Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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NCAA Final Four

#1 Texas 80 #3 Illinois 74
#5 Western Kentucky 55 #1 Pittsburgh 52

NIT Final Four

Iowa State 75 Michigan 72
Fresno State 86 Washington State 60

NIT Championship
Iowa State 89 Fresno State 82

[Tovarich]

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Last comment posted right after you.

Congrats! NCAA title game here we come.

Thanks. I wish I could get to it tonight with all the momentum I have from unexpected wins, but won't be able to get to it until tomorrow.

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NCAA Tournament Championship
RCA Dome
Indianapolis, IN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Texas Longhorns
Apr 7, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#5 Western Kentucky (34-7)	35	19	54
#1 Texas (38-1)	29	26	55

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	24	0-2	0-1	0-2	1	6	3	0	0	0
Lewis	24	3-5	2-5	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	8
Li	24	6-13	4-11	0-1	2	1	3	0	0	16
Jack	22	5-13	3-6	1-2	6	1	1	0	0	14
Suotamo	22	2-6	0-0	1-2	4	3	2	0	1	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	6	2-3	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	0	1	4
Pawlak	6	3-4	1-1	0-1	2	2	0	0	0	7
Camper	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jordan	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Capel	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-49	10-26	2-9	17	15	11	1	2	54

Texas Longhorns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Orfini	28	5-8	2-2	4-4	0	9	0	0	8	16
Stoudamire	22	3-6	0-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	6
Caskill	23	5-11	2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	12
Warden	21	3-3	0-0	1-1	5	2	0	2	0	7
Mcbridle	23	5-7	0-0	0-0	14	0	0	3	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Barber	10	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	4
Kandji	11	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	1	2	1	0	0
Channing	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Beckwith	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Glover	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bonfim	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Cottrill	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-38	4-8	5-5	24	17	2	6	11	55

Tovarich: Obviously losing a national championship on a buzzer beater is as cruel as it gets. We did a lot right, but missing the front end of a 1 and 1 twice in the final 30 seconds gave them that chance. We still were in decent shape I think. We got the first miss and a rebound to set up the second 1 and 1 and conveniently the leading FT shooter in America misses again. We had fouls to give, so you feel good when there's 2.5 seconds and they're inbounding from behind half court. But they made the perfect pass to whoever on the baseline and he hit it. We must have been centimeters from a steal, but everything that had to happen for them to hit that shot happened. 2/9 on FT's in the game is brutal. We got some steals to keep running the clock. That was the only defense we had. They were shooting 60% like most of our opponents. We had a few scores lead. We just needed to kill about 1 more second somewhere to run them out of time, and we couldn't do it. They're 38-1 for a reason, but it's hard not to feel like we choked that. 22% on FT's is crazy. Galbreath missing 2 in the final 30 seconds is crazy. Nerves maybe I guess. I don't know. It's hard to take. We've been on borrowed time since Nevada somehow beat UCLA for us, but to get that close is brutal. Rebounding was subpar of course. We missed some point blank shots. But you still feel good where you had with 2.5 to go and they crush your dreams anyway. That'd have been tough to take in a regular season game, but in the last game of the season for a championship, that's deflating. That'll be on the highlights forever.

Reporter: What do you say to the players after a loss like that?

Tovarich: Try not to dwell on the ending. Focus on all the things that went into getting to that point. 2/9 FT's obviously was the biggest one.

Reporter: No seniors on the roster, so everyone's back. Will that make everyone believe they can win it next year?

Tovarich: Hopefully. This will be a pre-season top 10 team, maybe top 5. It took a fluke 9 over 1 upset to get us this far most likely though, so that kind of chaos may be what is needed. Then you still have to run a gauntlet of crazy good teams like Texas, who was 2 points in OT from a perfect season and you had them on the ropes and they pulled it out from under you. Hopefully the kids are robots and the emotion of losing like that won't crush them all offseason and they'll just come back next year even better.

