University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

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Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

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Butler-Hancock Hall
Greeley, CO

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Northern Colorado Bears
Feb 14, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alaska-Anchorage (21-7)	47	57	104
Northern Colorado (10-14)	36	27	63

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	23	2-4	0-2	0-0	3	12	2	0	0	4
Murry	23	9-16	9-16	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	27
Spears	23	6-16	6-15	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	18
Borders	22	7-9	0-0	4-4	7	3	0	0	0	18
Atkinson	20	6-8	0-0	3-4	9	0	0	2	2	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Scalzo	5	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	4
Taft	12	3-4	0-0	0-0	4	1	3	0	1	6
Marsh	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	4
Wagner	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	2
Zwikker	5	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		40-65	17-36	7-8	31	24	10	2	3	104

Northern Colorado Bears
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Urbina	25	5-11	2-7	1-2	0	3	0	0	3	13
Davis	24	9-17	3-6	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	21
Bishop	19	4-12	1-6	0-0	3	0	1	0	2	9
Callans	23	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	4
Wainwright	20	4-10	0-0	1-1	12	1	1	0	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hernandez	13	1-6	0-1	1-2	4	1	0	0	2	3
Dupree	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Holland	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	2
Drake	10	1-3	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	2
Hodge	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Munyagi	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Leonard	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-63	6-21	3-5	27	14	3	1	10	63

Tovarich: I don't want to tell Northern Colorado coach how to coach or anything, but maybe get out of the 2-3 zone sooner when we're shooting like that. Waiting until the last 4 minutes of the game is a little late. Also, if we're destroying your press, maybe just give it up down 38?

Reporter: Would you like to get excited about winning rebounds or blame it on all their desperation shots that they had no one around the basket for?

Tovarich: It's pretty clear that's what it was. They had us in rebounds at halftime I think 18-11, so we got them 20-9 in the second. Obviously it's from them jacking 3's before they even had anyone under the basket. Also we didn't miss that many shots so they got fewer defensive chances to grab one.

Reporter: You're finally playing a game next against one of the other independents? Is that like a conference game in a way?

Tovarich: Someone thinks so. I'm not allowed to schedule them myself. Unless I get handed a rough draft of a schedule with them all on it, I can't add them. But, no. All games are equal and I can actually say it without it being coachspeak.

Reporter: It appears you're going to finish the season without any of the players being unhappy. How do you achieve that?

Tovarich: Cut the ones who are going to be unhappy before they get a chance to be.

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McKay Center
Orem, UT

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Utah Valley Wolverines
Feb 16, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alaska-Anchorage (22-7)	44	42	86
Utah Valley (10-13)	38	44	82

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	25	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	11	1	0	1	2
Murry	24	5-8	5-8	0-0	2	4	1	0	0	15
Spears	24	9-16	6-13	0-0	1	1	1	0	2	24
Borders	21	2-7	0-0	6-6	7	0	0	1	0	10
Atkinson	21	12-12	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	3	0	24
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Scalzo	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Taft	7	2-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Marsh	7	3-4	0-0	1-1	0	0	1	0	0	7
Wagner	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zwikker	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		34-54	11-22	7-7	16	18	4	4	3	86

Utah Valley Wolverines
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wingate	24	4-7	0-1	1-2	1	10	1	0	2	9
Warzynski	21	10-16	1-4	5-5	3	4	0	0	2	26
Christensen	22	4-8	0-1	0-0	5	4	0	0	0	8
Maye	20	3-5	0-0	0-0	3	3	1	1	0	6
Bazin	24	4-7	0-0	2-3	9	0	0	0	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pranciiauskas	13	6-9	3-6	2-2	0	0	1	0	0	17
Myles	12	3-3	0-0	0-1	4	1	0	0	0	6
Mobley	3	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Watts	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Mulholland	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-57	4-12	10-13	25	22	3	1	4	82

Tovarich: I don't want to tell Utah Valley State coach too much about how to play defense when we didn't play any ourselves either, but maybe watch some tape from 2 days ago and see what Northern Colorado so brilliantly showed you not to do?

Reporter: How about Atkinson being perfect?

Tovarich: Yeah, the other three big guys were 7/16, so he was a godsend. Couldn't rebound to save his life as usual, but that's ok. We shot well from 3 luckily. We couldn't stop them from making everything they took either.

Reporter: You seemed unhappy with the refs.

Tovarich: 12-4 is quite a difference. Do we get independent refs? How does that work? Does each school get a crew? That was definitely a pro-Utah Valley State crew.

Reporter: Why do you think they didn't shoot more 3's?

Tovarich: I certainly would have if I were them. That Pranciiauskas guy seemed like he couldn't miss. I swore we just played one of those the other day. Maybe that's like the Lithuanian version of Smith.

