Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

North Texas Mean Green at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 14, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
North Texas (12-6)	37	41	78
#3 Western Kentucky (18-1)	56	48	104

North Texas Mean Green
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crandle	22	1-12	1-9	0-0	0	4	1	0	3	3
Hehn	19	6-14	4-9	1-2	0	1	1	0	3	17
Midgley	20	10-14	3-5	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	25
Cripe	22	7-10	0-0	0-0	9	2	0	3	0	14
Powers	8	3-4	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Holmes	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Halcomb	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	2
Briggs	16	1-1	0-0	0-0	7	4	0	0	3	2
Hunt	16	0-7	0-4	2-2	5	9	1	0	4	2
Zimmerman	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0
McKrieth	6	2-3	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	0	1	5
Hoskin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-68	8-27	6-8	36	22	3	4	18	78
TEAM TOTALS		32-68	8-27	6-8	36	22	3	4	18	78

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	18	3-5	1-1	0-0	1	3	4	0	1	7
Camper	18	4-9	3-5	0-0	2	3	4	0	0	11
Pawlak	20	1-3	0-2	3-4	4	1	2	1	0	5
Jack	18	5-6	0-1	4-4	4	3	0	0	0	14
Suotamo	19	12-20	0-0	6-6	6	2	1	1	0	30
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	10	1-3	1-3	3-3	1	0	0	0	0	6
Merriex	8	5-8	0-0	6-7	3	2	1	0	0	16
Meyers	8	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Bazin	10	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	5
Ferris	9	4-9	0-0	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	8
Flores	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		38-69	6-14	22-24	24	16	16	2	3	104

Tovarich: Good thing we scored a lot. Rebounding was pitiful as per usual.

Reporter: The last time you tried zone in the second half, you grabbed almost every rebound, what was different today?

Tovarich: I don't know. That's why we did it, and they dominated the boards in man or zone, didn't matter what we did.

Reporter: You haven't experimented with the lineup combos at all lately, will there by any more or is it late enough in the season that what you're doing is the best?

Tovarich: I've come a long way from my Eastern Shore days when starting in that second year, there was the A team and the B team. I mix and match a lot more. You have to recognize who's having a good game and who's not. I'd have stubbornly kept having my best players shoot themselves out of a slump in a particular game, but it's better to just go with who's hot and if people are cold, just sit them.

[superjames1992]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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.

Damn, the jinx hit the very next game. I’m sorry!

Yeah, my other longer running legacy isn’t dead, but I just needed a change for level of difficulty as winning so many games year in and year out starts to get old after a while, and it becomes a situation where any lost games feels like a failure and any year without a national championship feels like a failure. I’ll return to it as it’s been going for so long, but I just need some of both, haha.

[Tovarich]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Damn, the jinx hit the very next game. I’m sorry!

Yeah, my other longer running legacy isn’t dead, but I just needed a change for level of difficulty as winning so many games year in and year out starts to get old after a while, and it becomes a situation where any lost games feels like a failure and any year without a national championship feels like a failure. I’ll return to it as it’s been going for so long, but I just need some of both, haha.

You picked a safe time. I lose @ FIU a lot. I am quite bored now with the Hilltoppers but I'm not sure why so precious few power jobs have been available. I almost took a cupcake school last offseason just for a challenge.

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Arkansas State Red Wolves at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 16, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Arkansas State (8-10)	46	34	80
#3 Western Kentucky (19-1)	46	35	81

Arkansas State Red Wolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brooks	22	4-7	3-3	0-1	1	7	1	0	4	11
Jackette	21	6-8	3-3	2-2	3	3	0	0	5	17
Darby	23	5-11	1-6	0-0	4	4	0	0	3	11
Tukker	19	4-4	0-0	0-0	10	4	0	1	3	8
McKinney	12	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	3	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
O'Donnell	10	5-8	2-3	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	12
Fofana	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Udeogalanya	12	3-6	1-3	1-2	0	5	0	0	1	8
Nystrom	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	2
Smalls	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Brand	8	2-2	0-0	1-2	1	2	1	1	0	5
Gomez	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-50	10-18	4-7	27	29	3	5	18	80
TEAM TOTALS		33-50	10-18	4-7	27	29	3	5	18	80