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NCAA Player of the Year-Reggie Harrison (Hawaii)
Mid-Major Player of the Year-Reggie Harrison (Hawaii)
NCAA Coach of the Year-Rick Barnes (Texas)
Defensive Player of the Year-Reggie Harrison (Hawaii)
Big Man of the Year-Reggie Harrison (Hawaii)
FR of the Year-Vili Bouma (North Carolina)

1st Team All-America
PG-Collis Sockwell (Kansas)
SG-Dan Pitta (Colorado)
SF-Antario Wellington (Rutgers)
PF-Reggie Harrison (Hawaii)
C-Lubos Castro (St. Mary's)

2nd Team All-America
PG-Vince Summers (UCLA)
SG-Edmund Fisher (Campbell)
SF-Rich Boddie (Southern California)
PF-Haruna Diakhate (Louisville)
C-Antonio Bridges (St. John's)

FR All-America
PG-Pierre Caton (Massachusetts)
SG-Vili Bouma (North Carolina
SF-Jasper Butt (Mississippi State)
PF-Treg Zaharias (North Carolina)
C-Kelly Assel (Vanderbilt)

Sun Belt
Coach of the Year-Dave Tovarich (Western Kentucky)
Player of the Year-J.P. Franklin (Louisiana Monroe)
FR of the Year-Ebi Gatson (Louisiana Monroe)

1st Team All-Sun Belt
PG-Dennard Galbreath (Western Kentucky)
SG-Rodney Bedeau (Denver)
SF-Leroy Li (Western Kentucky)
PF-J.P. Franklin (Louisiana Monroe)
C-Darren Ramsey (South Alabama)

2nd Team All-Sun Belt
PG-Ebi Gatson (Louisiana Monroe)
SG-Perry Cleaves (Louisiana Lafayette)
SF-Wade N'diaye (Arkansas State)
PF-Jay Davis (Middle Tennessee)
C-Jonathan Benzel (New Orleans)

FR All-Sun Belt
PG-Ebi Gatson (Louisiana Monroe)
SG-Kreigh Jackette (Arkansas State)
SF-Josh Okotie (Arkansas-Little Rock)
PF-Laforest Queen (South Alabama)
C-Francis Pilgrim (Denver)

Notable Coaching Changes
Leonard Hamilton retires from Florida State (replaced by Southern Illinois coach)
Dino Gaudio fired by Wake Forest (replaced by J Swain (Hofstra))
SMU coach fired, replaced by Brad Brownell (Samford)
Jim Larranaga retires from George Mason
Denver fires O'Bannon, lands at Samford

Coach Tovarich will return to Western Kentucky
Signee-Perry Meyers 5* #6 PG #9 OVR San Bernadino, CA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Stats - 2013-14
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Leroy Li	41	753	14.6	1.5	0.9	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.8
Corbin Suotamo	41	658	11.9	6.9	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.5	1.2
Jarrid Jack	41	652	9.6	3.5	1.8	2.0	0.2	0.4	0.4
B.B. Shehan	41	409	8.0	4.7	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.6
Marion Lewis	41	690	8.0	1.2	1.8	1.6	0.0	0.2	0.4
Darrall Pawlak	41	474	7.6	3.4	1.3	1.4	0.0	0.3	0.4
Keon Camper	41	442	5.7	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.2
Dennard Galbreath	41	775	4.9	0.7	4.8	2.3	0.0	0.1	0.2
Sid Jordan	41	349	4.3	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4
Donatas Zoellner	21	87	3.6	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Marlon Capel	41	376	3.0	0.5	1.7	0.9	0.0	0.8	0.4
Najeeb Blankenship	21	94	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1

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Amazing run, terrible loss. Can't believe the missed FTs. What a gut punch.

[Tovarich]

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Tovarich: Alright, let's get the usual stuff out of the way. The roster:

2014-2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
1	Keon Camper	SG	6'4"	207	RS SO	Louisville, KY
2	Marion Lewis	SG	6'5"	217	SR	Cupertino, CA
5	Sid Jordan	SG	6'4"	188	SO	New York, NY
10	DeMarcus Flores	SF	6'6"	218	RS FR	Lorain, OH
11	Perry Meyers (RS)	PG	5'11"	180	FR	San Bernadino, CA
12	Marlon Capel	PG	6'1"	194	RS SR	Tucson, AZ
22	Dennard Galbreath	PG	6'1"	197	SR	San Bernadino, CA
24	Najeeb Blankenship (W)	SF	6'9"	264	RS SR	Cincinnati, OH
34	Leroy Li	SF	6'5"	248	SR	Modesto, CA
41	B.B. Shehan	C	7'2"	265	RS SR	New York, NY
43	Jarrid Jack	PF	6'8"	223	RS JR	San Diego, CA
51	Darrall Pawlak	PF	6'8"	226	JR	San Diego, CA
52	Corbin Suotamo	C	6'11"	275	JR	Aurora, IL
53	Jeffery Merriex	PF	6'10"	215	RS FR	Brooklyn, NY
55	Donatas Zoellner (W)	C	7'0"	269	RS SR	Germany

Tovarich: I released a walkon named Robert Barnard. We'll RS the PG recruit we just signed. The depth chart remains largely unchanged.