Reporter: What was the strategy at the end?

Tovarich: Well, going back to the last question, I guess I should thank them for not taking more 3's. We were up 3 and they didn't once go for the tie. They probably scored 5 in a row but all 2's. So, they scored with 39.1 to go and the plan was to run the shot clock down to 1 and fire off a 3, so that even if it missed, time would hopefully run down enough that best case, they're firing off some 75 foot shot or so. Turned out to go in and that was the dagger.

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Mid-Major Poll

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 18, 2008
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Western Michigan	19-5
2	Butler	21-5
3	Pacific	17-9
4	Old Dominion	15-7
5	Yale	15-5
6	Southern Illinois	15-10
7	Alaska-Anchorage	22-7
8	Austin Peay	19-8
9	Appalachian State	15-8
10	Northern Illinois	16-8
11	New Orleans	16-8
12	North Carolina A&T	19-6
13	Ohio	16-9
14	High Point	14-5
15	Illinois State	17-8
16	IPFW	17-9
17	Illinois-Chicago	17-8
18	Pepperdine	16-8
19	St. Francis PA	17-8
20	Boston U	17-8
21	Nevada	16-9
22	Northern Iowa	15-10
23	Utah State	14-11
24	Western Kentucky	17-10
25	St. Mary's	15-10

Conference Races
"America East" aka Summit
UMKC 9-4
NDST, SDST 8-5
EIU 7-6
NDAK, WIU 6-6

"ACC" aka Big 10
Michigan State 9-1
Illinois 9-2
Nebraska 7-4

"A-Sun" aka Colonial
NC A&T 11-2
UNCW 8-4
Hampton 8-5

A-10
Davidson, Dayton, St. Joe's 8-3
George Mason 7-3
Duquesne 7-4
Fordham 6-4
STL, Rhode Island 6-5

"Big East" aka ACC
UNC 10-3
FSU 10-4
Clemson 8-4
UVA 9-5
Duke 7-5
Miami 7-6

Big Sky
Montana 9-3
Portland State 8-4
NAU 9-5
NC 7-5

Big South
High Point 10-2
Winthrop 7-4

"Big 10" aka Big East-ish
Marquette 10-2
Nova 8-4
Xavier, DePaul 9-5

"Big 12" aka PAC 12
Oregon 9-1
Utah 7-3
Stanford 7-4
Colorado 6-4

Big West
UCSB 8-4
Irvine, Poly 7-4
Fullerton 8-5
Northridge 6-5

"Colonial" aka Leftover Conference
Butler, UIC 12-3
FAU 10-5
Valpo 9-6

"CUSA" aka American
UAB 8-2
Temple 8-3
Charlotte 7-3
Rutgers, Memphis 7-4
Tulane 6-4

"Horizon" aka CUSA
WKU 11-4
MTSU 9-5
NMST, UTEP 9-6
Sam Houston 9-7

Ivy
Yale 6-2
Princeton 5-2
Harvard 5-3
Columbia, Brown 4-4

"Metro Atlantic" aka America East
UMBC 12-4
Wagner, CCSU 10-6
UNH 9-7

MAC
WMU 11-1
CMU, Ohio 8-4
BGSU, NIU 7-5

"MEAC" aka Metro Atlantic
Marist 9-3
Fairfield 9-4
St. Peter's 8-5
Rider, Manhattan 7-6
Niagara 6-6

MVC
Illinois State 11-4
SIU 10-5
Indiana State 10-6
Evansville 9-6
Wichita 9-7

MWC
UNLV 10-1
Gonzaga 8-2
BYU 6-4

"NEC" aka Atlantic Sun
APSU 11-3
TN Tech 9-5
TN State 8-6

"OVC" aka Horizon
SFPA 13-5
IPFW 11-7
Detroit 9-7
Oakland 10-8
UWGB 9-8
YSU 10-9

"PAC 10" aka Big 12
Kansas 12-1
TTU 9-4
Oklahoma, K-State 7-6

"Patriot" aka MEAC
Coppin State 7-3
Del State 7-4
Morgan State, SC State 6-4

SEC
Auburn 9-1
Arkansas 8-2
Tennessee 8-3
Vandy 7-4
MSU 6-4

SoCon
UNCG 13-3
Campbell 11-6
ETSU 10-6
Samford 11-7

"Southland" aka SWAC
Jackson State, Texas Southern 8-3
Pine Bluff, FAMU 7-4
PV 6-4
MVSU 6-5

"SWAC" aka Southland
UNO 12-1
McNeese 8-6

"Summit" aka Patriot
Loyola MD 10-4
BU 10-5
Army 9-5
Lehigh 9-6
Colgate 8-8

Sun Belt
ODU, App State 10-4
Coastal, Ark State 9-6
USM, ULM 8-6
USA, JMU 8-7
TXST 7-7

