Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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NIT
Air Force vs. Utah Valley State
Arkansas vs. Maryland
Lamar vs. Vanderbilt
Drake vs. Old Dominion

Kansas vs. Oakland
Rider vs. San Diego
Washington vs. Virginia
Lipscomb vs. South Carolina

Southern Mississippi vs. Coastal Carolina
Iona vs. Creighton
Loyola Marymount vs. Buffalo
Morgan State vs. Cal Irvine

Rhode Island vs. Grambling
Kansas State vs. New Hampshire
Hofstra vs. Dayton
Tennessee State vs. St. Mary's

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Wow, that's a shocking loss. Hope you can rebound in the big dance.

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 1st Round
SEFCU Arena
Albany, NY

Southern Utah Thunderbirds at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 16, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#16 Southern Utah (17-16)	32	32	64
#1 Western Kentucky (33-3)	49	26	75

Southern Utah Thunderbirds
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dwight	23	5-12	2-6	2-3	2	3	0	0	2	14
Allen	22	4-10	1-5	1-2	2	1	1	0	2	10
Curry	22	5-9	0-1	4-4	2	0	0	0	0	14
Thomas	24	1-6	0-1	3-3	14	5	0	0	3	5
Roberson	24	3-7	0-1	2-2	10	0	0	1	2	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stewart	6	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	1	1	0	4
Jeffers	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ciikey	3	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Westphal	6	3-3	0-0	1-1	0	1	0	0	1	7
Luber	8	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Morgan	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Messy	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-55	3-18	13-15	34	13	2	2	11	64
TEAM TOTALS		24-55	3-18	13-15	34	13	2	2	11	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	21	2-3	2-3	0-0	2	9	3	0	1	6
Rakiecki	21	5-8	3-5	1-2	1	1	1	0	0	14
Tamayo	21	7-20	5-12	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	19
Riley	21	1-4	0-0	0-0	8	1	2	0	0	2
Shehan	19	5-9	0-0	3-3	5	3	0	1	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	9	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	4
Marshall	7	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	1	2
Galbreath	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Lewis	7	3-5	3-5	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	9
Li	7	2-8	2-7	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	6
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Magley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-59	15-32	6-7	23	20	10	2	2	75

Tovarich: I guess I'm supposed to be happy we won, but that was a hideous second half. Getting outrebounded by a 16 seed by 11 is embarrassing. The refs thought they needed help I guess. Much like last year's 1st round, nothing about that is encouraging.

Reporter: A re-match with Georgia Tech. How do you feel about that?

Tovarich: We beat them rather handily, but on paper, we're the underdog just like the 2nd round last year. I somehow doubt we'll win by 16 again. If we play like we did today, we'll lose like we did to Troy.

Reporter: Why do you feel the team is struggling all of a sudden?

Tovarich: I wish I knew. Maybe we'll magically snap out of our funk in 2 days.

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Play-in Game
Vermont 97 Liberty 56

1st Round
East
#1 UNLV 95 #16 Vermont 43
#8 Colorado State 87 #9 Northwestern 80
#5 North Carolina State 74 #12 Texas 65
#13 St. Peter's 63 #4 Wisconsin 53

#6 Notre Dame 101 #11 San Diego State 77
#3 North Carolina 90 #14 Wichita State 79
#10 Virginia Tech 101 #7 Boston College 78
#2 Texas A&M 95 #15 Brown 53

West
#1 Memphis 87 #16 Gardner-Webb 77
#8 Xavier 70 #9 St. Joseph's 65
#5 Alabama 86 #12 Butler 64
#4 Kentucky 67 #13 Maryland-Eastern Shore 61

#11 Idaho 77 #6 Texas Tech 73
#14 Mississippi State 66 #3 Gonzaga 64
#10 Cal Fullerton 92 #7 Houston 89
#2 Duke 117 #15 Tennessee Tech 53

South
#1 Western Kentucky 75 #16 Southern Utah 64
#9 Georgia Tech 98 #8 Temple 72
#12 Davidson 86 #5 Florida State 78
#4 UCLA 94 #13 Montana 68

#6 Pepperdine 74 #11 Holy Cross 62
#3 Pittsburgh 66 #14 Lafayette 58
#7 Arizona 83 #10 DePaul 57
#2 Stanford 80 #15 Sacred Heart 62

Midwest
#1 Louisville 105 #16 Alabama A&M 57
#8 Massachusetts 81 #9 New Mexico 78
#5 Michigan 64 #12 Virginia Commonwealth 52
#4 Clemson #13 Western Michigan 82

