University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

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Did you show up as a bubble team in the selection Sunday show? Or not even a call out there?

[Tovarich]

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NIT 1st Round
Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

La Salle Explorers at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Mar 16, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
La Salle (20-11)	44	42	86
Alaska-Anchorage (25-7)	36	41	77

La Salle Explorers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Patrick	22	0-6	0-3	3-4	0	9	1	0	3	3
Hutchinson	21	6-12	4-9	0-0	2	3	2	1	5	16
Beeler	21	12-15	8-10	0-0	1	2	2	0	2	32
Coulter	18	3-4	0-0	2-2	13	1	0	0	2	8
Boticki	11	4-8	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	2	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brazzle	15	2-7	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	4
Ingram	11	1-1	0-0	1-2	4	2	0	0	4	3
Wadood	3	2-3	0-1	1-1	2	1	0	0	0	5
Jensen	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ricks	15	3-6	0-0	1-2	7	0	0	2	0	7
McCroskey	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Duffy	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-63	12-25	8-11	37	22	5	5	17	86
TEAM TOTALS		33-63	12-25	8-11	37	22	5	5	17	86

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crawford	20	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	9	2	0	2	0
Farley	19	3-14	3-13	4-4	1	0	0	0	0	13
Crandle	20	3-10	3-8	0-0	5	3	3	0	0	9
Wilkins	18	6-12	0-0	5-5	4	0	2	1	2	17
Grady	18	7-11	0-0	4-4	10	1	1	1	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Riley	10	4-9	0-0	1-2	1	0	3	0	0	9
Carbaugh	9	2-5	0-0	2-4	1	1	1	1	0	6
Pippen	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Luz	8	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	2	0	1	0
Wolfe	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2
Spears	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Atkinson	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		27-68	7-25	16-19	29	17	14	3	6	77

Tovarich: We obviously had lost that game long before we even got on the court. That's one of the most amazing performances I've ever seen. It looked pretty hopeless down 20-6 in 4 minutes and it was. 8/10 3's and 32 points from a guy who averaged 7.3 ppg coming in is hilarious. Their 3rd string C had 7 boards when he averages 2 per game. We missed our first 9 3's. We got it down to 3 a couple times, but it immediately prompted a hilarious string of events to get it right back to 9 or so. Whatever, I don't really care. Winning the NIT did nothing for us last year. I'm really not going to lose any sleep over it. We probably wouldn't even have been invited without the autobid as we were a 6 seed and only ahead of other other autobids.

Reporter: Why do you think they were pressing up 13 late and still shooting 3's quickly on every possession?

Tovarich: That's how they were programmed. I'll add 'em to the list with Portland State and Connecticut. I'm not sure we'll be able to do anything about it, but maybe Beeler can go for 33 next year.

Reporter: Have you decided on a schedule for next year?

Tovarich: We have 14 home and home's to finish. We still owe some teams a home game from our very first season. UConn and La Salle are definitely happening. Other than that, I don't know. I can adjust some of what the AD comes up with and pat him on the head before I destroy most of the schedule with a red marker. We're just about guaranteed 2 or possibly 3 power schools in our home tournament. Along with UConn and La Salle, I'm not sure it behooves us to play too many more. I'll see what it looks like and what games I like and build around it.

Reporter: Did the team just lack motivation today?

Tovarich: I was pretty unmotivated. Down 20-6 right off the bat, and seeing turnovers, blocks, bricks while they make their first 3 from 3 and one guy is singlehandedly outscoring you 13-6 and one guy is outrebounding your team 5-2, it's easy to mail it in. For appearance's sake, we pressed down 20-6 and went through the motions but it was obvious we never had a chance. I'm ready to move on to recruiting.

[Tovarich]

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Did you show up as a bubble team in the selection Sunday show? Or not even a call out there?

