Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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Stegeman Coliseum
Athens, GA

Florida Gators at Georgia Bulldogs
Feb 8, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#9 Florida (18-5)	31	22	53
Georgia (17-8)	28	38	66

Florida Gators
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Stivers	21	2-6	1-1	2-2	1	4	0	0	8	7
Drayton	23	4-5	1-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	2	9
Maclies	21	8-14	2-7	2-2	5	2	1	1	4	20
Cornette	23	3-4	0-0	1-1	13	1	0	0	0	7
Erwin	21	3-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Havens	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elliott	16	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	4
Hurley	9	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dilligard	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evertsen	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Byerson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Brower	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		22-39	4-10	5-5	28	13	2	2	17	53
TEAM TOTALS		22-39	4-10	5-5	28	13	2	2	17	53

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	24	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	8	3	0	1	4
Horton	24	6-17	6-16	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	20
SAnderson	24	5-13	4-11	0-0	1	1	4	0	0	14
Zahn	24	4-8	0-1	1-2	3	4	6	1	0	3
Kovacevic	24	5-10	0-0	4-5	8	1	3	0	1	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mcfarlin	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Keller	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Emmett	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hart	4	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-57	11-32	7-9	18	15	17	2	2	66

Tovarich: Just keeping someone to 56% and we can win. Over 60% is a bit tougher. Rough second half for them. We'd only forced 2 turnovers at halftime, which you almost have to be trying not to steal anything to only have 2. Then they turned into turnover machines.

Reporter: What adjustments did you make at halftime?

Tovarich: We pressed for a couple minutes. I didn't like the way they went on the 13-4 run to end the half, so I thought we better see if that gets us going. Even after we took it off though, the turnovers were crazy. They switched to a zone in the second half for some reason. I don't know why. We still sucked overall at 3's, but we had 2 at halftime and 9 after. I was happy to shoot 3's over the zone. Not sure why Billy Donovan changed that. He was trying to fix something that wasn't broken it seems because we didn't do much offensively in the first half.

Reporter: Is slowing down games the key to winning for this team?

Tovarich: Yeah, it probably is. We were a little quick those last 3 minutes, feeling like we had it already apparently, and then they finally got hot at the end and made 4 shots in a row.

Reporter: How significant is it to beat a top 10 team?

Tovarich: I'm not sure the number next to their names means much. We know they're good. We're at home and it's a rivalry game, at least in football. Basketball probably doesn't have the same intensity. But it probably matters more because of those things.

Reporter: So, you've changed nothing on defense but after 5 games in a row allowing over 60%, suddenly you've improved?

Tovarich: Yep, it's random. Luckily they only had one guy on offense doing anything significant. We play how we play and we really don't change a whole lot. Still getting killed on the boards though. That's something I'd love to magically change for no apparent reason.

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Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum
Auburn, AL

Georgia Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers
Feb 11, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Georgia (18-8)	35	25	60
Auburn (10-16)	28	22	50

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	23	0-3	0-3	3-4	4	3	2	0	2	3
Horton	23	1-7	1-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3
Sanderson	23	6-11	4-8	0-0	3	0	3	0	0	16
Zahn	23	7-12	1-1	5-5	3	1	1	1	0	20
Kovacevic	23	4-8	0-0	6-6	11	1	1	0	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mcfarlin	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Keller	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Emmett	5	2-2	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	4
Hart	5	0-4	0-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-47	6-23	14-16	28	6	7	1	3	60

Auburn Tigers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mihailovic	26	8-13	2-5	0-0	2	4	1	0	1	18
Cohen	23	4-8	3-5	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	11
Sterley	26	3-12	3-8	2-2	3	2	0	0	4	11
Quinn	21	2-6	0-1	0-0	9	2	0	0	1	4
Erwin	19	1-3	0-1	0-0	6	3	0	2	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Howard	14	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	4
Robins	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0
Bauer	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Herman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Whitney	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Traylor	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Boxler	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-49	8-21	2-2	25	12	3	2	7	50

Tovarich: Not easy to get road wins, but against a 10-15 team, that's one you kinda feel like you have to capitalize on, like winning @ Vanderbilt is basically a must.

Reporter: Did you feel the game was over when you started the second half on the 8-0 run in the first minute?

Tovarich: Not quite, but it was a nice start. Then it was certainly time to slow things down. They switched to the zone again, just like Florida. I wonder if that's some weird scouting report every other team in the conference gets from the same place. Sanderson was able to hit a couple 3's and then it felt over. I knew we'd be able to run the clock out after that.