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	23	0-3	0-2	4-4	1	4	1	0	1	4
Camper	23	3-13	3-11	0-0	0	1	4	0	0	9
Pawlak	23	5-7	0-1	2-3	6	2	3	0	0	12
Jack	23	5-7	0-1	2-3	6	2	3	0	0	12
Suotamo	21	17-29	0-0	3-3	10	1	1	0	1	37
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	5	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merriex	5	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	6
Meyers	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bazin	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ferris	7	2-3	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	6
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-71	4-22	13-14	24	12	16	1	3	81

Tovarich: Wow. Uh, I had written that one off a few different times. When they started 6/6 in the second half. When they were up 8 with 3 minutes to go. I'm stunned. Took 21 extra shots to eek out a 1 point win over an 8-9 team, but that's a whole nother discussion haha.

Reporter: Take us through the strategy at the end. You scored with 43 seconds, so you could have played defense and gotten the ball back with 8 seconds.

Tovarich: Yeah, after we watched them drain yet another 3 to go up 4, we could have had the ball back. I felt better fouling. We got lucky they missed the front end.

Reporter: What was the strategy on offense on the last possession.

Tovarich: Suotamo first, Suotamo second. They covered him well. He was standing out by the 3 point line for reasons no one could explain. So, Camper at least hit a couple 3's. So I thought we'd take our chance with him. Not surprised he missed. Despite the below average rebounding, we got lucky Jack grabbed it and went back up with it and layed it in with 1 second to go. Any longer on the shot and we had no time for an offensive rebound and any later on that, they'd probably just have hit a half court shot.

Reporter: Is there still no reliable plan B to Suotamo?

Tovarich: We got their starting center in foul trouble, so we should have had an advantage down there, and when you're 4/22 on 3's you might as well just give that up. Even I can see that.

[Tovarich]

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Fant-Ewing Coliseum
Monroe, LA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
Jan 21, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (20-1)	51	58	109
Louisiana-Monroe (11-7)	40	43	83

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	21	4-6	1-2	0-0	0	5	1	0	4	9
Camper	21	610	4-5	0-0	1	3	3	0	1	16
Pawlak	21	4-6	1-3	1-1	3	8	1	0	0	10
Jack	21	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	3	3	0	0	4
Suotamo	21	20-23	0-0	3-3	10	1	5	0	1	43
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	7	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Merriex	7	3-3	0-0	1-2	0	3	2	0	1	7
Meyers	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	2
Bazin	7	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ferris	7	4-8	0-0	5-5	0	0	2	0	0	13
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		46-62	7-12	10-11	18	26	17	0	7	109

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gatson	20	7-10	2-4	0-0	1	3	0	0	5	16
Slattery	20	3-10	0-5	0-0	1	3	1	0	3	6
Dieng	22	5-11	3-8	0-0	0	2	2	0	3	13
Stelmach	21	5-8	1-3	2-3	8	3	1	0	1	13
Boddicker	21	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	4	2	0	2	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Caldwell	9	5-7	3-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	13
Page	15	4-4	2-2	0-0	2	10	0	0	1	10
Goral	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
McCully	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	4
Lamb	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Crosswhite	5	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Fordham	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		35-59	11-27	2-3	19	27	6	0	17	83

Tovarich: Thank goodness for Suotamo and for opposing freshman centers. Even grabbed 10 boards in a game where defense lacked for both teams and there were not a ton of rebounds to be had. No one may ever top Krleski going for 53 for me at Eastern Shore, but this was incredible either way.

Reporter: Have you ever allowed 10 assists to a backup PG?

