Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Oklahoma State Cowboys at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 7, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Oklahoma State (3-5)	39	31	70
#3 Western Kentucky (9-0)	43	45	88

Oklahoma State Cowboys
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
O'Brien	24	6-14	2-5	2-2	4	7	0	0	6	16
Lambert	22	7-11	2-4	3-4	0	5	1	0	2	19
Mulligan	20	6-9	1-3	3-4	3	3	1	1	2	16
Weber	24	1-3	1-2	1-2	2	3	3	0	1	4
Tyler	23	1-3	0-1	0-0	6	0	1	2	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Estrada	6	1-3	1-2	2-2	0	0	0	1	1	5
Tran	10	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Tucker	10	2-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	2	4
Martin	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wright	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Collier	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Whithers	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-50	7-18	11-14	23	19	6	4	14	70
TEAM TOTALS		26-50	7-18	11-14	23	19	6	4	14	70

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	20	2-6	0-3	2-2	0	4	1	0	3	6
Camper	20	7-12	3-6	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	17
Pawlak	20	7-9	3-4	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	17
Jack	20	3-3	0-0	2-5	6	3	3	0	2	8
Suotamo	19	6-13	0-0	4-4	6	3	2	1	0	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	8	3-4	2-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	8
Merriex	8	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	1	2	1	0	4
Bazin	8	0-4	0-3	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Meyers	8	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	2	1	0	1	2
Ferris	9	2-6	0-0	4-4	3	1	1	0	1	8
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-61	8-20	16-19	26	15	15	2	7	88

Tovarich: I keep waiting for some kind of slump, or awful performance or something that shows the inconsistency that usually comes with some young guys and less team unity and it pops up here and there, but no total clunkers of a game yet somehow. I'd have made the schedule harder if I knew we'd be so good.

Reporter: What changed for Suotamo at halftime?

Tovarich: I guess the curse got lifted. The big guys were inept in the first half. 2/8 on layups for him, Ferris was 1/4 I think. It seemed like the college basketball gods decided that anyone with a C next to their name was cursed in that first half. Their C only took 3 shots in the game. It's like the other team knew that's how the game would go. Luckily they seem to be a 3-man team and we at least did a better job against them after the first 42 seconds of the second half when they started on an 8-0 run. Suotamo was his normal self in the second half at least. Still poor rebounding effort though.

Reporter: Should Bazin get the red light from shooting?

Tovarich: Yeah, probably.

Reporter: You begin with South Alabama in Sun Belt play and you said the best way around the halfcourt trap was to throw long passes over the top. Can you do that with a true FR PG?

Tovarich: We'll find that out. That's still the plan.

Reporter: No recruits signed in-season?

Tovarich: No. One went to Florida, who we'll see next week I think. I may have not learned my lesson from last year and overreached for what we can go for here.

[Tovarich]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

I’m working my way through this legacy (fun read!), but wanted to chime in that I’ve seen this quite a few times, as well. It usually happens with one or two games a season. It doesn’t show any phantom individual statistics, at least, but it’s still annoying and I don’t know what the cause is. I’m not sure if it messes up the tracked team points per game / points allowed or not.

I have no idea how many times it's happened, I've only noticed maybe 4 times in my 9 seasons so far, but I only tend to see it when it says the wrong result on the screen, which causes me to do a double take and get paranoid and look and make sure everything's ok in my record but it still seems to count literally everything correctly. There's just some imaginary overtime. I didn't look into team stats either because I don't often look at those, but I'll try to remember if I see it again.