Reporter: Auburn coach feels the refs were bias to give you 8 times as many free throws.

Tovarich: They were jump shot happy. We drove it in, whether in half court offense or Zahn against the press that never stopped. He's 10-16, so he's probably frustrated about some other things.

Reporter: How big is next week?

Tovarich: Enormous. Most important week of the season.

Reporter: Really coach? It's a home game against Arkansas. I know it's winnable, but MOST important?

Tovarich: Yeah, it's our only game, so I have time for campus visits. And we've been saving up to have as many as we can. The game, sure. That's important. It's a home game and it's possibly winnable as long as they don't shooting 60%. And if we get a chance to rub it in at the end, we'll take it like they did.

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SEC Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 13, 2017
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
South Carolina	16-4	.800	8-2	-
Florida	18-6	.750	7-3	1
Tennessee	16-10	.615	7-3	1
Alabama	17-7	.708	7-4	1.5
Kentucky	17-5	.772	6-4	2
Arkansas	15-10	.600	6-4	2
Georgia	18-8	.692	6-5	2.5
Mississippi State	14-9	.608	4-6	4
Mississippi	13-9	.590	4-6	4
Vanderbilt	9-12	.428	3-7	5
Louisiana State	15-11	.576	3-8	5.5
Auburn	10-16	.384	1-10	7.5

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 13, 2017
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	2	North Carolina	23-3
2	3	Texas A&M	21-1
3	1	Louisville	23-4
4	6	Duke	19-4
5	4	UNLV	22-1
6	7	Georgia Tech	24-3
7	5	UCLA	22-2
8	8	Pittsburgh	20-4
9	10	Clemson	21-3
10	12	Michigan	21-4
11	11	Texas	19-5
12	14	Marquette	17-7
13	9	Florida	18-6
14	20	Houston	20-4
15	18	Notre Dame	21-6
16	23	Texas Tech	22-5
17	16	South Carolina	16-4
18	NR	Connecticut	20-6
19	13	Kentucky	17-5
20	19	San Diego State	19-4
21	21	Florida State	18-8
22	17	Boston College	16-6
23	NR	Georgia	18-8
24	24	Temple	16-7
25	15	Arizona	18-7

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Stegeman Coliseum
Athens, GA

Arkansas Razorbacks at Georgia Bulldogs
Feb 15, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Arkansas (15-11)	35	28	63
#23 Georgia (19-8)	34	33	67

Arkansas Razorbacks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Krager	24	5-8	3-6	0-0	0	10	1	0	2	13
Njoya	20	4-7	2-3	0-0	3	2	0	0	4	10
Coverdale	22	7-9	4-4	2-2	3	2	0	0	5	20
Tamayo	24	4-6	0-1	0-0	15	1	0	0	1	8
Boone	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Matera	12	1-4	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	3	3
Pierce	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matela	13	2-5	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	5
Lennon	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Temple	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Civi	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Channing	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-42	10-16	3-4	27	17	3	2	17	63
TEAM TOTALS		25-42	10-16	3-4	27	17	3	2	17	63

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	23	0-1	0-0	4-6	1	3	3	0	2	4
Horton	23	3-5	1-2	4-4	0	1	1	0	0	11
Sanderson	23	2-13	1-11	0-0	2	0	6	0	0	5
Zahn	23	2-2	0-0	2-2	5	0	1	0	0	6
Kovacevic	21	11-24	0-0	11-13	7	1	2	0	1	33
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mcfarlin	7	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Keller	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Emmett	5	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Hart	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		22-52	2-14	21-125	20	6	14	0	3	67

Tovarich: Arkansas should be embarrassed to lose that one. I mean, how do you lose a game when you shoot 63% on 3's? And your opponent shoots 14%? LOL. They were 7/10 on 3's at halftime and were mere mortal 50% shooters after halftime. We started 0/10 before we finally made one. Both our made 3's put us up 4, which was the biggest lead anyone had all game I think. It was like the game was pre-determined to be that tight for its entirety no matter what anyone did. Kovacevic accumulated points, but goodness, the number of times he'd turn around and finger roll it off the front of the rim short must have been 8. Incredible. Big win. They all are.

Reporter: Why keep shooting 3's when they aren't going in?