Never were close. We were the 2nd lowest 6 seed in the NIT only ahead of autobids, so 23rd team in. Our RPI of 41 did us no good. Someone was at 39 and left out. Two teams in the 60's made it and 4 in the 50's. I probably needed a 27-4 season to have a chance and I'm not sure 2 more wins would've moved me up 24 spots to get in.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament
Play-in Game
Nevada 74 Appalachian State 72

1st Round
East
#1 Michigan State 67 #16 Nevada 62
#8 Texas A&M 78 #9 San Francisco 63
#5 Pittsburgh 76 #12 George Mason 59
#4 Illinois 74 #13 Winthrop 60

#6 Clemson 105 #11 Notre Dame 75
#3 Florida State 81 #14 New Hampshire 63
#7 Vanderbilt 76 #10 Temple 73
#2 Boston College 69 #15 Yale 62

West
#1 Maryland 87 #16 Villanova 71
#8 Kentucky 75 #9 Hofstra 69
#12 Little Rock 67 #5 Kansas State 62
#4 Utah State 74 #13 Bucknell 64

#6 USC 77 #11 Ball State 52
#3 Oregon 78 #14 Bradley 62
#7 UCLA 63 #10 Santa Clara 58
#2 Ohio State 98 #15 Greensboro 45

South
#1 Wisconsin 79 #16 NC Central 58
#9 DePaul 68 #8 Louisville 53
#5 Michigan 90 #12 Corpus Christi 84 (OT)
#4 Florida 115 #13 Tennessee Tech 59

#6 Purdue 87 #11 Tulane 75
#3 Indiana 71 #14 UMKC 51
#7 Cincinnati 74 #10 Washington State 57
#2 Duke 77 #15 Long Beach State 55

Midwest
#1 UNLV 82 #16 Milwaukee 65
#9 VCU 73 #8 Gonzaga 65
#12 Texas Tech 75 #5 Pepperdine 52
#4 Oklahoma 81 #13 St. Peter's 60

#6 Kansas 96 #11 Drexel 69
#3 Xavier 87 #14 Alabama A&M
#7 Akron 79 #10 New Mexico State 73
#2 Washington 100 #15 Montana State 61

NIT 1st Round
UMass 77 EKU 70
Mississippi 94 Seton Hall 89
Rhode Island 76 Albany 70
Furman 96 Florida Atlantic 75

Miami Florida 81 Montana 52
Iowa State 96 Missouri State 89
Arizona 74 Northern Iowa 71
Creighton 82 Iona 62

LSU 76 Oakland 58
West Virginia 85 Syracuse 64
La Salle 86 Alaska-Anchorage 77
Georgia Tech 72 Southern Miss 66

Arizona State 86 Alabama State 57
Alabama 80 Mississippi State 79
Wake Forest 92 Loyola Chicago 56
Riverside 76 St. Mary's

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
East
#1 Michigan State 53 #8 Texas A&M 51
#5 Pitt 66 #4 Illinois 61
#6 Clemson 69 #3 Florida State 61
#2 Boston College 87 #7 Vanderbilt 69

West
#1 Maryland 100 #8 Kentucky 85
#4 Utah State 75 #12 Little Rock 53
#6 USC 75 #3 Oregon 68
#2 Ohio State 57 #7 UCLA 54

South
#1 Wisconsin 64 #9 DePaul 50
#4 Florida 85 #5 Michigan 60
#3 Indiana 67 #6 Purdue 58
#2 Duke 87 #7 Cincinnati 75

Midwest
#1 UNLV 82 #9 VCU 63
#4 Oklahoma 77 #12 Texas Tech 69
#3 Xavier 87 #6 Kansas 86
#7 Akron 81 #2 Washington 70

NIT 2nd Round
UMass 83 Mississippi 73
Rhode Island 94 Furman 63

Iowa State 75 Miami Florida 63
Arizona 69 Creighton 63

West Virginia 78 LSU 74
Georgia Tech 99 La Salle 66

Alabama 74 Arizona State 58
Wake Forest 74 Riverside 46

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Sweet 16
#5 Pitt 67 #1 Michigan State 44
#6 Clemson 81 #2 Boston College 80

#1 Maryland 105 #4 Utah State 69
#6 USC 78 #2 Ohio State 65

#4 Florida 69 #1 Wisconsin 58
#2 Duke 85 #3 Indiana 73

#1 UNLV 80 #4 Oklahoma 60
#3 Xavier 86 #7 Akron 70

NIT Quarterfinals
Rhode Island 85 UMass 71
Arizona 81 Iowa State 79
West Virginia 95 Georgia Tech 81
Wake Forest 80 Alabama 57

