Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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NCAA Tournament

East
#1 Texas (32-1) vs. Lafayette (15-16) or Norfolk State (14-19)
#8 East Carolina (25-7) vs. #9 Indiana (21-12)
#5 Auburn (23-8) vs. #12 Hofstra (22-10)
#4 Stanford (22-11) vs. #13 Boston U (27-8)

#6 North Carolina State (22-11) vs. #11 Texas A&M (19-10)
#3 Michigan State (25-7) vs. #14 Long Beach State (19-13)
#7 Seton Hall (22-11) vs. #10 Kentucky (19-13)
#2 Arizona (23-8) vs. #15 Penn (18-13)

South
#1 Pittsburgh (28-6) vs. #16 Robert Morris (17-15)
#8 Cincinnati (19-13) vs. #9 Oklahoma (21-9)
#5 Alabama (25-7) vs. #12 Drake (23-9)
#4 Arizona State (21-12) vs. #13 Florida Gulf Coast (23-7)

#6 Clemson (22-9) vs. #11 Fairfield (25-6)
#3 Oregon (23-10) vs. #14 Tennessee Tech (23-11)
#7 Florida (23-10) vs. #10 Marquette (18-15)
#2 Georgia Tech (22-7) vs. #15 Montana (20-10)

Midwest
#1 UCLA (26-6) vs. #16 Southern Utah (18-11)
#8 Villanova (19-12) vs. #9 Nevada (24-7)
#5 Western Kentucky (29-6) vs. #12 Air Force (22-9)
#4 California (20-11) vs. #14 Wisconsin-Green Bay (20-11)

#6 Vanderbilt (21-9) vs. #11 Utah (21-8)
#3 Southern California (22-9) vs. #14 Northwestern State (21-9)
#7 Tennessee (19-10) vs. #10 Massachusetts (26-8)
#2 Louisville (24-8) vs. #15 Grambling (20-9)

West
#1 Syracuse (24-5) vs. #16 Virginia Military (18-12)
#8 Nebraska (24-10) vs. #9 Mississippi State (22-11)
#5 West Virginia (21-11) vs. #12 Florida State (20-11)
#4 Maryland (24-8) vs. #13 Western Michigan (18-13)

#6 Miami Florida (22-8) vs. #11 Ohio State (22-10)
#3 Illinois (27-6) vs. #14 Rider (20-14)
#7 Gonzaga (25-7) vs. #10 Arkansas (23-11)
#2 Connecticut (26-7) vs. #15 Davidson (19-12)

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NIT
Michigan vs. Utah Valley State
South Florida vs. Providence
Virginia vs. Long Island
Colorado vs. Towson

Dayton vs. Morgan State
Duke vs. Iowa State
Hawaii vs. Wright State
Kansas vs. Nicholls State

Washington State vs. Holy Cross
Houston vs. Loyola Marymount
Memphis vs. NC Greensboro
La Salle vs. Northern Arizona

St. Mary's vs. Oral Roberts
Southern Mississippi vs. Kansas State
Fresno State vs. Samford
Buffalo vs. Cal Riverside

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NCAA Tournament 1st Round
Jon M. Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Air Force Falcons at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 20, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#12 Air Force (22-10)	46	12	58
#5 Western Kentucky (30-6)	45	34	79

Air Force Falcons
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Salow	20	4-7	0-3	0-0	0	5	0	0	5	8
Barrow	21	3-9	0-3	2-3	8	2	1	0	3	8
Maxwell	22	3-11	2-8	2-2	3	2	0	0	2	10
Lufkin	23	3-9	1-4	1-2	4	2	0	1	1	8
Duffy	18	5-7	1-1	0-0	12	0	0	1	0	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Truscott	14	3-5	1-3	0-0	1	2	0	1	1	7
Cleland	11	0-2	0-1	2-2	0	1	0	0	2	2
Jacobsen	11	2-2	0-0	0-2	7	1	1	1	0	4
Bright	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Millage	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Noel	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Barley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-52	5-23	7-11	35	15	2	4	14	58
TEAM TOTALS		23-52	5-23	7-11	35	15	2	4	14	58

