15	18	3	7	60

UCLA Bruins
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Haywood	12	4-7	1-2	2-2	0	2	0	0	2	11
Jegdic	12	3-5	0-1	0-0	4	3	0	0	2	6
Stanback	8	2-3	1-2	1-2	2	3	1	0	0	6
Hedges	10	2-2	1-1	0-0	10	1	0	0	1	5
KEefe	11	4-6	0-0	0-0	9	1	2	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shumate	20	6-10	2-3	1-2	2	5	2	0	3	15
Harrington	16	3-3	1-1	2-2	4	2	0	0	3	9
Severovas	13	5-7	3-5	0-0	1	5	0	0	4	13
Thomas	13	3-5	1-1	0-0	5	2	0	1	1	7
Dragovic	11	4-5	0-0	1-1	4	0	0	0	0	9
Chandler	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Halsell	14	2-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	2	5
TEAM TOTALS		38-55	10-16	8-11	42	24	5	1	20	94

Tovarich: That was one of the dumber things I've ever had to sit through in my life. I don't even know where to start.

Reporter: Let's start with missing your first 15 3's and being 1/19 in the first half.

Tovarich: Yeah, amazing.

Reporter: Why do you think they were full court pressing up 30 in the second half?

Tovarich: All part of the script.

Reporter: Do you think it was nerves by the FR?

Tovarich: No.

Reporter: Do you take anything away from this game?

Tovarich: That it was fixed and I'm glad it's over.

Reporter: You don't think you can learn anything and take it into the offseason and be better for it next year?

Tovarich: No.

Reporter: Your NCAA tournament game at Maryland-Eastern Shore was similar. Do you think it's just a totally different game because it's in the NCAA tournament?

Tovarich: It shouldn't be. It's still a game of basketball. Some of our regular season games are fixed too.

Reporter: What do you think you could've done differently?

Tovarich: Oh, you're right. I should have started the bench and not shot any 3's because we started 0/15. It makes no difference in these instances. See you all next season.

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NCAA Tournament
Play-in Game
Western Illinois 82 Northwestern State 80

East
#1 Duke 101 #16 Western Illinois 74
#8 Texas A&M 75 #9 Virginia Commonwealth 60
#5 Georgia Tech 101 #12 Illinois State 69
#4 Louisville 83 #13 Houston 77

#11 Arizona State 97 #6 Michigan State 83
#3 Texas 82 #14 Wofford 53
#7 UCLA 94 #10 Western Kentucky 60
#2 Georgetown 84 #15 Tennessee Tech 54

West
#1 Southern California 91 #16 Northern Colorado 67
#9 Alabama 73 #8 Kansas 62
#5 Oklahoma State 96 #12 Western Michigan 69
#4 Seton Hall 95 #13 Albany 56

#6 Cincinnati 83 #11 New Mexico State 76
#3 Oregon 94 #14 Pacific 48
#10 Florida 89 #7 Marquette 77
#2 Tennessee 100 #15 Hampton 72

South
#16 Wright State 74 #1 Syracuse 73
#9 Maryland 98 #8 Iowa State 87
#5 Michigan 70 #12 Air Force 58
#4 Kentucky 91 #13 Siena 60

#6 Nebraska 80 #11 St. John's 58
#3 Southern Mississippi 86 #14 Harvard 63
#7 Rhode Island 86 #10 Virginia Tech 79
#2 West Virginia 99 #15 Radford 54

Midwest
#1 Gonzaga 110 #16 St. Francis PA 65
#8 Boston College 69 #9 Oklahoma 62
#5 North Carolina State 60 #12 Old Dominion 54
#4 Pittsburgh 83 #13 Pittsburgh 65

#11 Ohio State 64 #6 Xavier 63
#3 Arkansas 87 #14 Lipscomb 68
#7 Connecticut 73 #10 Arizona 68
#15 Alabama A&M 82 #2 Vanderbilt 70

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round

#1 Duke 87 #8 Texas A&M 60
#4 Louisville 78 #5 Georgia Tech 66
#11 Arizona State 65 #3 Texas 51
#7 UCLA 76 #2 Georgetown 67

#9 Alabama 70 #1 Southern California 69
#4 Seton Hall 85 #5 Oklahoma State 81
#6 Cincinnati 85 #3 Oregon 76
#2 Tennessee 79 #10 Florida 75

