Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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Trojan Arena
Troy, AL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Troy Trojans
Dec 11, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#14 Western Kentucky (9-2)	53	26	79
Troy (6-3)	33	36	69

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	19	0-1	0-1	2-2	1	6	1	0	2	2
Rakiecki	19	3-7	1-4	0-0	3	1	3	0	1	7
Tamayo	19	7-12	6-9	4-6	2	1	1	2	1	24
Riley	19	7-9	0-0	0-0	5	2	1	0	1	14
Shehan	19	5-8	0-0	3-3	7	1	0	1	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	9	3-8	0-0	3-3	3	0	1	0	1	9
Galbreath	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	2
Marshall	7	2-2	0-0	4-4	4	0	0	0	0	8
Lewis	9	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Li	9	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Magley	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-54	7-18	16-18	25	13	8	3	9	79

Troy Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McCleod	19	2-5	1-2	0-2	1	6	2	0	0	5
Conklin	20	12-18	1-4	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	25
Peavy	19	6-13	1-3	0-0	3	4	2	0	2	13
Logan	22	1-4	0-1	0-0	12	3	0	1	2	2
Thomasson	15	2-4	0-0	0-2	1	3	0	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pasco	16	5-7	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	12
Ferris	10	3-5	0-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	4	6
Wells	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Goodson	14	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Farley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Diaz	-- DID NOT PLAY --
McGowen	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-58	5-14	0-4	21	24	8	3	9	69

Tovarich: That was looking nice and easy for a while, 20 point lead. The backups were pretty disappointing. Every time I put them in, the lead would shrink to about 11 or 12 and I'd have to sub the starters back in. They got a couple baskets here and there, but I didn't care much for their defense or their shooting.

Reporter: Were you making a statement by never pressing?

Tovarich: No. Just never felt necessary. I almost put it on a couple times in the second half when the lead shrunk.

Reporter: Why fewer 3's than normal?

Tovarich: They pressed a lot, so that leads to some layups. They were almost exclusively in man, not as easy to get open 3's against that, so we mainly shot those when they were in the occasional zone. Only Tamayo really hit any though. Thank goodness for him.

Studbucket: Was Boston College your biggest win?

Tovarich: According to the rankings, they are. Most of the power schools I've always scheduled turned out to be disappointing. On paper, we're allegedly just slightly better than Boston College(86-85). Georgia Tech was better than us and that was on the road and the margin was similar, so I'd say Georgia Tech was our best win, just slightly over this one. We may see top-5 Marquette who's rated 93 in Hawaii and then we get Texas A&M at home, who's rated at 89, so either of those will end up being our best win if we can get it.

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Rainbow Classic Quarterfinal
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI

Hawaii Warriors at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 15, 2011	1ST	2ND	OT	SCORE
Hawaii (3-5)	27	39	7	73
#13 Western Kentucky (10-2)	32	34	15	81

Hawaii Warriors
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jensen	24	3-9	0-5	2-2	0	7	1	0	2	8
Stone	25	10-15	4-8	0-0	1	5	1	0	2	24
McFarland	28	6-14	1-5	4-5	7	4	0	0	3	17
Harrison	27	3-7	1-2	0-0	14	1	1	1	4	7
Webster	26	0-1	0-0	0-0	6	3	0	2	1	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Braswell	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	1	4
Aguilar	10	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	4
Cantrell	11	3-5	1-2	0-0	0	3	1	0	1	7
Low	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Hedges	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Anthony	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Horton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-59	7-22	6-7	36	24	5	3	16	73
TEAM TOTALS		30-59	7-22	6-7	36	24	5	3	16	73

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	25	3-6	1-4	2-2	2	7	0	0	1	9
Rakiecki	25	3-6	2-4	0-0	5	4	0	0	1	8
Tamayo	25	10-29	6-19	2-2	2	1	3	0	0	28
Riley	25	4-5	0-0	2-2	11	5	3	0	1	10
Shehan	25	5-9	0-0	0-0	5	4	2	1	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	8	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	2
Galbreath	8	1-1	0-0	0-3	0	1	2	0	0	2
Marshall	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Lewis	8	1-5	0-2	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	4
Li	8	3-9	2-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Magley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-73	11-37	8-11	32	25	13	1	5	81

Tovarich: Don't think we've had one of those games lately where we need to take 14 extra shots to eek out a game in OT. Could see their long 3 to tie at the buzzer coming a mile away. Whatever, we won it somehow. It was a true road game even though you expect to get 3 neutral games out here. We'll need much better shooting tomorrow if we end up getting Marquette.

