Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Mar 4, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	North Carolina	24-4
2	2	Louisville	24-4
3	4	Memphis	22-5
4	3	Kentucky	23-5
5	5	Duke	19-7
6	7	Providence	23-6
7	11	Michigan State	22-6
8	6	UNLV	24-4
9	8	Western Kentucky	26-5
10	9	Illinois	23-6
11	10	North Carolina State	20-7
12	17	Pittsburgh	22-7
13	15	Connecticut	21-7
14	18	Colorado	21-6
15	13	Georgia Tech	22-8
16	16	Penn State	22-7
17	21	Stanford	19-7
18	23	Southern California	21-8
19	NR	Southern Mississippi	20-5
20	24	Charlotte	22-7
21	25	Virginia	18-9
22	19	Texas Tech	19-8
23	12	Marquette	18-10
24	NR	Kansas	18-10
25	NR	Washington	19-9

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Mar 4, 2013
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	26-5	.838	16-2	-
Florida International	22-7	.758	15-3	1
Arkansas State	19-8	.703	11-7	5
Troy	20-10	.666	10-8	6
North Texas	14-12	.538	10-8	6
Louisiana Lafayette	14.13	.518	10-8	6
Florida Atlantic	13-19	.406	10-8	6
Middle Tennessee	12-15	.444	9-9	7
South Alabama	17-11	.607	8-10	8
Arkansas-Little Rock	19-13	.593	6-12	10
New Orleans	12-17	.513	6-12	10
Louisiana Monroe	10-20	.333	6-12	10
Denver	4-23	.148	0-18	16

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America East
1 Boston U vs. 8 Stony Brook/9 Maine
4 Vermont vs. 5 UMBC
3 New Hampshire vs. 6 Hartford
2 Binghamton vs. 7 Albany

Big South
1 VMI vs. 8 Radford
4 Liberty vs. 5 Winthrop
3 Coastal Carolina vs. 6 High Point
2 NC Asheville vs. 7 Charleston Southern

Colonial
1 Georgia State vs. 8 George Mason/9 Northeastern
4 Hofstra vs. 5 NC Wilmington/12 James Madison
3 Delaware vs. 6 Drexel/11 William & Mary
2 Towson vs. 7 VCU/10 Old Dominion

Horizon
1 Youngstown State vs. 8 Detroit/9 Milwaukee
4 Illinois-Chicago vs. 5 Loyola Chicago
3 Green Bay vs. 6 Valparaiso
2 Wright State vs. 7 Butler

Metro Atlantic
1 Niagara vs. 8 St. Peter's/9 Loyola Maryland
4 Fairfield vs. 5 Canisius
3 Rider vs. 6 Marist
2 Iona vs. 7 Siena/10 Manhattan

Summit
1 IUPUI vs. 8 IPFW
4 Oakland vs. 5 "UL-Calcutta" aka Centenary
3 Oral Roberts vs. 6 North Dakota State
2 Southern Utah vs. 7 South Dakoa State

Missouri Valley
1 Drake vs. 8 Indiana State/9 Wichita State
4 Bradley vs. 5 Missouri State
3 Southern Illinois vs. 6 Northern Iowa
2 Crighton vs. 7 Evansville/10 Illinois State

Northeast
1 Long Island vs. 8 Quinnipiac
4 Wagner vs. 5 Sacred Heart
3 Monmouth vs. 6 St. Francis PA
2 Robert Morris vs. 7 Fairleigh Dickinson

Ohio Valley
1 Samford vs. 8 Eastern Kentucky
4 Tennessee-Martin vs. 5 Tennessee Tech
3 Morehead State vs. 6 Murray State
2 Austin Peay vs. 7 Jacksonville State

Patriot League
1 Holy Cross vs. 8 Lafayette
4 Colgate vs. 5 Army
3 Lehigh vs. 6 American
2 Navy vs. 7 Bucknell

Southern
1 Davidson vs. 8 Georgia Southern/9 Western Carolina
4 Elon vs. 5 Furman
3 Chattanooga vs. 6 NC Greensboro/11 Citadel
2 Wofford vs. 7 Charleston/10 Appalachian State