#9 Maryland 90 #16 Wright State 62
#5 Michigan 76 #4 Kentucky 58
#3 Southern Mississippi 89 #6 Nebraska 69
#2 West Virginia 84 #7 Rhode Island 68

#1 Gonzaga 85 #8 Boston College 79
#5 North Carolina State 72 #4 Pittsburgh 70
#11 Ohio State 104 #3 Arkansas 96
#15 Alabama A&M 90 #7 Connecticut 88

NIT 1st Round
La Salle 71 NJIT 56
Manhattan 75 Florida State 69
California 71 Eastern Illinois 54
Memphis 77 Loyola Chicago 54

Charlotte 89 Winston-Salem State 51
East Carolina 73 Utah State 53
St. Joseph's 74 Brigham Young 70
Fairleigh Dickinson 79 St. Mary's 71

Stanford 79 Stephen F Austin 52
Washington 89 Cal Poly 76
Bradley 108 Mercer 107
NC Greensboro 86 Winthrop 77

Oakland 68 Miami Florida 67
Dayton 63 Massachusetts 47
Notre Dame 96 Boston U 76
North Carolina 97 Lehigh 76

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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
#1 Duke 86 #4 Louisville 69
#11 Arizona State 68 #7 UCLA 66

#9 Alabama 84 #4 Seton Hall 69
#2 Tennessee 90 #6 Cincinnati 85

#9 Maryland 85 #5 Michigan 73
#3 Southern Mississippi 89 #2 West Virginia 85

#1 Gonzaga 88 #5 North Carolina State 75
#11 Ohio State 76 #15 Alabama A&M 63

NIT 2nd Round
La Salle 83 Manhattan 48
Memphis 79 California 78

East Carolina 89 Charlotte 58
St. Joseph's 92 Fairleigh Dickinson 61

Washington 84 Stanford 72
Bradley 61 NC Greensboro 52

Dayton 78 Oakland 56
North Carolina 82 Notre Dame 62

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8
#1 Duke 81 #11 Arizona State 66

#2 Tennessee 94 #9 Alabama 68

#3 Southern Mississippi 105 #9 Maryland 82

#1 Gonzaga 92 #11 Ohio State 62

NIT Quarterfinal
Memphis 85 La Salle 80

St. Joseph's 62 East Carolina 57

Washington 83 Bradley 77

Dayton 66 North Carolina 61

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NCAA Tournament Final Four
#1 Duke 75 #2 Tennessee 73

#1 Gonzaga 81 #3 Southern Mississippi 67

NIT Final Four
Memphis 72 St. Joseph's 55
Washington 73 Dayton 65

NIT Championship
Washington 88 Memphis 74

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Gonzaga Bulldogs at Duke Blue Devils
Apr 5, 2010	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Duke ()	44	28	72
Gonzaga ()	45	41	86

Duke Blue Devils
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pugh	32	2-9	0-2	0-0	1	6	1	0	3	4
Scheyer	38	2-8	0-2	6-8	0	1	0	0	2	10
O'Bannon	11	0-1	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	2	1	1
Thomas	25	5-7	0-0	6-7	5	0	1	0	0	16
Hamilton	27	5-10	0-0	0-2	6	1	0	3	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Smith	17	5-9	1-4	3-3	4	1	1	0	1	14
Henderson	13	2-4	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	0	0	5
Forbes	24	3-10	2-3	1-2	2	4	1	1	2	9
McKowen	7	0-2	0-0	1-2	0	2	0	0	1	1
Stys	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Moye	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		25-62	3-11	19-28	26	15	5	6	10	86

Gonzaga Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Foster	20	2-5	0-2	4-5	4	4	0	0	1	8
Gray	28	5-9	4-5	0-0	6	2	1	0	4	14
Daye	35	5-11	0-2	2-2	7	3	1	0	5	12
Sandoval	31	3-7	1-1	2-2	8	3	3	1	2	9
Sacre	9	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	1	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gurganious	27	7-11	02	2-4	2	1	0	0	2	16
Davis	15	0-3	0-0	0-2	4	0	1	2	2	0
Gastel	10	2-3	2-3	2-2	2	1	1	0	2	8
Bouma	13	2-2	1-1	4-5	3	1	1	0	1	9
Leadbetter	6	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Sampson	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Foster	3	2-2	0-0	2-3	2	0	0	0	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		28-54	5-17	22-29	39	16	8	4	20	72

Thought I fixed this, don't know why it's messed up. Gonzaga won.