Reporter: Are you happy with 28 from Tamayo?

Tovarich: Not when it takes 29 shots. That's not efficient. He was open a lot, not sure why he struggled, or is struggling with his shooting percentage. He's supposed to be getting better as he gets older and he shot better as a FR. It's a mystery.

Reporter: How about the bench today? You seemed to pull them quickly every time you put them in.

Tovarich: Because things were going well enough and then it all fell apart the second they stepped on the court. You could tell early it was better if they stayed on the bench. They gave up a layup and a foul on their first defensive possession, then gave up the offensive rebound on the missed FT for another layup and then they stole it and got a breakaway dunk, so they got outscored 6-0 in about 10 seconds. Rough day for them. They'll need to be a lot better tomorrow if they want to see more than 4 minutes. I know how to use 6 timeouts to keep a team fresh if I have to. My first season at Eastern Shore wasn't that long ago.

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Rainbow Classic Semifinal
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Ohio Bobcats
Dec 16, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#13 Western Kentucky (11-2)	49	40	89
Ohio (3-8)	48	21	69

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	13	3-3	2-2	1-1	2	6	3	0	1	9
Rakiecki	13	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	3
Tamayo	13	4-9	3-7	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	12
Riley	13	6-8	0-0	5-7	2	2	0	0	0	17
Shehan	13	3-5	0-0	0-0	7	0	1	0	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	11	3-5	0-0	1-1	6	1	0	0	1	7
Galbreath	13	2-8	0-5	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	4
Marshall	13	5-10	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	1	10
Blankenship	6	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	2
Lewis	15	5-7	4-7	0-0	1	1	1	1	1	14
Li	11	0-2	0-2	1-2	2	2	1	0	0	1
Magley	6	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		35-66	10-25	9-13	32	18	11	2	6	89

Ohio Bobcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Morgan	23	5-14	2-8	1-4	2	9	1	1	3	13
Cain	26	9-17	5-9	2-2	5	1	0	0	2	25
Videnov	16	0-3	0-2	0-0	4	0	1	1	1	0
Boylan	19	4-7	0-0	5-6	8	1	1	2	0	13
Worthy	13	2-6	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	2	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Forney	7	3-6	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	7
Clifton	10	1-3	1-1	0-0	1	5	1	0	0	3
Goss	16	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	4	2
O'Bannon	6	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Archibong	6	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
Turiaf	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Sola	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-64	9-22	8-12	33	18	5	4	12	69

Tovarich: Disappointing not to get Marquette. Those are the kinds of opponents you hope to get in these quality tournaments. Ohio played like Marquette in the first half with the shooting. 7 offensive rebounds in the first half. They were relentless with the pressing in the first half, even though every big man on their roster I think got 2 fouls from defending because of it. They looked like they ran out of big guys and had a SF in there at C. Made no difference, they still outrebounded us for the game, which is embarrassing. The bench was more competent, got them a lot of minutes. Just wish we had gotten another big time opponent to help the resume.

Reporter: You didn't press in the first half, but you did in the second, until literally the very end, why?

Tovarich: I was just annoyed at them doing it for so long. They hit that long 3 at the buzzer in the first half to make it 49-48 and it just annoyed me the way things were going. They had called off the press just before halftime, but it was just annoying, so we did it to the end. It was the backups though, they should have minimal complaint.

Reporter: Was the game over when you went on the 15-0 run to start the second half?

Tovarich: Yes.

Reporter: Does size even matter in rebounding when they had small players outrebounding you?

Tovarich: I may go my whole career without learning the key to rebounding. I've got no idea. That's why even though some coaches we face are in their second year and are just .500, they're rated higher than I am.