Sun Belt
1 Western Kentucky vs. 8 Middle Tennessee/9 South Alabama
4 Troy vs. 5 North Texas
3 Arkansas State vs. 6 Louisiana Lafayette/11 New Orleans
2 Florida International vs. 7 Florida Atlantic/10 Little Rock

West Coast
1 Gonzaga vs. 8 Santa Clara
4 Pepperdine vs. 5 San Francisco
3 San Diego vs. 6 Portland
2 St. Mary's vs. 7 Loyola Marymount

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Atlantic Sun
1 Gulf Coast vs. 8 North Florida
4 Jacksonville vs. 5 Gardner-Webb
3 Lipscomb vs. 6 Kennesaw State
2 Mercer vs. 7 East Tennessee State

Atlantic 10
1 Charlotte vs. 8 Dayton/9 Richmond
4 Temple vs. 5 St. Joseph's/12 La Salle
3 Xavier vs. 6 Duquesne/11 Massachusetts
2 Fordham vs. 7 St. Louis/10 St. Bonaventure

Big Sky
1 Montana vs. 4 Sacramento State/5 Weber State
2 Montana State vs. 3 Eastern Washington/6 Portland State

Big West
1 Fullerton vs. 8 Davis
4 Poly vs. 5 Riverside
3 Pacific vs. 6 Long Beach State
2 Irvine vs. 7 Santa Barbara

CUSA
1 East Carolina vs. 8 UTEP/9 Marshall
4 Houston vs. 5 Tulsa/12 SMU
3 Southern Mississippi vs. 6 Rice/11 Central Florida
2 Memphis vs. 7 UAB/10 Tulane

MEAC
1 Eastern Shore vs. 8 Delaware State/9 Florida A&M
4 NC A&T vs. 5 Coppin State
3 Howard vs. 6 Morgan State/11 Hampton
2 Winston-Salem State vs. 7 Bethune-Cookman/10 South Carolina State

Mountain West
1 UNLV vs. 8 Air Force/9 Wyoming
4 New Mexico vs. 5 San Diego State
3 BYU vs. 6 Colorado State
2 Utah vs. 7 TCU

PAC 10
1 Stanford vs. 8 Arizona/9 Arizona State
4 UCLA vs. 5 Washington
3 USC vs. 6 Oregon State
2 California vs. 7 Washington State/10 Oregon

Patriot
1 Holy Cross vs. 8 Lafayette
4 Colgate vs. 5 Army
3 Lehigh vs. 6 American
2 Navy vs. 7 Bucknell

SEC
1 Tennessee vs. 7 LSU/10 Vanderbilt
4 Arkansas vs. 5 Florida/12 Mississippi
3 Alabama vs. 6 Georgia/11 Mississippi State
2 Kentucky vs. 7 Auburn/10 South Carolina

Southland
1 Lamar vs. 8 Sam Houston State
4 Arlington vs. 5 San Antonio
3 Nicholls State vs. 6 Corpus Christi
2 Northwestern State vs. 7 Stephen F Austin

SWAC
1 Southern vs. 8 Jackson State
4 Alcorn State vs. 5 Alabama State
3 Grambling vs. 6 Alabama A&M
2 Prairie View vs. 7 Mississippi Valley State

WAC
1 Idaho vs. 8 Boise State/9 New Mexico State
4 Nevada vs. 5 Fresno State
3 Utah State vs. 6 Hawaii
2 Louisiana Tech vs. 7 San Jose State

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You even remembered it was senior night. What an accomplishment!