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart - 2014-15
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Galbreath	Capel	Meyers (RS)
SG	Lewis	Camper	Jordan
SF	Li	Flores	Blankenship (W)
PF	Jack	Pawlak	Merriex
C	Suotamo	Shehan	Zoellner (W)

Tovarich: Don't take any of that too literally. We actually rate Camper slightly better than Lewis, but Lewis is better at shooting 3's, and is a SR and therefore better for team unity. But we started Camper some games last year and we may again. Jordan will play more at the 3 on the B team. That's all interchangeable based on who's hot that game. The centers both remain even. Suotamo is supposed to be the better rebounder though. Pawlak and Jack also dead even, but Jack shoots 3's better (despite what our ratings say) and seems to (usually) break the press better, which we see often. That's all interchangeable too. Our RS FR Merriex and Flores unfortunately are likely the odd men out and may just get in in blowouts. Blankenship and Zoellner are still great walkons, but unfortunately there is just not room for them on the active roster with some many great players, and it sucks for them for that to happen when they're seniors, but this roster is just crazy deep. Moving on, to the schedule:

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 2009-10 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 3	at 2K Sports College Hoops Classic
Nov 7	vs Samford
Nov 20	at "Orange County Shootout" aka Wooden Tradition
Nov 26	vs Miami Florida
Nov 29	at North Carolina State
Dec 4	at Duke
Dec 10	at Eastern Kentucky
Dec 15	vs Vanderbilt
Dec 20	at Troy
Dec 27	at Texas
Jan 1	at Louisiana Monroe
Jan 5	vs Florida International
Jan 8	vs South Alabama
Jan 10	vs North Texas
Jan 15	vs Denver
Jan 17	at New Orleans
Jan 20	vs Texas-Pan American
Jan 25	at Arkansas State
Jan 29	vs Florida Atlantic
Jan 31	vs Middle Tennessee
Feb 5	vs Louisiana Lafayette
Feb 7	at Arkansas-Little Rock
Feb 12	vs Troy
Feb 14	vs Louisiana Monroe
Feb 18	at Florida International
Feb 21	vs South Alabama
Feb 26	at North Texas
Feb 28	at Denver

Tovarich: Denver coach has moved on to Samford. He is probably hoping I didn't notice. We'll continue with Eastern Kentucky. Then as usual, I randomly guessed some big schools that we'll hope are good. Texas, Duke and North Carolina State are ranked in the pre-season so hopefully that works out. The two tournaments we're in are very disappointing fields with no ranked teams in either, so already annoyed about that. Oh well. Can't know these things.

Reporter: What's the goal in recruiting coach? You have 5 scholarships available.

Tovarich: Yeah, we need just about everything. Both PG's are SR's. We have one RS'ing, so one of those is an absolute must. Shehan will graduate, so another C is an absolute must as well. Another SF is a must as well. The other two we'll just get the best players we can.

Reporter: Is is true you were offered the Florida State and Wake Forest jobs?

Tovarich: Yes, I am offered literally every opening there is. I was hoping Oregon State would be open after the finished last place and had 17 losses, but they are sticking with Kermit. The roster this year is killer. Oregon State and Arizona are the only jobs I'd have given it up for and Arizona was much too good to make a change. Good press conference. See you all after the first game.

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 20, 2014
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Southern California
2	West Virginia
3	Michigan State
4	Western Kentucky
5	Duke
6	Texas
7	Georgia Tech
8	Maryland
9	Syracuse
10	Cincinnati
11	Villanova
12	Louisville
13	Gonzaga
14	Pittsburgh
15	North Carolina State
16	Ohio State
17	Alabama
18	Boston College
19	Oregon
20	Arizona
21	Illinois
22	Florida
23	Arizona State
24	Marquette
25	Oklahoma State

Sun Belt Ratings
Western Kentucky 91
Arkansas State 84
Florida International, Louisiana Lafayette 83
Florida Atlantic, North Texas 82
Louisiana Monroe, Troy 77
South Alabama 75
Arkansas-Little Rock 74
Denver 72
Middle Tennessee 71
New Orleans 70

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2K Sports College Hoops Classic 1st Round
FedEx Forum
Memphis, TN

Binghamton Bearcats at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 3, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Binghamton (0-1)	20	16	36
#4 Western Kentucky (1-0)	47	47	94