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Rainbow Classic Championship
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI

Loyola Marymount Lions at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 17, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Loyola Marymount (6-4)	32	42	74
#13 Western Kentucky (12-2)	40	38	78

Loyola Marymount Lions
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jorgusen	21	5-9	4-7	2-2	1	4	0	0	3	16
Kabba	20	2-14	1-7	0-0	1	8	0	0	1	5
Zaharias	22	7-14	0-3	1-3	1	0	0	0	3	15
Ellis	13	1-1	0-0	2-2	5	1	2	1	1	4
Randall	13	3-5	0-0	1-1	16	1	0	4	1	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Graham	16	2-2	0-0	0-0	9	2	0	1	0	4
Dobbins	9	4-5	1-2	1-2	0	2	0	0	1	10
McNaughton	9	4-7	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	9
Knight	6	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	2
Wood	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Porter	10	1-4	0-0	0-0	7	0	1	0	0	2
Walker	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-66	7-24	7-10	42	20	3	6	11	74
TEAM TOTALS		30-66	7-24	7-10	42	20	3	6	11	74

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	20	1-4	1-4	2-2	3	3	3	0	2	5
Rakiecki	20	3-7	3-6	1-4	1	2	0	0	0	10
Tamayo	20	3-15	2-12	0-0	4	0	3	0	0	8
Riley	18	3-10	0-0	10-13	6	0	1	0	0	16
Shehan	16	5-10	0-0	5-6	11	1	1	3	1	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	12	3-4	0-0	0-1	6	1	1	0	0	6
Galbreath	8	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	3
Marshall	10	2-9	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	4
Lewis	8	3-4	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Li	8	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Magley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-68	8-27	18-26	36	11	10	3	4	78

Tovarich: Once again, top 20 Tennessee on the other side of the bracket and we end up with Loyola Marymount instead. Very disappointing. Then of course, they played defense like a top 20 team. The entire game was one frustration after another. Luckily we forced a lot of fouls when they pressed because we were experiencing some kind of force field in the paint. I though Marshall was broken. Riley luckily made most of his FT's because he missed most of his layups. Shehan missed a bunch. If it looked like it might go in, someone flew in out of nowhere to block it. Luckily they had some not so great shooting either. Despite all their big guys in foul trouble again, we got outrebounded by smaller people. Inept game by the big guys, inept shooting from the outside mostly too. Ugly game, hideous at times. Unwatchable probably. We won, so whatever I guess, but we came here to play good team and didn't get any, just some who played like they were amazing but did nothing for our resume.

Reporter: Are you ever happy coach?

Tovarich: It happens, though it's rare. Running up the score on Denver makes me happy.

Reporter: How big is the Texas A&M game?

Tovarich: I'd assume that's the biggest home game in the school's history, without knowing who all has traveled to us before. Best team on paper on our schedule, highest ranked I think. Whether we win or lose, it's the kind of team who looks like they'll be playing well into the second week of the tournament and that's what we hope to accomplish so we'll know where we stand before against an elite team before we stop seeing any tournament-quality teams the rest of the season.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Texas A&M Aggies at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 20, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#22 Texas A&M (10-3)	31	33	64
#11 Western Kentucky (13-2)	44	29	73

Texas A&M Aggies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Minyem	22	5-8	2-5	2-3	0	5	1	0	3	14
Markham	21	9-12	4-6	0-0	2	3	0	0	2	22
Cummings	25	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	2	2
Yeager	18	5-8	0-0	2-2	7	2	1	0	0	12
Banjo	20	3-5	0-1	1-2	8	1	1	0	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Battle	14	3-5	0-2	1-2	0	1	0	0	1	7
Holmes	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	1	0
Logie	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Howell	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	0
Duggins	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Cole	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Mulheisen	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-42	6-16	6-9	21	19	3	0	10	64
TEAM TOTALS		26-42	6-16	6-9	21	19	3	0	10	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	18	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	6	3	0	0	5
Rakiecki	18	4-8	0-4	1-2	0	0	1	0	2	9
Tamayo	18	6-14	3-9	0-0	0	4	1	0	0	15
Riley	18	3-3	0-0	0-1	8	2	1	1	1	6
Shehan	17	4-6	0-0	0-1	5	1	0	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	11	2-2	0-0	1-2	1	3	0	0	0	5
Galbreath	10	1-2	1-1	6-6	0	2	1	0	1	9
Marshall	10	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Lewis	10	2-5	2-5	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Li	10	3-5	2-3	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	8
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Magley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-49	9-23	8-12	18	21	11	1	4	73

Tovarich: Great win, both teams shot the lights out. Luckily the press disrupted them a little bit in that first half and we got some turnovers. Didn't need to press much in the second half. Not a lot of misses by either team. Bench did a great job hitting some shots so they got a few extra minutes.

Reporter: They were in the top 15 but lost their last game, would you say it was still the biggest home game in school history?