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	21	0-5	0-4	0-0	1	12	1	0	2	0
Lewis	20	4-11	2-9	0-0	1	1	3	0	0	10
Li	20	8-20	8-17	0-0	6	0	2	0	0	24
Jack	19	3-8	2-5	2-3	2	0	1	1	0	10
Suotamo	9	4-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	16	2-7	0-0	1-2	10	2	1	0	0	5
Pawlak	10	0-2	0-0	2-2	4	3	1	0	0	2
Camper	7	3-4	3-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Jordan	6	3-4	2-3	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	8
Capel	7	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3
Blankenship	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Zoellner	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		28-68	18-42	5-7	30	20	14	1	3	79

Tovarich: I didn't think I said anything too inspirational or game-changing at halftime, but I'll take all the credit.

Reporter: So, what did you actually change at halftime?

Tovarich: We got tight on a few of their outside shooters. I told them to crash the glass a little. I mean, getting outrebounded 22-7 at halftime, that one's pretty obvious. We did a good job making those numbers look respectable, although I don't know what we did to make them shoot 25% in the second half. They're lucky they hit that 3 with 4 seconds to go or they'd have been in single digits. We slowed it down some the last 5 minutes or so because the tight game turned lopsided all of a sudden.

Reporter: You seemed annoyed with the refs.

Tovarich: It seemed pre-determined Suotamo was going to be in foul trouble the whole game. Every time he breathed on someone, they'd call a foul. We eventually got their starter a 3rd and he sat a lot of the 2nd half as well, but 4 fouls in 9 minutes is crazy. Shehan luckily is also really good. He couldn't put a putback back in to save his life, but he rebounded in the 2nd half, which we couldn't do in the first. Air Force obviously doesn't have the depth we do, so tight calls by the refs can't really hurt us too bad.

Reporter: Cal next. What do you expect from that?

Tovarich: Obviously on paper, they're better than we are. They're battle tested. The PAC-10 has 7 teams seeded 1-4. I see they start 4 seniors, so their team unity is out of this world. There's probably nowhere that we're better than them. It's going to take great effort. We'll go hyper-aggressive on defense and go for a lot of steals, because I can already see the alley-oops from halfcourt coming and shooting 65%. We'll need to find some hot shooters. We're probably sizeable underdogs as we'd be against almost anyone in the 2nd round.

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NCAA Tournament
Play-in Game
Lafayette 84 Norfolk State 47

1st Round
East
#1 Texas 107 #16 Lafayette 55
#8 East Carolina 79 #9 Indiana 54
#5 Auburn 86 #12 Hofstra 75
#4 Stanford 84 #13 Boston U 66

#6 North Carolina State 93 #11 Texas A&M 70
#3 Michigan State 86 #14 Long Beach State 52
#7 Seton Hall 99 #10 Kentucky 87
#2 Arizona 79 #15 Penn 63

West
#1 Syracuse 105 #16 Virginia Military 48
#8 Nebraska 82 #9 Mississippi State 58
#5 West Virginia 80 #12 Florida State 57
#13 Western Michigan 73 #4 Maryland 72

#11 Ohio State 66 #6 Miami Florida 59
#3 Illinois 76 #14 Rider 61
#10 Arkansas 82 #7 Gonzaga 64
#2 Connecticut 97 #15 Davidson 64

South
#1 Pittsburgh 87 #16 Robert Morris 46
#9 Oklahoma 73 #8 Cincinnati 71
#5 Alabama 80 #12 Drake 77
#4 Arizona State 87 #13 Florida Gulf Coast 69

#6 Clemson 81 #11 Fairfield 58
#3 Oregon 86 #14 Tennessee Tech 72
#7 Florida 72 #10 Marquette 69
#2 Georgia Tech 74 #15 Montana 53

Midwest
#1 UCLA 67 #16 Southern Utah 42
#9 Nevada 78 #8 Villanova 70
#5 Western Kentucky 79 #12 Air Force 58
#4 California 87 #13 Wisconsin-Green Bay 58