Binghamton Bearcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sood	19	4-13	3-9	0-0	1	3	0	0	2	11
Frazier	21	1-7	0-4	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	2
Webster	23	3-11	1-6	0-0	2	0	1	1	4	7
Lamb	23	1-2	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	4
Grace	19	4-7	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parker	8	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tolic	10	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Blackett	11	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	0
Mackinson	5	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Simms	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hill	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Caporn	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		14-49	4-23	4-4	15	7	2	1	9	36
TEAM TOTALS		14-49	4-23	4-4	15	7	2	1	9	36

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	7	1-1	0-0	2-2	2	2	1	0	0	4
Lewis	6	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Li	9	1-6	0-2	1-2	1	1	1	0	0	3
Jack	9	4-4	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	10
Suotamo	9	2-2	0-0	1-1	7	2	2	1	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	10	6-7	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	12
Pawlak	11	3-4	0-1	1-1	6	2	1	0	0	7
Camper	15	4-7	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	9
Jordan	12	4-6	2-2	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	13
Capel	19	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	4
Merriex	17	5-9	1-2	0-0	8	0	0	0	0	11
Flores	16	2-3	0-0	6-6	4	2	2	0	0	10
TEAM TOTALS		36-55	6-13	16-17	37	15	9	1	2	94

Tovarich: I'm sorry to Binghamton's coaches and players that they even had to play this game. I wish the field in this tournament was stronger. That game served no real purpose other than to get all the backups some minutes.

Reporter: You forgot to tell us about your assistants before the season coach.

Tovarich: I thought we all knew the drill on the assistants for now. I forget I even have them sometimes, let alone to bring them up at a pre-season press conference. I fired the two from last year and hired two new ones. I found a slightly better recruiter and a slightly better tape guy than last year's. That's literally all I know about them.

Reporter: +22 in rebounds, is that encouraging no matter how outmatched the opponet?

Tovarich: No. I know some of those types have outrebounded us before, but I draw no conclusions about anything from that, except that we got to see some of the skills of the backups.

Reporter: Do you have a preference between Austin Peay and Marshall?

Tovarich: I assume Marshall is considerably better. I hope to see them take care of business and maybe one of the starters can make it to 10 minutes.

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2K Sports College Hoops Classic Quarterfinal
FedEx Forum
Memphis, TN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Marshall Thundering Herd
Nov 4, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 Western Kentucky (2-0)	43	41	84
Marshall (1-1)	25	20	45

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	13	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	3	0	0	2
Lewis	13	2-3	0-1	4-4	1	2	1	0	0	8
Li	14	3-8	0-5	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	8
Jack	13	3-5	1-2	1-2	3	0	1	0	0	8
Suotamo	13	3-6	0-0	3-4	6	1	1	2	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	12	3-6	0-0	4-4	8	1	2	0	0	10
Pawlak	11	4-4	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	1	0	9
Camper	14	2-6	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Jordan	9	4-6	3-4	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	13
Capel	14	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	5	0	0	0	2
Merriex	7	2-2	0-0	1-2	3	2	1	0	0	5
Flores	7	2-4	1-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	5
TEAM TOTALS		30-57	6-17	18-22	29	18	16	3	0	84

Marshall Thundering Herd
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jeffries	21	3-5	0-1	1-2	0	8	0	0	5	7
McKrieth	24	3-8	2-6	0-0	4	1	0	1	3	8
Temple	21	3-15	2-12	0-0	6	3	0	0	7	9
Larmond	24	1-3	0-0	0-1	6	1	0	1	1	2
Shiloh	15	4-10	1-1	0-0	9	0	0	0	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kirkland	9	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Zaharias	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Torres	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Hull	12	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Caldwell	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Birley	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		19-54	5-25	2-5	31	14	0	3	16	45

Tovarich: Great comeback. That's the kind of adversity this team needs to learn to overcome all over again, new season and such.

Reporter: Uhh, coach, their only lead was 2-0?

Tovarich: Yeah, and we had to come back from that. They showed great character responding to that adversity.

Reporter: Are you serious coach?

Tovarich: Obviously not. Another pointless game. We got outrebounded. Is that the usual speech you want me to give? You'd like to see the big guys dominate a team like that, and big shock, they didn't. We did other things well. 16 turnovers without ever pressing is good defense. The Herd shot poorly. We got to the line, and didn't foul them. Backups got lots of minutes. It would be nice if the big guys rebounded better, didn't miss so many point blank shots, if any of the starters could hit a 3. We didn't turn the ball over. That's an improvement for Capel, who usually can't handle the press. But it all means very little. It's another overmatched opponent, but that gets us ready for Samford, who hired my favorite coach. Good deal for him. Samford's probably better than Denver was. I don't know how he got a promotion. I mean, he's responsible for driving Denver's program into the ground which made it inferior to Samford, but all works out the same.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Samford Bulldogs at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 7, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Samford (0-1)	22	41	63
#4 Western Kentucky (3-0)	54	50	104

