Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Troy Trojans at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 12, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Troy (5-19)	30	47	77
#2 Western Kentucky (26-2)	57	41	98

Troy Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Eisentrout	22	5-9	2-4	0-0	0	9	1	0	6	12
Towe	21	4-9	1-3	1-2	3	4	0	0	4	10
Mcbridle	21	8-17	1-8	0-0	1	0	1	1	3	17
Meno	20	2-3	0-1	2-2	7	1	0	1	1	6
Arline	22	3-5	0-0	2-2	8	3	0	3	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Israel	10	6-11	3-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	15
Tran	10	1-2	0-1	1-2	1	2	0	0	2	3
Surratt	11	2-3	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	3	4
Roberson	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathis	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Sood	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Abdullah	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-60	7-23	6-8	28	20	2	5	21	77
TEAM TOTALS		32-60	7-23	6-8	28	20	2	5	21	77

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	17	6-7	0-0	3-3	0	2	2	0	1	15
Lewis	17	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	4	4	0	0	2
Li	17	3-5	1-2	0-0	1	2	4	0	0	7
Jack	15	11-18	1-1	1-1	5	2	3	0	0	24
Suotamo	16	4-11	0-0	0-0	5	3	3	1	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	7	1-5	0-0	4-6	4	0	0	0	0	6
Pawlak	8	7-9	0-0	2-2	2	0	2	0	0	16
Camper	11	2-3	2-2	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	6
Jordan	11	1-2	1-2	1-2	0	1	1	0	0	4
Capel	11	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	3	0	0	1	1
Merriex	5	2-3	0-0	1-4	3	0	0	0	0	5
Zoellner	5	1-3	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		36-69	5-7	15-22	25	18	20	1	2	98

Tovarich: De ja vu huh? Big lead in the first half. Second half is below average and kinda frustrating as usual. I probably would never have subbed in the starters in the second half, but 10/27 in the paint was extremely frustrating. I know it's mostly backups, but the big men were cursed at shooting from 1 foot away today. It was hilarious how many different ways you can watch them miss from point blank range.

Reporter: Is that the fewest 3's taken in your career coach?

Tovarich: Very possibly. They pressed like every possession of the entire game except for maybe 4 or 5. The PF's all had nice numbers because of that. Usually you got one of their big guys against two of ours if we do it right, but I was afraid to let the centers touch the ball so the PF's took care of business for us today luckily. I think we took 5 in the second half. I might have left it at 0 but scoring in the paint was almost verboten.

Reporter: Is the team just kind of zoning out during the second half because you haven't had a close game for almost a month?

Tovarich: Probably has something to do with it. And the starters aren't logging many minutes. Trying to get the B team minutes and stats and the walkons and develop the future starters comes with its ups and downs.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 14, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Louisiana-Monroe (11-14)	35	38	73
#2 Western Kentucky (27-2)	50	55	105

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gatson	22	6-11	3-5	1-2	1	5	4	0	8	16
Slattery	23	6-8	3-5	0-0	1	5	0	0	3	15
Copeland	21	6-14	3-8	0-0	5	4	1	0	3	15
Stelmach	19	5-8	0-0	2-2	9	0	0	0	3	12
Sonn	23	4-7	0-1	0-0	7	1	3	1	2	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dieng	13	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Page	6	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	3	1	0	1	2
Kelley	13	1-5	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Draper	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Goral	-- DID NOT PLAY --
McCully	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Lamb	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-58	10-25	3-4	25	18	9	2	23	73
TEAM TOTALS		30-58	10-25	3-4	25	18	9	2	23	73

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	17	5-5	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	3	10
Lewis	16	3-7	2-5	0-0	0	2	3	0	0	8
Li	16	7-11	3-5	0-0	0	1	5	0	1	17
Jack	14	2-5	0-1	2-2	4	2	1	0	0	6
Suotamo	13	5-7	0-0	2-4	6	4	1	1	0	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	8	4-4	0-0	4-5	4	1	0	0	0	12
Pawlak	6	2-3	0-0	1-1	2	1	2	0	0	5
Camper	12	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	3
Jordan	12	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	7
Capel	11	7-10	0-0	3-3	1	3	2	0	4	17
Merriex	8	0-2	0-0	2-2	4	0	1	1	0	2
Zoellner	8	2-5	0-0	2-2	1	0	2	0	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		41-66	7-15	16-19	24	18	21	2	9	105

Tovarich: Should we just play a recording of most of my recent press conferences? Every game lately feels just about the same.