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

South Alabama Jaguars at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 12, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Alabama (6-1)	32	40	72
#3 Western Kentucky (10-0)	40	38	78

South Alabama Jaguars
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Okotie	20	5-10	3-6	0-0	0	6	1	0	5	13
Largent	23	11-14	3-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	25
Ellerbee	22	2-6	0-2	0-0	3	3	2	0	0	4
Queen	24	5-8	0-0	3-4	16	4	0	3	3	13
Lindsey	13	2-4	1-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mbanugo	13	2-7	1-5	2-2	1	1	2	0	3	7
Doss	9	0-4	0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Flores	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Nutter	13	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	2	2
Markusovic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Thomson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hoskin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-56	9-21	5-6	30	19	5	4	15	72
TEAM TOTALS		29-56	9-21	5-6	30	19	5	4	15	72

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	23	0-2	0-2	4-4	1	9	0	0	2	4
Camper	18	2-7	0-4	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	4
Pawlak	23	6-13	4-9	2-2	2	2	3	0	0	18
Jack	23	1-3	0-0	1-2	8	2	4	0	0	3
Suotamo	23	13-22	0-0	6-8	16	3	2	0	2	32
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	10	2-6	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	5
Merriex	5	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Bazin	5	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Meyers	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	3	1	0	1	2
Ferris	5	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-63	5-20	15-18	30	21	15	0	5	78

Tovarich: That halfcourt trap's as annoying as ever. Luckily Suotamo was superhuman. You'd think 16 rebounds would be considered dominant but their big guy got 16 too. Other than Pawlak, the 3 point shooting was brutal. Luckily those two bailed us out. Great job at the line. Stafford went 4/4 there at the end, in what I think was the first time we've really had pressure FT's to close out a game and he was Galbreath-esque.

Reporter: How do you characterize Stafford's job making the long passes against the half court trap?

Tovarich: Tremendous. Just 2 turnovers, I'll take that. We did so-so at finishing them, but it was good enough. The road game against them later will be tough though if we don't shoot some 3's better.

Reporter: What can be done differently against Largent next time?

Tovarich: Just dare him to shoot 11/14 again probably. I don't think it mattered what we did.

Reporter: How big is the Florida game coming up with both teams being in the top 10?

Tovarich: It's a great regular season matchup, but that's all it is. They ought to be the favorite to win that at home. We're not that deep and the depth is young in most spots. I'm still waiting for that to rear its ugly head and this game is the most likely spot for that.

[Tovarich]

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O'Connell Center
Gainesville, FL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Florida Gators
Dec 18, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (11-0)	53	34	87
#8 Florida (8-3)	30	34	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	18	0-6	0-4	3-3	1	6	4	0	0	3
Camper	18	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	4	2	0	1	2
Pawlak	18	5-9	2-6	0-0	3	1	3	0	0	12
Jack	15	8-10	2-3	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	18
Suotamo	19	8-13	0-0	2-2	9	1	1	1	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	10	3-6	1-3	0-0	0	1	3	0	1	7
Merriex	11	3-6	0-0	0-0	9	2	0	0	0	6
Bazin	10	3-8	2-4	1-2	1	00	1	0	0	9
Meyers	10	1-3	1-1	1-2	1	3	1	0	0	4
Ferris	10	4-6	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	0	1	8
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		36-69	8-22	7-10	28	18	17	1	5	87

Florida Gators
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	22	3-9	1-3	3-3	0	4	3	1	3	10
Dennis	23	8-14	3-9	0-0	1	3	0	0	4	19
Maclies	25	5-11	0-4	2-2	6	2	0	1	2	12
Cornette	23	4-8	0-2	0-0	11	0	2	1	3	8
Erwin	20	1-1	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	1	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Simmons	10	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Drayton	6	1-4	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	4	3
Dilligard	11	3-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	1	6
Havens	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Elliott	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Byerson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Evertsen	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-54	6-21	6-7	26	12	5	4	19	64

Tovarich: I'm sure they're much better than that, it was a surprisingly easy night. I think we had a 23-15 lead and they went on a 10-0 run. We responded nicely with I think a 17-0 run and blew them out the rest of the half. Then the backups primarily in the second did a decent job too.

Reporter: Is it encouraging to outrebound a top 10 power school on the road?