Tovarich: Probably not. Their jump shooting was really good. Didn't matter who guarded who, who took the shot, how tight we were on the perimeter. Luckily Suotamo dominated down low and we even shot 3's well.

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 23, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Arkansas-Little Rock (12-12)	26	32	58
#3 Western Kentucky (21-1)	41	36	77

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Njila	25	3-4	0-1	0-0	0	10	1	0	7	6
Hipsher	21	2-11	0-9	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	4
Okotie	25	7-14	5-10	1-2	4	1	0	0	0	20
Skivolocke	21	3-9	0-0	2-2	6	1	0	0	0	8
Parker	22	4-9	0-0	0-2	12	0	0	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Havens	13	3-7	0-2	2-4	0	1	0	0	0	8
Burnett	13	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	4
Janusauskas	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Walls	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Rothseiden	-- DID NOT PLAY --
House	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Sidibe	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-54	5-22	5-10	28	15	2	0	9	58
TEAM TOTALS		24-54	5-22	5-10	28	15	2	0	9	58

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Staffird	20	5-6	0-1	2-2	0	5	2	0	1	12
Camper	17	3-9	2-8	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	8
Pawlak	20	2-3	0-1	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	4
Jack	20	4-9	0-1	2-2	10	1	1	0	1	10
Suotamo	18	12-18	0-0	0-0	11	0	1	0	0	24
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	11	2-6	2-6	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	6
Merriex	8	4-8	1-2	1-2	4	1	0	0	0	10
Meyers	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0
Bazin	8	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	2	0	0	0	1
Ferris	10	1-5	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-64	5-19	6-9	35	13	8	0	3	77

Tovarich: At least it was the starting PG that got 10 assists this time. And luckily they were pretty much a one man team in terms of scoring. Can't believe he's only a JR. I swear he's been putting 20 on us for 4 years already.

Reporter: Is the mostly poor 3 point shooting a concern?

Tovarich: Just for my fun, not for the result. Suotamo's dominating all the Sun Belt centers like I'd hoped he would for years. It may pain me slightly to not be able to make 3's or not shoot as many 3's, but it's not exactly a problem unless Suotamo goes 3/12 some game. Only Okotie could hit 3's for them, so that's just how this game went. It'll be nice to get some when we play a good center in the NCAA tournament though.

Reporter: Do you have a go-to 3 point shooter for that scenario?

Tovarich: No, not really. I think our PG is our best 3 point shooter, then Pawlak maybe, who's wildly inconsistent. Camper and Jordan are very average at best 3 point shooters, which means I've not been recruiting properly to my style of play.

[Tovarich]

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

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 28, 2016
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	21-1	.954	8-1	-
Florida International	14-5	.736	8-2	.5
Troy	9-9	.500	6-3	2
Florida Atlantic	11-8	.578	6-4	2.5
North Texas	14-7	.666	5-4	3
Arkansas-Little Rock	12-13	.480	6-5	3
Louisiana Monroe	13-7	.650	5-5	3.5
Arkansas State	11-11	.500	5-5	3.5
Middle Tennessee	10-13	.434	5-5	3.5
South Alabama	11-8	.578	3-7	5.5
Denver	5-18	.217	3-7	5.5
Louisiana Lafayette	6-9	.400	2-7	6
New Orleans	4-18	.181	1-8	7

[Tovarich]

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Cajun Dome
Lafayette, LA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Jan 28, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (22-1)	41	36	77
Louisiana-Lafayette (6-10)	32	29	61

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	20	4-6	1-2	2-2	1	4	2	0	1	11
Camper	20	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	5
Pawlak	20	3-8	1-4	2-3	3	0	4	0	0	9
Jack	20	4-6	1-1	0-0	3	3	2	0	1	9
Suotamo	21	8-19	0-0	5-6	8	1	2	1	3	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	8	3-7	2-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	8
Merriex	8	3-6	0-0	2-3	5	0	0	1	0	8
Meyers	8	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	2	1	0	0	4
Bazin	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ferris	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-60	6-14	13-16	25	12	13	2	5	77