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8
#6 Clemson 97 #5 Pitt 80

#1 Maryland 94 #6 USC 61

#4 Florida 71 #2 Duke 66

#3 Xavier 73 #1 UNLV 57

NIT Semifinal
Arizona 95 Rhode Island 66
West Virginia 89 Wake Forest 57

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament Final Four
#1 Maryland 106 #6 Clemson 83
#4 Florida 81 #3 Xavier 71

NIT Championship
Arizona 69 West Virginia 57

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Championship
#4 Florida 81 #1 Maryland 71

Player of the Year-Dominic Abdur-Rahim (USC)
Mid-Major Player of the Year-Bernard Fischer (Troy)
Coach of the Year-Billy Donovan (Florida)
Defensive Player of the Year-Stephon Kent (Texas A&M)
Big Man of the Year-Dominic Abdur-Rahim (USC)
FR of the Year-Randy Dupree (Temple)

1st Team All-America
PG-Rashard Crandle (Clemson)
SG-T.J. Amundson (Syracuse)
SF-D'Marr Smallwood (Dayton)
PF-Edgar Guzman (Iowa State)
C-Dominic Abdur-Rahim (USC)

2nd Team All-America
PG-Jess Saunders (Wake Forest)
SG-D'Jamal Okosa (Alabama)
SF-Ahmed Laurie (Seton Hall)
PF-Ferdinand Zwikker (Washington)
C-Hal Thomas (Maryland)

FR All-America
PG-Kenny Valavicius (Washington)
SG-Randy Dupree (Temple)
SF-James Byfield (Texas)
PF-Lance Amous (Florida State)
C-Luther Dennis (Mississippi State)

Coach Tovarich has received a 4-year extension.

Roster Change:
Wolfe (Charleston) and Bryan (TXAM-CC) left the team. Spears and Atkinson graduated.

Coaching Changes
-Bo Ryan retired from Wisconsin, replaced by Stu Morrill from Utah State)
-Bob Knight retired from Texas Tech, replaced by Dana Altman (Creighton)
-South Carolina fired Larry Eustachy (original Southern Miss coach), replaced by Scott Sutton (new Southern Miss coach, originally Oral Roberts coach). Larry Eustachy landed at Grand Canyon
-Baylor fired Scott Drew, replaced by Barry Hinson (Missouri State). Scott Drew landed at Virginia Military
-Southern Miss hired Stehly from Drexel (originally a Bowling Green assistant)
-Crieghton hired Brad Brownell (Wright State)

-Missouri State hired Yale coach, Utah State hired South Dakota State coach, North Texas hired Howard coach (originally an assistant at Southern Illinois), NJIT hired North Carolina Central coach, originally a West Virginia assistant), Idaho hired Oral Roberts coach (originally assistant at Texas Tech)

Wright State hired a Duke assistant, Drexel took an Alabama assistant, South Dakota State and Oral Roberts hired Old Dominion assistant, who originally did not exist and replaced an assistant who left (first known occurrence). Yale hired an assistant from Texas Tech when Bob Knight retired, NC Central took a Memphis assistant who originally did not exist (second known occurence) and was hired to replace an original Memphis assistant who got a head job. Howard and MD-Eastern Shore both hired assistants from Southern Utah. SFPA hired one of Wisconsin's assistants when Bo Ryan retired. NC A&T hired an assistant from Pepperdine, Portland State took one from Austin Peay (third instance of an originally non-existent coach), and NC Asheville hired one of its own assistants to replace the fired head coach.

One of Oral Roberts' new assistants was originally a Jacksonville State assistant who sat out the last two seasons. The other original Jacksonville State assistant who also sat out two seasons is now an assistant at Grand Canyon

New South Dakota State coach (ODU Asst), hired an original Coastal Carolina assistant who also sat out two years as well as original Navy coach who sat out last year.