#6 Mississippi 93 #11 Richmond 63
#3 Oregon 97 #14 Texas San Antonio 53
#10 Troy 86 #7 Louisiana State 64
#2 Marquette 97 #15 Louisiana Tech 58

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
SEFCU Arena
Albany, NY

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 18, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#9 Georgia Tech (20-14)	34	24	58
#1 Western Kentucky (34-3)	46	26	72

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wethers	25	2-5	1-3	2-2	1	8	1	0	12	7
Trotter	20	3-6	1-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	2	7
Blue	23	7-12	3-7	2-3	4	0	0	0	0	19
Chapman	23	2-3	0-0	0-0	12	2	0	0	0	4
Broermann	12	3-4	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sandoval	9	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	4	6
Zaharias	13	2-5	1-3	0-0	2	0	1	0	2	5
Sherrod	4	0-0	0-0	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	2
Whitehead	11	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2
Hoskin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Farrell	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ingram	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-43	6-15	6-7	31	17	3	0	20	58
TEAM TOTALS		23-43	6-15	6-7	31	17	3	0	20	58

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	22	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	5	3	0	2	2
Rakiecki	22	3-5	1-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	7
Tamayo	22	5-14	3-10	2-2	3	1	2	0	0	15
Riley	21	7-9	0-0	2-4	1	1	4	0	0	16
Shehan	21	10-17	0-0	0-1	9	1	2	0	0	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	7	2-2	0-0	1-1	1	0	0	0	0	5
Marshall	7	1-2	0-0	1-1	1	1	2	0	0	3
Galbreath	6	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Lewis	6	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0
Li	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Magley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-60	4-19	6-9	20	12	18	0	3	72

Tovarich: The score makes that look easier than it was. But we had a lot of things go our way. Their FR PG couldn't handle the press. He was a turnover machine. We got their two best big guys in foul trouble from breaking their press and they had nothing down low defensively to stop Shehan. Still dominated rebounds though, as you'd expect. We needed most of those 20 turnovers as they shot over 50%. Good to be in the Sweet 16 though. I'm somewhat surprised. We had the hardest second round on paper of the 1 seeds for the second year in a row.

Reporter: At first this game had a fast pace, then you slowed it down toward the end?

Tovarich: Their press was relentless in the first half, but they finally figured out that was a bad idea. All the fouls they accumulated with their big guys ended that. We ran up and down with them early in the 2nd but I could see the lead gradually slipping away, so I figured it was time to limit possessions.

Reporter: Despite their big guys in foul trouble, they outrebounded you easily still, is that a concern?

Tovarich: I gave up on rebounding. UCLA will surely have someone who will dominate the boards.

Reporter: You said this season was all about getting to the Sweet 16. Do you still feel that way now that you're there?

Tovarich: Sure. We're not as talented as Georgia Tech, and we're sure less talented than UCLA. We'll be a sizable underdog.

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
#1 UNLV 79 #8 Colorado State 67
#5 North Carolina State 91 #13 St. Peter's 53
#3 North Carolina 98 #6 Notre Dame 79
#2 Texas A&M 77 #10 Virginia Tech 76

#1 Memphis 81 #8 Xavier 68
#5 Alabama 105 #4 Kentucky 99 (OT)
#14 Mississippi State 89 #11 Idaho 69
#2 Duke 112 #10 Cal Fullerton 69

#1 Western Kentucky 72 #9 Georgia Tech 58
#4 UCLA 88 #12 Davidson 79
#6 Pepperdine 87 #3 Pittsburgh 78
#2 Stanford 84 #7 Arizona 71

#1 Louisville 79 #8 Massachusetts 65
#5 Michigan 83 #4 Clemson 64
#3 Oregon 75 #6 Mississippi 74
#2 Marquette 97 #10 Troy 73

NIT 1st Round
Air Force 87 Utah Valley State 55
Maryland 99 Arkansas 83
Vanderbilt 92 Lamar 68
Old Dominion 65 Drake 47

Kansas 109 Oakland 54
Rider 72 San Diego 70
Virginia 114 Washington 73
Lipscomb 64 South Carolina 61

Southern Mississippi 101 Coastal Carolina 65
Iona 57 Creighton 55
Buffalo 103 Loyola Marymount 84
Cal Irvine 77 Morgan State 73

Rhode Island 73 Grambling 67
Kansas State 72 New Hampshire 69
Dayton 63 Hofstra 59
St. Mary's 74 Tennessee State 71

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12 turnovers is terrible. Wethers should enter the transfer portal.

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vs.