Tovarich: I'll certainly take it. I wasn't liking the way it started with them shooting 3/5 and getting both misses right back and I think it took us almost 3 minutes to get our first rebound, then we end up coming back and winning on the boards. It doesn't mean a ton though. It won't stop us from getting outrebounded by San Jose State.

Reporter: What made them turn the ball over so many times?

Tovarich: They were much too predictable. The passes were too long. They don't have a backup PG so some people handling the ball aren't ones who really should. To only play 8 players, they obviously lack depth and that's one area for sure.

Reporter: Do you remember Flores is on the team?

Tovarich: Not really. He should've taken the hint and transferred last year. Hopefully he gets it this time. I already have 2 dead scholarships sitting on the bench that I should've cut and didn't, so I can't afford to waste one on him for another season.

[Tovarich]

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Event Center
San Jose, CA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at San Jose State Spartans
Dec 23, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (12-0)	33	42	78
San Jose State (7-5)	17	47	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	21	4-5	2-3	0-0	1	3	2	0	0	10
Camper	14	3-12	1-8	0-0	1	2	6	0	0	7
Pawlak	20	2-6	1-1	1-1	5	2	4	0	0	6
Jack	20	3-11	0-1	0-0	5	6	1	1	0	6
Suotamo	18	13-21	0-0	6-7	6	1	1	0	1	32
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	13	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	4	0	1	4
Merriex	8	4-5	0-0	1-2	7	0	1	0	1	9
Bazin	8	0-5	0-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Meyers	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Ferris	10	2-5	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	4
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-72	4-17	8-10	30	16	20	1	4	78

San Jose State Spartans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ames	24	6-9	3-6	2-2	2	10	0	1	7	17
Gansey	23	6-9	3-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	3	15
Annen	20	2-5	0-2	0-0	5	1	2	0	3	4
Jahnke	19	3-5	0-2	1-2	6	1	0	0	1	7
Noel	19	2-6	1-2	0-0	7	1	1	1	2	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mulic	13	2-8	1-3	0-0	3	2	0	0	2	5
Hill	10	2-4	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	4
Boyette	11	3-5	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	7
Montgomery	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Knight	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Riddle	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Channing	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-51	9-21	3-4	28	21	4	3	20	64

Tovarich: Luckily we built up a nice lead in the first half. It was fun to watch them come out and start 16/21 shooting before they finally missed some at the end. Amazing how that guy Gansey had 0 points in the first half and I think we had 11 in 3 or 4 minutes right out of the break. Our 3 point shooting was brutal. Suotamo carried us once again. Some rebounds would be nice, but maybe Merriex is better at that, certainly was today in far fewer minutes.

Reporter: Is there anyone left on your schedule that can beat you? You'll be heavily favored the rest of the way.

Tovarich: We have a tournament coming up. I know enough about tournament semifinals to know how often the other team plays like it's some kind of season-ending elimination game. And then someone in conference will get us when we go to their place and it's their Super Bowl.

Reporter: You experimented some with Stafford off the ball, will that continue?

Tovarich: He's one of our best 3-point shooters, although I think those were largely banned today, at least for Camper and Bazin. So we may do that again.

Reporter: How about with Suotamo and Ferris on the floor at the same time?

Tovarich: I'm not sure we'll try that one again. Merriex is so tall and good at rebounding that he's practically another center.