Tovarich: Statistics say you have to make some eventually. 0/10's crazy. You have to just believe it's going to end some time. Just like I believed their 9/14 start on 3's would end. I was wrong on both. Neither ended. Luckily we shot FT's very well. We needed every single one.

Reporter: You said you needed a new FT shooter for the end of games, but you stuck with Root. What gave you confidence in him?

Tovarich: We really don't have any good FT shooters on this time. I've been spoiled with that in my career. I have to recruit one. It wasn't confidence, just lack of a better choice, but he hit 3/4 late today. Flip a coin who you want up there really.

Reporter: Will you wear the alternate black jerseys against Mississippi? It seemed to give the team a boost at Auburn?

Tovarich: Players get excited about that stuff for sure. Since they won that game with the black and earned a hard fought win tonight, I think we can do that one more time, as long as it's working.

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America East
Boston U 11-2
Binghamton, Albany 8-6

ACC
Georgia Tech, North Carolina 11-2
Clemson 10-3
Duke 9-3

A-Sun
Mercer 12-2
Gardner-Webb 11-4
Kennesaw State 10-4
ETSU 9-5

A-10
Rhode Island, Temple 9-3
Fordham 9-4
St. Joe's, St. Louis 8-4
UMass 7-5

Big East
Notre Dame 12-3
Pitt 11-3
Louisville, Marquette 11-4
UConn 10-4
West Virginia 9-5
Providence 9-6

Big Sky
Eastern Washington 10-4
Montana 9-5
Idaho State 8-5
Portland State 8-7

Big South
High Point 9-4
Asheville 8-4
Winthrop 7-5
Coastal 7-6

Big 10
Michigan 12-2
Michigan State 10-4
Wisconsin 9-6

Big 12
Texas A&M 12-0
Texas 9-3

Big West
Cal Poly, Long Beach State 9-3
Fullerton 9-4
Northridge 7-5

Colonial
Delaware, Wilmington 11-5
Towson 10-6
VCU, George Mason, William & Mary 9-7
Hofstra, Drexel 8-8

CUSA
Houston 10-2
Tulsa, Memphis 9-3
Tulane 8-4
Southern Miss 8-5

Horizon
Detroit 15-2
Loyola Chicago 12-4

Ivy
Penn 8-2
Columbia 6-3
Dartmouth 6-4

Metro
Marist, Siena 12-4
Niagara, Manhatta, Fairfield 10-6

MAC
Kent State 10-3
Buffalo, EMU, Miami Ohio 9-4
Akron, Bowling Green 7-6

MEAC
Hamptom 12-3
FAMU 10-5
Howard 9-5
Delaware State, Eastern Shore 9-6

MVC
Drake 12-5
Illinois State 10-6
Creighton 10-7

MWC
UNLV 13-0
San Diego State 10-2

NEC
Robert Morris 14-3
Long Island 13-3
Quinnipiac 10-6

OVC
Tennessee Tech 13-5
Samford 13-6
Jax State 11-7

PAC 10
UCLA 12-2
Stanford 11-3
Washington 8-6

Patriot
Holy Cross 11-1
Lafayette 8-4

SoCon
Wofford 16-2
Chattanooga 11-7

Southland
Arlington 10-2
Nicholls, SFA 9-4
Central Arkansas 8-4

SWAC
Prairie View 12-3
Tx Southern 9-5

Summit
UMKC 14-2
IUPUI 12-4
IPFW 10-6

SBC
WKU 14-2
USA, ULL 11-5
Arkansas State 10-6

WCC
SMC, Pepperdine, San Diego 8-4
Gonzaga, San Francisco, Portland 6-6

WAC
La Tech 10-2
Idaho 9-3
NM State 8-5

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Tad Smith Coliseum
Oxford, MS

Georgia Bulldogs at Mississippi Rebels
Feb 20, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#23 Georgia (20-8)	39	31	70
Mississippi (14-11)	35	34	69

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	22	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	6	2	0	3	0
Horton	22	3-12	3-12	0-0	2	0	3	0	0	9
Sanderson	22	3-9	2-8	0-0	1	2	2	0	1	8
Zahn	22	7-8	0-0	7-8	4	2	4	0	0	21
Kovacevic	22	9-15	0-0	5-5	4	0	1	0	1	23
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mcfarlin	6	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	2	0	4
Keller	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Emmett	6	2-2	0-0	1-2	0	0	2	0	0	5
Hart	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-54	5-22	13-15	15	10	14	2	5	70