Portland State coach who was fired is now an assistant for Drexel under an original Alabama assistant

North Carolina A&T hired an original IPFW assistant who followed the head coach to Grand Canyon and then was fired, now an assistant at his 3rd school

Duquesne coach was retained despite starting 0-25, finishing 3-28 and having a job security bar at 0

North Texas coach who was just fired landed as an assistant at Duke.

NC Asheville Assitant, now HC of Asheville hired freshly fired VMI coach and an original Boise State assistant who sat out the last two seasons.

Original IPFW coach after being fired by Grand Canyon landed as an assistant at Southern Utah. One of the assistants fired with him landed as an assistant at Eastern Shore.

Texas Tech assistant who now coaches Yale hired an original Utah Valley State assistant and the original UT-Martin coach who sat out THREE year

Freshly fired St. Francis PA coach remains an assistant at SFPA under Bo Ryan's assistant

An assistant just fired from Idaho along with the head coach landed as an assistant with NC Central

There are finally 2 assistants with the same initials-B. Blair has been an assistant at Cal Irvine all 4 seasons (10 total apparently) and a newly created one is an assistant for Old Dominion now.

Still only C assistants available for Coach Tovarich. Original Kennesaw State and VMI coaches were available. Others available were freshly fired assistants from Baylor, an original Boise State assistant, an original Mississippi Valley State assistant, both freshly fired assistants for Portland State, an original Towson assistant who sat out last year, an original South Carolina Upstate assistant who sat out last year, and an original Wake Forest assistant who has sat out THREE years.

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Stats - 2010-11
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Grady	32	558	17.9	5.2	1.5	1.5	0.3	0.8	1.1
Wilkins	32	570	13.3	5.7	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.9
Riley	32	311	9.7	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.5
Crandle	32	607	8.9	2.4	2.4	1.3	0.0	0.2	0.8
Farley	32	625	8.8	1.1	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.2	0.7
Carbaugh	32	330	8.3	2.6	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.5
Spears	9	53	6.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.6
Pippen	32	278	4.8	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Luz	32	277	4.6	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.4
Atkinson	9	42	3.9	1.2	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3
Crawford	32	618	2.1	1.0	5.1	2.0	0.0	0.8	1.4
Wolfe	32	260	0.8	0.5	2.4	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.6

[Tovarich]

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Tovarich: The AD is trying to distract from the fact that hockey is struggling, so he's making me do the preseason press conference that I keep skipping. Obviously recruiting is the biggest part of the offseason, so our recruits:
#10 Class
Vince Hale 5* #6 PG #20 OVR Oakland, CA
Gerald Fleming 4* #3 C #77 OVR Arlington TX
Harold Dillard 4* #30 SG #95 OVR Los Angeles, CA

We had a 3* SF who was 93% committed to coming here and that's just not committed enough. So we'll carry over one scholarship and we'll have 4 this year.

The roster, after 4 walkons were cut:

2011-2012 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
00	Aaron Grady	C	6'10"	251	JR	Tucson, AZ
1	Dion Crawford	PG	6'1"	171	SO	Irvine, CA
5	Vince Hale	PG	6'4"	185	FR	Oakland, CA
10	Albert Pippen (RS)	SG	6'4"	222	JR	Los Angeles, CA
20	Harold Dillard	SG	6'8"	220	FR	Los Angeles, CA
21	Jamon Farley	SG	6'4"	207	SR	Sacramento, CA
31	Dedrick Crandle	SF	6'5"	205	SO	Springfield, MA
34	Taylor Wilkins	PF	6'9"	217	SR	Antioch, CA
35	Todor Luz	SF	6'6"	219	SR	Los Angeles, CA
44	Hubert Carbaugh	PF	6;10:	220	JR	Billings, MT
51	Gerald Flemind	C	6'11"	233	FR	Arlington, TX
53	Chauncey Riley (RS)	PF	6'10"	251	SO	Albuquerque, NM

The depth chart will have a clear Team A and Team B with 10 active players and 2 redshirts

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Depth Chart - 2011-12
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Hale (76)	Crawford (70)
SG	Farley (77)	Dillard (74)
SF	Crandle (78)	Luz (72)
PF	Wilkins (79)	Carbaugh (78)
C	Fleming (80)	Grady (71)