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mance	19	1-11	0-6	0-0	0	5	1	0	1	2
Alexander	23	5-13	3-6	0-0	4	3	0	0	3	13
Robinson	22	8-10	1-2	0-0	6	3	0	0	2	17
Clemons	23	5-8	1-3	0-0	5	3	1	0	1	11
Logan	15	3-6	0-0	0-2	10	0	2	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Agbai	13	1-3	0-1	0-0	7	0	1	2	1	2
Gregory	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Sommerville	5	2-5	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Bragg	8	2-5	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	5	4
St. Fort	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Diaz	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Barker	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-61	5-22	0-2	34	15	5	3	15	61

Tovarich: Not your typical game against the Cajuns. Normally we're both playing very fast, lots of transition, quick offense, lots of 3's. This was kind of a scrappier game. We got dominated on the boards as usual. Luckily they shot very poorly from 3. We got to the line more than they did. Hard to say Suotamo had a rough game, but he kind of did, not sure he made a field goal in the second half.

Reporter: Is it worse to get their starting center in foul trouble and still lose on the boards?

Tovarich: That guy may have had 20 if he wasn't in foul trouble. 10 in 15 minutes is ridiculous. Luckily he was a fouling machine. Yes, it's worse. We should do better against a backup.

Reporter: How's recruiting going?

Tovarich: We'll see. We're doing good on a couple people. I'm only going after a few, and I'm going to learn my lesson from last year and not settle. We'll carry a scholarship over if we must.

[Tovarich]

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The Burrow
Boca Raton, FL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Florida Atlantic Owls
Feb 4, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Western Kentucky (23-1)	51	57	108
Florida Atlantic (12-9)	38	35	73

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	18	5-5	0-0	0-0	1	5	4	0	0	10
Camper	18	7-10	6-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	20
Pawlak	18	2-4	0-2	0-0	2	5	1	0	0	4
Jack	18	4-5	1-2	0-0	2	4	2	0	0	9
Suotamo	19	16-22	0-0	3-5	4	2	2	0	0	35
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	10	3-5	0-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	6
Merriex	10	3-7	0-2	1-1	8	0	2	1	0	7
Meyers	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	2	4
Bazin	10	3-4	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	7
Ferris	9	3-6	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	0	6
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		48-71	8-17	4-6	24	23	14	2	2	108

Florida Atlantic Owls
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Toppert	23	7-16	2-8	0-0	1	12	2	0	4	16
Ross	25	8-10	2-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	5	18
Hartman	20	4-5	2-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	10
Mcfarlin	22	1-5	0-2	0-0	6	2	0	0	2	2
Pleick	19	4-4	0-0	0-1	6	1	0	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Benzel	9	2-5	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	4
Jacobs	8	3-8	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	7
Dancy	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Guzman	6	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Cannon	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	1	2
Ndoye	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Farley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-59	7-17	0-1	23	26	2	0	15	73

Tovarich: Nice to get some 3's from someone. Camper was on fire. Suotamo scored well. 0 rebounds at halftime is pretty crazy though. Then there weren't too many minutes for him in the second to grab any. Defense wasn't great but we could whatever we wanted on offense so it was still never close.

Reporter: Is Suotamo's focus on scoring what's hurting his rebounding so much?

Tovarich: It doesn't matter how many questions I get about rebounding. I have no answers. I don't know why we can't. I will likely never know.

Reporter: How does the team get motivated when they're blowing everyone out?