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Sun Belt Tournament Quarterfinal
Mitchell Center
Mobile, AL

South Alabama Jaguars at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 10, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Alabama (18-12)	41	36	77
#9 Western Kentucky (27-5)	47	44	91

South Alabama Jaguars
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pleiness	19	3-8	3-7	2-2	3	8	0	0	2	11
Largent	20	6-11	2-7	1-2	0	2	2	0	1	15
Outlaw	21	7-10	2-3	0-0	2	6	3	0	3	16
Nunez	21	2-5	0-1	0-0	5	2	1	0	2	4
Ramsey	13	4-4	0-0	0-0	6	2	0	1	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Burleson	16	4-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	8
McCollum	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tudeme	10	3-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	6
McCarthy	7	2-2	1-1	1-2	1	1	0	0	1	6
Rand	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doss	7	1-4	0-3	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Powell	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-54	8-23	5-8	21	22	7	1	10	77
TEAM TOTALS		32-54	8-23	5-8	21	22	7	1	10	77

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	17	2-3	0-0	1-1	1	4	1	0	3	5
Stivers	17	2-5	2-3	3-4	0	1	1	0	0	9
Tamayo	18	7-13	4-6	2-3	3	0	1	0	1	20
Riley	17	4-6	0-0	2-2	8	1	2	0	0	10
Suotamo	16	6-10	0-0	2-2	3	3	0	0	1	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petruaskas	10	2-3	0-0	1-2	2	1	2	0	0	5
Pawlak	8	2-3	0-0	5-5	3	1	1	0	1	9
Jack	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Lewis	8	3-3	1-1	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	9
Li	8	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Capel	11	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	2	0	0	1	4
Blankenship	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		31-53	7-12	22-25	23	15	8	0	8	91

Tovarich: Not a lot of defense in that game. Everyone got in the scoring column again. Nice to win against an annoying style.

Reporter: Did you feel you matched their intensity?

Tovarich: Of course not, they're playing to continue their season, so they came out firing and they were up 6-8. The half court trap was extra annoying today. Even Galbreath turned it over two possessions in a row at one point and gave them 6 points in about 15 seconds.

Reporter: What adjustments did you make against that?

Tovarich: None, really. They speed the game up a lot, not just with the half court trap but they're in very tight on the ballhandler trying to get 5 second calls so you have to constantly pass it around to avoid that. I tried to avoid that and we let them dictate the speed by speeding up ourselves and we drew a lot of fouls because of that. Just 3 3's attempted in the first half, only 1 made, has to be a career low for me.

Reporter: So what changed in the second half?

Tovarich: Not a ton. They just missed a few shots. I got tired of watching them shoot 62% in the first half, so we pressed them back a lot and we forced 10 turnovers to get the lead. Since they were going to score anyway, I don't care that we gave them a handful of uncontested layups. I took the press off at half as I always do and never needed to bring it back. Didn't create a single turnover in the second half, but they didn't get into their trap a lot. They bombarded us there in the last 2 minutes with 3 or 4 3's to get it down from 20, but they were in full court press by then, not trap, and we can run circles around that and drew a bunch more fouls.

Reporter: Was it weird to be the home team and wear your white jerseys against them in their arena?

Tovarich: Yes, that's all very confusing. We're the higher seed so we're the 'home' team and get to use the home locker room. It looks exactly 100% like our locker room anyway, but it's rather confusing to be the home team on the road team's court. We seemingly got 100% of the tickets and brought our mascot. All very bizarre.

Reporter: Troy tomorrow

Tovarich: Of course. 4th year in a row we've run into Troy in the tournament. Hopefully they don't blow us out by 20 this year.

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Big East
1 Louisville vs. 8 Marquette/9 South Florida
4 UConn vs. 5 Syracuse/12 Villanova
3 Pittsburgh vs. 6 St. John's/11 Rutgers
2 Providence vs. 7 Seton Hall/10 Georgetown

Big 10
1 Illinois vs. 8 Northwestern/9 Ohio State
4 Wisconsin vs. 5 Penn State
3 Iowa vs. 6 Michigan/11 Purdue
2 Michigan State vs. 7 Minnesota/10 Indiana

Big 12
1 Colorado vs. 8 Oklahoma State/9 Baylor
4 Texas vs. 5 Kansas/12 Oklahoma
3 Texas A&M vs. 6 Missouri/11 Kansas State
2 Texas Tech vs. 7 Nebraska/10 Iowa State

MAC
1 Buffalo vs. 8 Western Michigan/9 Northern Illinois
4 Bowling Green vs. 5 Eastern Michigan/12 Toledo
3 Ohio vs. 6 Central Michigan/11 Ball State
2 Kent State vs. 7 Akron/10 Miami Ohio

Ivy
1 Penn 9-5 (14-13 OVR)
2 Yale 9-5 (14-14 OVR)

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vs.