[Tovarich]

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Cable Car Classic Semifinal
Leavey Center
Santa Clara, CA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Pepperdine Waves
Dec 25, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (13-0)	54	29	83
Pepperdine (6-5)	36	40	76

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	23	1-8	0-3	11-11	1	8	2	0	1	13
Camper	23	6-11	6-10	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	18
Pawlak	23	3-11	2-7	2-2	2	0	2	0	0	10
Jack	23	3-7	2-3	2-2	3	3	2	1	1	10
Suotamo	22	9-15	0-0	1-2	13	0	1	0	0	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	5	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	4
Merriex	6	1-3	0-0	2-2	3	0	1	1	0	4
Bazin	5	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	3
Meyers	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ferris	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-65	11-27	18-19	27	14	11	2	3	83

Pepperdine Waves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dukes	22	6-10	3-5	4-4	2	7	0	0	4	19
Clinton	22	11-12	4-5	0-0	5	0	0	1	0	26
Spooner	22	6-9	1-2	1-2	0	4	2	0	0	14
Mikalauskas	23	2-7	1-3	0-0	5	2	0	0	2	5
Del Rosario	22	3-6	0-0	0-2	16	3	0	4	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Skipworth	14	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	5	0	0	0	3
Sanders	2	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Montrimas	11	0-5	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	0
Naymick	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Radford	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Pratt	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Kone	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-56	11-20	5-8	31	23	2	5	12	76

Tovarich: I'm stunned we managed to hang on there. You could see the comeback brewing the entire second half. I should have recognized sooner that we needed to run clock. 7/27 shooting in the second half and 2/10 from 3 was baffling to watch. Suotamo had 12 boards at the break and only 1 all second half. They shot 100% on 3's in the second half. That Clinton guy should have shot on every possession and he'd have scored 100 by himself. I don't know what changed at halftime, but we're lucky to have Stafford at the line at the end, 8/8 on FT's in the last 30 seconds by a true FR is amazing.

Reporter: Why do you think there are such wild swings in quality at halftime sometimes, or was this just the tournament semifinal difficulty you have alluded to?

Tovarich: Yeah, I wish I knew. Seems like things are just beyond your control. You shoot well on 3's at halftime, and then shoot 20%. +2 in rebounds at halftime and -6 in the second. No idea if the other coaches give amazing speeches or what it is, but yeah, tournament semifinals all seem insanely hard sometimes. Gotta keep the foot on the pedal in the first half and build up a lead and notice sooner that you're not allowed to make shots and slow it down so they hopefully don't have time to come back while they're shooting 100% on 3's.

Reporter: Rider in the championship, do you expect any challenge there?

Tovarich: I can easily see them playing way over their heads, outrebounding us easily and us shooting 20% on 3's. I just watched it.

[Tovarich]

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Cable Car Classic Championship
Leavey Center
Santa Clara, CA

Rider Broncs at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Dec 26, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Rider (5-6)	32	34	66
#3 Western Kentucky (14-0)	49	45	94

Rider Broncs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Marigney	22	4-9	2-4	0-0	1	10	0	0	3	10
Davenport	20	2-5	1-1	0-2	2	4	0	1	2	5
Adkins	21	9-19	3-7	1-2	5	2	0	2	0	22
Sherrod	25	6-7	0-1	0-0	8	2	0	0	0	12
Underwood	17	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	1	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanders	10	4-11	1-7	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	9
Costello	7	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Rush	4	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jefferson	13	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	3
Civi	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Cleveland	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Maldonado	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-59	8-23	2-6	27	23	0	4	9	66
TEAM TOTALS		28-59	8-23	2-6	27	23	0	4	9	66

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	17	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	6	0	0	0	0
Camper	17	6-12	3-9	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	15
Pawlak	17	1-3	1-2	0-0	5	1	3	0	0	3
Jack	17	3-6	1-2	1-1	5	3	1	1	0	8
Suotamo	18	12-21	0-0	1-2	6	4	0	0	0	25
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	9	1-4	0-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	2
Merriex	11	4-6	0-0	0-1	9	2	1	0	0	8
Bazin	11	7-10	3-4	1-1	2	3	2	0	0	18
Meyers	11	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	5
Ferris	10	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	8
Flores	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		41-73	9-21	3-5	36	26	9	1	0	94

Tovarich: Nice to have a game go as it should.

Reporter: +9 in rebounds must be nice.