Tovarich: Not sure. I was a little irritated to see they went and lost to Creighton or that would've been a nice top 15 matchup. Seems like whoever I schedule seems to turn out disappointing. Not much can be done about that though. I don't know who all's come to Western Kentucky to play, but I have to think that's up there.

Reporter: Back to conference play now, do you think you can go undefeated this year?

Tovarich: We've got everyone back, and it took some extraordinary happenings to lose that Troy game by 1. Statistically, that'll happen again and someone will get us, but we're the superior team to everyone we play until the 2nd round of the NCAA's, so we aren't supposed to lose, but random things happen and sometimes it pours pretty hard on your end of the floor and not the other, so I wouldn't bet on it.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 24, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Louisiana-Monroe (2-12)	24	36	60
#11 Western Kentucky (14-2)	38	34	72

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hobson	20	10-17	4-8	1-1	0	4	0	0	2	25
Terry	23	5-10	3-6	0-0	1	1	2	0	2	13
Cooperwood	14	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	5
Franklin	18	4-5	0-0	0-0	10	2	1	0	0	8
Sonn	20	1-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	1	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dennis	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kelley	14	1-6	1-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Lewis	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Valdez	11	2-6	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Bullock	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gates	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Woolley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-56	9-27	1-1	25	15	5	1	6	60
TEAM TOTALS		25-56	9-27	1-1	25	15	5	1	6	60

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	21	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	4
Rakiecki	21	5-10	2-6	0-0	5	0	0	0	1	12
Tamayo	21	7-13	4-9	3-3	3	2	2	0	0	21
Riley	21	0-3	0-0	2-2	6	2	1	1	1	2
Shehan	19	4-8	0-0	6-6	6	3	3	2	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	7	1-3	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Galbreath	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	2	0
Marshall	7	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2
Lewis	7	2-4	2-3	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	8
Li	7	2-2	2-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	6
Magley	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-50	10-21	14-15	27	14	6	3	5	72

Tovarich: Sad and uninspiring performance. We played like we just had to show up to win. Hopefully they don't think this proves them right. Luckily we shot well from 3, the shooting in the paint was sad. We drew a lot of fouls, so thanks refs for that. That's one of the worst teams in the conference and we're at home, so that should be as easy as it gets and we made it look hard. We made their PG look like Allen Iverson. Backups should've gotten more minutes but we couldn't. Sad. Everyone's ready for Christmas I guess.

Reporter: Magley is rumored to be extremely unhappy.

Tovarich: Well, he's a SR, so I suggest he leave the team at the end of the season. I get him in when I can. We have to play better and be ahead by more for that to happen.

Reporter: Blankenship is also appearing to be getting unhappy.

Tovarich: He's a walkon. Not sure why his standards are so high. That said, he has a chance to be on the B team next year if he decides to stick it out. If he doesn't, I won't lose any sleep.

Reporter: Merry Christmas coach.

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Non-Conference Tournament Winners:
2K Sports College Hoops Classic: Temple
Hangar Classic: Idaho State
Cyclone Classic: Texas A&M
CBE Classic: North Carolina State
Pre-Season NIT: Northwestern
"Palm Tree Shootout" aka Puerto Rico Tip-off: Richmond
"Polar Bear Tipoff Classic: aka Top of the World Classic: Washington
100 Club Classic: American
Paradise Jam: North Carolina
"Hawaiian Invitational" aka Maui Invitational: Michigan
Great Alaska Shootout: Georgia Tech
"Orange County Shootout aka Wooden Legacy: Western Kentucky
"Deodorant Classic" aka Old Spice Classic: Iona
Deep Dish Challenge A: St. Bonaventure
Deep Dish Challenge B: Georgia State
Liberty Bell Classic A: Northeastern
Liberty Bell Classic B: Louisville
South Padre Island A: Louisiana State
South Padre Island B: Arkansas State
Blackjack Shootout A aka Las Vegas Invitational: Drexel
Blackjack Shootout B aka Las Vegas Invitational: Loyola Maryland
Legends Classic: Alabama
Big Tree Tournament aka Montana State Bobcat Classic: San Diego
Drake Iowa Realty Tournament: Cal Poly
Hawkeye Challenge: East Carolina
Drake Regency Classic: Coppin State
Hawaiian Island Classic aka Rainbow Classic: Western Kentucky
Gossner Foods Holiday Classic: Sacramento State
Daylight Bowl Tournament aka Sun Bowl Classic: New Mexico
Jackpot Challenge A: Creighton
Jackpot Challenge B: Elon
"Casual Apparel" aka Aeropostale Holiday Festival: Rider
Cable Car Classic: St. Mary's
Gulf Coast Challenge aka Flint Hills Tournament: Buffalo
Golden Bear Classic: Lafayette
Shamrock Office Solutions Classic: Bethune-Cookman
Cougar Classic: Wofford
Railroad Classic aka Dr. Pepper Classic: Valparaiso
UCF Holiday Classic: Alabama Birmingham