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
Reliant Stadium
Houston, TX

UCLA Bruins at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 23, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 UCLA (27-8)	43	40	83
#1 Western Kentucky (34-4)	26	44	70

UCLA Bruins
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Haywood	21	7-12	2-4	8-10	0	9	1	0	7	24
Jegdic	20	5-8	2-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	12
Smith	22	7-9	2-3	2-2	4	3	0	1	3	18
Hedges	18	3-6	0-0	0-0	15	2	0	2	0	6
Devance	17	3-4	1-1	1-2	6	1	3	3	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shumate	13	1-7	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
Summers	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	5
Harrington	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	3	2
Pilgrim	10	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Severovas	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Rowland	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-56	8-13	11-14	40	21	4	6	18	83
TEAM TOTALS		32-56	8-13	11-14	40	21	4	6	18	83

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	20	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	6	4	0	1	5
Rakiecki	20	2-9	2-6	0-0	1	2	5	0	2	6
Tamayo	20	4-19	3-14	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	11
Riley	20	1-3	0-0	2-2	5	0	3	0	0	4
Shehan	18	7-15	0-0	7-7	6	1	2	0	1	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	10	3-7	0-0	2-4	3	0	0	0	0	8
Marshall	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Galbreath	8	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	4	1	0	1	0
Lewis	8	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Li	8	4-7	2-4	2-2	0	0	1	0	0	12
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Magley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-68	9-31	13-15	22	17	17	1	5	70

Tovarich: It was fun to play the Lakers. It took about 2 possessions to figure out the script had already been written on this one. Shehan goes up for a layup and gets called for goaltending on his own shot when the ball never left his hand. His second shot was blocked. His third shot was blocked. His 4th was over the cylinder on its way down and gets swatted away but no goaltending was called. Tamayo missed his first 8 3's. They started 9/10 with an offensive rebound. We only twice the entire game scored 2 baskets in a row. Rebounding was of course impossible. Shooting from anywhere was pretty much impossible unless we were behind by 20 or more. It's beyond frustrating to sit through when you know nothing can be done about it but watch the other team throw alley-oops from half court that are impossible to stop.

Reporter: When you scored with 3.7 seconds, did you think they'd make 2 quick passes to shoot a 3 off at the buzzer?

Tovarich: Oh, yes. It's part of the pattern. His coach programmed him like that, so he had to score last. Same for the first half. They got the rebound with 4 seconds to go and somehow someone was already across half court waiting for a pass to shoot one more in before the break.

Reporter: What's your future?

Tovarich: I have no idea. We'll see who calls. I don't see how I can put together a better roster than this here, and it's non-competitive in the sweet 16. I've had 3 pretty loaded rosters here and we're 3-3 in the tournament. It's likely peaked and nothing more can be accomplished here than that.

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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
#5 North Carolina State 79 #1 UNLV 65
#2 Texas A&M 75 #3 North Carolina 61

#5 Alabama 83 #1 Memphis 71
#2 Duke 113 #14 Mississippi State 76

#4 UCLA 83 #1 Western Kentucky 70
#6 Pepperdine 84 #2 Stanford 72

#1 Louisville 72 #5 Michigan 57
#3 Oregon 88 #2 Marquette 67

NIT 2nd Round
Maryland 59 Air Force 58
Vanderbilt 94 Old Dominion 76

Kansas 111 Rider 53
Virginia 71 Lipscomb 60

Southern Mississippi 68 Iona 44
Cal Irvine 82 Buffalo 80

Rhode Island 91 Kansas State 75
Dayton 82 St. Mary's 77 (OT)

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8
#5 North Carolina State 79 #2 Texas A&M 71

#2 Duke 87 #5 Alabama 69

#6 Pepperdine 86 #4 UCLA 85

#3 Oregon 77 #1 Louisville 76

NIT Quarterfinal
Maryland 85 Vanderbilt 82

Kansas 91 Virginia 85

Southern Mississippi 93 Cal Irvine 69

Dayton 63 Rhode Island 56

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NCAA Tournament Final Four
#2 Duke 91 #5 North Carolina State 58

#3 Oregon 77 #6 Pepperdine 53

NIT Final Four
Kansas 83 Maryland 79

Southern Mississippi 80 Dayton 75

NIT Championship
Kansas 77 Southern Mississippi 63

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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Stats - 2011-12
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Tamayo	38	692	17.8	2.2	1.0	1.6	0.0	0.3	0.7
Shehan	38	645	11.7	6.0	1.8	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.2
Rakiecki	38	707	7.8	1.9	1.5	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.8
Riley	38	691	7.6	4.9	1.8	2.0	0.2	0.3	0.9
Li	38	321	6.1	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.2
Marshall	38	354	6.1	2.1	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.4
Lewis	38	332	5.5	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2
Petrauskas	38	334	5.4	3.3	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.8
Stivers	38	707	5.0	1.2	5.4	1.9	0.0	0.8	0.9
Magley	18	103	4.7	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2
Blankenship	16	94	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3
Galbreath	38	355	2.2	0.5	2.9	1.1	0.0	0.7	0.4