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NCAA Player of the Year-Luke Harangody (Notre Dame)
Mid-Major Player of the Year-Omar Samhan (St. Mary's)
NCAA Coach of the Year-Mike Krzyzewski (Duke)
Defensive Player of the Year-Gani Lawal (Georgia Tech)
Big Man of the Year-Luke Harangody (Notre Dame)
FR of the Year-Raitis Dooley (North Carolina)

1st Team All-America
PG-Eugene Harvey (Seton Hall)
SG-Jeromy Dyson (Connecticut)
SF-Jonathan Rodriguez (Campbell)
PF-Gani Lawal (Georgia Tech)
C-Luke Harangody (Notre Dame)

2nd Team All-America
PG-Eddie Rios (Miami Florida)
SG-Keon Lawrence (Missouri)
SF-Bill Walker (Kansas State)
PF-Darrell Arthur (Kansas)
C-Omar Samhan (St. Mary's)

FR All-America
PG-Arnold Woodward (Missouri)
SG-Raitis Dooley (North Carolina)
SF-Stevie Tamayo (Western Kentucky)
PF-Francisco Doyle (North Carolina)
C-Rylan Reaser (South Florida)

Sun Belt
Coach of the Year-Dave Tovarich (Western Kentucky)
Player of the Year-Elijah Millsap (Louisiana Lafayette)
FR of the Year-Stevie Tamayo (Western Kentucky)

1st Team All-Sun Belt
PG-Ryan Wedel (Arkansas State)
SG-Deshaun Chavis (South Alabama)
SF-Elijah Millsap (Louisiana Lafayette)
PF-Mitchell Hampton (Louisiana Monroe)
C-Kurt Popoola (Denver)

2nd Team All-Sun Belt
PG-James Staten (Florida Atlantic)
SG-Edwin Messy (Florida International)
SF-Stevie Tamayo (Western Kentucky)
PF-Carol Logan (Troy)
C-Kudus Petrauskas (Western Kentucky)

FR All-Sun Belt
PG-Andrew Stivers (Western Kentucky)
SG-Branden Conklin (Troy)
SF-Stevie Tamayo (Western Kentucky)
PF-Jay Davis (Middle Tennessee)
C-Kudus Petrauskas (Western Kentucky)

Notable Coaching Changes
Jim Boeheim retires from Syracuse (replaced by Stew Morrill of Utah State)
Jim Calhoun retires from Connecticut (replaced by Blaine Taylor of Old Dominion)
Dave Odom retires from South Carolina (replaced by Dana Altman of Creighton)
Rick Stansbury takes over George Washington
Homer Drew retires from Valparaiso

Notable Transfers
Drew Viney leaves Oregon for Kennesaw State
Jay Boythe leaves Arizona State for Cal Poly
Trevor Mbakwe leaves Marquette for Niagara
Michael Thompson leaves Northwestern for Southeast Missouri
Sammy Zeglinski leaves Virginia for Wright State
Mike Scott leaves Virginia for Charleston Southern

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Stats - 2009-10
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Tamayo	34	600	16.5	1.4	0.9	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.7
Stivers	34	608	9.4	1.5	5.1	2.0	0.0	0.4	0.6
Rakiecki	30	529	9.1	1.5	2.3	1.5	0.0	0.2	0.8
Petrauskas	34	594	8.3	6.4	1.9	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.0
Pettigrew	34	320	7.0	1.6	0.1	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.4
Slaughter	34	378	6.6	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.4
Riley	34	610	6.4	3.7	2.7	1.8	0.2	0.3	1.4
Frazier	34	303	5.5	1.7	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.3
Marshall	34	332	4.9	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.8
Evans	26	188	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4
Ryan	34	354	2.2	0.9	2.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	0.9

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Tovarich: Welcome all to the highly unnecessary pre-season press conference. End of speech.

Reporter: Tell us about your recruits coach.