Reporter: Do you think a bigger conference should invite you to join?

Tovarich: Yeah, that would be nice if that were possible, but we are here until the end of eternity. This is probably how Gonzaga feels.

Reporter: Why do you think their coach is rated higher than you?

Tovarich: Great question. I have more losses in my career than he has games coached. I was stunned to see that in the pre-game.

Reporter: Finally you have a winning team in FIU, where you've had trouble. Do you expect to finally get a close game?

Tovarich: I'm not necessarily complaining when I mentioned that we haven't had any, but they give us trouble for sure. We've lost there the last two years. I don't know what it is about them. I know they're a decent enough team, but I'm honestly not sure what specifically about them or their arena are problems for us.

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 16, 2015
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Boston College	25-1
2	2	Western Kentucky	27-2
3	4	Georgia Tech	22-4
4	3	Air Force	20-2
5	6	Duke	19-5
6	5	Southern California	20-5
7	7	Houston	22-3
8	8	Charlotte	21-4
9	11	Marquette	20-6
10	13	DePaul	19-5
11	16	Fresno State	21-4
12	12	Gonzaga	20-5
13	20	Michigan State	17-7
14	19	West Virginia	19-7
15	10	Notre Dame	15-6
16	21	Syracuse	20-7
17	NR	Pittsburgh	19-8
18	25	Texas A&M	19-6
19	17	Illinois	19-6
20	15	Vanderbilt	16-6
21	9	Oklahoma State	18-6
22	18	North Carolina State	18-9
23	NR	Brigham Young	18-8
24	NR	St. Mary's	19-8
25	14	Cincinnati	20-6

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 17, 2015
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	27-2	.931	13-1	-
Florida Atlantic	22-5	.814	12-3	1.5
Florida International	19-7	.730	10-4	3
Arkansas State	19-5	.791	10-5	3.5
North Texas	12-14	.461	9-6	4.5
Louisiana Lafayette	12-11	.521	8-6	5
Louisiana Monroe	11-15	.423	7-9	7
South Alabama	11-19	.366	6-9	7.5
Arkansas-Little Rock	10-15	.400	5-9	8
Denver	10-14	.416	5-10	8.5
Middle Tennessee	7-18	.280	5-11	9
Troy	5-20	.200	4-10	9
New Orleans	2-25	.074	2-13	11.5

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America East
Hartford 12-2
Maine 11-3
Boston U 9-4

ACC
Boston College 11-1
Georgia Tech 10-2
NC State 8-4
Duke 7-4

A-Sun
Gulf Coast 11-1
Kennesaw State 8-4

A-10
Richmond, Charlotte 8-3
Xavier 7-3
UMass, La Salle 7-4
St. Louis, Dayton 6-4
Rhode Island 6-5

Big East
DePaul 10-2
Marquette 10-3
Syracuse 9-5
West Virginia, Seton Hall, Notre Dame 8-5
Louisville 7-5

Big Sky
Sacramento State 10-4
Montana 9-4
Portland State 7-5

Big South
Coastal, VMI 10-1
High Point 8-4

Big 10
Illinois, Ohio State, Indiana 9-4
Michigan 8-5
Iowa 8-6
Michigan State 6-6

Big 12
Oklahoma, Baylor 8-3
Nebraska 7-4
Oklahoma State, Texas, Iowa State 6-5
Texas A&M 5-5

Big West
Riverside 10-3
Santa Barbara 9-3
Long Beach State 8-5
Irvine 7-5

Colonial
George Mason, William & Mary, Delaware, Drexel 10-6
Old Dominion 8-8
Towson, James Madison 8-8