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Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Must be nice to be at the point where a double-digit win is "sad and uninspiring." But you'd definitely like to see you guys blow ULM out of the water. Riley's been a lot less aggressive lately, any reason for that?

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 29, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Arkansas-Little Rock (8-6)	41	26	67
#8 Western Kentucky (15-2)	27	72	99

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mathis	25	1-9	0-5	1-2	1	6	0	0	7	3
Thomas	22	6-10	2-4	1-2	3	1	0	0	4	15
Danelius	20	5-9	2-4	2-2	2	0	0	0	5	14
Christopher	21	4-7	0-1	0-0	15	4	2	1	2	8
Bazin	25	2-9	1-2	0-2	6	2	0	0	1	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Long	8	5-7	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	4	11
Grant	8	3-3	2-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	8
McKee	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mann	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bates	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	1	0
Brickens	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ziri	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-56	9-23	4-8	34	15	3	1	25	67
TEAM TOTALS		27-56	9-23	4-8	34	15	3	1	25	67

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	18	2-5	0-3	0-0	1	5	2	0	0	4
Rakiecki	18	4-10	3-9	0-0	2	3	1	0	0	11
Tamayo	18	7-22	5-11	2-2	4	3	1	0	0	21
Riley	18	4-5	0-0	1-1	2	0	4	0	1	9
Shehan	17	4-6	0-0	1-2	7	0	1	5	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	2
Galbreath	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	5	2	0	1	0
Marshall	10	5-8	0-0	1-1	2	3	5	0	1	11
Blankenship	4	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Lewis	10	4-7	2-5	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	10
Li	6	2-4	1-3	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	6
Magley	4	4-5	0-0	2-2	7	0	0	0	1	10
TEAM TOTALS		39-76	13-34	8-10	27	23	20	5	4	99

Tovarich: Tales of two halves I guess. Inexplicable.

Reporter: Did you need to full court press even up 30 in the second half?

Tovarich: Yes.

Reporter: Really?

Tovarich: Yes. That's how annoying that first half was.

Reporter: Did you know you'd win when you started on a 15-0 run after halftime?

Tovarich: I think I knew we'd win on our first shot of the second half. After watching Tamayo start 0-11 and be 1-13 at halftime, I knew when he drained the 3 right off the bat that things were going to change. Then we set up the press, hit a couple more 3's etc, and blew them away.

Reporter: What would you like to blame on the all the scoring being on one side of the court?

Tovarich: No idea. A hex by a voodoo priest? We shot I think 28% at halftime to their 59%. I don't know what all it was in the second half, but it must have been similar. I just made sure we took a lot more shots. Thus, why the press was necessary.

RolePlayer: Why has Riley been less aggressive?

Tovarich: That's just kind of the life of the PF in the 4-out offense. He's no threat from 3 so he doesn't often get shots in the half-court offense. It'll either need to be a pick and roll or maybe if they're tight on our 3-point shooters and he's posting up against someone, we'll get it down to him. But I tend to have little faith in him to make shots, so most of his scoring comes against the teams pressing us. I like the PF to break the press and drive it in and either draw some fouls hopefully or catch their C having to try and guard both bigs and one of them should be open. So, when people don't press, or it's not the traditional 1-2-1-1, there's no much offense for him. I hope to find a PF who can hit some outside shots one day and have that extra 3-point shooter that's a threat, but that's not his game.