WCC
Pacific 9-2
Pepperdine 8-3
SMC 7-4
Portland 6-5

WAC
Fresno 9-3
Nevada 8-5
USU, Tulsa 7-5

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Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

North Carolina A&T Aggies at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Feb 19, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
North Carolina A&T (20-6)	43	39	82
Alaska-Anchorage (22-8)	32	49	81

North Carolina A&T Aggies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ma	22	6-10	3-4	0-0	2	6	1	0	4	15
Diogu	21	10-17	5-9	0-0	1	3	0	0	3	25
Larson	21	4-10	2-5	2-2	2	3	0	1	3	12
Domercant	24	9-10	0-0	4-5	10	2	1	2	1	22
Cook	17	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	3	1	1	2	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wheless	14	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	4	0	0	1	2
Hudson	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Ramsey	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Greer	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	2
Low	4	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Iti	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Root	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-59	10-20	6-7	29	23	3	4	15	82
TEAM TOTALS		33-59	10-20	6-7	29	23	3	4	15	82

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	23	3-4	1-2	0-0	3	6	2	2	2	7
Murry	23	2-10	1-8	0-0	3	0	2	0	1	5
Spears	23	6-19	2-11	1-2	0	4	0	0	0	15
Borders	22	3-3	0-0	0-0	5	2	8	0	0	6
Atkinson	20	14-18	0-1	5-7	7	1	1	0	0	33
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Scalzo	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Taft	8	3-4	0-0	1-3	3	0	0	0	0	7
Marsh	6	2-5	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	1	6
Wagner	5	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Zwikker	5	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		34-68	4-24	9-14	24	17	14	2	4	81

Tovarich: It seemed like the writing was on the wall when we're down 8-0 in 51 seconds. Then someone came along and graffiti'd the wall with something more permanent when it was 25-7 4 minutes later. I was shocked to come back and take the lead, but so many things went against us in the game, so many superhuman efforts from their shooters, that even with 57 seconds left and the first lead of the game, it felt like something was going to happen for us to lose, and sure enough, on what had to be the 30th deflected pass of the game, 27 of which seemed to go back to them, we got punished for our deflection and it went right to someone under the basket for a free layin with 7 seconds to do, and then shocker, like almost every 3 we took, we bricked it at the buzzer.

Reporter: Was there for hope for getting into the tournament if you won this?

Tovarich: It doesn't seem like it. We're not even listed on the bubble with an RPI for 53, but we just played a team who was 66th, and they're one of the first four out. So, I'm not sure what conclusion I should draw there. But obviously now it is hopeless. We'll see where we get seeded in the NIT, so long as we don't lose to Monmouth and FDU wins their last 4 to steal it from us.

Reporter: What was the plan on the last possession?

Tovarich: There wasn't one. I should have called a timeout and gotten organized. 8 seconds was too long for Atkinson, who was on fumes to get down into the post. Murry was open for 3 so we took it. When you're 4/23, you don't have much hope of it going in, but in the chaos, you don't always do it right.

Reporter: Why so many 3's when they weren't falling

Tovarich: I did give up on those eventually. Those were largely trying to get back in it from 18 down, but eventually you notice a pattern. You've fought back to get within 3 and you shoot 0% on tying 3's, but then you shoot almost 100% on a two to get within one point. Then they go down and shoot like 95% to get it back to 3. So, you finally get it down to 1 and then get a steal and take the lead, but it still wasn't good enough. It took a lot of things going wrong, and an other-worldly performance by them and a lot of bad bounces and we still had a chance. We'll be a better team next year.

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 25, 2008
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Kansas	24-1
2	2	Marquette	22-4
3	3	Memphis	21-6
4	4	Michigan State	19-6
5	8	Oregon	18-5
6	9	Alabama Birmingham	24-3
7	6	Auburn	20-4
8	7	Arkansas	21-5
9	5	Tennessee	19-7
10	10	Temple	10-4
11	16	Florida State	20-6
12	13	Illinois	19-6
13	12	Clemon	20-7
14	24	Louisville	18-10
15	11	North Carolina	19-7
16	NR	St. Joseph's	21-6
17	14	Georgia	16-7
18	15	Duke	18-8
19	17	UCLA	18-7
20	NR	Gonzaga	19-7
21	18	Charlotte	21-6
22	19	Utah	17-5
23	25	Colorado	17-7
24	21	Washington	17-9
25	NR	Mississippi State	19-7

