University of Alaska-Anchorage Basketball (CH2K8)

[studbucket]

Wild how you basically have the same margin of victory in all 3 games so far, despite the difference in opponent quality. I love the Alaska-Anchorage vs New Hampshire Elite 8 matchup. What a world!

[Tovarich]

200px-Alaska_Anchorage_Seawolves_logo.svg.png vs. UNH.png

NCAA Tournament Elite 8
Staples Center
Los Angeles, CA

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at New Hampshire Wildcats
Mar 24, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#3 Alaska-Anchorage (33-2)	30	45	75
#4 New Hampshire (31-4)	33	48	81

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hale	24	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	4	2	0	0	1
Farley	24	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	3	2	0	0	2
Crandle	24	5-10	3-6	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	13
Wilkins	20	7-12	0-0	3-3	6	3	1	0	0	17
Fleming	20	9-15	0-0	8-8	8	0	1	0	0	26
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Carbaugh	8	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Dillard	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Luz	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	0
Grady	8	6-9	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	12
Crawford	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		30-56	3-11	12-13	20	15	11	0	2	75

New Hampshire Wildcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cummings	20	5-9	3-6	0-1	1	5	1	0	2	13
Leslie, Boomer	22	5-9	4-6	2-2	0	5	1	0	3	16
Lucas	20	6-7	4-5	0-0	3	8	0	0	2	16
Shields	16	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	2	6
Peterson	18	4-5	0-0	0-0	6	2	0	0	2	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bowden	8	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Leslie, Buddy	6	3-3	3-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Pritchar	8	3-6	3-6	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	9
Dunleavy	12	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Chatman	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	7	4	0	0	1	0
Morban	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Brickens	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-47	17-27	2-3	22	27	2	1	12	81

Tovarich: I guess all you can do is throw your arms up in the air at that kind of 3-point shooting. We tried doubling some of the more insanely hot 3-point shooters, but everyone guard and SF on the roster was on fire lol. Guarding them all straight up did nothing. That has to be one of the all-time great 3-point shooting percentages with a Final Four on the line.

Reporter: How much further do you think this team could have gone?

Tovarich: Duke or UNLV would have been a tall task, but we ran into a buzzsaw first.

Reporter: How were you feeling about the start?

Tovarich: It was slow for both teams, slower for them even than us. We were up 6-0 after about 3 1/2 minutes I think, but Fleming started 0-4. We missed too many chances. You knew it would come back to bite us. But they were either just waiting to get warmed up or were sandbagging and then they just turn it on and drain 3 after 3.

Reporter: What do you think you could have tried differently?

Tovarich: We doubled Lucas. I knew he wasn't going to miss, so I figure we may as well give someone else a try. We can't double them all. They were shooting contested 3's and making them all, so zone wasn't going to help. I don't know. We were even with 90 seconds to go before they hit a couple 3's and we missed every shot we took. They finished and we didn't.

Reporter: Does this diminish the overall season?

Tovarich: It was still a tremendous season. We'll try a harder schedule next year though. We're past beating up on too many of these small schools, but no matter what, it's rough to know you had a chance to get to a Final Four and all you had to do was beat New Hampshire to do it and they played out of their minds and ended your season. That's a chance you may never get again. It's hard to say what the ceiling for our program is so every chance like this is one you have to seize and we couldn't. New Hampshire may never do this again either.

[Tovarich]

NCAA Tournament Elite 8
#1 UNLV 83 #3 Duke 79

#3 New Hampshire 81 #4 Alaska-Anchorage 75

#3 Oregon 78 8 Binghamton 51

#1 Southern Cal 100 #2 Connecticut 78

NIT Semifinals
Stanford 85 Tennessee 76
Providence 62 Akron 56

Championship
Stanford 78 Providence 56

[Tovarich]

NCAA Tournament Final Four
#1 UNLV 92 #3 New Hampshire 81
#3 Oregon 100 #1 Southern Cal 63

Championship
#3 Oregon 97 #1 UNLV 76

[Tovarich]

NCAA Player of the Year-Patrick Colwell (Vanderbilt)
Mid-Major Player of the Year-Bernard Fischer (Troy)
Coach of the Year-Ernie Kent (Oregon)
Defensive Player of the Year-Patrick Colwell (Vanderbilt)
Big Man of the Year-Patrick Colwell (Vanderbilt)
FR of the Year-Gerald Fleming (Alaska-Anchorage)

1st Team All-America
PG-Abe Kelly (Southern Cal)
SG-Albert Watson (Memphis)
SF-Gabriel Clemmons (South Carolina)
PF-Patrick Colwell (Vanderbilt)
C-Bernard Fischer (Troy)