Tovarich: Except Arkansas State. There's always the potential for one of those games. There's FIU. We get them at home soon. Somewhere we'll lose another and maybe it'll re-focus them. In the Sun Belt tournament like last year would be preferable.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

New Orleans Privateers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 6, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
New Orleans (5-20)	25	32	57
#3 Western Kentucky (24-1)	40	43	83

New Orleans Privateers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cunningham	23	2-11	0-7	2-2	0	10	3	0	3	6
Jones	22	1-12	0-8	0-0	0	2	2	0	3	2
Dillon	17	9-15	3-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	21
Pettyjohn	23	5-7	0-0	3-4	12	1	0	0	0	13
Maye	24	3-7	0-1	1-2	10	0	1	3	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ogunride	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2
Kounkorgo	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Valsin	14	2-5	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Hacker	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frazier	3	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Nahra	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sutton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-65	3-27	6-8	26	17	7	3	9	57
TEAM TOTALS		24-65	3-27	6-8	26	17	7	3	9	57

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	21	2-5	0-3	2-2	1	3	1	0	2	6
Camper	21	4-8	1-3	4-4	1	2	2	0	0	13
Pawlak	21	1-5	0-1	0-0	5	1	0	1	3	2
Jack	21	4-6	0-0	2-2	9	2	2	0	1	10
Suotamo	20	14-16	0-0	4-4	5	1	3	1	0	32
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	7	1-2	0-1	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	3
Merriex	7	3-4	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	0	1	6
Meyers	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	4
Bazin	7	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Ferris	8	2-4	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	1	0	5
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-57	1-10	14-16	32	14	8	3	7	83

Tovarich: Bob Knight would have loved the game with so few 3's made. Hideous outside shooting by both teams. We were a bit sloppy against the press in the second half. Pawlak's a SR and shouldn't turn it over like that. Stafford finally looked like a true FR there against it at the end. It didn't feel like we outrebounded them. Their PF had 5 offensive boards alone. I question the statkeeper there slightly but maybe I just dwell on the negative.

Reporter: Is 1 made 3 a new low for your career?

Tovarich: Surely. It would eat at me more if we didn't win by 26 since we were playing a cupcake. But it sure makes me miss Tamayo and Li and Lewis and Stivers.

Reporter: Jack rebounded well, and Merriex and Ferris matched Suotamo in less than half the minutes. Is Suotamo's rebounding broken?

Tovarich: It sure is. His timing is awful for some reason. I'd reduce his scoring if I thought that would help, but I don't see why it would.

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

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 10, 2016
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	24-1	.960	11-1	-
Florida International	15-6	.714	9-3	2
North Texas	17-7	.708	8-4	3
Troy	10-11	.476	7-5	4
Florida Atlantic	12-10	.545	7-6	4.5
Arkansas State	13-12	.520	7-6	4.5
Louisiana Monroe	14-9	.608	6-7	5.5
Arkansas-Little Rock	12-15	.444	6-7	5.5
Middle Tennessee	11-15	.423	6-7	5.5
South Alabama	13-9	.590	5-8	6.5
Denver	6-19	.240	4-8	7
Louisiana Lafayette	7-11	.388	3-9	8
New Orleans	5-20	.200	2-10	9

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Fordham, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky in the top 11. Marquette, FSU, and Oregon as the top 3. What a world we live in.

[Tovarich]

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Mitchell Center
Mobile, AL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at South Alabama Jaguars
Feb 10, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 Western Kentucky (25-1)	42	50	92
South Alabama (13-10)	32	49	81

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	21	1-6	0-2	6-6	0	3	5	0	2	8
Camper	23	3-6	1-3	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	7
Pawlak	22	2-5	1-4	1-2	2	0	0	0	1	6
Jack	23	4-6	0-0	2-3	2	2	6	0	0	10
Suotamo	21	14-25	0-0	5-6	10	1	3	0	1	33
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Merriex	5	3-4	2-2	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	9
Meyers	7	3-3	1-1	1-1	0	1	0	0	1	8
Bazin	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ferris	7	5-5	0-0	1-1	2	1	0	2	0	11
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		35-61	5-13	17-20	18	10	17	2	5	92