Mid-Major Poll

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 25, 2008
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Western Michigan	20-5
2	Butler	22-5
3	Yale	17-5
4	Pacific	17-10
5	Southern Illinois	16-10
6	Illinois State	18-8
7	High Point	15-5
8	Pepperdine	18-8
9	Austin Peay	20-9
10	North Carolina A&T	20-7
11	Alaska-Anchorage	22-8
12	Ohio	17-9
13	Illinois-Chicago	18-8
14	Old Dominion	16-8
15	IPFW	17-9
16	Boston U	18-8
17	Northern Illinois	16-9
18	Appalachian State	16-9
19	Nevada	16-9
20	Utah State	15-11
21	Western Kentucky	18-10
22	New Orleans	17-9
23	Fresno State	17-8
24	St. Francis PA	17-9
25	Columbia	15-9

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Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

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Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Monmouth Hawks at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Feb 29, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Monmouth (9-20)	28	27	55
Alaska-Anchorage (23-8)	40	41	81

Monmouth Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bryan	22	5-11	3-4	0-0	2	5	0	0	5	13
Whitted	22	7-11	0-3	2-2	3	2	0	0	1	16
Gosley	23	2-7	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	5
Schneiderman	22	3-4	0-0	0-0	7	2	0	3	2	6
Matela	20	2-4	0-0	0-0	8	2	0	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parkinson	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	2
Gomes	6	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	0
Kampman	6	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bruce	6	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Cummings	5	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gale	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Grove	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-48	5-12	2-2	23	14	0	5	15	55
TEAM TOTALS		24-48	5-12	2-2	23	14	0	5	15	55

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	22	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	7	3	0	0	2
Murry	20	4-5	2-3	1-1	0	2	3	0	0	11
Spears	22	7-10	3-6	2-3	2	0	2	0	0	19
Borders	20	5-7	0-0	1-1	6	2	0	0	0	11
Atkinson	18	6-17	0-0	4-6	4	1	4	1	1	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Scalzo	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Taft	10	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	1	2
Marsh	8	5-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	10
Wagner	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Zwikker	8	4-7	1-4	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	10
TEAM TOTALS		33-55	6-13	9-12	19	15	15	1	2	81

Tovarich: Good win to finish the regular season, a nice 11-1 home season. We won on Senior Day.

Reporter: Speaking of Senior Day coach...

Tovarich: I know, I know. I'm a bad person. I should've started Zwikker. I forgot. I tried to make it up to him during the game. I let him have as many shots as he needed to get double digit points for the first time. We were on 67 and the students were chanting about tacos. I assume they mean fish tacos because we're closer to Greenland than we are Mexico. So he got the breakaway on a steal and the and-1 to go us to 70 and we gave him some extra minutes, so hopefully I made up for it.

Reporter: How does recruiting look?

Tovarich: We're 100% at the mercy of whether or not anyone else offers a scholarship. There's not a single guy we're 1st in except for the 2* PG from Fairbanks. As much as I appreciate his Mr. Basketball title for the great state of Alaska, I probably don't gain much from signing him. It makes me a better coach to be able to say I got the best player from my state, but probably not worth a scholarship. That's like doomsday scenario when we whiff on everyone, which we might.

Reporter: FDU lost 2 games, so you had clinched the NIT autobid before this game. What do you hope to get out of that tournament?

Tovarich: I mostly just want to see what seed we get there, so I know how far we were from the tournament. I wouldn't expect to beat whatever 14-loss power school we draw who is angry they're playing us instead of being in the real tournament and it's not particularly relevant to the future of the program if we do anything in it.

Reporter: Can you conclude anything about your scheduling strategy yet?

Tovarich: I'm trying to figure it out. We're not on the bubble at 53 in the RPI, but some people who are 68 and 69 are, so does the RPI matter? The rankings in the fake mid-major poll aren't in line with Joe Lunardi's bracketology either. So, what do we do differently? Just get more talent? We scheduled three power schools and they all have 11, 13 and 15 losses right now, with more to come because we're probably the first team to finish our season. So did that help us any? Or were we better off playing more Butler's who are 23-5? We got 7th ranked Wisconsin in the Great Alaska Shootout only for them to finish 14-14, so do I accept that scheduling is just totally random and I have no idea how it'll pan out? My schedule for next year I think will be similar, maybe a little bit harder and we'll try to get more talent. That's more within our control.