Samford Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Graham	19	5-12	1-4	0-0	1	4	0	1	4	11
Leach	22	5-6	2-3	2-2	1	4	0	1	1	14
Herber	19	1-4	0-3	2-2	4	5	0	0	5	4
Goodson	20	6-11	1-2	3-4	7	2	1	0	4	16
Sidney	21	5-9	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	2	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
English	12	1-3	0-2	2-2	3	2	0	1	2	4
Higgins	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0
Camper	2	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Perry	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Causey	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Schneider	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	2
Shiloh	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-51	4-18	9-10	22	20	3	6	18	63
TEAM TOTALS		25-51	4-18	9-10	22	20	3	6	18	63

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	11	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	5
Lewis	13	1-6	0-5	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	4
Li	11	5-11	2-8	0-0	1	0	3	0	0	12
Jack	12	6-8	1-1	2-2	4	0	2	0	0	15
Suotamo	13	5-7	0-0	0-0	11	1	0	0	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	10	4-4	0-0	3-4	3	1	1	0	0	11
Pawlak	11	4-5	0-0	0-0	5	2	5	0	0	8
Camper	14	4-9	3-6	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	11
Jordan	7	4-4	3-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Capel	16	3-7	1-1	2-3	0	6	2	0	3	9
Merriex	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	4
Flores	10	2-7	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		42-74	11-25	9-11	31	18	16	0	5	104

Tovarich: That's the kind of dream execution that brings you such joy when it happens at the end of the game.

Reporter: Why did you go for a 3 at the buzzer coach?

Tovarich: Because they wouldn't let me go for 4.

Reporter: So revenge for 6 years ago?

Tovarich: HE STARTED IT.

Reporter: OK, coach. What did you think of the rebounding?

Tovarich: Definitely better. Suotamo had 9 rebounds in like 6 minutes at halftime. They didn't miss too many shots in the second half. We missed a ton of layups though. I was worried we wouldn't make it to 100. Li struggled from 3, Lewis struggled in general, Flores struggled. Too many misses from point blank, can't let it happen with the century mark on the line like that.

Reporter: So you're not happy just to beat him?

Tovarich: No. That's a given. Hope he enjoyed his one win against us ever and firing off a 3 up 16 or whatever. It's personal. I won't stop until I see him crying in his coaching box. And I will take the towel from the kid myself and go wipe it out and frame it in my office. Then maybe I'll let it end.

Reporter: Li is just 2/15 on 3's so far. Might you make a change there? Or Camper who is shooting 3's better than Lewis?

Tovarich: Camper's overall a better player than Lewis, but 3's is the one advantage Lewis supposed to have, so that's a possible one, maybe we'll give that a try against some of the cupcakes. We may need the team unity against the better teams like Duke and Texas.

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2K Sports College Hoops Classic Semifinal
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nov 10, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 Western Kentucky (3-1)	30	44	74
Nebraska (4-0)	44	37	81

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	24	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	9	3	0	1	2
Lewis	24	6-11	2-6	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	14
Li	24	7-18	4-9	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	18
Pawlak	10	3-5	0-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	6
Suotamo	11	3-8	0-0	1-2	3	1	3	0	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	17	3-9	0-0	4-4	6	2	0	2	1	10
Jack	18	5-10	0-2	1-2	6	3	5	0	0	11
Camper	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Jordan	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Capel	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	3	0	0	0
Merriex	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-71	6-19	6-8	26	20	17	2	3	74

Nebraska Cornhuskers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Webber	22	5-7	3-4	2-2	0	7	0	0	8	15
Merritt	24	7-15	3-6	2-2	10	3	1	3	4	19
James	21	10-12	5-6	0-0	2	5	0	1	1	25
Osborne	25	3-11	0-0	0-0	12	1	2	2	0	6
Spong	21	1-2	0-0	1-2	5	2	0	0	2	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Chadwick	12	3-7	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	8
Barro	4	0-2	0-2	1-3	0	2	0	0	0	1
Amerson	10	2-2	0-0	0-1	7	0	0	0	1	4
Phillips	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Casey	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jackette	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Lenzly	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-58	13-22	6-10	36	20	3	6	18	81

Tovarich: That game was a real comedy. The 4 bigs shoot 14/32 all of which are front point blank range. 3 breakaway layups missed, a dunk that got 'blocked'. All 4 of their missed FT's they rebounded and put back in for another basket because 1 point wasn't enough. Despite all the insanity, we fight back and actually take the lead by 2. Then they call timeout and proceed to make 5 3's in a row in the next minute and a half. Literally whatever needed to happen for them to win was apparently going to happen and nothing could stop it. Their 3 point shooting was crazy, and we missed 21 point blank shots and a dunk. I guess it's because we're the 'road' team. That seems to make a big difference for some reason. Congrats to them I guess. Apparently they're amazing.