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NCAA Player of the Year-Clarence Hamilton (Duke)
Mid-Major Players of the Year-Tron Sandoval (Gonzaga)
NCAA Coach of the Year-Ernie Kent (Oregon)
Defensive Player of the Year-Rob Worthy (Seton Hall)
Big Man of the Year-Clarence Hamilton (Duke)
FR of the Year-Evan Keita (Miami Florida)

1st Team All-America
PG Louis Hale (Memphis)
SG Benny McLeod (Oregon)
SF Major Bonner (Alabama)
PF Clarence Hamilton (Duke)
C Mustafa Osborne (Texas Tech)

2nd Team All-America
PG Rob Logan (San Diego State)
SG Deng Elliott (Boston College)
SF Toby Nahra (North Carolina
PF Robby McIntyre (Richmond)
C Raitis Faulk (St. Louis)

FR All-America
PG Roger Stallworth (Colorado State)
SG Courtland Kelly (Oklahoma State)
SF Joshua St. Fort (Boston College)
PF Yual Chapman (Georgia Tech)
C Evan Keita (Miami Florida)

Sun Belt
Coach of the Year-Dave Tovarich (Western Kentucky)
Player of the Year-Chase Riddle (New Orleans)
FR of the Year-Perry Cleaves (Louisiana Lafayette)

1st Team All-Sun Belt
PG Dajuan Mathis (Arkansas-Little Rock)
SG Edwin Messy (Florida International)
SF Stevie Tamayo (Western Kentucky)
PF Chase Riddle (New Orleans)
C Kurt Popoola (Denver)

2nd Team All-Sun Belt
PG Leo Hobson (Louisiana Monroe)
SG Deshaun Chavis (South Alabama)
SF Asrangue Cranford (Florida Atlantic)
PF Carol Logan (Troy)
C Rodrick Burleson (South Alabama)

FR All-Sun Belt
PG Dennard Galbreath (Western Kentucky)
SG Perry Cleaves (Louisiana Lafayette)
SF Lanny Tucker (Florida International)
PF Douglas Sonn (Louisiana Monroe)
C Jonathan Benzel (New Orleans)

Notable Coaching Changes
Bob Knight retires from Texas Tech, replaced by Bob McKillop (Davidson)
Connecticut fires Blaine Taylor, replaced by Andy Kennedy (St. Peter's)
George Washington fires Rick Stansbury, replaced by Brooks Thompson (Sam Houston State)-Rick Stansbury lands at Holy Cross

Duke Blue Devils at Oregon Ducks
Apr 4, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#2 Duke ()	31	38	69
#3 Oregon ()	34	45	79

Duke Blue Devils
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McKowen	21	0-3	0-2	4-4	0	0	0	0	1	4
Forbes	32	8-14	4-7	4-4	2	0	3	1	3	24
O'Bannon	29	1-5	0-0	2-2	6	2	1	0	1	4
Hamilton	36	2-15	0-2	10-10	11	4	0	2	1	14
Moye	16	2-5	1-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stys	15	1-3	0-0	1-2	1	2	0	0	0	3
Nahra	18	1-5	0-0	6-6	3	0	3	0	2	8
Bonfim	12	1-3	1-3	4-4	0	1	0	1	1	7
McCrommon	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Hackstadt	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ballard	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pait	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		16-55	6-16	31-32	28	9	9	4	12	69
TEAM TOTALS		16-55	6-16	31-32	28	9	9	4	12	69

Oregon Ducks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Thomson	21	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	6	0	0	2	0
Bone	26	4-6	4-6	2-3	3	0	1	0	3	14
Hamilton	38	6-16	3-7	3-4	7	2	1	1	2	18
Hess	36	7-14	2-2	4-6	9	2	1	2	1	20
Henning	24	3-3	0-0	2-4	4	0	0	1	2	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Werner	11	1-1	0-0	2-3	2	1	0	0	2	4
Bosley	9	2-2	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	5
Iati	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Kapono	10	0-2	0-0	4-4	0	2	1	0	1	4
Yeager	8	0-2	0-1	3-4	2	0	0	0	0	3
Prince	5	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	3
TEAM TOTALS		24-51	10-18	21-30	31	13	4	5	16	79

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Coach Tovarich will return to Western Kentucky

Signees-12th Ranked Class
Darrall Pawlak 4* #5 PF #39 OVR San Diego, CA
Keon Camper 4* #16 SG #49 OVR Louisville, KY
Corbin Suotamo 4* #5 C #50 OVR Aurora, IL

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Tovarich: Welcome to once again, the only pre-season press conference. Yes, I fired whoever the old assistants were and yes, I hired some new ones. I don't know the old one's names and I don't know the new one's names, just in case anyone thought that was ever going to change.