CUSA
Houston 10-1
Memphis 8-3
Southern Miss, East Carolina 8-4

Horizon
Youngstown State 15-2
Milwaukee 11-4
Butler 10-6

Ivy
Columbia 7-1
Harvard 6-2
Cornell, Brown 4-4

Metro
Fairfield 12-4
Loyola MD 11-5
Canisius, St. Peter's 9-7

MAC
Ball State 11-2
Toledo, Ohio 9-4
Eastern & Western Michigan 8-5

MEAC
Winston-Salem State 11-2
Coppin State 10-3
Bethune-Cookman 9-3
NC A&T 8-5

MVC
Creighton 12-4
Bradley, Drake 11-5
Southern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Indiana State, Missouri State 8-8

MWC
Air Force 9-2
San Diego State 8-3
UNLV 7-4
Colorado State, New Mexico 7-5

NEC
Central Connecticut 11-3
Mt. St. Mary's 10-5
FDU 9-5
RMU, Wagner 8-5

OVC
Tennessee Tech 16-2
Samford 13-3
Morehead State 11-7

PAC 10
Arizona 8-4
USC, Wazzu 8-5
Stanford 7-5
Arizona State 7-6
Cal 6-6
UCLA, Washington 6-7

Patriot
Colgate 9-2
Navy 7-3
Lafayette 6-5

SEC
Arkansas 8-4
Mississippi State, Vanderbilt 7-4
Auburn 7-5
Florida, Mississippi 6-5
LSU, Alabama 5-6

SoCon
Georgia Southern 11-7
Elon, Chattanooga 10-7
Greensboro 9-7
Wofford 10-8
Charleston 8-8

Southland
UTSA 8-3
Sam Houston 7-4
Texas State 6-4
Arlington 6-5
McNeese State 6-6
TXAM-CC 5-5
SELA, NW State, SFA, Central Arkansas 5-6

SWAC
Grambling 13-0
MVSU 9-3
Pine Bluff 8-4

Summit
Southern Utah 10-4
Oral Roberts 10-5
IUPUI, IPFW 9-6
UMKC 8-7

WCC
St. Mary's, Gonzaga 8-3
San Diego 6-5
Santa Clara, Portland, Loyola Marymount 5-6

WAC
Fresno 9-3
Utah State, LA Tech 8-4
Nevada 8-5

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Pharmed Arena
Miami, FL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Florida International Golden Panthers
Feb 19, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#2 Western Kentucky (28-2)	38	36	74
Florida International (19-8)	29	36	65

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	22	2-4	0-1	6-6	0	7	5	0	1	10
Lewis	20	7-14	5-9	0-0	1	2	4	0	3	19
Li	20	2-7	1-5	3-6	2	1	2	0	1	8
Jack	16	2-5	0-0	3-4	3	2	5	0	0	7
Suotamo	16	2-4	0-0	4-4	2	0	3	1	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	12	4-7	0-0	1-1	4	1	0	0	1	4
Pawlak	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	0
Camper	8	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Jordan	8	3-6	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Capel	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Merriex	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-53	9-22	17-21	16	16	19	1	7	74

Florida International Golden Panthers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Rose	23	6-10	2-5	0-0	4	5	0	0	8	14
Pearson	20	4-6	0-0	0-0	1	6	1	0	5	8
Tucker	23	9-13	1-3	0-0	5	0	0	0	2	19
McCollum	14	1-2	0-1	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	2
Schultz	10	7-10	0-0	0-0	7	3	0	3	1	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Attaway	10	3-3	0-0	0-2	5	1	3	0	2	6
Valencia	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2
Chadwick	10	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Olsen	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Santiago	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Gerlach	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Carbaugh	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-50	3-11	0-2	30	18	5	3	21	65

Tovarich: It's rather hard to explain how we won that one. There's something about this arena that makes us become incompetent. The rebounding was pitiful, worse than most any game I've seen with this roster in a long time. The point blank misses galore, the awful shot defense. It's hard to explain. We got up 9 a couple times, and I knew I better start running some clock. I had visions of Arkansas State in my mind, and surely enough, we miss a bunch of shots, they hit everything, and even if they didn't, it didn't matter because they got most of their misses back and we're down by 1 with about 45 seconds to go. Lewis hit a huge 3. He was about the only one who could shoot. Then we forced a bad pass and they started the fouling and we hit 9/10 at the end there to put it away. +14 in turnovers and -14 in rebounds I guess all cancels out somewhat. Baffling all around. 12/27 in the paint. Eventually I think we just shot nothing but 3's there in the second half because I'd seen enough of all that. I still don't know why we can't rebound. That center of theirs gives up almost a foot to both our big guys and looks more like an offensive linemen, but our big guys just stand there and watch everyone around them grab the ball. It's really inexplicable how often there are 3 of us and 1 of them and they grab it.