Reporter: Is the tournament a failure to not win it?

Tovarich: Yes, it's a weak field. We should beat Nebraska easily. It took a hilarious array of errors and absurd 3 point shooting for it not to happen.

Reporter: Is the game against Eastern Michigan tomorrow important to bounce back?

Tovarich: It doesn't change today. I don't really care about Eastern Michigan. Nothing that happens in that game is going to make us better or avoid games like today. They're just going to happen from time to time.

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2K Sports College Hoops Classic 3rd Place Game
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY

Eastern Michigan Eagles at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 11, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Eastern Michigan (3-2)	33	49	82
#4 Western Kentucky (4-1)	42	49	91

Eastern Michigan Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Radakovich	22	5-11	4-7	0-0	0	9	1	0	3	14
Didlake	24	4-8	1-3	2-2	3	3	0	0	4	11
Broermann	22	10-16	5-9	1-2	6	2	2	0	2	26
Pleiness	23	4-9	0-3	0-0	9	2	3	0	4	8
Luz	21	4-5	0-0	0-2	7	1	2	3	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mitchell	11	4-4	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	8
Pardon	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walls	11	3-6	1-2	0-0	0	3	0	0	4	7
Brock	4	0-3	0-1	0-2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Okotie	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Coombs	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-62	11-25	3-8	32	22	8	3	18	82
TEAM TOTALS		34-62	11-25	3-8	32	22	8	3	18	82

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	13	2-2	1-1	4-4	1	3	0	0	2	9
Lewis	13	1-3	0-2	0-2	1	0	3	0	0	2
Li	13	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	2	6	0	0	5
Pawlak	10	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2
Suotamo	15	7-21	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	3	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	13	8-10	0-0	2-2	5	3	1	0	0	18
Jack	15	8-11	1-2	0-0	7	4	2	0	1	17
Camper	15	1-2	1-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Jordan	13	8-11	3-4	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	19
Capel	15	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	6	1	0	3	0
Merriex	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Flores	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		39-70	7-14	6-8	26	24	16	0	9	91

Tovarich: I think being up 7-0 is the worst lead you can possibly have. I am pretty sure that 90% of the time we are ahead 7-0, the other team goes on a double digit run. Sure enough we're down 11-7 all of a sudden. Suotamo missed 14 point blank shots. Pawlak got blocked twice in the same possession after getting a rare rebound, because Eastern Michigan is too good to outrebound. Li couldn't shoot, Lewis couldn't shoot. Luckily the backups piled up a nice lead so I could try to work the starters through some of their numerous problems. Then tried to get the two FR on the end of the bench in up 19 and apparently that means Eastern Michigan has to shoot 100% all of a sudden, so that lead evaporated down to 8 in about a minute and a half and I had to yank them. Dumb game. I don't know what's wrong with everyone but these last two days were awful. Whatever. Off to a different tournament and we'll see if all the same things happen.

Reporter: How is recruiting going?

Tovarich: Awful.

Reporter: How do you get Suotamo out of his slump?

Tovarich: Bench him.

Reporter: Are you frustrated with the team's play coach

Tovarich: Yes.

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Wooden Tradition Quarterfinal
Honda Center
Anaheim, CA

Northern Illinois Huskies at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 20, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Northern Illinois (0-2)	27	37	64
#7 Western Kentucky (5-1)	55	56	111

Northern Illinois Huskies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Washburn	22	8-11	3-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	8	19
Elias	21	1-5	0-2	4-4	1	6	0	0	4	6
Toussaint	24	8-19	2-8	0-0	2	3	1	0	2	18
Stafford	22	4-6	0-0	0-0	9	1	1	0	1	8
Olson	17	2-4	0-0	0-0	6	4	1	1	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Grady	8	2-6	0-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Ricks	10	2-5	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	5
Cuffe	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Falls	14	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Fanning	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Appleby	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Elsey	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-57	6-21	4-4	24	20	4	1	21	64
TEAM TOTALS		27-57	6-21	4-4	24	20	4	1	21	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	13	2-4	0-1	2-2	0	4	3	0	2	6
Lewis	13	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Li	10	3-4	2-3	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	8
Pawlak	10	5-7	0-0	2-2	7	1	1	0	1	12
Shehan	13	4-6	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	12	6-8	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	0	0	13
Jack	9	2-6	0-1	1-2	4	1	3	0	0	5
Camper	11	2-3	2-3	4-4	0	1	3	0	1	10
Jordan	14	2-5	1-3	1-2	0	0	3	0	0	6
Capel	15	3-3	0-0	2-2	0	5	0	0	0	8
Merriex	11	8-11	0-0	4-5	7	3	3	0	1	20
Flores	11	3-3	0-0	3-3	0	0	3	0	1	9
TEAM TOTALS		42-64	7-15	20-24	28	20	21	0	6	111