Tovarich: I signed the main 2 guys I was going for after we lost out on the one All-American in-season. We signed:
Marlon Capel #30 PG #110 OVR 3* Tucson, AZ
B.B. Shehan #3 C #105 OVR, 3* New York, NY

Reporter: Who did you ruthlessly cut this year?

Tovarich: Very light on the cuts, just W.M. Sikes, a walkon SF. I got a few nice walkons, one very nice that like Petrauskas I can't believe ended up here. But I will redshirt all 3 of them:

Najeeb Blankenship (W) SF
Donatas Zoellner (W) C
Dane Blanchard (W) PF

Reporter: So you're keeping 12 active players and 15 total on the roster?

Tovarich: Yes, yes, incredible I know. There won't be enough minutes to keep everyone happy though.

2010-2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
5	Raphael Ryan	SF	6'3"	197	JR	Nashville, TN
11	Gerry Riley	PF	6'7"	231	SO	Nashville, TN
12	Marlon Capel	PG	5'11"	171	FR	Tucson, AZ
22	B.J. Frazier	SF	6'7"	225	SR	Atlanta, GA
24	Najeeb Blankenship (W) (RS)	SF	6'8"	228	FR	Cincinnati, OH
25	Stevie Tamayo	SF	6'7"	198	SO	Nashville, TN
30	Steffphon Pettigrew	SF	6'5"	240	SR	Lexington, KY
32	Donnie Rakiecki	SG	6'5"	206	JR	Nashville, TN
33	Andrew Stivers	PG	6'0"	179	SO	Florrisant, MO
35	D.J. Magley	C	6'9"	268	RS JR	Delray Beach, FL
41	B.B. Shehan	C	7'0"	235	FR	New York, NY
44	Dane Blanchard (W)	PF	6'7"	231	SO	Tucson, AZ
45	J.C. Marshall	PF	6'8"	260	JR	Louisville, KY
54	Kudus Petrauskas (W)	C	6'7"	261	SO	El Paso, TX
55	Donatas Zoellner (W)	C	7'0"	244	FR	Germany

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart - 2010-11
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Stivers	Capel
SG	Rakiecki	Ryan
SF	Tamayo	Pettigrew	Frazier
PF	Riley	Marshall
C	Shehan	Petrauskas	Magley

Reporter: Why not cut some of the 3rd string guys you say you won't have minutes for?

Tovarich: Well, I'm just such a nice guy.

Reporter: OK, but really, why?

Tovarich: Magley and Ryan are JR's. If I cut them, I can't use their scholarship until next season, which means I don't get a FR until the following season anyway. The same will happen if I keep them on the roster and let them graduate next year. I'll try to find some mop-up duty for them.

Reporter: So Petrauskas is demoted to the bench after starting last year?

Tovarich: Yes, we rate Shehan just ever so slightly higher and he also has more height, which I hope will equate to some better rebounding. The other 4 starters will be the same. Ryan is listed as the 2nd SG, but Pettigrew will play SG on the B-team and everyone else can be in their natural position.

Reporter: And what about the schedule?

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 2009-10 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 1	vs Sam Houston State
Nov 6	vs Mississippi State
Nov 11	at Connecticut
Nov 16	vs Troy
Nov 19	vs South Padre Island Tournament
Nov 22	at Texas
Dec 1	vs Kennesaw State
Dec 6	vs George Washington
Dec 11	vs Liberty
Dec 22	at California
Dec 24	vs Shamrock Office Solutions Classic
Dec 29	at Louisiana Lafayette
Jan 1	vs Middle Tennessee
Jan 8	at Louisiana Monroe
Jan 12	vs South Alabama
Jan 15	at Florida Atlantic
Jan 17	vs Florida International
Jan 20	vs Arkansas-Little Rock
Jan 23	vs Arkansas State
Jan 27	at North Texas
Jan 29	at New Orleans
Feb 3	vs Denver
Feb 6	at Troy
Feb 10	at Florida International
Feb 12	vs Louisiana Lafayette
Feb 17	at Middle Tennessee
Feb 24	vs Louisiana Monroe
Feb 26	at South Alabama

Reporter: And, what about your

Tovarich: (interrupting) let me guess...assistants.

Reporter: Of course, coach. They're important.