The schedule:

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves 2011-12 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Oct 27	vs Samford
Nov 2	vs South Dakota State
Nov 9	vs Long Beach State
Nov 17	vs Great Alaska Shootout
Nov 24	at Rider
Nov 26	at Temple
Nov 28	at Connecticut
Dec 2	vs Washington State
Dec 6	vs Pepperdine
Dec 9	at Montana
Dec 12	at Oral Roberts
Dec 16	at Rice
Dec 19	at Brigham Young
Dec 23	at Shamrock Office Solutions Classic
Dec 28	at San Diego State
Dec 31	at San Diego
Jan 7	at Cal Santa Barbara
Jan 10	at Hawaii
Jan 17	vs Wyoming
Jan 20	vs Fresno State
Jan 26	vs Loyola Marymount
Feb 1	at Oregon
Feb 4	at Eastern Washington
Feb 9	at Portland State
Feb 11	at Chicago State
Feb 13	at Citadel
Feb 15	at Portland
Feb 24	vs Southeast Missouri

Tovarich: Questions?

Reporter: Is that a 9-game road trip coach?

Tovarich: 10 since we play 2 in that tournament.

Reporter: And another 6 game road trip?

Tovarich: Yeah, that one's rather circuitous.

Reporter: And 4 of the pre-season top 18?

Tovarich: Yep.

Reporter: What about the assistants?

Tovarich: I kept one. I fired one. Don't ask which. I don't know.

Reporter: What's the recruiting goal?

Tovarich: We need a SF for sure. Other than that, I think we're finally at the point in the program where I can just go for whoever the best talent I can get is regardless of position. A SG is probably wise. Another PG is likely needed.

Reporter: You seem to push some players out every year. Who will it be this year?

Tovarich: Probably Crawford. He started, and now he won't, so he's going to be upset about that. But the whole country let some 5* PG go without a single offer for some reason. I'm not going to pass on that.

Reporter: Is the tournament achievable with this schedule you put together?

Tovarich: This is a hard schedule. I'm hoping it gives us the ability to absorb 5-6 losses and still get in. We'll see how it goes. I'm still trying to figure out what the committee wants. Arizona was 22-11 and got a 3 seed in the NIT while 10 loss Tulane was put in. So I don't really know what you're supposed to do. Only Joe Lunardi can decipher these things.

Reporter: So another FR PG and a FR C?

Tovarich: Yeah, 3rd year in a row. The talent keeps improving, so that's the result. Who needs team unity?

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 17, 2011
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	UNLV
2	Oregon
3	Michigan State
4	Duke
5	Florida State
6	Michigan
7	Indiana
8	UCLA
9	Connecticut
10	North Carolina
11	Southern California
12	Illinois
13	Louisville
14	Louisiana State
15	Notre Dame
16	Gonzaga
17	Arizona State
18	Washington State
19	Wake Forest
20	Oklahoma
21	Ohio State
22	Utah State
23	Washington
24	Texas
25	George Washington

Independent Ratings:
Alaska-Anchorage 85
Utah Valley State 74
Southern Utah 72
Southeast Missouri 69
Chicago State 65
Monmouth, Fairleigh Dickinson 64

[studbucket]

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Fleming and Hale look like really good additions. Hopefully Fleming can score in the paint this season.

[Tovarich]

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Fleming and Hale look like really good additions. Hopefully Fleming can score in the paint this season.

Disappointing how many good players just didn't get recruited by anyone. It's bizarre, though PG is just a passer for me. I can't get them many shots. I just hope Fleming can get some rebounds...