Reporter: Is it just because FIU is a quality team or is the road environment?

Tovarich: The road environments are all the same. I think everyone has the same 3 cheerleaders and the mascots standing in the same place. Some have doors behind the end line. Some don't. The logos are a little different. That's about it. The baskets are the same. Why we play like garbage here, I don't know, but we pulled it out somehow there with Lewis' 3 to put us in the position to get all the FT attempts.

Reporter: FIU coach doesn't understand why the refs gave you all the calls.

Tovarich: I'd feel that way too. It was how I felt @ Monroe I think, or maybe Troy, whichever. 10 of those came at the end, so 11-2 FT's before that, but we weren't really bothering to contest much. All the big guys' reaction time was dreadfully slow. The ball was practically going through the hoop, then all of a sudden, someone decided to jump and defend it, leaving them grossly out of position to rebound, which they'd also jump hopelessly late for.

Reporter: Does that team have more speed than you?

Tovarich: No. That's another thing I find odd playing in this arena. We are seemingly on a breakaway and someone literally just runs right around us and gets in the way, and the we go flying backwards like we had some invisible wall all of a sudden. We have tremendous speed, and that doesn't seem to happen to us anywhere else. All just part of the lore of Pharmed Arena I guess. It seems to have some strange effects. Luckily we got through this one.

Reporter: Senior day is up next, but you have 7 including the walkons. Anything special planned?

Tovarich: Hopefully Merriex can forgive me, but we'll activate Blankenship and try to get him in the game somewhere. Can't quite start the 5 scholarship seniors, but we'll start the 4 for sure and maybe Capel can have a few extra minutes if the game dictates it.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

South Alabama Jaguars at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 21, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Alabama (12-20)	29	25	54
#2 Western Kentucky (29-2)	47	50	97

South Alabama Jaguars
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mbanugo	22	5-11	2-5	0-0	0	4	0	0	3	12
Largent	22	5-12	2-5	4-4	4	1	1	0	1	16
Ellerbee	24	3-10	2-5	0-0	11	1	0	2	4	8
Queen	22	3-9	0-1	0-0	9	2	0	2	3	6
Lindsey	19	2-10	1-4	0-0	7	0	1	0	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Doss	10	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Flores	8	2-6	1-4	0-0	0	2	0	0	3	5
Valsin	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nutter	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Markusovic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Thomson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hoskin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-63	8-27	4-4	34	11	2	4	18	54
TEAM TOTALS		21-63	8-27	4-4	34	11	2	4	18	54

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	16	4-5	2-2	0-0	0	5	2	0	0	10
Lewis	15	1-3	1-2	1-2	2	3	2	0	0	4
Li	16	2-5	1-3	2-3	4	1	0	0	1	7
Jack	14	5-6	3-3	1-2	4	0	1	0	0	14
Shehan	12	5-11	0-0	2-2	6	1	1	1	0	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	9	5-8	0-0	4-4	6	2	0	1	1	14
Pawlak	12	2-5	0-1	1-2	7	0	2	0	0	5
Camper	12	3-5	1-3	0-0	1	0	4	0	0	7
Jordan	8	0-1	0-1	1-2	1	1	0	0	0	1
Capel	12	1-6	1-2	2-4	2	1	1	0	0	5
Zoellner	7	4-6	0-0	2-2	1	2	1	0	0	10
Blankenship	7	4-6	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	8
TEAM TOTALS		36-67	9-17	16-23	35	16	14	2	2	97

Tovarich: That might be the first easy game with South Alabama I've had here. Usually I swear they shoot 60% just so they can go into their halfcourt trap to annoy me. No one for them shot 50%. Nice to get the walkons in for some quality minutes, both career highs for Zoellner and Blankenship. That's the beginning and end of Blankenship's season, but hopefully he'll remember it. Zoellner will remain on the active roster for some mop-up time if we have any, but that was his last home game. Capel got some extra minutes. Shehan got a start in his final home game. He may get some more, that's always fluid. I'm not too concerned about the rest. They play tons as it is.