Sun Belt Tournament Semifinal
Mitchell Center
Mobile, AL

Troy Trojans at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 11, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Troy (22-10)	37	42	79
#10 Western Kentucky (27-6)	46	26	72

Troy Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McCleod	20	6-13	3-7	0-0	1	5	0	0	1	15
Conklin	23	4-7	1-1	0-0	5	3	0	1	2	9
Peavy	20	10-15	4-7	0-0	5	2	0	0	3	24
Nelson	19	5-8	0-1	1-2	5	2	0	2	1	11
Thomasson	20	2-4	0-0	2-2	4	3	2	4	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wells	4	0-1	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ferris	12	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	7	0	1	0	2
Coles	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Towe	6	2-4	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	5
McIntosh	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Israel	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2
Farley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-59	9-20	4-6	29	23	2	8	9	79
TEAM TOTALS		33-59	9-20	4-6	29	23	2	8	9	79

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	23	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	6	2	0	0	4
Stivers	23	0-4	0-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Tamayo	23	9-20	6-15	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	24
Riley	21	5-6	0-0	4-4	7	2	0	0	1	14
Suotamo	20	7-16	0-0	1-1	7	2	0	2	1	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	8	3-7	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	6
Pawlak	7	1-1	0-0	4-4	2	1	0	0	0	6
Lewis	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Li	5	1-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Capel	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-61	7-21	11-11	20	16	8	2	2	72

Tovarich: I don't know how you beat a team who shoots 60% both halves. All 11 of our FT's were in the first half, then the refs just decided to stop calling fouls. 8 blocks seems low. I bet it was more. Couldn't rebound as usual. Everyone went cold shooting in the second half except for Suotamo who started 1-8. Whatever.

Reporter: Joe Lunardi had you as a 2 seed. Do you think you'll be dropped to a 3 now?

Tovarich: Sure, probably. Whoever we play in the second round, regardless of how they seed us likely has more talent than us. We'll just have to see how we match up with them.

Reporter: Do you think the Sun Belt was stronger this year than previously?

Tovarich: It's an older league. Troy starts 4 seniors, and that team unity stuff, sometimes it's like the most important thing in the world, and this league starts a lot of seniors, us included. The RPI only has us 12th I think, which isn't as good as previous years, but I think it's tougher for sure. We may have 3 teams in now if Lunardi is correct with FIU being in and then Troy or Little Rock get the auto bid.

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Conference Tournament Winners
America East-1 Boston U
ACC-1 North Carolina
Atlantic Sun-1 Florida Gulf Coast
Atlantic 10-7 St. Louis
Big East-2 Providence
Big Sky-5 Weber State
Big South-6 High Point
Big 10-2 Michigan State
Big 12-5 Kansas
Big West-4 Cal Poly
Colonial-7 VCU
CUSA-2 Memphis
Horizon-5 Loyola Chicago
Metro-1 Niagara
MAC-4 Bowling Green
Summit-2 Southern Utah
MEAC-1 Maryland-Eastern Shore
MVC-1 Drake
Mountain West-3 BYU
Northeast-2 Robert Morris
Ohio Valley-2 Austin Peay
PAC 10-10 Oregon
Patriot-5 Army
SEC-1 Tennessee
Southern-3 Chattanooga
Southland-2 Northwestern State
SWAC-3 Grambling State
Sun Belt-10 Arkansas-Little Rock
West Coast-8 Santa Clara
WAC-4 Nevada

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East
Play-in Game
Loyola Chicago (14-16) vs. Grambling State (16-15)

#1 North Carolina (29-4) vs. Play-in
#8 Florida International (22-8) vs. #9 Syracuse (20-12)
#5 Colorado (23-8) vs. #12 Florida Gulf Coast (24-7)
#4 Connecticut (23-9) vs. #13 Nevada (17-11)