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Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

Samford Bulldogs at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Oct 27, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Samford (0-1)	12	19	31
Alaska-Anchorage (1-0)	50	47	97

Samford Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parada	21	3-9	1-5	0-0	0	4	1	0	5	7
Ibok	20	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	2
Pocius	21	3-11	1-5	1-2	0	1	0	0	3	8
Norris	19	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Stallworth	8	1-1	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	15	1-8	1-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	3
Krager	15	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	2
Robinson	13	1-2	1-2	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	3
See	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Norton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Walcott	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zaharias	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		12-38	4-21	3-4	15	9	1	0	15	31
TEAM TOTALS		12-38	4-21	3-4	15	9	1	0	15	31

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hale	17	3-4	1-2	0-1	0	10	1	0	0	7
Farley	17	3-5	2-4	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	8
Crandle	17	7-11	6-9	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	20
Wilkins	17	1-3	1-1	2-2	10	1	4	1	0	5
Fleming	17	8-9	0-0	2-2	7	2	0	0	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Carbaugh	11	3-3	0-0	3-3	3	2	2	0	0	9
Dillard	11	4-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	8
Luz	11	4-6	2-4	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	10
Grady	11	4-5	0-0	2-3	3	0	0	0	0	10
Crawford	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	4	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		38-52	12-21	9-11	25	22	15	1	1	97

Tovarich: I can only laugh at that. That's wild. We played about as good as you can. They played about as badly as you can. It's rare for those two things to happen simultaneously, but it did. We even ran a little clock there to keep that from being worse.

Reporter: Are you excited about how good this team can be coach?

Tovarich: It's just one game AND it's just one game against Samford. Let's not get carried away yet. I'd rather have saved that for one our elite opponents like Connecticut or Oregon. They won't turn the ball over 15 times and be -10 in rebounds or shoot 31% though. A lot of things just came together today.

Reporter: How do you assess the freshman?

Tovarich: Let's hold judgement. It was a real anomaly of a game that we may never see again. I'll wait until someone punches us in the mouth and see how we respond.

[Tovarich]

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Sullivan Arena
Anchorage, AK

South Dakota State Jackrabbits at Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
Nov 2, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Dakota State (0-1)	29	28	57
Alaska-Anchorage (2-0)	41	52	93

South Dakota State Jackrabbits
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Atangana	21	4-10	2-5	4-4	3	4	0	0	0	14
Hess	21	5-9	0-3	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	10
Fields	21	2-9	0-4	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	4
Walton	19	2-3	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	0	1	5
Latovic	19	6-13	0-2	0-0	4	1	0	1	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mathis	11	2-6	1-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	1	5
Flores	9	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Long	7	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	3
Wilson	12	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	0
Atkinson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Roberts	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bradshaw	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-58	4-18	5-6	23	14	1	1	6	57
TEAM TOTALS		24-58	4-18	5-6	23	14	1	1	6	57

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hale	20	2-2	0-0	1-2	1	5	2	0	0	5
Farley	20	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	0
Crandle	20	2-5	2-5	1-2	0	4	1	0	0	7
Wilkins	20	12-15	0-0	6-6	5	1	1	0	0	30
Fleming	20	6-13	0-0	9-10	10	0	1	0	1	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Carbaugh	8	5-5	0-0	1-1	2	1	1	0	0	11
Dillard	8	1-2	1-2	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	3
Luz	8	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Grady	8	5-7	0-0	1-1	1	0	0	0	0	11
Crawford	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		35-52	4-9	19-22	26	18	6	0	1	93

Tovarich: Still trying not to get too excited. It wasn't one of our stronger opponents this season. We'll know more next game and the field coming for the Great Alaska Shootout looks strong. We'll also need to go play on the road some first. But things are looking hopeful.

Reporter: Is 10 rebounds by Fleming an indication that rebounding is going to improve?

Tovarich: Let's wait and see how he does against a bigger team. We outsized South Dakota State significantly. All the big guys did well. They'll get someone their own size soon. The ups and downs of the low team unity is going to rear its ugly head somewhere and rebounding is where it always pokes out first.

Reporter: The bench only has 19 minutes in 2 blowouts. Are you favoring the starters more?

Tovarich: Since we have a couple FR starting, I want them getting as many minutes as possible. When things are going badly, we'll rely a little more on the people we know more about. In the mean time, I need to know more about the FR as fast as I can. I sacrificed this season for Pippen so we'll have him when Farley graduates and he's our best 3-point shooter. We still have Luz on the bench who shoots 3's well. But the bench is going to be more about getting it down to the bigs. Dillard's not going to be much of a threat from out there.