Reporter: Congratulations on clinching the Sun Belt title coach.

Tovarich: Oh, right, that, yeah. Amazon should have mailed that banner already.

Reporter: Did a close game with FIU get you back into a state where the players will know what to do in a close game after not having one for so long?

Tovarich: You'd hope so. Maybe we'll see them in Mobile again. Between them, Atlantic and Arkansas State, we could easily see two of them and find out. It was a hideous game but we were clutch at the end and hopefully that's a good reminder for them of what to do while we plow through a bunch of overmatched teams.

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The Super Pit
Denton, TX

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at North Texas Mean Green
Feb 26, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#2 Western Kentucky (30-2)	32	42	74
North Texas (13-15)	33	27	60

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	19	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	5	2	0	1	2
Lewis	19	2-6	1-4	1-2	1	4	2	0	1	6
Li	19	6-12	5-9	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	17
Jack	19	3-8	0-1	2-3	5	3	2	0	0	8
Suotamo	20	8-17	0-0	5-6	15	1	2	0	2	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	8	2-6	0-0	0-1	5	1	1	1	0	4
Pawlak	9	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	2
Camper	9	3-4	2-3	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	8
Jordan	9	1-6	0-2	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	2
Capel	9	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Merriex	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-67	8-22	8-12	33	19	12	1	4	74

North Texas Mean Green
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hardy	21	6-9	0-2	0-1	0	5	0	0	6	12
Daniel	24	2-9	0-3	0-0	9	2	0	0	1	4
Midgley	22	8-16	3-9	2-2	2	0	1	0	1	21
Cripe, L	18	3-7	0-0	0-0	9	1	0	1	0	6
Galloway	19	2-10	1-6	0-0	7	2	1	1	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cripe, C	17	3-5	2-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	3	8
Powers	16	2-7	0-0	0-0	9	1	0	0	0	4
Doellman	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Crandle	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hehn	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zimmerman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hoskin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-63	6-23	2-3	40	13	3	2	12	60

Tovarich: Luckily they struggled at shooting too, or we'd have lost. We didn't do a whole lot well. -7 in rebounds, big shock. I just about lost it the possession they got FOUR offensive rebounds, and then missed the 5th shot anyway LOL. Still infuriating to let them have that many chances, but simultaneously hilarious they still didn't score. I don't get why it's hard to stay tight on that Midgley guy. There's not a lot of interpretation involved. Yet, he was always open. Got some turnovers luckily too, another thing we need too many of.

Reporter: Is there a letdown after clinching the conference championship?

Tovarich: Highly doubtful. Not a lot of easy road games. We lost here in double overtime last year with their crazy out of this world shooting, but they were quite the opposite this year.

Reporter: Is getting a 1 seed in the tournament important?

Tovarich: We did much better last year as a 5. We ended up drawing some ridiculous 8 or 9 seed who had considerably better talent than their seed and record, so no, probably not that much. Once that first round is over, that means little. Everyone can beat you. All about the randomness of the matchups and who plays better that day. We'll still try to win all our games and get one though.

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Magness Arena
Denver, CO

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Denver Pioneers
Feb 28, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#2 Western Kentucky (31-2)	45	61	106
Denver (10-17)	26	43	69

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	13	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	5
Lewis	13	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	5
Li	13	7-8	2-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	16
Jack	12	0-2	0-1	1-2	1	5	2	1	0	1
Suotamo	12	8-9	0-0	3-3	6	1	2	0	1	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	8	2-2	0-0	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	7
Pawak	8	4-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	8
Camper	15	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	4
Jordan	15	3-8	2-6	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	8
Capel	15	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	5	3	0	1	4
Merriex	8	7-9	0-0	0-1	7	2	0	1	0	14
Zoellner	8	7-7	0-0	1-1	1	0	0	0	0	15
TEAM TOTALS		45-61	6-13	10-12	22	24	11	4	3	106