Mississippi Rebels
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petersen	24	6-14	1-3	4-4	3	4	2	2	3	17
Dukes	23	2-6	1-2	5-5	4	3	1	1	5	10
Pasco	25	6-8	0-1	2-2	3	2	1	0	1	14
Power	24	2-4	0-0	2-2	9	4	0	0	2	6
Meredith	13	3-3	0-0	1-3	5	1	1	0	2	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hawkins	6	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Ruffin	9	3-7	3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	9
Mattox	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0
McNurlin	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Long	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brady	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Coggins	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-46	5-10	14-17	31	15	5	3	15	69

Tovarich: That's one of the 3 unlikeliest victories of my career. Wow. Hard to know where to start with all the things we overcame. Rebounds at halftime are 16-4. The 3rd came with 1:03 to go. The 4th came on their heave at the buzzer and I guess we caught the rebound with .1 seconds to go to count it. 16-4 LOL. 1/8 on 3's again in the first half. They were over 50%. And yet, we lead. Zahn destroyed the press. Kovacevic was awesome. I think Kovacevic had 1 miss in the first half. Zahn didn't have any.

Reporter: What changed at halftime?

Tovarich: Yeah, who knows? It's like you come out and everyone is polar opposite of everything they did in the first half. We shoot 14 FT's in the first half and 1 in the second. They shoot 15 FT's in the second half and we shoot 2. Kovacevic suddenly had all the layup skills of a middle schooler. He started 0/4, got the offensive rebound back on one of his blocked shots and was able to lay it in uncontested. His second and last make of the game was goaltending, which would've been a miss. Zahn was hard to get the ball down to down low because they'd wisely abandoned the press just before halftime. So our first 4 3's of the second half? ALL blocked. Horton was blocked twice on 3's in the same possession. Incredible. The rebounding was marginally less embarrassing in the second half, but overall brutal. So many deflections went back to them. We're trying to slow the game down because it took all of 2 minutes to figure out how many new totally different trends from the first half we were up against. We're down 7 with just over 2 minutes to go and all of a sudden we hit 3 3's in a row to take the lead.

Reporter: So what went into the decision to foul at the end?

Tovarich: I knew they were in the double bonus. Remember fouls were 9-1 at this point. So we're up 3 with 7.8 to go. I know rebounding is brutal, so I weighed in my mind that they'd make the first, get the rebound and hold for a 3 at the buzzer to win. Luckily he made both FT's. That wasn't wise, because they had only committed 1 foul in the entire half. Now we've got the ball down 1 and they don't have time to foul us 6 times to put us on the line and the clock runs out. I don't know what changed those last 2 minutes. Nothing I said mattered. They're making every jump shot they take and I say stay tight and apparently no one listened. We're on breakaways seemingly and people fly out of nowhere to get in front of us. I scream my head off about rebounds at every time out and none of it seemed to make a different. Then suddenly we hit 3 3's after a 2/19 start with 4 blocked in the second half and poof, we go on a quick 9-0 run and force a handful of turnovers.

Reporter: The press seemed to be effective. Why not do it more?

Tovarich: It's only for desperation situations. I can't be getting everyone tired and having to run the bench out there. But we did it for a good chunk of the second half and it only seemed to matter toward the end. We were forcing a decent number of turnovers with our usual aggressive steal attempts, but the press was pretty much ineffective until all of a sudden at the end when tied or down they were desperately trying longer passes. I had written this game off multiple times. I am stunned we won. Absolutely stunned.

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Stegeman Coliseum
Athens, GA

Mississippi State Bulldogs at Georgia Bulldogs
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Mississippi State (17-10)	41	24	65
#23 Georgia (21-8)	45	30	75

Mississippi State Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	24	2-3	1-1	2-2	3	3	0	0	2	7
Horton	25	2-2	1-1	0-0	2	2	2	0	1	5
Sanderson	24	4-8	2-6	0-0	3	3	1	0	0	10
Zahn	24	5-5	0-0	3-5	3	2	1	0	0	13
Kovacevic	23	11-24	0-0	10-10	6	1	3	1	0	32
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mcfarlin	5	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Keller	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emmett	4	1-1	0-0	4-4	2	0	1	0	0	6
Hart	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-46	4-8	19-21	21	12	8	1	3	65

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McKowen	24	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	7	2	0	2	5
Thornton	23	9-12	2-5	3-3	2	1	0	0	2	23
Jackette	22	6-12	3-7	0-0	1	3	0	1	3	15
Bragg	24	6-9	0-0	0-0	9	3	1	0	1	12
Monserez	22	2-11	0-1	0-0	8	3	0	0	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gary	8	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mikalauskas	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Couisnard	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willett	6	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	4
Coombs	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wethers	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bolton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-54	6-17	3-3	23	19	3	1	9	75

Tovarich: Maybe there is such a thing as momentum. I don't know why our opponent's field goal percentage is down these last 6 games, but it's very welcome. Watching helplessly while everyone shot 60% or more was not fun.