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Conference Tournaments

"America East" aka Summit
1 North Dakota State vs. 8 Oral Roberts/9 Denver
4 South Dakota State vs. 5 UMKC
3 North Dakota vs. 6 South Dakota
2 Eastern Illinois vs. 7 Western Illinois

"ACC" aka Big 10
1 Michigan State vs. 8 Minnesota/9 Indiana
4 Nebraska vs. 5 Ohio State/12 Purdue
3 Penn State vs. 6 Northwestern/11 Wisconsin
2 Illinois vs. 7 Michigan/10 Iowa

"A-Sun" aka Colonial
1 North Carolina A&T vs. 8 Stony Brook
4 NC Wilmington vs. 5 Elon
3 Hampton vs. 6 William & Mary
2 Drexel vs. 7 Northeastern

A-10
1 Dayton vs. 8 Rhode Island/9 VCU
4 Fordham vs. 5 Davidson/12 La Salle
3 St. Joe's vs. 6 St. Louis/11 St. Bonaventure
2 George Mason vs. 7 Duquesne/10 UMass

"Big East" aka ACC
1 Clemson vs. 8 Notre Dame/9 NC State
4 North Carolina vs. 5 Louisville/12 Syracuse
3 Miami Florida v. 6 Pittsburgh/11 Maryland
2 Florida State vs. 7 Virginia/10 Duke

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

Big South
1 High Point vs. 8 Longwood
4 NC Asheville vs. 5 Radford
3 Charleston Southern vs. 6 Gardner-Webb
2 Winthrop vs. 7 SC Upstate

"Big 10" aka Big East
1 Marquette vs. 8 Cincinnati/9 Providence
4 Connecticut vs. 5 Georgetown
3 DePaul vs. 6 Seton Hall/11 St. John's
2 Xavier vs. 7 Villanova/10 West Virginia

"Big 12" aka PAC 12
1 Oregon vs. 8 USC/9 Arizona State
4 Utah vs. 5 Colorado/12 Washington State
3 UCLA vs. 6 Arizona/11 Oregon State
2 Stanford vs. 7 Cal/10 Washington

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

"Colonial" aka Leftover Conference
1 Butler vs. 8 UTSA/9 Belmont
4 Valparaiso vs. 5 Marshall/12 Murray State
3 Florida Atlantic vs. 6 North Texas/11 Morehead State
2 Illinois-Chicago vs. 7 Creighton/10 Little Rock

"CUSA" aka American
1 Temple vs. 8 Houston/9 SMU
4 Rutgers vs. 5 Charlotte/12 East Carolina
3 UAB vs. 6 Tulane/11 South Florida
2 Memphis vs. 7 Central Florida/10 TCU

"Horizon" aka CUSA
1 Western Kentucky vs. 8 Kennesaw State/9 Liberty
4 UTEP vs. 5 Sam Houston State
3 New Mexico State vs. 6 Jacksonville State
2 Middle Tennessee vs. 7 Florida International

"Metro Atlantic" aka America East
1 Wagner vs. 8 Binghamton/9 Maine
4 New Hampshire vs. 5 Albany
3 Central Connecticut vs. 6 Vermont
2 UMBC vs. 7 NJIT/10 Long Island

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

"Summit" aka Patriot
1 Boston U vs. 8 American
4 Colgate vs. 5 Lafayette
3 Army vs. 6 Lehigh
2 Loyola MD vs. 7 Bucknell

"MEAC" aka Metro Atlantic
1 Marist vs. 8 Mt. St. Mary's/9 Iona
4 Rider vs. 5 Manhattan
3 St. Peter's vs. 6 Siena/11 Canisius
2 Fairfield vs. 7 Niagara/10 Sacred Heart

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

MWC
1 UNLV vs. 8 San Diego State/9 Air Force
4 Colorado State vs. 5 BYU
3 New Mexico vs. 6 Wyoming
2 Gonzaga vs. 7 Boise State

"NEC" aka A-Sun
1 Austin Peay vs. 8 Central Arkansas
4 Tennessee State vs. 5 Eastern Kentucky
3 North Florida vs. 6 Lipscomb
2 Tennessee Tech vs. 7 Jacksonville

"OVC" aka Horizon
1 St. Francis PA vs. 8 Robert Morris
4 Youngstown State vs. 5 Detroit
3 IUPUI vs. 6 Green Bay
2 IPFW vs. 7 Oakland

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

"Patriot" aka MEAC
1 Morgan State vs. 8 Eastern Shore
4 NC Central vs. 5 South Carolina State
3 Delaware State vs. 6 Howard
2 Coppin State vs. 7 Norfolk State

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

SoCon
1 Greensboro vs. 8 Wofford/9 VMI
4 Samford vs. 5 ETSU
3 Mercer vs. 6 Western Carolina/11 Furman
2 Campbell vs. 7 Chattanooga/10 Citadel

"Southland" aka SWAC
1 Jackson State vs. 8 MVSU
4 Texas Southern vs. 5 Prairie View
3 Pine Bluff vs. 6 Alabama A&M
2 Florida A&M vs. 7 Alabama State

"SWAC" aka Southland
1 New Orleans vs. 8 NW State
4 Arlington vs. 5 SFA
3 Pan American vs. 6 Corpus Christi
2 McNeese State vs. 7 Nicholls State