Denver Pioneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Vianney	20	7-15	2-5	2-3	1	2	0	0	4	18
McLaughlin	20	5-10	2-5	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	14
Slattery	22	4-7	1-3	0-0	3	3	1	1	1	9
Warren	21	2-6	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	4
Bolton	21	1-5	0-2	1-2	6	3	0	0	2	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bender	13	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	2	1	0	2	5
Blake	11	6-8	2-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	14
Graves	4	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Pardon	8	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Radford	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Sarchet	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Lhota	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-60	8-24	5-7	20	12	3	1	11	69

Tovarich: I think that's the best shooting I've ever witnessed by my own team anyway. Most of them were layups, but we sure can make those look hard too sometimes.

Reporter: Usually you get upset when the other team makes a bunch of 3's like that in the second half.

Tovarich: Yeah, I'll admit I just kinda mailed that one in in the second half. We made no adjustments. I know the two guards were starting to score a lot and normally I'd tell people to get tight on them, but I'm not entirely sure my team understands what that means anyway. I just let them all do their thing in the second half. It felt more like a scrimmage for the fans than a serious competitive basketball game.

Reporter: You'll either see South Alabama or Little Rock in the SBC Tournament. Do you have a preference?

Tovarich: I suppose it's best to avoid all that awkwardness with who's the home team when we're the higher seed but they're on their home court and we all wear the wrong colors. I think we solved the halfcourt trap that used to annoy us.

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Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Mar 1, 2015
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	31-2	.939	17-1	-
Florida Atlantic	25-5	.833	15-3	2
Florida Interational	21-9	.700	12-6	5
Arkansas State	20-7	.740	11-7	6
North Texas	14-15	.482	11-7	6
Louisiana Lafayette	14-13	.518	10-8	7
Louisiana Monroe	13-15	.464	9-9	8
South Alabama	12-21	.363	7-11	10
Arkansas-Little Rock	11-18	.379	6-12	11
Denver	10-17	.370	5-13	12
Middle Tennessee	7-20	.259	5-13	12
Troy	6-23	.206	5-13	12
New Orleans	4-26	.133	4-14	13

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Mar 2, 2015
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	2	Western Kentucky	31-2
2	1	Boston College	28-2
3	4	Georgia Tech	24-5
4	3	Air Force	24-2
5	7	Duke	20-7
6	6	Southern California	22-6
7	5	Houston	26-3
8	15	West Virginia	21-8
9	11	Charlotte	24-5
10	9	Michigan State	20-8
11	19	Oklahoma State	21-6
12	10	Notre Dame	19-7
13	8	DePaul	21-8
14	16	North Carolina State	21-9
15	20	Louisville	20-8
16	17	Syracuse	20-9
17	14	Pittsburgh	21-9
18	18	Xavier	21-6
19	NR	Illinois	21-8
20	21	Florida	22-7
21	12	Marquette	20-9
22	NR	Richmond	20-7
23	23	Florida State	16-10
24	13	Fresno State	22-5
25	24	Vanderbile	18-8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summit
1 Southern Utah vs. 8 Western Illinois
4 IUPUI vs. 5 UMKC
3 IPFW vs. 6 Oakland
2 Oral Roberts vs. 7 South Dakota State

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

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

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

Northeast
1 Central Connecticut vs. 8 Sacred Heart
4 Robert Morris vs. 5 Long Island
3 Wagner vs. 6 Mt. St. Mary's
2 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. 7 Monmouth

Ohio Valley
1 Tennessee Tech vs. 8 Eastern Kentucky
4 Morehead State vs. 5 Southeast Missouri
3 Tennessee State vs. 6 Tennessee-Martin
2 Samford vs. 7 Eastern Illinois

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

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

SEC
1 Florida vs. 8 Tennessee/9 LSU
4 Alabama vs. 5 Mississippi State/12 Kentucky
3 Vanderbilt vs. 6 Auburn/11 Georgia
2 Arkansas vs. 7 Mississippi/10 South Carolina

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

Southland
1 UTSA vs. 8 McNeese State
4 Stephen F Austin vs. 5 Lamar
3 Northwestern State vs. 6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
2 Sam Houston State vs. 7 Texas State

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

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

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

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

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vs.