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 31, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Middle Tennessee (7-5)	34	33	67
#8 Western Kentucky (16-2)	38	38	76

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Coombs	21	4-7	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	0	2	9
King	19	4-7	1-3	0-0	5	4	1	1	1	9
Valiulis	18	7-12	3-6	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	17
Davis	17	2-4	0-0	2-4	5	3	0	2	2	6
Ford	20	2-7	0-0	0-0	6	4	1	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Worley	17	6-10	3-4	1-2	7	2	1	0	1	16
Ballinger	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Valdez	11	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Lynch	5	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Vianney	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0
McCurry	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zamore	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-54	10-19	3-6	25	22	6	3	8	67
TEAM TOTALS		27-54	10-19	3-6	25	22	6	3	8	67

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	20	2-4	0-1	2-2	2	9	0	0	3	6
Rakiecki	20	0-6	0-6	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0
Tamayo	20	11-16	7-10	2-2	2	2	3	0	0	31
Riley	20	2-3	0-0	1-1	7	2	2	1	1	5
Shehan	19	6-9	0-0	0-4	6	4	0	0	0	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	9	4-4	0-0	1-1	3	3	1	0	0	9
Galbreath	8	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Marshall	8	3-5	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	6
Lewis	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Li	8	2-6	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	5
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Magley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-55	8-20	6-10	22	24	8	3	6	76

Tovarich: The margin ended up close, but things were going well until the last 3 minutes when they suddenly hit 5 3's in a row. Was ready to get the 2 guys on the end of the bench in and then suddenly I felt like I had to stick the starters back in all of a sudden when they got it down to 4 in case they were going to play possessed and shoot 100% until the end of the game. Good thing for Tamayo. I think Shehan was banned from making a FT. Release point was no different, but 0-4, can only roll my eyes there. Rakiecki couldn't hit a shot. Petrauskas was great off the bench. Happy New Year everyone, no questions today.

[Tovarich]

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Cajundome
Lafayette, LA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Jan 5, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#8 Western Kentucky (17-2)	38	46	84
Louisiana-Lafayette (6-9)	19	33	52

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	14	3-3	0-0	0-0	2	9	0	0	0	6
Rakiecki	14	7-11	4-6	2-2	2	2	2	0	0	20
Tamayo	14	6-11	5-8	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	17
Riley	14	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	2
Shehan	13	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	2	0	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	11	1-3	0-0	0-0	7	2	0	0	0	2
Galbreath	12	1-3	1-1	2-2	0	0	1	0	1	5
Marshall	11	5-7	0-0	3-3	6	2	0	1	1	13
Blankenship	6	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Lewis	12	3-6	0-2	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	6
Li	11	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	5
Magley	6	1-4	0-0	2-2	4	1	1	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		32-62	11-22	9-9	33	21	11	1	2	84

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shields	23	5-14	1-4	3-4	0	4	0	0	1	14
Cox	18	3-10	3-9	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	9
Rakestraw	19	6-9	3-5	0-0	4	1	1	0	3	15
Ross	22	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	2	0	2
Nana	20	2-5	0-0	0-0	8	1	0	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Downey	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	2
Barber	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sherrod	7	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	0
McDade	14	2-7	1-6	1-2	2	1	0	0	3	6
Blackwell	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Emmett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bakinde	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-52	8-27	4-6	25	8	2	4	11	52

Tovarich: Nice to have an easy win. Poor shooting night for them. As usual, wish I could take some credit for it, but don't think we did anything. Good minutes for the backups. Marshall did a good job against the press in the second half. Rakiecki and Tamayo were great shooting in the first half plus 2 minutes into the second before their services were no longer needed. Can't complain about much.

Reporter: Rumor is Blankenship is getting unhappy just like Magley.

Tovarich: I gave Blankenship a pep talk before the game, just because I hadn't used any yet. I'm starting to notice everyone has a poor game if you give them one right before the game. Magley's a SR, he's lucky to get minutes when they're available in blowouts. We have such a deep roster, that's just reality. Blankenship's a walkon and might be in the B team next year, but he shouldn't be so picky when he's a walkon on a top 10 team. If he'd like to go elsewhere, then that's his choice but I think that would be a mistake.

Reporter: You said the B team's minutes will help you decide the 5th starter next year. Have any of them separated themselves?

Tovarich: Not really. They all pop up every once in a while and have a decent game, and then they go 0-4. If all remains equal, I think the most likely strategy for next year is to have Galbreath start at PG and move Stivers to SG where he can be more of an offensive threat than he is now and get him some more open outside shots. He's the best option at SG over the 3 FR, so if neither Li or Lewis really stand up and take that starting spot, that's the default plan I think. Then we have a B-team PG from last year whose name I can't remember redshirting and he'll be back on the B-team again. There's also the possibility of using the last scholarship on a PG, but I'm kind of leaning toward using it on a C and redshirting him next year and then hopefully he'll be ready to be the B team C once Petrauskas graduates.