Sun Belt
1 Appalachian State vs. 8 South Alabama/9 Arkansas State
4 Louisiana Monroe vs. 5 Coastal Carolina
3 James Madison vs. 6 Texas State/11 Louisiana Lafayette
2 Old Dominion vs. 7 Southern Mississippi/10 Georgia State

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

WAC
1 Fresno State vs. 8 San Jose State/9 Grand Canyon
4 Tulsa vs. 5 Rice
3 Utah State vs. 6 Idaho
2 Nevada vs. 7 Hawaii

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Conference Tournament Winners
Summit-2 Eastern Illinois
Big 10-1 Michigan State
Colonial-1 North Carolina A&T
A-10-3 St. Joe's
ACC-6 Louisville
Big Sky-4 Portland State
Big South-2 Winthrop
Big East-3 DePaul
PAC 12-10 Washington
Big West-1 Santa Barbara
Leftovers-2 Illinois-Chicago
American-2 Memphis
CUSA-3 New Mexico State
America East-6 Vermont
MAC-1 Western Michigan
Patriot-5 Lafayette
Metro Atlantic-2 Fairfield
MVC-9 Bradley
MWC-2 Gonzaga
Atlantic Sun-4 Tennessee State
Horizon-2 IPFW
Big 12-7 Kansas State
MEAC-2 Coppin State
SEC-1 Auburn
Southern-1 Greensboro
SWAC-4 Texas Southern
Southland-5 Stephen F Austin
Sun Belt-3 James Madison
WCC-4 San Diego
WAC-1 Fresno State

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NCAA Tournament
Play-in Game
Texas Southern (13-15) vs. Portland State (14-16)

East
1 Memphis (28-6) vs. Play-in
8 DePaul (24-10) vs. 9 Fordham (21-10)
5 Connecticut (20-11) vs. 12 IPFW 21-10
4 UAB (24-8) vs. 13 Greensboro (23-9)

6 Gonzaga (24-9) vs. 11 Penn State (17-11)
3 Florida State (22-8) vs. 13 Eastern Illinois (19-12)
7 Cal (18-12) vs. 10 Minnesota (20-11)
2 Temple (25-6) vs. 15 Tennessee State (18-13)

South
1 Michigan State (26-6) vs. 16 Stephen F Austin (15-19)
8 Colorado (18-11) vs. 9 George Mason (21-11)
5 Western Michigan (26-5) vs. 12 Kansas State (20-14)
4 UCLA (21-9) vs. 13 Santa Barbara (23-8)

6 Charlotte (23-10) vs. 11 Stanford (17-13)
3 Oregon (21-9) vs. 14 James Madison (18-12)
7 Miami Florida (25-9) vs. 10 Notre Dame (19-13)
2 Clemson (25-8) vs. 15 San Diego (16-16)

Midwest
1 Kansas (29-3) vs. 16 Fairfield (16-16)
8 Arizona (18-12) vs. 9 Mississippi State (21-10)
5 Washington (23-11) vs. 12 Yale (20-6)
4 UNLV (24-6) vs. 13 Illinois-Chicago (21-10)

6 Utah (19-9) vs. 11 Arizona State (18-14)
3 Tennessee (25-8) vs. 14 Lafayette (16-13)
7 North Carolina (21-10) vs. 10 Duke (22-11)
2 Louisville (25-10) vs. 15 Winthrop (17-12)

West
1 Marquette (24-7) vs. 16 Vermont (16-17)
8 USC (21-12) vs. 9 Virginia (19-12)
5 St. Joseph's (26-8) vs. 12 Fresno State (23-8)
4 Georgia (20-9) vs. 13 New Mexico State (20-9)

6 Dayton (24-8) vs. 11 Rutgers (19-10)
3 Arkansas (24-8) vs. 14 Bradley (17-17)
7 Illinois (20-10) vs. 10 North Carolina A&T (25-7)
2 Auburn (25-6) vs. 15 Coppin State (17-12)

NIT
Texas A&M vs. North Dakota State
Ohio State vs. Pepperdine
Pacific vs. High Point
VCU vs. St. Francis PA

Houston vs. Jackson State
Texas vs. Western Kentucky
Nebraska vs. Alaska-Anchorage
Butler vs. Marist

Davidson vs. Montana
Vanderbilt vs. Boston U
Seton Hall vs. Illinois State
Villanova vs. Wagner

Tulane vs. Morgan State
Georgetown vs. Appalachian State
Rhode Island vs. Austin Peay
Pittsburgh vs. New Orleans

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vs.