Tovarich: Yeah, they didn't exactly come from where you feel like they should, but I guess it doesn't really matter.

Reporter: How about the game by Bazin?

Tovarich: Yeah, just like his first game of the season. He's either really on or really off, and there doesn't seem to be much middle ground with him. Such are the challenges of freshmen.

Reporter: Was the lopsided score why the bench got more minutes today?

Tovarich: Yeah, there was no Pepperdine-like second half 100% 3-point shooting to worry about today, so they get more minutes. That's how it should be against an opponent like that, but you never really know. You'd hope there are lots more minutes for the backups in conference play, but it doesn't work out like that nearly as often as it should.

[Tovarich]

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Non-Conference Tournament Winners:
"2K Sports College Hoops Classic" aka Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: Texas A&M
Hangar Classic: Montana State
Cyclone Classic: South Carolina Upstate
CBE Classic: Oklahoma
Pre-Season NIT: Iona
"Palm Tree Shootout" aka Puerto Rico Tip-off: Connecticut
"Polar Bear Tipoff Classic: aka Top of the World Classic: Eastern Michigan
100 Club Classic: Belmont
Paradise Jam: Marquette
"Hawaiian Invitational" aka Maui Invitational: Southern California
Great Alaska Shootout: Western Kentucky
"Orange County Shootout aka Wooden Legacy: Arizona State
"Deodorant Classic" aka Old Spice Classic: Florida
Deep Dish Challenge A: Iowa
Deep Dish Challenge B: Eastern Kentucky
Liberty Bell Classic A: Manhattan
Liberty Bell Classic B: Bucknell
South Padre Island Tournament A: Louisiana State
South Padre Island Tournament B: Arkansas State
"Blackjack Shootout A" aka Las Vegas Invitational: Florida State
"Blackjack Shootout B" aka Las Vegas Invitational: Niagara
Legends Classic: Louisiana Tech
"Big Tree Tournament" aka Montana State Bobcat Classic: Santa Clara
Drake Iowa Realty Tournament: Long Beach State
Hawkeye Challenge: Houston
Drake Regency Classic: Florida A&M
"Hawaiian Island Classic" aka Rainbow Classic: Southern Mississippi
Gossner Foods Holiday Classic: North Texas
"Daylight Bowl Tournament" aka Sun Bowl Classic: Western Michigan
Jackpot Challenge A: Northwestern
Jackpot Challenge B: North Carolina Greensboro
"Casual Apparel" aka Aeropostale Holiday Festival: North Texas
Cable Car Classic: Western Kentucky
"Gulf Coast Challenge" aka Flint Hills Tournament: Dayton
Golden Bear Classic: Holy Cross
Shamrock Office Solutions Classic: Cal Irvine
Cougar Classic: Delaware
"Railroad Classic" aka Dr. Pepper Classic: Morehead State
UCF Holiday Classic: Alabama Birmingham

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Dec 27, 2015
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Florida State	13-0
2	2	Marquette	14-0
3	3	Western Kentucky	14-0
4	5	Northwestern	13-0
5	6	Pittsburgh	9-1
6	7	Massachusetts	11-1
7	4	Duke	10-2
8	8	Oregon	11-1
9	9	Clemson	15-1
10	13	Michigan State	10-3
11	16	Florida	10-3
12	11	Brigham Young	11-2
13	12	Louisville	8-3
14	17	North Carolina State	8-3
15	14	Georgia Tech	9-4
16	19	UNLV	10-2
17	NR	Michigan	9-3
18	20	Arizona State	9-1
19	22	Southern Mississippi	11-1
20	24	Alabama	10-3
21	23	Texas A&M	11-2
22	21	Air Force	10-2
23	NR	Louisiana State	11-1
24	25	Arkansas	10-2
25	NR	St. Mary's	10-2