Sun Belt Tournament Quarterfinal
Mitchell Center
Mobile, AL

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 8, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Arkansas-Little Rock (12-19)	24	30	54
#1 Western Kentucky (32-2)	42	56	98

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hipsher	19	3-11	0-7	1-1	0	1	2	2	2	7
Ireland	21	4-14	0-3	1-2	2	3	0	0	2	9
Havens	22	7-13	4-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	18
Skivolocke	23	1-4	0-1	0-2	9	1	0	0	2	2
Parker	18	2-3	0-0	0-2	6	4	0	0	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wilkins	9	2-6	1-4	0-0	1	1	1	0	3	5
Brickens	9	2-5	1-4	0-2	0	2	0	0	2	5
Janusauskas	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	6	3	1	0	2	2
Walls	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Wiley	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Rothseiden	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Sidibe	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-60	6-27	2-9	27	18	4	2	15	54
TEAM TOTALS		23-60	6-27	2-9	27	18	4	2	15	54

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	16	6-10	1-3	1-1	0	3	3	0	0	14
Lewis	16	4-6	2-4	1-1	4	2	1	1	1	11
Li	16	2-11	1-7	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	7
Jack	16	2-4	0-0	0-0	6	1	1	1	0	4
Suotamo	16	5-7	0-0	4-4	9	1	1	1	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	3	1	0	1	0	7
Pawlak	7	2-3	0-0	2-2	2	1	1	0	1	6
Camper	12	2-5	2-3	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	6
Jordan	12	5-10	4-9	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	14
Capel	12	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	5	3	0	2	2
Merriex	5	3-4	0-0	1-1	5	1	1	0	0	7
Zoellner	5	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		37-69	10-26	14-15	36	17	14	4	5	98

Tovarich: Other than Li, everyone had a nice shooting night. We rebounded well. Very strange. Disappointed not to get Arkansas State again, but they didn't earn it. Quick turnaround. No questions.

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ACC
1 Boston College vs. 8 Wake Forest/9 Clemson
4 Duke vs. 5 Florida State/12 North Carolina
3 North Carolina State vs. 6 Virginia Tech/11 Virginia
2 Georgia Tech vs. 7 Maryland/10 Miami

Big East
1 West Virginia vs. 8 Villanova/9 South Florida
4 DePaul vs. 5 Louisville/12 Georgetown
3 Marquette vs. 6 Syracuse/11 Providence
2 Notre Dame vs. 7 Seton Hall/10 Pittsburgh

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

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

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

Ivy League
1. Columbia 12-2
2. Harvard 10-4

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vs.

Sun Belt Tournament Semifinal
Mitchell Center
Mobile, AL

North Texas Mean Green at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Mar 9, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
North Texas (16-15)	36	53	89
#1 Western Kentucky (32-3)	39	39	78

North Texas Mean Green
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hardy	21	4-4	0-0	0-1	1	17	0	0	2	8
Daniel	25	7-11	5-8	1-2	4	2	0	0	2	20
Midgley	24	6-9	1-2	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	13
Cripe, L	20	6-10	0-0	2-3	11	1	0	4	2	14
Galloway	20	3-7	1-2	1-2	9	1	0	0	3	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cripe, C	13	10-14	2-4	2-2	1	1	0	0	3	24
Crandle	7	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Powers	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	3	0	0
Hehn	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Doellman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zimmerman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hoskin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		37-60	9-18	6-10	32	24	2	7	12	89
TEAM TOTALS		37-60	9-18	6-10	32	24	2	7	12	89

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	20	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	5	1	0	1	0
Lewis	20	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	6
Li	21	2-6	1-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	5
Jack	16	8-11	0-0	2-4	4	1	2	0	1	18
Suotamo	17	7-14	0-0	5-5	8	2	1	0	0	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	11	4-10	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	8
Pawlak	12	4-9	0-2	1-4	2	5	3	0	0	9
Camper	8	3-3	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Jordan	7	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Capel	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Merriex	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-66	6-16	8-13	22	18	10	0	2	78

Tovarich: Just have to laugh at how good the Dallas Mavericks are. Incredible second half. 10 misses only in the second half and got rebounds back on 7 of them. 70% shooting almost. 21-9 rebounds. 7 blocks in a half. Shooting off a 3 with 4 seconds to go. Just roll your eyes and move on I guess. Congrats to them.