NIT 1st Round
Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Mar 18, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Nebraska (17-13)	28	23	51
Alaska-Anchorage (24-8)	43	18	61

Nebraska Cornhuskers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Santos	26	4-8	1-1	2-2	0	2	1	0	2	11
Delgado	23	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	2
Murray	21	5-14	4-9	0-0	6	2	0	1	2	14
Boyden	21	3-6	0-0	1-1	8	0	2	1	0	7
Opacic	23	7-14	0-0	1-2	6	1	2	0	0	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Fullove	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	1	0
Cannon	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Elliott	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Carbaugh	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Crandle	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zachery	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Minnifield	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-45	5-10	6-7	21	11	5	2	6	51
TEAM TOTALS		20-45	5-10	6-7	21	11	5	2	6	51

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	23	1-1	0-0	1-1	4	3	1	0	1	3
Murry	23	1-8	1-8	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	3
Spears	23	2-5	1-3	0-0	4	5	1	0	0	5
Borders	23	3-3	0-0	1-2	2	2	1	0	1	7
Atkinson	20	16-20	0-0	2-3	8	3	0	0	1	34
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Scalzo	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Taft	10	3-6	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	7
Marsh	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wagner	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	1	2
Zwikker	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		26-44	2-11	7-10	22	17	6	0	5	61

Tovarich: I appreciate the committee letting us stay at home for no reason. Even if they got half the tickets apparently, it was nice not to travel 3,000 miles or whatever it is.

Reporter: Were you surprised by all the Nebraska fans?

Tovarich: I guess if you have an excuse to leave Nebraska, you take it. We filled up a much bigger arena in El Paso for the Sun Bowl Classic somehow. Half the state must have traveled for that one, so no surprises.

Reporter: What did you think of your placement in the bracket?

Tovarich: You kinda wonder when you get a 6 seed and all the other 6's and all the 7's and 8's are automatic if you were even going to be in the tournament without the autobid. You can analyze the RPI and we were around 50 but an afterthought in the eyes of the committee. People in the high 60's got in though. You can analyze your spot in the fake mid-major poll, and you finish 7th, but you're seeded the same as 24 and 25 in the poll, so the analysis in the end tells you those things don't really mean anything. We played a decent schedule I think. Ultimately, I'm not even sure it was the results that matters. Somewhere, someone just looked at our team and used the talent level as an excuse to put us where they did. I think we'll find if we achieved these same results next year with some decent recruits hopefully, we'll be slotted better.

Reporter: Do you wish Atkinson could have played all 28 minutes?

Tovarich: Yeah. It was hard to find anyone else who had a good night. Nebraska struggled too. Maybe they were tired. Maybe we turned the heat off inside the arena and it affected them because even Nebraska may as well be a desert compared to here.

Reporter: How do you feel about a re-match with Butler?

Tovarich: I can't remember much of that game. Maybe when I see the names something will register, but they get to come here again inexplicably. I'll take it. I know we lost by 10, so I'll take a glance at the boxscore and see what we did and maybe it'll just go differently since it was a road game and we were on a losing streak at the season. I imagine both teams have come a long way since.

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NCAA Tournament
Play-in Game

Portland State 83 Texas Southern 59

1st Round
East
#1 Memphis 101 #16 Portland State 51
#8 DePaul 69 #9 Fordham 67
#5 UConn 80 #12 IPFW 74
#3 UAB 82 #14 Greensboro 73

#6 Gonzaga 86 #11 Penn State 78
#14 Eastern Illinois 68 #3 Florida State 62
#7 California 69 #10 Minnesota 64
#15 Tennessee State 76 #2 Temple 68

West
#1 Marquette 81 #16 Vermont 59
#9 Virginia 89 #8 USC 87
#5 St. Joseph's 77 #12 Fresno State 60
#4 Georgia 91 #13 New Mexico State 73

#6 Dayton 63 #11 Rutgers 57
#3 Arkansas 74 #14 Bradley 57
#7 Illinois 74 #10 North Carolina A&T 63
#2 Auburn 87 #15 Coppin State 79

South
#1 Michigan State 82 #16 Stephen F Austin 60
#9 George Mason 78 #8 Colorado 77
#12 Kansas State 95 #5 Western Michigan 73
#4 UCLA 89 #13 Santa Barbara 40

#6 Charlotte 92 #11 Stanford 85
#14 James Madison 84 #3 Oregon 66
#10 Notre Dame 69 #7 Miami Florida 62
#15 San Diego 81 #2 Clemson 79

Midwest
#1 Kansas 70 #16 Fairfield 63
#9 Mississippi State 72 #8 Arizona 66
#5 Washington 90 #12 Yale 74
#4 UNLV 75 #13 Illinois-Chicago 65

#6 Utah 93 #11 Arizona State 86 (OT)
#3 Tennessee 107 #14 Lafayette 66
#10 Duke 106 #7 North Carolina 92
#15 Winthrop 84 #2 Louisville 81

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
East
#1 Memphis 78 #8 DePaul 49
#4 UAB 93 #5 UConn 68
#14 Eastern Illinois 56 #6 Gonzaga 52
#15 Tennessee State 75 #7 California 67