Tovarich: Another good game for the backups. Yippee.

Reporter: What went into the decision to start Shehan over Suotamo?

Tovarich: Shehan just shot 7/21 on point blank shots in the last game. That'll get ya benched.

Reporter: Are you happy with how he responded?

Tovarich: It's pretty meaningless to play well against Northern Illinois. Next up we're the road team in a tournament semifinal. Those are apparently the world's hardest games.

Reporter: Other than trying to catch up against Nebraska and embarrass Samford's coach, you haven't pressed even occasionally, why not?

Tovarich: That's only for when you need to. And yes, I need to against Coach O'Bannon. These other 3 lopsided games, it's unnecessary to press. Besides, Northern Illinois turned it over plenty without it from playing too fast.

Reporter: Your team unity was much better with this starting lineup. Does that contribute to the performance?

Tovarich: Apparently (rolls eyes)

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Wooden Tradition Semifinal
Honda Center
Anaheim, CA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Pepperdine Waves
Nov 21, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#7 Western Kentucky (6-1)	47	37	84
Pepperdine (3-2)	35	33	68

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	17	3-7	0-3	1-1	0	6	1	0	1	7
Lewis	17	3-8	3-7	0-0	3	3	2	0	0	9
Li	17	1-11	1-6	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Jack	17	6-11	1-3	3-4	5	1	6	0	0	16
Shehan	17	9-11	0-0	3-3	5	0	0	0	1	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	7	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	1	1	0
Pawak	11	3-6	1-2	0-0	6	0	2	1	0	7
Camper	11	0-2	0-2	2-2	1	3	0	0	0	2
Jordan	8	3-3	2-2	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	9
Capel	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	1	0	1	4
Merriex	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Flores	3	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		32-67	8-25	12-14	29	17	14	3	4	84

Pepperdine Waves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dukes	21	3-7	0-2	1-2	1	9	0	0	4	7
Clinton	19	9-11	4-6	2-3	4	0	1	2	3	24
Chadwick	23	5-8	0-0	3-3	7	2	1	1	2	13
Nwoke	24	2-6	0-1	0-0	6	0	0	0	3	4
Mikaluaskas	18	2-6	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	2	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Christensen	12	3-7	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	7
Chavez	8	2-5	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Skipworth	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Kone	12	1-5	0-1	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	2
Wheeler	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Radford	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Del Rosario	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-56	5-16	7-10	29	15	2	5	15	68

Tovarich: Great to overcome the 'home' team in a tournament semifinal. They were relentless with the press at first, but it wasn't going well for them. They were wise to stop. Great night by Shehan, only 2 misses were his so-called basket interferences on his own shots, which I just can't even describe the non-sense. Suotamo was awful. Li was worse. The 3-point shooting was not great all around. So-so rebounding. Shame not to get Stanford here rather than Pepperdine. Now Southern Illinois in the final, not really the array of teams I was hoping to get, as usual.

Reporter: Will Shehan start permanently now?

Tovarich: Nothing's permanent. In a week, Shehan might forget how to make a layup and it'll be Suotamo's turn again if he can remember how to make one.

Reporter: Jack also started for Pawlak?

Tovarich: That may go back and forth as well. We'll see. Such is life when most of the positions on the team are dead even.

Reporter: We didn't notice your win over Northern Illinois was your 200th of your career. Congratulations Coach!

Tovarich: Thanks.