I have released Tron Walter, he was a SG recruit and redshirted last year. He'll never see the court here.

2012-2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
1	Keon Camper	SG	6'3"	195	FR	Louisville, KY
2	Marion Lewis	SG	6'5"	21	SO	Cupertino, CA
11	Gerry Riley	PF	6'7"	247	SR	Nashville, TN
12	Marlon Capel	PG	6'0"	184	RS SO	Tucson, AZ
22	Dennard Galbreath	PG	6'1"	187	SO	San Bernadino, CA
24	Najeeb Blankenship (W)	SF	6'8"	251	RS SO	Cincinnati, OH
25	Stevie Tamayo	SF	6'7"	216	SR	Nashville, TN
33	Andrew Stivers	PG	6'0"	181	SR	Florissant, MO
34	Leroy Li	SF	6'5"	237	SO	Modesto, CA
41	B.B. Shehan	C	7'2"	254	JR	New York, NY
43	Jarrid Jack	PF	6'7"	212	RS FR	San Diego, CA
51	Darrall Pawlak	PF	6'8"	222	FR	San Diego, CA
52	Corbin Suotamo	C	6'9"	252	FR	Aurora, IL
54	Kudus Petrauskas (W)	C	6'7"	279	SR	El Paso, TX
55	Donatas Zoellner (W)	C	7'0"	256	RS SO	Germany

The depth chart:

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart - 2012-13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Stivers	Galbreath	Capel
SG	Lewis	Camper (RS)
SF	Tamayo	Blankenship (W)	Li
PF	Riley	Pawlak	Jack
C	Suotamo	Shehan (RS)	Petrauskas (W)	Zoellner (W)

Reporter: You said you planned on RS'ing your C recruit?

Tovarich: Turns out Suotamo is our best C. I had planned on RS'ing him and continuing with Shehan to start and Petrauskas on the B team. So now Suotamo will start. Shehan will RS, which I know will require some pep talks. Petrauskas is a SR so he'll still be the B team C. Shehan will be the B team C his final 2 seasons most likely.

Reporter: So what about the guards?

Tovarich: I think we'll start Galbreath at PG and move Stivers to SG and see if we can open him up more for some scoring. The PG doesn't get a lot of shots in our offense, so he might be better used elsewhere although his shooting was not as good last season as it was when he was a FR. If that experiment doesn't end up working, we'll move Stivers back to PG and Galbreath/Capel will both play on the B team.

Reporter: What is the focus in recruiting?

Tovarich: 3 scholarships, it'll be heavy on guards and a SF. Unless there's a great PF out there or an elite C we can somehow get, we'll stick to that.

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 2009-10 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 1	at Eastern Kentucky
Nov 7	vs Louisiana State
Nov 13	vs CBE Classic
Nov 19	vs Maui Invitational
Nov 28	vs Oklahoma
Dec 3	at Iowa
Dec 10	at Indiana
Dec 16	at Maryland-Eastern Shore
Dec 20	vs Arkansas-Little Rock
Dec 22	at Middle Tennessee
Dec 28	vs Kansas State
Jan 3	at Florida Atlantic
Jan 5	vs Florida International
Jan 10	vs North Texas
Jan 12	at Louisiana Monroe
Jan 17	at New Orleans
Jan 19	vs South Alabama
Jan 24	vs Louisiana Lafayette
Jan 26	at Denver
Jan 30	vs Purdue
Feb 4	vs Arkansas State
Feb 7	at Troy
Feb 9	at Arkansas-Little Rock
Feb 14	vs Middle Tennessee
Feb 16	vs Florida Atlantic
Feb 21	at Florida International
Feb 23	at North Texas
Feb 28	vs Louisiana Monroe

Reporter: Coach, is it true to turned down power jobs again?

Tovarich: Yes, I turned down Texas Tech and Connecticut. I thought long and hard about Connecticut, but decided to wait for a different opportunity in the future.