[Tovarich]

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Lakefront Arena
New Orleans, LA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at New Orleans Privateers
Jan 7, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#8 Western Kentucky (18-2)	28	37	65
New Orleans (5-8)	26	34	60

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	22	4-9	1-4	2-3	2	3	1	0	1	11
Rakiecki	22	0-5	0-4	0-0	0	4	3	0	0	0
Tamayo	22	8-18	7-15	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	23
Riley	22	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	2
Shehan	22	3-8	0-0	2-2	12	3	2	0	3	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Galbreath	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	4	2	0	0	0
Marshall	6	1-3	0-0	4-4	1	1	2	0	0	6
Lewis	6	3-4	2-3	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	8
Li	6	2-3	2-3	1-2	0	0	1	0	0	7
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Magley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		22-55	12-29	9-11	25	15	14	0	5	65

New Orleans Privateers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Villanueva	22	5-10	4-8	0-0	0	3	1	0	3	14
Darby	26	6-13	1-5	0-0	5	6	1	0	3	13
Drabyn	26	5-7	2-3	0-0	0	0	1	2	2	12
Riddle	23	7-11	0-0	0-0	14	1	1	4	4	14
Benzel	21	1-5	0-0	0-0	10	2	0	1	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Richard	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gatson	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Thiero	9	1-8	0-3	0-1	1	0	0	0	2	2
Flores	2	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Eisentrout	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Morales	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Devonish	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-56	7-20	1-3	32	13	4	7	14	60

Tovarich: The other schools in this conference should be worried when they're at home, tons of crazy things happen and we have a terrible shooting night and 90% of the bounces go their way and we still win. Aggravating game.

Reporter: You lead 28-16 before halftime, then what happened?

Tovarich: Yeah, then we turned it over 3 possessions in a row, got 3 shots in a row blocked and missed our other 5 and couldn't for 7 minutes. Then after halftime, more of the same for a bit. Had to turn the press on down 9 after their 31-10 run. Tamayo luckily shot us out of it. Think we were 57-57 with about 2:30 to go. Tamayo hit a couple 3's and we made a couple FT's and finally got some stops.

Reporter: How about the bench tonight?

Tovarich: Big 3's by both Li and Lewis, in both halves when the starters needed a rest. Marshall hit his FT's at least. Seemed like it was pre-determined the big guys were going to struggle. I just can't keep count of all the missed layups and their PF stuffing everything in that one stretch. Their offensive rebounding was incredible. Got dominated on the boards. Tamayo, Li and Lewis from beyond the 3-point line was the difference. Luckily that improved because we started 0-4 from 3 and Rakiecki couldn't hit anything.

Reporter: How does a team in this conference beat you?

Tovarich: Well, they need the refs to help. They need us to shoot about 30%. They need to be able to handle the press. They need to shoot about 60%. They need 90% of the bounces to go their way the entire game. We're obviously far and away better than everyone else in this conference and it takes their A game, our D- game, the refs and the laws of averages to be defied. Some of them try and it still isn't usually enough. It'll probably happen at some point where someone manages to defy all logic and pull one out though.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 9, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	2	Duke	12-2
2	3	Louisville	16-0
3	1	North Carolina	12-2
4	4	Gonzaga	17-0
5	8	Western Kentucky	18-2
6	9	UNLV	13-1
7	7	Memphis	13-2
8	11	Marquette	13-2
9	10	Alabama	13-1
10	6	Notre Dame	13-3
11	13	Kentucky	14-1
12	5	Texas Tech	9-2
13	15	UCLA	13-3
14	14	Florida State	12-2
15	12	Wisconsin	11-2
16	16	Houston	12-1
17	17	Oregon	12-4
18	19	North Carolina State	15-2
19	21	Michigan	13-4
20	18	Georgia Tech	13-3
21	24	Texas A&M	13-3
22	23	Duquesne	9-1
23	20	Clemson	10-3
24	22	Louisiana State	12-4
25	NR	Arizona	11-3

[RolePlayer]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Is WKU in the Sunbelt in this?

[Tovarich]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Is WKU in the Sunbelt in this?

Yes, I left everything alone for this one. I tried re-arranging them but there's just no good way at all to do it now. When you could sacrifice the WAC and make the American it worked a tad better but between that and all the mega-sized power conferences coming soon, I gave up.