#11 Utah 63 #6 Vanderbilt 51
#3 Southern California 78 #14 Northwestern State 46
#10 Massachusetts 86 #7 Tennessee 76
#2 Louisville 97 #15 Grambling 47

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
Jon M. Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT

California Golden Bears at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 22, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 California (21-12)	30	37	67
#5 Western Kentucky (31-6)	31	39	70

California Golden Bears
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gunn	24	5-6	3-4	1-2	1	7	1	0	3	14
Boozer	24	2-3	1-2	1-2	3	7	1	0	3	6
McCroskey	22	11-17	2-6	1-1	4	1	0	1	6	25
Stevens	22	3-8	0-0	2-2	8	1	0	3	0	8
Estrada	22	4-6	0-0	1-1	10	2	2	1	4	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Norris	8	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	4
Fernandez	6	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	2	0	0	3	1
Minor	13	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Randall	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Curry	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Carr	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Spears	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-45	6-13	9-12	29	21	4	5	20	67
TEAM TOTALS		26-45	6-13	9-12	29	21	4	5	20	67

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	24	0-5	0-4	4-4	0	6	4	0	2	4
Lewis	24	7-8	3-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	17
Li	24	2-14	2-13	0-0	1	4	6	0	0	6
Jack	23	7-13	0-2	1-1	7	3	6	1	1	15
Suotamo	21	7-11	0-0	4-5	6	0	0	1	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	7	2-5	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	1	0	5
Pawlak	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	2
Camper	4	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Jordan	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	0
Capel	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-62	6-26	10-12	20	18	18	3	5	70

Tovarich: Whew, my favorite way to win a game. Allow 60% shooting, brick every 3 we take, get dominated on the boards and go for steals on every possession.

Reporter: What were you thinking down 7-0 in the first minute?

Tovarich: De ja vu. I was remember Marquette last year. Suotamo's running down the lane and could just dunk it but he decides to finger roll it and miss short, then they go down and bomb a contested 3. The alley-oop from beyond the 3-point lane which I had 3 people in between who couldn't block it was a nice touch too.

Reporter: Despite focusing so much on McCroskey, he piled up the points anyway.

Tovarich: Yeah, we were supposed to double him every time he had it, and we did get him to throw it away a few times, but no matter how tight we were supposed to be on him, he was often open. Their PG too.

Reporter: You didn't give the bench much of a chance.

Tovarich: Nope, wasn't feeling them at all really. Wasn't feeling Li, but they kept leaving him open, like they knew he'd miss and they were baiting me to let him keep shooting. Lewis caught fire in the second half though and shot us out of it. A few big rebounds at the end, Galbreath hitting all 4 FT's at the end was huge. We can usually overcome one off night like Li had. But it took everyone else contributing.

Reporter: You'll likely get UCLA again for the 3rd time in 5 years. Can you match up with them in any way?

Tovarich: They've dominated us both times. We'll have to try the same gameplan as today and hope Li doesn't go 2-13, we can rebound better and they don't shoot 60% but we'll need to be +15 in turnovers and +17 in shots to eek it out like we did today if we're lucky.

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
East
#1 Texas 86 #8 East Carolina 58
#5 Auburn 72 #4 Stanford 70

#6 North Carolina State 103 #3 Michigan State 79
#2 Arizona 90 #7 Seton Hall 65

West
#1 Syracuse 90 #8 Nebraska 84
#5 West Virginia 70 #13 Western Michigan 68 (OT)

#11 Ohio State 67 #3 Illinois 65
#2 Connecticut 85 #10 Arkansas 77

South
#1 Pittsburgh 82 #9 Oklahoma 63
#5 Alabama 85 #4 Arizona State 79

#6 Clemson 76 #3 Oregon 50
#2 Georgia Tech 89 #7 Florida 67

Midwest
#9 Nevada 83 #1 UCLA 81
#5 Western Kentucky 70 #4 California 67

#3 Southern California 75 #11 Utah 74
#2 Louisville 92 #10 Massachusetts 72

NIT 1st Round
Michigan 68 Utah Valley State 46
Providence 94 South Florida 84
Virginia 108 Long Island 70
Colorado 63 Towson 53