Reporter: You almost sounded like you meant it coach.

Tovarich: I almost did.

Reporter: Any lineup changes going into the tournament then?

Tovarich: Maybe Shehan back in for better team unity.

Reporter: Do you still expect a 1 seed?

Tovarich: Yes.

Reporter: You've never sounded like you care much about the Sun Belt tournament. Is that a factor in only having won 3 of 6 in it?

Tovarich: Maybe. Those teams need this game to continue their season and we don't. We dominate the regular season.

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NCAA Tournament

Play-in
Northwestern State (15-16) Prairie View (15-12)

East
#1 Boston College (32-2) vs. Play-in
#8 Creighton (22-7) vs. #9 Alabama (19-12)
#5 Louisville (23-10) vs. #12 UCLA (21-13)
#4 Southern California (23-9) vs. #13 Tennessee Tech (25-4)

#6 Florida (25-8) vs. #11 Seton Hall (19-13)
#3 Notre Dame (21-8) vs. #14 Boston U (19-12)
#7 Illinois (24-9) vs. #10 Grambling (30-4)
#2 Duke (21-9) vs. #15 Georgia Southern (18-11)

South
#1 Western Kentucky (32-3) vs. #16 Wagner (16-14)
#8 California (20-12) vs. #9 Texas A&M (24-10)
#5 Florida State (20-11) vs. #12 Ball State (24-5)
#4 North Carolina State (23-11) vs. #13 Columbia (22-8)

#6 Loyola Maryland (25-5) vs. #11 St. Louis (19-10)
#3 Michigan State (24-9) vs. #14 Valparaiso (17-13)
#7 DePaul (21-10) vs. #10 La Salle (22-8)
#2 West Virginia (25-9) vs. #15 Portland State (18-11)

Midwest
#1 Houston (31-3) vs. #16 UMKC (17-14)
#8 Florida Atlantic (28-5) vs. #9 Arizona (21-10)
#5 Oklahoma State (22-8) vs. #12 Virginia Tech (16-12)
#4 Syracuse (22-10) vs. #13 William & Mary (21-11)

#6 Fresno State (27-5) vs. #11 Richmond (21-10)
#3 Vanderbilt (23-8) vs. #14 Winston-Salem State (22-11)
#7 Nebraska (22-10) vs. #10 Oklahoma (18-9)
#2 Marquette (25-9) vs. #15 Lipscomb (18-12)

West
#1 Air Force (28-3) vs. #16 Cal Davis (17-13)
#8 San Diego State (23-10) vs. #9 St. Mary's (21-10)
#5 Massachusetts (24-9) vs. #12 Texas (21-12)
#4 Charlotte (24-8) vs. #13 San Francisco (15-15)

#6 Pittsburgh (21-11) vs. #11 Washington State (19-12)
#3 Xavier (26-6) vs. #14 Virginia Military (20-12)
#7 Iowa State (21-10) vs. #10 Arkansas (20-12)
#2 Georgia Tech (27-7) vs. #15 Colgate (16-16)

NIT
Arizona State vs. Texas-San Antonio
Brigham Young vs. Clemson
Mississippi State vs. Coastal Carolina
Loyola Marymount vs. Florida Gulf Coast

Baylor vs. Southern Utah
Youngstown State vs. Maryland
Ohio State vs. Colorado State
Auburn vs. Maine

Fairfield vs. Utah Valley State
South Florida vs. Tennessee
Rhode Island vs. Canisius
Gonzaga vs. Central Connecticut

Oregon vs. NC Greensboro
Stanford vs. Pepperdine
UNLV vs. Michigan
Indiana vs. Cal Santa Barbara