South Alabama Jaguars
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Okotie	25	6-9	0-2	0-0	3	7	1	0	3	12
Largent	23	11-15	3-4	0-0	2	3	0	0	3	25
Lindsey	22	5-12	2-5	0-0	5	1	1	1	3	12
Queen	22	8-12	0-0	0-0	15	0	0	1	2	16
Valsin	13	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Flores	11	3-7	2-4	1-2	0	6	0	0	5	9
Nutter	12	0-3	0-3	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	0
Markusovic	7	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Thomson	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Hoskin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ellerbee	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Mbanugo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		36-64	8-20	1-2	33	21	3	2	18	81

Tovarich: Thought we had that one under control, then a barrage of 3's there at the end and suddenly Stafford is shooting 6 FT's in the last minute. Luckily he could shoot from there. He couldn't make a layup. Suotamo didn't make much of anything in the second half either. Rebounding was pitiful and embarrassing. Couple guys had nice nights. Theirs were undefendable somehow. We almost got outrebounded by their PF. Sad.

Reporter: Want to say anything positive coach?

Tovarich: We won.

Reporter: You'd never know it from your opening statement.

Tovarich: We expect to win. No time for celebrating a win @ South Alabama. We can celebrate if we make a Final Four.

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Fordham, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky in the top 11. Marquette, FSU, and Oregon as the top 3. What a world we live in.

Southern Mississippi is quite commonly amazing in mine because they rate Larry Eustachy so high I guess. He is still there, so he's done a good job not getting photographed drinking beer with college girls. Fordham seems to have just the luck of starting 4 SR's, so that whole team unity thing is nice for them.

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Florida International Golden Panthers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 13, 2016	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Florida International (16-7)	29	28	57
#4 Western Kentucky (26-1)	43	40	83

Florida International Golden Panthers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Carney	23	6-13	3-9	2-2	1	2	0	0	1	17
Rose	25	1-8	0-4	0-0	7	6	0	0	5	2
Chadwick	19	6-14	4-10	0-0	3	2	2	1	4	16
McCollum	20	3-6	1-2	1-2	7	0	0	4	3	8
Schultz	18	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	2	1	2	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Attaway	12	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	1	2
Lindeman	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Santiago	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Frazier	14	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	6	0	0	4	2
Walton	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	2
Valencia	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Gerlach	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-52	8-26	3-4	28	19	4	8	22	57
TEAM TOTALS		23-52	8-26	3-4	28	19	4	8	22	57

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stafford	19	5-12	0-3	0-0	1	3	2	0	0	10
Camper	19	2-5	1-2	0-0	2	4	4	0	1	5
Pawlak	19	8-10	3-5	3-3	3	2	1	1	0	22
Jack	19	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	5	0	0	0
Suotamo	18	8-20	0-0	4-5	14	1	5	0	3	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan	9	2-8	1-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	5
Merriex	9	4-8	0-0	0-0	6	2	2	0	0	8
Meyers	9	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	4
Bazin	9	1-6	0-3	1-1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Ferris	10	3-6	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	6
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-79	5-19	10-11	37	15	21	1	4	83

Tovarich: Hideous game by both teams. The shooting in the paint was brutal. I think we missed 29 shots in the paint. It was almost funny if it wasn't so frustrating. Didn't matter who it was really. Luckily we rebounded well. They were sloppy with the ball in both halves, the one we pressed some and the one we didn't. Their blocking was amazing. 8 blocked shots against people who are taller and better is incredible.

Reporter: Does this make up for the first loss to them in any way?

Tovarich: Nope. But it was nice to win comfortably against them. I'd like to solve the mystery of Pharmed Arena though.

Reporter: You can clinch the conference championship with a win against Middle Tennessee. Has the banner been autoshipped already?

Tovarich: Yes, before the season.

Reporter: How big was Pawlak's game in light of Suotamo struggling?

Tovarich: Yeah, he was immune to whatever the curse of the paint was. We needed someone to step up. Everyone else just accumulated points by persevering through all the misses. He was actually highly efficient.

Reporter: Georgia is for sure going to have an opening this off-season. Have they contacted you about their vacancy?

Tovarich: (gets up and leaves press conference without answering)