Dayton 82 Morgan State 57
Iowa State 83 Duke 79
Hawaii 80 Wright State 75
Kansas 107 Nicholls State 65

Washington State 77 Holy Cross 42
Loyola Marymount 71 Houston 68
Memphis 75 Greensboro 69
La Salle 74 Northern Arizona 67

St. Mary's 81 Oral Roberts 64
Kansas State 78 Southern Mississippi 74
Fresno State 79 Samford 77
Cal Riverside 75 Buffalo 59

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Awesome win, and you get Nevada instead of UCLA next round, which is hopefully a good thing.

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Awesome win, and you get Nevada instead of UCLA next round, which is hopefully a good thing.

It definitely can't hurt. Buuuuuut...Nevada starts 5 seniors.

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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
RCA Dome
Indianapolis, IN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Nevada Wolf Pack
Mar 27, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#5 Western Kentucky (32-6)	40	22	62
#9 Nevada (26-8)	25	24	49

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	21	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	3	3	0	1	0
Lewis	21	3-7	2-5	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	8
Li	21	4-13	2-5	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	10
Jack	20	3-7	1-2	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	7
Suotamo	18	712	0-0	6-9	10	3	3	1	1	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	10	4-6	0-0	2-2	4	2	0	0	0	10
Pawlak	8	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	0	3	2
Camper	7	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	3
Jordan	7	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Capel	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-54	6-14	8-11	26	13	13	1	5	62

Nevada Wolf Pack
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crumbley	23	6-9	2-3	3-4	1	2	1	0	5	17
Reaser	21	3-9	0-3	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	6
Clinton	21	2-6	0-2	2-2	2	6	2	0	3	6
Haynes	19	1-6	0-2	0-0	8	1	1	2	2	2
Annen	22	3-10	0-0	0-0	8	0	0	2	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cotton	8	2-2	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	3	6
Lawson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Burks	3	1-1	0-0	0-1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Fray	11	2-6	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Matela	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	0	1	0
Maxwell	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bigby	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-50	2-11	7-9	29	11	5	4	15	49

Tovarich: Well, luckily there are no style points this time of year. First Elite 8 is awesome. I've had teams the last few years I thought could do this who didn't, and I didn't think at the beginning of the year this would be possible for this team, and it's probably because we got lucky playing a 9 seed in the Sweet 16 but I'll take it.

Reporter: What were you thinking when they came out of halftime on a 9-0 run and you didn't score for 3 1/2 minutes?

Tovarich: "I knew that first half was too easy". "I've seen this before". "I wonder what the other coaches say at halftime to do this". "What do they look like UCLA all of a sudden"? "Oh, right, team unity".

Reporter: What caused the ugly shooting for both teams in the second half?

Tovarich: Too much at stake for such small schools I guess. I apologize to everyone who had to watch us shoot 8/26 in the second half. I don't think their percentage was a ton better. We slowed it down a little bit late, but we took more shots in the second half than the first. Just no one besides the big men could make one, and even then, Suotamo missed 3 putbacks in one sequence right there? It was helpless to watch. Luckily they, after their 9-0 start anyway, couldn't shoot much better.

Reporter: You got outrebounded, but several key rebounds gave you a chance to run some clock those last 3 minutes.

Tovarich: Yeah, once I was able to surmise that most of our shots were destined to be missed, we stopped going back up with the putbacks that we were going to miss and held it for another 30. Eventually you learn your lesson.

Reporter: The school made one Final Four over 50 years ago but it was vacated. Does that makes this one a bigger deal?

Tovarich: No. I don't think the teams who have been to 12 care about any of those. The 13th would still be special for them. We'll be big underdogs though to Louisville.