#6 Marquette (20-11) vs. #11 Niagara (22-9)
#3 Western Kentucky (27-6) vs. #14 Southern Utah (19-10)
#7 Washington (21-11) vs. #10 Utah (22-8)
#2 North Carolina State (23-9) vs. #15 Chattanooga (19-10)

South
#1 Providence (27-6) vs. #16 High Point (14-14)
#8 UCLA (21-11) vs. #9 Texas (17-13)
#5 Charlotte (24-8) vs. #12 Boston U (23-8)
#4 Tennessee (26-6) vs. #13 Oregon (16-17)

#6 Southern California (22-10) vs. #11 Brigham Young (19-11)
#3 Kentucky (25-7) vs. #14 Robert Morris (20-13)
#7 Clemson (18-9) vs. #10 Missouri (17-11)
#2 Duke (21-9) vs. #15 Cal Poly (17-13)

Midwest
#1 Memphis (27-5) vs. #16 Army (14-16)
#8 Penn State (24-10) vs. #9 St. John's (21-12)
#5 Pittsburgh (23-9) vs. #12 Maryland-Eastern Shore (27-7)
#4 Texas Tech (21-9) vs. #13 Northwestern State (22-6)

#6 Florida State (20-10) vs. #11 Arkansas-Little Rock (23-13)
#3 Georgia Tech (25-9) vs. #14 Virginia Commonwealth (19-13)
#7 East Carolina (24-8) vs. #10 Alabama (22-9)
#2 Illinois (26-7) vs. #15 Penn (14-13)

West
#1 Louisville (26-6) vs. #16 Austin Peay (16-12)
#8 Idaho (23-6) vs. #9 Florida (23-12)
#5 Stanford (22-9) vs. #12 Drake (24-10)
#4 Kansas (24-10) vs. #13 St. Louis (20-16)

#6 Southern Mississippi (22-7) vs. #11 Bowling Green (22-9)
#3 UNLV (27-5) vs. #14 Santa Clara (15-18)
#7 Virginia (20-11) vs. #10 Buffalo (23-6)
#2 Michigan State (27-6) vs. #15 Weber State (15-15)

NIT
St. Joseph's vs. VMI
Kansas State vs. Boston College
Iowa vs. IUPUI
California vs. Lamar

Fordham vs. NJIT
Michigan vs. Nebraska
Georgia vs. Gonzaga
Tulsa vs. Montana

Houston vs. Southern
St. Mary's vs. Oregon State
Louisiana Tech vs. Youngstown State
Kent State vs. Georgia State

Texas A&M vs. Samford
Hofstra vs. Rutgers
Xavier vs. Cal Fullerton
Holy Cross vs. Davidson

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Wow, seems like a really down year in the Big 10, only 3 teams in the tournament?

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Wow, seems like a really down year in the Big 10, only 3 teams in the tournament?

Quite, looks like they had an awful non-conference season collectively. Iowa finished 11-7 in the conference, but only 18-13 overall, Wisconsin was 10-8 but 15-16 overall. Penn State actually finished 6th but was 24-10 so they made it in. The bottom 5 all finished under .500 overall. Michigan State and Illinois hogged a lot of the wins and everyone else was pretty even except for Purdue.

Then Texas A&M finishes tied for 2nd in the Big 12 but doesn't make it in at 17-12, but 6th place Missouri gets in at 17-12. Similarly in the ACC, Miami ties for 2nd, but at 17-12 doesn't make it in. Virginia goes 7-9 and finishes 9th though and is in comfortably at 20-12.

The SEC only managed 4. The PAC only got a 5th because 10th place Oregon won the tournament, but Cal finished alone in 2nd and is out at 20-12 overall.

The Big East hogged 7 spots. The moderate conferences took a lot of bids, 3 from CUSA, 3 from the Sun Belt, the MAC and WAC each got an at-large too.

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Wow, what a mess across those 3 big conferences. Interesting to see the middle get so strong, I hope that makes for an interesting tournament.