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Dec 29, 2015
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	14-0	1.00	1-0	-
North Texas	10-3	.769	1-0	-
Louisiana Lafayette	5-2	.714	1-0	-
Florida International	7-3	.700	1-0	-
Troy	4-6	.400	1-0	-
South Alabama	9-2	.818	1-1	.5
Louisiana Monroe	8-3	.727	1-1	.5
Middle Tennessee	5-9	.357	1-1	.5
Denver	3-12	.200	1-1	.5
Florida Atlantic	5-5	.500	0-1	1
Arkansas State	6-7	.461	0-1	1
New Orleans	3-10	.230	0-1	1
Arkansas-Little Rock	6-10	.375	0-2	1.5

[superjames1992]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Looks like this may be the year you pull off the coveted undefeated regular season. Hopefully, I didn’t just institute a jinx! Or you don’t pull a 2014 Kentucky or Wichita State a few years later.

[Tovarich]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Looks like this may be the year you pull off the coveted undefeated regular season. Hopefully, I didn’t just institute a jinx! Or you don’t pull a 2014 Kentucky or Wichita State a few years later.

I'd be very surprised if I got through conference play without one of the team going insane for like 30 points in 5 minutes and beating me. It always happens somewhere. But I'm also surprised to make it this far because this is definitely not a deep team compared to the last few years, and I'm starting a true FR PG, I thought there'd be more than usual turnovers with him and all the joys that come with lower team unity but they haven't come up yet.

P.S. I'm just getting started on your newer legacy. I think I was all caught up on the other one I think.

[Tovarich]

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Pharmed Arena
Miami, FL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Florida International Golden Panthers
Dec 30, 2015	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (14-1)	40	34	74
Florida International (8-3)	40	42	82

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	22	2-4	0-1	0-0	2	6	2	0	1	4
Camper	22	4-12	3-9	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	11
Pawlak	22	6-18	3-10	1-1	3	3	4	0	0	16
Jack	22	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	6
Suotamo	22	9-19	0-0	3-4	9	1	4	1	3	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	6	2-5	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	5
Merriex	6	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	2
Bazin	6	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	3
Meyers	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ferris	6	3-5	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	6
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-73	8-24	4-5	23	17	15	2	7	74

Florida International Golden Panthers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Frazier	24	1-1	0-0	0-1	1	8	1	0	5	2
Rose	23	5-14	3-7	0-0	4	2	1	1	1	19
Chadwick	23	89-16	3-6	3-3	5	3	2	0	8	22
McCollum	24	7-8	0-0	1-2	10	2	0	0	2	15
Schultz	19	7-8	1-1	3-4	10	1	1	2	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Attaway	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	2	1	2
Lindeman	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Carney	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Walton	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Santiago	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Valencia	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Gerlach	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-52	7-14	7-10	33	21	6	5	18	82

Tovarich: Didn't take long to feel like that was a loss. They jumped on us quick. We never made a single shot with a chance to take the lead. They dominated the boards despite their center having all the height and shape of a fire hydrant. No one had a good shooting night really. 21 extra shots we took and we were barely close at the end, until that so-called "shooting" foul that gave them 3 FT's when they obviously were not shooting. They got two guys who shoot 7/8, even the fireplug center was out hitting a 3. Can just laugh and move on to the next one.

Reporter: Why do you have such trouble in this arena?

Tovarich: No idea. They're usually a decent team, but we seemingly never play well here for reasons that go beyond my understanding.

Reporter: This team is not getting to the line like the past couple years, why is that?

Tovarich: Ask the refs. They only called 3 fouls on FIU the whole game LOL.

Reporter: This team hasn't lost a game yet, how do you think they'll respond?

Tovarich: It's inevitable in a regular season. Young PG, all the guys you depend on were so-so. Bench was ok, the other team just decided to shoot 65%. We allow that quite a few times a year. Can't overcome it all the time.