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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
#1 Texas 100 #5 Auburn 84
#2 Arizona 59 #6 North Carolina State 53

#1 Syracuse 78 #5 West Virginia 74
#3 Illinois 72 #2 Connecticut 66

#1 Pittsburgh 75 #5 Alabama 69
#2 Georgia Tech 90 #6 Clemson 73

#5 Western Kentucky 62 #9 Nevada 49
#2 Louisville 70 #3 Southern California 63

NIT 2nd Round
Michigan 79 Providence 71
Virginia 73 Colorado 72

Iowa State 74 Dayton 68
Hawaii 91 Kansas 86

Washington State 82 Loyola Marymount 77
Memphis 69 La Salle 54

Kansas State 93 St. Mary's 54
Fresno State 81 Cal Riverside 58

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8
RCA Dome
Indianapolis, IN

Louisville Cardinals at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 29, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#2 Louisville (27-9)	10	29	39
#5 Western Kentucky (33-6)	21	22	43

Louisville Cardinals
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Whithers	25	4-7	2-2	1-1	2	5	0	0	1	11
Malaman	25	4-8	1-1	0-0	8	1	0	0	1	9
Watson	25	4-11	0-5	0-0	1	2	0	0	3	8
Daikhate	24	1-5	0-1	0-0	9	1	0	0	2	2
Crawford	24	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	2	1	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bradley	6	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	5
Kann	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Bing	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Munns	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Lamkin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Pulley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Shelton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		17-38	4-11	1-1	25	12	1	3	9	39
TEAM TOTALS		17-38	4-11	1-1	25	12	1	3	9	39

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	25	0-1	0-1	2-3	0	1	2	0	0	2
Lewis	23	4-10	3-8	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Li	23	5-11	3-8	0-0	2	0	3	1	0	13
Jack	23	3-4	0-0	0-0	2	3	1	0	2	6
Suotamo	20	2-7	0-0	2-2	6	2	1	0	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	8	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	0
Pawlak	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
CAmper	5	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jordan	5	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Capel	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		16-40	7-20	4-5	17	9	8	1	2	43

Tovarich: Wow, ummm (laughs). It probably wasn't fun to watch. It was beautiful though lol. It's unbelievable. I kept waiting for the run to come and it finally did, a lot later than I thought. We did a great job dribbling the basketball. We hit just enough 3's, just enough offensive rebounds. We made just enough FT's at the end there. We forced just enough turnovers on all their long passes in desperation to catch up. Sorry for everyone who watched bored on TV wondering why Princeton was on there in Western Kentucky jerseys, but that was likely how it had to be done. My job's not to entertain everyone.

Reporter: What were you thinking up 10-0 in the first 3 minutes?

Tovarich: "Can I start running the clock now"? "Why are we actually getting rebounds? We never do that". "Where's this shot defense been all season"? "Maybe team unity only matters in the regular season".

Reporter: Are you worried going forward about the center's lack of ability to score today?

Tovarich: Not yet. That was a FR and he defensively dominated us. That's a sight I've seen many times where we get pushed around down low. We'll have to see who we get. I guess we don't have to travel since the Final Four is right here in Indy. We'll be big underdogs again. If we can jump out 10-0, then prepare to fall asleep watching again everyone. We'll see if we get that lucky again. We'll slow it down as long as we can, if we can. Hopefully the big men can score better.

Reporter: Will nerves be a factor?

Tovarich: For me or them? Haha. I have no idea. I don't know if when we play well that we're comfortable or when we play poorly it's nerves. I have no idea what to expect. I've been expecting what I saw against Marquette last year. I've been expecting what I've seen UCLA do to us twice, what North Carolina did the one year. And it hasn't come yet. I mean, we even blocked an alley-oop pass from just inside half court. I don't know why teams love to try that against us, though only in tournaments it seems, but finally Galbreath stuck his arms out and blocked one. Normally that goes through us like we're ghosts. I was stunned. I don't even remember what we did on the next possession I was so stunned.

Reporter: You mean after you stood around dribbling for 32 seconds?

Tovarich: Yes.