Reporter: Did you change anything?

Tovarich: Not really. I tweaked my instructions on crashing the boards and our offensive tempo, but those things shouldn't exactly affect our defensive performance, so I couldn't tell you.

Reporter: How do you feel about Kovacevic' up and down night?

Tovarich: This was a new one, unless I'd just never noticed it or picked up on the pattern before, but he missed EVERY shot that would have gotten his shooting percentage to 50% and then proceeded to make the next shot EVERY time. He was perpetually one made shot below .500. I'm very grateful it didn't affect free throws where he was perfect. So I'll take that on offense from him any time. Rebounding naturally would be nice.

Reporter: What did you think of the free throw disparity?

Tovarich: Usually I'd point out the other team is a bunch of jump shooters, but their C was 2/11 so it wasn't as if they weren't trying to include him in the offense. If the refs favored us because we're at home, they better not do that to us on the road. That would be very wrong.

Reporter: Why not give Zahn some more shots when he's 5/5?

Tovarich: That was all against the press. He's away from the basket a lot in the 4-out offense and that's part of the recruiting battle is to get a PF who can shoot 3's. He's not half bad at 3's, but we've got some better options, allegedly. He did take some shots in the second half, he was just fouled both times, so statistically they didn't happen.

Reporter: Is the regular season conference championship on your mind now?

Tovarich: We're only 1 game behind, but we play two really tough games still. It's beyond our control with South Carolina still ahead of us. We could tie for it possibly if someone can beat them. It's hard to imagine when we were 3-5 thinking about such a thing. I can't say what's turned us around really, but I suppose we're in contention.

Reporter: Anything planned for Senior Day?

Tovarich: All the seniors are in the rotation already, except for Hanavan. I'll elevate him to being active instead of one of the walkons, but no promises I'll be able to get him on the court.

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SEC Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 26, 2017
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
South Carolina	18-6	.750	10-4	-
Tennessee	19-11	.633	10-4	-
Georgia	21-8	.724	9-5	1
Florida	20-8	.714	9-5	1
Alabama	19-9	.678	9-5	1
Kentucky	19-7	.730	8-6	2
Mississippi State	17-10	.629	7-7	3
Mississippi	15-11	.576	6-8	4
Arkansas	15-14	.517	6-8	4
Louisiana State	17-12	.586	5-9	5
Vanderbilt	10-15	.400	4-10	6
Auburn	10-19	.344	1-13	9

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 26, 2017
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	3	Louisville	25-4
2	1	North Carolina	25-4
3	2	Texas A&M	23-2
4	7	UCLA	25-3
5	4	Duke	22-5
6	5	UNLV	25-2
7	6	Georgia Tech	26-4
8	9	Michigan	25-4
9	11	Houston	24-4
10	8	Pittsburgh	21-7
11	10	Marquette	20-8
12	15	Notre Dame	23-6
13	12	Clemsom	22-5
14	20	Texas Tech	23-7
15	13	Connecticut	22-7
16	19	Florida State	22-8
17	14	Florida	20-8
18	17	Texas	20-7
19	16	San Diego State	21-5
20	23	Georgia	21-8
21	18	South Carolina	18-6
22	NR	Kansas	16-8
23	21	Kentucky	19-7
24	22	Boston College	18-8
25	NR	Nebraska	19-9

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

Atlantic Sun
1 Mercer vs. 8 Campbell
4 East Tennessee State vs. 5 North Florida
3 Gardner-Webb vs. 6 Belmont
2 Kennesaw State vs. 7 Lipscomb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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You've pretty much locked in a tourney berth at this point, right? Ranked, 21 wins. It's been a pretty successful season.

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You've pretty much locked in a tourney berth at this point, right? Ranked, 21 wins. It's been a pretty successful season.