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Wooden Tradition Championship
Honda Center
Anaheim, CA

Southern Illinois Salukis at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 23, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Southern Illinois (3-1)	34	34	68
#7 Western Kentucky (7-1)	46	34	80

Southern Illinois Salukis
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
James	21	4-5	1-2	0-0	0	3	1	0	5	9
Prillman	22	1-5	1-2	0-0	2	4	1	0	4	3
Grizzard	22	8-12	3-5	0-0	1	3	0	0	2	19
Head	21	3-4	0-0	2-2	4	2	0	1	0	8
Shiloh	21	3-7	0-0	1-2	12	2	0	0	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Klein	6	4-5	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	10
Moss	6	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Mattox	14	1-2	0-0	2-2	6	3	0	0	0	4
Christian	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Conroy	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Whitney	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Matthews	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-45	9-14	5-6	25	18	2	1	16	68
TEAM TOTALS		27-45	9-14	5-6	25	18	2	1	16	68

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	20	4-6	0-0	0-0	0	10	4	0	1	8
Lewis	20	3-8	2-4	0-0	1	4	2	0	0	8
Li	18	9-18	4-11	1-2	1	1	3	0	0	23
Jack	18	5-6	3-3	1-1	4	1	2	0	0	14
Shehan	21	3-5	0-0	0-0	6	1	1	3	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	7	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	2	1	6
Pawlak	9	2-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	4
Camper	8	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Jordan	9	3-6	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Capel	8	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Merriex	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flores	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		34-64	10-26	2-3	18	22	15	5	3	80

Tovarich: Pretty ho-hum performance. Outrebounded, allowed 60% shooting. All around just...meh.

Reporter: Does winning a trophy make it less ho-hum?

Tovarich: Not when you beat Northern Illinois, Pepperdine and Southern Illinois, the last unimpressively. This team is above that. With 7 seniors, next year's quite a rebuild. Maybe next year doing something like that would matter.

Reporter: Was it important to get Li going?

Tovarich: If he's off, we'll usually find someone else, unless we're the road team in a tournament semifinal, then no one's going to score apparently.

Reporter: Now the meat of the schedule with 5 of 6 power schools coming up. How do you think you stack up against them?

Tovarich: On paper, we're better than most of them, but we were Nebraska too, so that doesn't mean much. We have to learn how to get a damn rebound, or we may go about 1-5. Someone will probably score. We could do without allowing 60% shooting, or we'll have to force 16 turnovers every game and those big schools aren't going to do that like a freshman @ Southern Illinois.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Miami (FL) Hurricanes at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 26, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Miami (FL) (2-2)	38	39	77
#7 Western Kentucky (8-1)	47	44	91

Miami (FL) Hurricanes
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Tchuisi	24	6-11	2-5	0-0	2	9	1	0	8	14
Salazar	24	3-8	1-6	1-2	5	5	0	1	1	8
Vega	24	8-10	2-4	2-4	1	7	0	0	5	20
Amerson	21	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	3	4
Keita	16	5-9	0-0	2-3	9	1	1	0	0	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gomes	6	4-4	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	9
Irvin	14	3-3	2-2	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	8
Kummer	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	2
Langford	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Nutter	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ma	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bermudez	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-49	8-18	5-9	28	25	3	1	19	77
TEAM TOTALS		32-49	8-18	5-9	28	25	3	1	19	77

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	17	3-5	2-3	2-2	0	3	0	0	1	10
Lewis	17	2-4	-4	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	6
Li	16	5-11	2-6	0-0	3	2	5	0	0	12
Jack	16	6-10	0-0	2-6	4	3	6	0	0	14
Shehan	16	5-6	0-0	3-4	5	2	2	1	1	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	12	4-5	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	8
Pawlak	10	3-5	1-1	2-2	2	3	0	0	0	9
Camper	11	4-6	2-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	10
Capel	11	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	0	1	0
Merriex	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Flores	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		35-61	10-22	11-16	18	20	19	2	3	91

Tovarich: Good win, but we needed most of those 19 turnovers we forced to stop their insane shooting. Luckily they cooled off a little from their 72% in the first half. We didn't even press the second half and they still were pretty sloppy with the ball. Luckily we shot pretty well too. We did a good job getting to the line. Couldn't rebound of course, as usual.

Reporter: Is the ultra-aggressive defensive plan constantly going for steals a long-term solution to beating these top teams?

Tovarich: Of course not. Sometimes it works, often times it doesn't. It's fairly inconsistent, but if they're going to shoot that well anyway, give them some easy layups because I just assume they'd have made a shot anyway and the way they shot 3's, maybe it was better to just give them 2.

Reporter: Are you happy with the current starting 5?

Tovarich: I think this is the best group going forward. Suotamo's been too inconsistent shooting from 1 foot away. Shehan we know is a better scorer, but Suotamo's supposed to be better at rebounding, and the numbers aren't really bearing that out. Neither are doing a good job at that, really, but I've accepted that no one I recruit is ever going to be good at rebounding.