[Tovarich]

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Murphy Center
Murfreesboro, TN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Jan 2, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (15-1)	42	54	96
Middle Tennessee (6-10)	34	30	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	19	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	5	1	0	1	2
Camper	19	6-17	3-10	1-2	2	1	4	0	0	16
Pawlak	17	5-7	2-4	1-1	8	1	0	0	0	13
Jack	19	5-5	0-0	0-0	8	2	3	1	0	10
Suotamo	18	10-17	0-0	2-2	8	1	3	1	4	22
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	9	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	6
Merriex	9	2-5	1-1	2-4	5	2	0	0	0	7
Bazin	9	6-9	2-5	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	14
Meyers	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ferris	10	2-6	0-0	0-0	3	3	1	1	1	4
Flores	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TEAM TOTALS		40-73	10-24	6-9	37	17	13	3	7	96

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Augustin	21	3-10	0-5	2-2	2	3	1	0	6	8
Rose	18	3-8	1-	0-0	2	5	0	0	5	7
Valdez	21	1-5	1-3	0-0	4	4	0	0	0	3
Clifford	20	2-8	1-3	2-2	9	0	1	2	0	7
Surov	19	10-18	0-0	3-6	10	1	1	4	1	23
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Chambliss	12	1-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2
Park	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beauford	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Page	10	2-3	0-0	1-2	0	2	1	0	0	5
Dahi	12	4-6	0-1	1-2	0	2	3	0	0	9
Benzel	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
O'Brien	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-65	3-16	9-14	30	18	7	6	13	64

Tovarich: Good bounceback I guess. Rebounded decently. Turned the ball over a bit much. It was odd how many times we'd get it down low to Suotamo and before he even has a split second to think about moving, that center of theirs would swipe it right out of his hand without ever once being called for a reach in.

Reporter: Why do you allow 65% shooting one game, and under 40% the next?

Tovarich: No idea. We don't really do anything differently. We're pretty much exclusively man to man defense. I feel like people shoot 100% on 3's against our zone, so we don't really bother. We get tight on people when they prove they can hurt us. Seems like our defense is irrelevant. Some other factors beyond our control decide these things.

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Denver Pioneers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 7, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Denver (3-15)	22	14	36
#3 Western Kentucky (16-1)	40	37	77

Denver Pioneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bender	21	1-5	1-3	1-2	2	0	0	0	1	4
McLaughlin	21	5-13	1-5	0-0	2	4	0	0	2	11
Meyers	21	1-14	0-8	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	2
Slattery	24	5-12	1-6	1-1	5	1	0	2	1	12
Pilgrim	11	0-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bolton	14	0-2	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	1	0	0
Radford	13	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	3
Pardon	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarchet	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brand	10	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Emmett	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lhota	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		15-58	4-25	2-3	25	10	0	3	5	36
TEAM TOTALS		15-58	4-25	2-3	25	10	0	3	5	36

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	16	1-2	1-1	0-0	2	3	4	0	0	3
Camper	16	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	4	0	0	0	4
Pawlak	16	1-5	1-5	0-0	3	1	0	2	0	3
Jack	16	3-3	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	6
Suotamo	15	11-19	0-0	5-6	11	0	0	1	0	27
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	12	2-7	0-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Merriex	12	3-6	0-1	3-3	10	1	1	0	0	9
Meyers	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bazin	12	1-6	1-5	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	3
Ferris	13	8-12	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	0	0	18
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-64	3-17	10-11	42	12	5	4	0	77

Tovarich: Ugly shooting, but good win.

Reporter: You switched to a zone in the second half, why?

Tovarich: Because no one could shoot a 3 to save their lives. 7/42 combined. It seemed best to bait them into shooting 3's when they were open.

Reporter: Was the game easy after you got their center in foul trouble?

Tovarich: Incredibly. Both our centers dominated. I don't even know why we shot the 3's we did in the second half. Every shot should've come from down low. I think maybe there was a hole in the roof creating some kind of jet stream through the arena that made it impossible to shoot from more than 2 feet away.