Yeah, I ought to be safely in even if I managed to lose my last 3 here. 6 game win streak after starting 3-5 is the last thing I saw coming. Good to know if I bomb at recruiting like I think I might that the players I have may be good enough to start again next season and be ok.

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Stegeman Coliseum
Athens, GA

Alabama Crimson Tide at Georgia Bulldogs
Feb 28, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alabama (19-10)	38	29	67
#20 Georgia (22-8)	35	48	83

Alabama Crimson Tide
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Belser	22	4-10	2-3	0-0	0	5	1	0	3	10
Souffrant	26	5-7	3-4	2-2	3	5	0	0	2	15
Sanders	23	3-10	0-3	0-0	2	4	0	1	1	6
Diaz	21	6-10	1-1	0-0	9	2	0	1	5	13
Lopez	19	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Owens	10	2-2	1-1	0-0	2	3	0	0	2	5
Dennehy	4	2-2	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	5
Dillard	8	1-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	1	0	4
Salazar	8	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	5
Bozek	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hodge	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hunt	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-49	9-16	4-4	23	21	1	5	16	67
TEAM TOTALS		27-49	9-16	4-4	23	21	1	5	16	67

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	23	3-5	0-0	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	6
Horton	23	4-9	1-4	3-3	1	3	2	0	0	12
Sanderson	23	4-12	3-11	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	11
Zahn	23	6-8	0-0	5-5	3	2	5	0	0	17
Kovacevic	22	9-19	0-0	8-8	7	1	5	1	0	26
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mcfarlin	6	2-6	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	0	1	5
Keller	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Emmett	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	2
Hart	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hanavan	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-62	4-15	19-20	21	11	16	2	1	83

Tovarich: I'm not even upset Sanderson missed the 3 at the buzzer. That felt good to get them back. Tight game throughout then we just dominated the last 4 or so minutes. Finally hit a few 3's. Had 0 made 3's at halftime while they started 9/13 before they finally missed their last 3. Apologies to Hanavan. I meant to stick him in the game at the end there since we had it won but I got caught up in pushing the tempo to run up the score on them.

Reporter: Kovacevic' pattern of makes and misses must have felt familiar.

Tovarich: Yep, same deal as the other day, missed every shot that would've gotten him to 50%. Unless he was fouled, you could call every shot if it would be in or not. Luckily the fixed slightly under 50% shooting percentage didn't apply to the free throw line, perfect again, just like the other game. It's not a pattern I could recall from previous seasons or games, but maybe I just didn't notice at the time. I'm looking out for it now. You have to try and get his misses out of the way while we're up a score or two so that you know you can go to him for a make when we need one.

Reporter: Where did this 7 game win streak come from?

Tovarich: It's hard to explain. Some tiny tweaks to rebounding and tempo shouldn't make any difference. Did it though? I can't explain it. Pulling out the Alabama game was unlikely the way it was going, otherwise it wouldn't be much of a streak. I just hope we don't burn out and slump like when we lost 4/5 before this. Now's not the time to go into a slump.

Reporter: You'll be guaranteed a share of the SEC championship if you win @ Tennessee. How big would that be for this team?

Tovarich: Whatever the result this weekend, we've overachieved tremendously. When we were 3-5, I'd have taken an 8-8 conference season if offered. It's a tough game to finish. They'll be playing for an outright regular season championship. The press will be relentless. Senior Day for them, it's a tough venue anyway. Focusing on avenging our loss and playing well is more important than whether we end up in a big logjam of a tie for the regular season.

Reporter: Is it a worthy occasion for the black jerseys? You haven't brought them back since the first time.

Tovarich: I think the players have earned it for sure.

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Thompson-Boling Arena
Knoxville, TN

Georgia Bulldogs at Tennessee Volunteers
Mar 3, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#20 Georgia (23-8)	49	24	73
Tennessee (20-12)	44	14	58

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	23	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	7	3	0	1	0
Horton	23	5-6	4-5	1-2	2	2	3	0	1	15
Sanderson	23	6-10	6-9	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	18
Zahn	23	6-8	0-0	5-6	7	1	5	1	2	17
Kovacevic	21	8-18	0-0	1-1	5	4	0	0	1	17
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mcfarlin	7	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Keller	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Emmett	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hart	5	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-51	10-15	7-9	20	14	14	1	5	73

Tennessee Volunteers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Farley	26	1-6	0-2	2-2	0	5	1	1	2	4
Roy	23	4-9	2-3	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	10
Hess	26	6-13	1-4	2-3	4	2	1	0	6	15
Eisentrout	24	8-13	2-4	0-0	10	1	0	1	0	18
Cooley	22	4-6	0-0	1-1	7	4	1	1	2	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hunter	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	0
Bouldin	12	1-4	0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Weisse	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Cox, R	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Cox, D	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Tigert	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-51	5-16	5-6	23	17	4	3	14	58

Tovarich: I said after the first game they better shoot 67% again to beat us. Under 50 wasn't going to get it done.