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 1st Round
Royal Bank of Canada Center
Raleigh, NC

Southern Utah Thunderbirds at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 22, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#14 Southern Utah (19-11)	26	33	59
#3 Western Kentucky (28-6)	41	46	87

Southern Utah Thunderbirds
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pittman	21	4-8	3-5	0-0	2	4	0	0	5	11
Allen	19	3-10	1-4	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	7
Curry	24	3-11	0-5	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	6
Stewart	23	3-3	0-0	2-2	16	2	0	0	1	8
Jeffers	20	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cooley	9	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	4
Westphal	14	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	3	0	0	4	6
Luber	4	3-5	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Coppenrath	5	1-3	0-1	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	4
Morgan	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Millsap	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Tran	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-53	7-22	4-4	28	13	1	0	14	59
TEAM TOTALS		24-53	7-22	4-4	28	13	1	0	14	59

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	14	2-5	1-2	0-0	0	5	1	0	1	5
Stivers	14	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	3
Tamayo	14	8-17	3-6	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	19
Riley	14	4-6	0-0	0-0	7	1	3	0	0	8
Suotamo	14	2-3	0-0	0-0	7	2	2	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	14	4-5	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	1	0	8
Pawlak	8	2-2	2-2	1-2	1	2	0	0	0	7
Jack	6	2-5	0-1	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	6
Lewis	12	6-7	2-2	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	14
Li	10	4-6	3-5	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	11
Capel	14	0-4	0-2	0-0	1	5	1	0	0	0
Blankenship	6	0-2	0-2	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		35-65	12-25	5-6	27	23	13	2	1	87

Tovarich: Second year in a row for Southern Utah. Despite that being a 1-16 game last year, which means we got worse and they got better, this one must have been easier since we only won by 11 last year, though I can't say I remember much about it. I may be getting old.

Reporter: Did you feel the game was over when you started up 19-4?

Tovarich: No, I've seen enough of those kinds of starts slip away gradually.

Reporter: You usually insult everyone who plays zone against you, would you like to tell Southern Utah coach he's an idiot?

Tovarich: Well, the way we shot against Troy, maybe letting us shoot ourselves into a slump wasn't the worst plan. The 3-2 zone is not one I can remember seeing any time in recent memory, but we shot well tonight.

Reporter: Are you concerned you gave up 16 rebounds to their PF?

Tovarich: Rebounding is always a concern, mainly because I don't know how to fix it. I guess in the 3-2 zone, their two big guys should be closer to the basket than they would be in man where we typically have 4 out, so maybe that was it. No matter who we get in the 2nd round, of course I am concerned we suck at rebounding.

Reporter: Are you rooting for a Niagara upset?

Tovarich: Of course. Marquette, despite the seeds, is better than us as you'd expect every power school in the tournament to be. Despite what our seed always says, we have a high RPI because I try to challenge us in the non-conference, and even though the scheduling often doesn't work out, it should equate to a hard SOS and we end up seeded higher than our talent level says we should be.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament
Play-in Game
Loyola Chicago 84 Grambling State 50

1st Round
East
#1 North Carolina 77 #16 Loyola Chicago 56
#9 Syracuse 78 #8 Florida International 70
#5 Colorado 75 #12 Florida Gulf Coast 65
#4 Connecticut 64 #13 Nevada 46

#6 Marquette 92 #11 Niagara 90
#3 Western Kentucky 87 #14 Southern Utah 59
#10 Utah 86 #7 Washington 84
#2 North Carolina State 88 #15 Chattanooga 43

West
#1 Louisville 93 #16 Austin Peay 54
#9 Florida 80 #8 Idaho 68
#5 Stanford 80 #12 Drake 57
#4 Kansas 88 #13 St. Louis 85

#6 Southern Mississippi 69 #11 Bowling Green 59
#3 UNLV 68 #14 Santa Clara 65
#10 Buffalo 79 #7 Virginia 76
#2 Michigan State 105 #15 Weber State 77

South
#1 Providence 88 #16 High Point 69
#8 UCLA 83 #9 Texas 78
#5 Charlotte 70 #12 Boston U 47
#13 Oregon 89 #4 Tennessee 74