[Tovarich]

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Trojan Arena
Troy, AL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Troy Trojans
Jan 10, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (17-1)	54	53	107
Troy (5-9)	35	30	65

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	17	1-2	0-1	1-1	0	6	0	0	1	3
Camper	19	3-4	1-2	2-2	1	1	4	0	0	9
Pawlak	23	5-9	1-3	0-0	6	5	3	1	0	11
Jack	17	13-18	0-1	3-3	2	2	5	0	0	29
Suotamo	16	13-19	0-0	5-5	7	1	1	0	0	31
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	11	3-5	2-4	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	8
Merriex	7	2-8	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	4
Meyers	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Bazin	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Ferris	12	3-5	0-0	4-4	4	0	0	1	0	10
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		44-71	4-12	15-15	26	18	19	2	3	107

Troy Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Eisentrout	21	6-12	2-5	1-1	2	6	0	0	2	15
Towe	21	3-9	0-3	0-0	1	2	1	0	4	6
Coles	21	7-16	3-5	0-0	5	4	0	0	1	17
Meno	21	1-2	0-1	2-2	4	0	1	2	6	4
Arline	12	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mcbridle	11	3-4	1-1	0-0	2	1	0	1	2	7
Surratt	10	2-5	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	1	1	4
Sood	7	1-2	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	3
Mathis	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	1	0	2	0
Roberson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Hobson	4	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	5
Abdullah	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-58	7-19	4-5	25	19	3	5	20	65

Tovarich: We haven't had many people pressing us at the beginning of games, so it was nice to see what Stafford did against it and he did great. Jack did a great job breaking the press. We got the 2 quick fouls on their center, so we dumped the ball down low on almost every possession in that first half. Easy points.

Reporter: Had you ever gone a half without a made 3 before the first half?

Tovarich: I have to think I had some Eastern Shore teams that were so awful they didn't.

Reporter: Are you happy not to be #1 after the losses in conference?

Tovarich: Yeah, it's a bullseye for sure. Hopefully those two keep going undefeated.

Reporter: Couldn't you have gotten the bench more minutes tonight with the lopsided score?

Tovarich: Merriex was cursed, might as well get him out. They made a little run to start the second half there, and it was against the backups where they got it down to 12, so I figured I better make sure it's comfortable before I put them back in.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 11, 2016
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Florida State	17-0
2	2	Marquette	17-0
3	3	Western Kentucky	17-1
4	6	Duke	12-2
5	7	Clemson	17-1
6	4	Pittsburgh	12-2
7	5	Massachusetts	13-2
8	12	Oregon	13-2
9	11	Brigham Young	14-2
10	13	Michigan	12-3
11	16	Georgia Tech	12-4
12	17	Southern Mississippi	14-1
13	9	Florida	13-4
14	18	Alabama	14-3
15	20	Notre Dame	11-4
16	10	North Carolina State	11-4
17	25	Louisiana State	15-2
18	21	St. Mary's	13-2
19	19	Air Force	12-2
20	8	Northwestern	13-3
21	14	Louisville	11-4
22	NR	Gonzaga	12-3
23	NR	UCLA	13-3
24	NR	Stanford	12-4
25	24	Oklahoma	13-4

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 14, 2016
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Florida International	11-4	.733	5-1	-
Western Kentucky	17-1	.944	4-1	.5
Arkansas-Little Rock	11-10	.523	5-2	.5
North Texas	12-5	.705	3-2	1.5
Florida Atlantic	8-6	.571	3-2	1.5
Middle Tennessee	8-11	.421	4-3	1.5
Troy	6-9	.400	3-3	2
Arkansas State	8-9	.470	2-3	2.5
South Alabama	10-5	.666	2-4	3
Louisiana Monroe	10-6	.625	2-4	3
Louisiana Lafayette	6-6	.500	2-4	3
Denver	4-15	.210	2-4	3
New Orleans	4-14	.222	1-5	4