Reporter: Why didn't you shoot at the end of the game like you have been?

Tovarich: Tennessee beat us, but they didn't rub it in. They shot out of their minds and sure, maybe the relentless never-ending press was annoying, but that's how they play. We shot against Alabama and Arkansas because they were personal for trying to run it up.

Reporter: How easy is basketball when you shoot 10/15 on 3's?

Tovarich: Crazy. We had one game of 4/8 but since that Florida game, we have not shot well from the outside. It was wonderful to be on the other end of it for once. It's usually us watching people shoot 3's like that.

Reporter: What made the second half so easy?

Tovarich: They shot 6/19 and we were 3/3 on 3's. Kovacevic was in his same pattern. Exactly 1 shot under 50% the entirety of the game. It's a bizarre pattern. I'd love to break him out of it. He didn't get to the line like those previous two times because we were more interesting in running clock. They were trying too hard to play too fast and threw the ball to us frequently. We got 3 offensive rebounds I think. I feel good about our chances if we go in to the second half up 5 and they only take 19 shots the entire half, I know we can work with that.

Reporter: You're the 1 seed in the SEC tournament co-champions of the SEC regular season. Could you possibly have imagined that?

Tovarich: Never. It's crazy. It's a somewhat weak league. 5 losses shouldn't tie for first. Just 3 ranked teams, and we're the highest at just 15. It's a very mediocre season for a power conference, probably being kind there.

Reporter: Was it the black jerseys today?

Tovarich: I don't know if that fires them up as much as people think. It's still just a basketball game when it starts.

Reporter: Will we see them again?

Tovarich: We'll be the home team for the SEC tournament as the 1 seed, so not until we get to the NCAA's if we can advance far enough to be the lower seed somewhere.

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SEC Conference Standings - Updated: Mar 5, 2017
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Georgia	23-8	.741	11-5	-
South Carolina	19-7	.730	11-5	-
Tennessee	20-12	.625	11-5	-
Florida	21-9	.700	10-6	1
Mississippi State	19-10	.655	9-7	2
Alabama	19-11	.633	9-7	2
Kentucky	19-9	.678	8-8	3
Mississippi	17-11	.607	8-8	3
Arkansas	16-15	.516	7-9	4
Louisiana State	18-13	.580	6-10	5
Vanderbilt	11-16	.407	5-11	6
Auburn	10-21	.322	1-15	10

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Mar 5, 2017
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Louisville	27-4
2	2	North Carolina	26-5
3	3	Texas A&M	24-3
4	7	Georgia Tech	28-4
5	6	UNLV	26-2
6	4	UCLA	26-4
7	5	Duke	23-6
8	8	Michigan	26-5
9	9	Houston	25-5
10	11	Marquette	21-9
11	10	Pittsburgh	22-8
12	12	Notre Dame	24-7
13	16	Florida State	23-8
14	14	Texas Tech	25-7
15	20	Georgia	23-8
16	19	San Diego State	23-5
17	17	Florida	21-9
18	18	Texas	21-8
19	NR	Illinois	23-8
20	13	Clemson	22-7
21	15	Connecticut	22-9
22	21	South Carolina	19-7
23	22	Kansas	17-9
24	NR	Stanford	22-7
25	25	Nebraska	20-10

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

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

Big East
1 Louisville vs. 8 Villanova/9 Syracuse
4 Marquette vs. 5 Connecticut/12 Seton Hall
3 Pittsburgh vs. 6 West Virginia/11 St. John's
2 Notre Dame vs. 7 Providence/10 Rutgers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Southland
1 Texas-Arlington vs. 8 Lamar
4 Central Arkansas vs. 5 Stephen F Austin
3 Corpus Christi vs. 6 Southeast Louisiana
2 Nicholls State vs. 7 Texas State

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

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