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8

#1 Texas 82 #2 Arizona 61

#3 Illinois 72 #1 Syracuse 67

#1 Pittsburgh 84 #2 Georgia Tech 66

#5 Western Kentucky 43 #2 Louisville 39

NIT Quarterfinals

Michigan 74 Virginia 70

Iowa State 81 Hawaii 79

Washington State 82 Memphis 50

Fresno State 78 Kansas State 70

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NCAA Tournament Final Four
RCA Dome
Indianapolis, IN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Pittsburgh Panthers
Apr 5, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#5 Western Kentucky (34-6)	20	35	55
#1 Pittsburgh (32-7)	16	36	52

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	25	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	5	2	0	0	0
Lewis	25	2-10	2-5	0-0	1	1	4	0	0	6
Li	25	7-16	4-11	0-0	1	3	5	1	0	18
Jack	24	5-8	2-4	0-0	1	2	6	0	0	12
Suotamo	13	1-6	0-0	2-2	6	1	1	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	15	4-8	0-0	1-1	3	2	0	0	1	9
Pawlak	4	3-3	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	6
Camper	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Capel	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		22-56	8-23	3-4	14	15	19	1	1	55

Pittsburgh Panthers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Harmon	22	5-10	1-2	1-2	2	3	0	0	3	12
Sikes	26	4-6	1-2	0-0	1	3	1	0	3	9
Bradley	26	4-6	1-2	1-1	9	1	0	0	6	10
Rost	23	5-5	0-0	0-0	10	3	0	1	2	10
Iti	22	2-4	0-2	2-2	4	2	0	0	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Steele	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cuffee	9	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	4	3
McKnight	11	0-1	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bills	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Pleick	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Forchion	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bradford	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-35	4-11	6-7	31	14	1	1	19	52

Tovarich: Wow, incredible. Sometimes as coaches we come up with a plan we think is good and is what's best and sometimes we're totally wrong. We tried to slow it down. We were 0-0 for over 3 minutes. We ticked every second we could off and kept it low scoring and it was working. Then they blitz us with a quick 9-0 run in under 2 minutes and it gets us out of that plan and we put the press on and we speed it up and you'd think their SR PG would handle the ball better but we got him to turn it over. We got everyone to turn it over. Second game in a row we blocked an alley-oop. Incredible. The big guys struggled again. They shot 60% but couldn't hold on to the ball. The ultra-aggressive defense worked far better than standing around dribbling the cover off the ball. I was reluctant to do that to such an experienced guard. Stunned it worked. We were down in rebounds 17-5 at half, which was embarrassing. That didn't get a whole lot better in the second half. I am on my way to 250 games in my career and I still don't seem to be able to do anything about that. But we make it work somehow. We go for a million steals a game, and we end up with almost 20, so we get killed on the boards. Maybe that's part of it, I don't really know. Umm, what else? They played a lot of zone in the second half. Left Li and Lewis open for some 3's. That wasn't smart. None of it was as baffling as the plan at the end though. They get the offensive rebound-SHOCKING I know-and the putback to make it a 3 point game, and there's like 40.5 to go? And they play it out, so we of course just fire off a 3 with 1 second to go, and we managed to deflect the outlet pass which just left them with a heave from beyond half court. It hit the rim of course, because I think that happens 100% of the time, 99 at least, but I'd have dragged that out I think, even though they probably were only at 2-3 fouls. I'm not sure what the plan will be for the championship. We made the Louisville strategy of pretending we're Princeton work, and we made that work for a while here too, but then we broke out of our shell and it turned out to be the best thing we could do. We'll have to see who we get on Monday. I don't think I want any part of 36-1 Texas who I see only has a loss @ top 10 Michigan State in OT and only 4 wins by single digits. I was hoping to see them in the Legends Classic. It was probably better we didn't with what all we had going on there. I know we lost to Illinois last season, but I'd take my chances there. Unbelievable we're in the championship. I remain astounded at this team. I guess we're at the point as a program where we don't rebuild, we reload as they say. Just didn't think this would be the team to break through after all our 2nd round problems. Still unbelievable. Oh, so any questions?

Reporter: Thanks coach. We thought you were going to talk forever.

Tovarich: Oops. Looks like we're out of time. See ya'll Monday.

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Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Hahaha, I've definitely done the "waste 30 seconds then take a shot offense". It's miserable but almost worked for me.

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Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Last comment posted right after you.

Congrats! NCAA title game here we come.