Tovarich: Mine aren't. I fired the last two and hired two different ones, both slightly better tape watchers and e-mailers.

Reporter: Thanks, coach. We'll see you after the scrimmage.

Tovarich: You will not. That press conference is canceled and roster finalization day is not happening either as I've finalized the roster already. Everyone take a vacation until the season starts.

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 1,
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Duke
2	Pittsburgh
3	Michigan State
4	Florida
5	Gonzaga
6	Maryland
7	Georgetown
8	Syracuse
9	Cincinnati
10	Oregon
11	West Virginia
12	Alabama
13	Florida State
14	Oklahoma State
15	Ohio State
16	Southern California
17	Vanderbilt
18	Georgia Tech
19	Michigan
20	St. John's
21	Kentucky
22	Wisconsin
23	North Carolina
24	Louisville
25	Villanova

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Sun Belt Pre-season Ratings

1. Western Kentucky 83
2. Troy 80
2. South Alabama 80
2. Middle Tennessee 80
5. Florida International 78
6. Florida Atlantic 77
6. Louisiana Lafayette 77
6. Arkansas-Little Rock 77
9. Louisiana Monroe 76
9. North Texas 76
11. Denver 75
12. New Orleans 74
13. Arkansas State 72

[Tovarich]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Sam Houston State Bearkats at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 1, 2010	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Sam Houston State (0-1)	36	23	59
Western Kentucky (1-0)	40	33	73

Sam Houston State Bearkats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crow	21	4-7	1-2	0-0	1	4	0	0	6	9
Bingham	24	5-7	3-4	0-0	3	5	0	0	3	13
Traore	21	1-13	0-9	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	3
Jennings	21	6-12	1-3	1-1	6	1	1	0	2	14
Herman	19	3-4	0-1	3-4	10	3	0	0	1	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hardy	11	3-4	2-3	0-0	2	4	0	0	2	8
Howel	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Matera	11	0-0	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	1	1	1
McCully	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2
Goodwin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Worthy	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Riddle	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-48	7-22	6-9	31	17	1	1	17	59
TEAM TOTALS		23-48	7-22	6-9	31	17	1	1	17	59

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	19	1-4	0-3	2-2	0	3	5	0	0	4
Rakiecki	19	1-6	0-4	1-2	2	1	2	0	2	3
Tamayo	19	7-17	4-12	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	18
Riley	19	6-9	0-0	3-4	4	4	1	0	0	15
Shehan	19	5-6	0-0	0-0	8	0	1	2	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pettigrew	7	2-6	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Petrauskas	7	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Frazier	9	1-6	0-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Marshall	9	4-5	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	8
Capel	9	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	3	3	0	0	2
Magley	2	1-1	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Ryan	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		30-65	6-29	7-9	27	12	15	2	2	73

Tovarich: Kind of an ugly performance. It's lucky we were playing an overmatched opponent. We looked rusty. They were turnover prone even before we pressed.

Reporter: Speaking of overmatched opponents, why did Sam Houston State come here for the second year in a row?

Tovarich: Yeah, that was a mistake. That was supposed to be at their place. The AD and I goofed on that one.

Reporter: Is it discouraging that you felt like you had to press in the second half against said overmatched team?

Tovarich: A little. It was a bizarre shooting performance until the last 2 minutes. It seemed like we were always up between 4 and 7. If we were up 6 or 7, we never seemed to hit a shot. They almost always hit one. If they were down 4 or 5, they never seemed to hit a shot. Then suddenly we broke it open at the end a little. It's quite discouraging to take 17 extra shots and beat a cupcake by 14 only.

Reporter: What did you see from your FR C?

Tovarich: He seems a little bit better of a rebounder, but we'll see. He's going to get thrown into the fire against a handful of big schools and I'll know much more about his ability after that. He got a few offensive boards and went right back up with them and made some layups, so it felt like a little bit of an improvement, but if it didn't look like one against this team, that would've been discouraging.

Reporter: Other than Riley and Marshall who were beating the press, no one seemed to have a great shooting night, though Shehan made 5 of his 6 layups. Why do you think that was?

Tovarich: Rust, maybe. I don't know. Everyone will need to find the form for Mississippi State, that's for sure. Can't have another performance like that.