West
#1 Marquette 94 #9 Virginia 74
#4 Georgia 68 #5 St. Joseph's 62
#3 Arkansas 92 #6 Dayton 64
#7 Illinois 81 #2 Auburn 78

South
#1 Michigan State 87 #9 George Mason 38
#4 UCLA 89 #12 Kansas State 69
#6 Charlotte 75 #14 James Madison 55
#10 Notre Dame 81 #15 San Diego 70

Midwest
#1 Kansas 84 #9 Mississippi State 73
#5 Washington 81 #4 UNLV 78
#3 Tennessee 83 #6 Utah 69
#15 Winthrop 77 #10 Duke 73

NIT 1st Round
Texas A&M 70 North Dakota State 63
Ohio State 80 Pepperdine 70
High Point 85 Pacific 65
VCU 85 St. Francis PA 58

Houston 77 Jackson State 76
Western Kentucky 78 Texas 75
Alaska-Anchorage 61 Nebraska 51
Butler 80 Marist 52

Davidson 99 Montana 88
Boston U 74 Vanderbilt 72
Illinois State 74 Seton Hall 61
Villanova 90 Wagner 44

Morgan State 84 Tulane 72
Appalachian State 69 Georgetown 66
Rhode Island 81 Austin Peay 69
New Orleans 78 Pittsburgh 69

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vs.

NIT 2nd Round
Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Butler Bulldogs at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Mar 24, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Butler (26-8)	29	40	69
Alaska-Anchorage (25-8)	36	43	79

Butler Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McGuire	22	5-6	4-4	1-2	0	5	0	0	0	15
Danley	26	5-13	0-5	2-2	0	2	1	0	1	12
Packevicius	22	4-10	4-7	0-0	2	3	0	1	2	12
Boylan	21	4-10	1-2	1-2	12	1	0	0	0	10
Hardy	14	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Forbes	6	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	2
Volpenheim	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	3	0	1	0	2
Dupree	5	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Malone	15	2-6	2-5	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	6
Northern	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Battles	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Gatling	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-57	11-23	4-6	24	18	1	3	4	69
TEAM TOTALS		27-57	11-23	4-6	24	18	1	3	4	69

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peavy	24	0-1	0-1	2-2	3	6	1	0	0	2
Murry	24	3-8	2-6	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	8
Spears	24	6-10	6-10	3-3	2	3	0	0	0	21
Borders	22	2-3	0-0	1-2	4	3	0	1	0	5
Atkinson	21	12-17	0-0	6-8	8	1	0	1	1	30
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Scalzo	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Taft	7	3-5	0-0	2-2	5	0	0	0	0	8
Marsh	6	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	1	1	0	0	3
Wagner	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Zwikker	4	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		28-51	8-19	15-19	27	16	4	2	1	79

Tovarich: Luckily Spears came out of halftime on fire from 3 because it would have otherwise been hard to keep up with their 8/13 3-point shooting in the second half. Nice win, nice payback for them beating us by 10 at their place.

Reporter: Is the NCAA going to keep letting you turn the heater off and freezing the opponents?

Tovarich: No, mostly because that was our last home game. We've gotta be like 4,000 miles away the day after tomorrow.

Reporter: What was the difference between this game and the first?

Tovarich: I didn't really remember the specifics but I saw rebounding was 31-12 the first time. Easily the most embarrassing for that statistic. Now we outrebounded them. We're up to 3-26-1 at rebounding? Crazy. Must be our home court. We're one point away from a perfect home season.

Reporter: Is the 6-seed from the NIT committee fueling the team?

Tovarich: It sure offended me. It's nice to prove we belonged, and it was even extra nice of them to let us play at home twice which we had no business doing.

Reporter: Do you care about which opponent you get next?

Tovarich: It's a long way either way. We may as well get on the plane and just start flying that way (points toward the rest of America) somewhere and adjust when we find out.

Reporter: Would it be a big deal to win the NIT?

Tovarich: Yeah, it's better than putting up a banner that says 2008 Independent Champions. It would be unexpected though. Playing away from home is a lot different.

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NIT 2nd Round
Ohio State 66 Texas A&M 63
VCU 89 High Point 61

Western Kentucky 89 Houston 84 (OT)
Alaska-Anchorage 79 Butler 69

Davidson 85 Boston U 67
Villanova 56 Illinois State 53

Appalachian State 71 Morgan State 64
Rhode Island 92 New Orleans 74

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Re: University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

I wanted to see how terrible it would be to get from Anchorage to Bowling Green, KY. Turns out not as bad as I thought.


1) 3.5 hour flight to Seattle
2) 1 hour layover
3) 4 hour flight to Nashville
4) 1 hour bus ride to Bowling Green

Good luck with the flights coach Tovarich.