#6 Southern California 93 #11 Brigham Young 84
#3 Kentucky 95 #14 Robert Morris 50
#7 Clemson 98 #10 Missouri 69
#2 Duke 93 #15 Cal Poly 56

Midwest
#1 Memphis 77 #16 Army 60
#8 Penn State 91 #9 St. John's 90
#5 Pittsburgh 74 #12 Maryland-Eastern Shore 31
#4 Texas Tech 86 #13 Northwestern State 66

#6 Florida State 77 #11 Arkansas-Little Rock 72
#3 Georgia Tech 105 #14 Virginia Commonwealth 61
#10 Alabama 73 #7 East Carolina 66
#2 Illinois 72 #15 Penn 64

[Tovarich]

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
Royal Bank of Canada Center
Raleigh, NC

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Marquette Golden Eagles
Mar 24, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (28-7)	32	34	66
#6 Marquette (22-11)	41	52	93

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	21	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Stivers	21	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	3	2	0	0	5
Tamayo	21	5-14	2-9	2-2	2	0	4	0	1	14
Riley	20	9-17	0-0	0-1	3	3	4	0	2	18
Suotamo	20	5-9	0-0	4-6	4	2	2	2	2	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	8	4-5	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	1	10
Pawlak	8	2-7	0-1	1-2	2	0	2	0	1	5
Lewis	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Li	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Capel	7	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	2	0
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-64	3-15	9-13	17	11	16	2	14	66

Marquette Golden Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petway	18	5-9	2-3	1-2	3	6	1	0	4	13
Reece	22	6-12	1-4	0-0	1	9	6	0	3	13
Elias	20	8-11	3-6	1-1	2	3	2	0	2	20
Willis	21	4-9	1-5	1-2	11	2	3	0	5	10
O'Donnell	20	6-11	0-0	0-0	11	0	2	1	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Blanks	13	2-3	0-0	0-0	7	2	0	1	0	4
Crumbley	4	1-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	3	1	2
Powell	4	2-2	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	1	6
Clarke	8	3-5	1-2	0-0	2	4	0	0	1	7
Jefferies	9	3-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	3	6
Rickert	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Alexander	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		40-68	8-21	5-7	44	26	14	5	21	93

Tovarich: I would love to see video of the 11 losses they had. They ran circles around us like the globetrotters. They threw alley-oops from halfcourt so high the camera lost track of it. The press was relentless. I've never been pressed so aggressively for virtually the entire game. 14 turnover by us is by far the worst I've ever seen in a game. They shot it will. 44-17 rebounds is about what I expect. I don't know why we can't rebound. I think we had 1 offensive rebound the entire game. They must have had 15. We deflected so many passes, just for it to go back to them somehow. Not a single assist for Galbreath. Everyone he passes it to missed. It was like a curse somehow to receive the ball from him. We never had a chance. There's no way that team could ever lose a game playing like that, greatest thing I've ever seen. I know they're better than us, but it still feel like everything conspired against us to help a team who couldn't possibly need the help. I don't know why we were the away team. We're the higher seed, even if we don't deserve it, but somehow that seems to matter. Why did they get all the fans? Why isn't my red blob wandering around? It's ridiculous they're the home team.

Reporter: Is this season a disappointment?

Tovarich: Most of my seasons here feel like that. I'm not sure it's humanly possible for me to assemble a team that can compete at that level. We start 3 seniors, so we should have kept getting better every season and we didn't.

Reporter: Big schools came calling last year and likely will this year.

Tovarich: We'll see who calls. There's always another step into the Mountain West/Atlantic 10 kinda schools that are a level up from here, but not a power school. I have to think about whether or not I can accomplish anything here other than plowing over the Sun Belt schools every year and getting killed in the 2nd round by a school with far more talent than I have.

Reporter: If you do come back, what do you expect the starters to look like?

Tovarich: Galbreath obviously will be the PG. Suotamo the center. At SG, we have Lewis from the B team, a 4* I redshirted and a 5* coming in, so that's open. At SF, we have a 4* recruit coming in, and Li from the B team. At PF, we have Pawlak and Jack from the B and C team, and hopefully a 4* coming in. Those 3 spots are all wide open.