2nd Team All-America
PG-Cuthbert Grafs (Seton Hall)
SG-Kenney Lettenberger (Hawaii)
SF-Ernie Bone (Texas)
PF-Laurie Hendrix (Missouri)
C-Kent Dunleavy (Oklahoma State)

FR All-America
PG-Darrius Avery (La Salle)
SG-Michel Green (Oregon)
SF-Taylor Bolton (Ohio State)
PF-Rwehabura Wente (Cal)
C-Gerald Fleming (Alaska-Anchorage)

[studbucket]

Anchorage played really well. Rebounding was close. Shooting percentage was good. They just played better. Tough way to lose.

[Tovarich]

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Stats - 2011-12
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Fleming	35	693	22.5	7.4	1.1	1.7	0.5	0.7	1.2
Wilkins	35	689	16.1	5.7	1.7	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.8
Farley	35	742	9.9	1.1	1.6	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.5
Crandle	35	717	8.9	1.9	2.6	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.6
Grady	35	285	8.8	2.9	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.4
Carbaugh	35	294	8.7	2.7	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4
Hale	35	723	4.1	0.9	6.9	1.8	0.0	1.0	0.9
Luz	35	263	3.8	0.5	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4
Dillard	35	237	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3
Crawford	35	257	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3

Roster updates:
Wilkins, Luz and Farley graduated. Crawford transferred to Cal Northridge.

Signees-#11 Class
Todor Barber 4* #19 PG #56 OVR Farmington Hills, MI
Dusan Rogers 4* #16SG #39 OVR Brooklyn, NY
Jamal Freeman 4*#31 SG #93 OVR Oakland, CA
Linus Len Bullicer 4* #5 SF #32 OVR Los Angeles, CA
Nathaniel Myles 4* #4 C #73 OVR Arlington, TX

Cut Walkons Alex Bruce , Nate Mark and Torrin Minnifield

2012-2013 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
00	Aaron Grady	C	6'10"	254	SR	Tucson, AZ
3	Todor Barber	PG	6'3"	184	FR	Farmington Hills, MI
5	Vince Hale	PG	6'5"	192	SO	Oakland, CA
10	Albert Pippen	SG	6'4"	231	RS JR	Los Angeles, CA
11	Linus Len Bullicer	SF	6'7"	227	FR	Los Angeles, CA
20	Harold Dillard	SG	6'9"	227	SO	Los Angeles, CA
30	Dusan Rogers (RS)	SG	6'2"	176	FR	Brooklyn, NY
31	Dedrick Crandle	SF	6'5"	205	JR	Springfield, MA
33	Jamal Freeman	SG	6'2"	183	FR	Oakland, CA
44	Hubert Carbaugh	PF	6'10"	229	SR	Billings, MT
51	Gerald Fleming	C	7'0"	242	SO	Arlington, TX
53	Chauncey Riley	PF	6'11"	264	RS SO	Albuquerque, NM
55	Nathaniel Myles (RS)	C	6'10"	212	FR	Arlington, TX

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Depth Chart - 2012-13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Barber (78)	Hale (78)
SG	Pippen (74)	Freeman (74)	Dillard (76)	Rogers (RS) (77)
SF	Crandle (80)	Len Bullicer (79)
PF	Riley (80)	Carbaugh (80)
C	Fleming (82)	Grady (73)	Myles (RS) (76)

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves 2012-13 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 1	vs Hawaii
Nov 5	vs San Diego
Nov 9	vs Fresno State
Nov 12	at Louisville
Nov 16	at Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Nov 20	at Georgia Southern
Nov 23	at Las Vegas Invitational
Nov 28	at Pepperdine
Dec 3	vs San Diego State
Dec 6	vs Cal Santa Barbara
Dec 11	at UNLV
Dec 13	at Fresno State
Dec 17	at Florida State
Dec 19	at Duke
Dec 27	vs Vermont
Dec 31	vs Pepperdine
Jan 5	vs Georgia Southern
Jan 10	at New Hampshire
Jan 12	at Monmouth
Jan 16	at Michigan
Jan 19	at Utah Valley State
Jan 25	vs Gonzaga
Feb 2	vs Southeast Missouri
Feb 6	at Southern Mississippi
Feb 8	at Louisiana State
Feb 16	vs Chicago State
Feb 23	at Southeast Missouri
Mar 2	vs Utah Valley State

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 31, 2012
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Connecticut
2	Louisville
3	Michigan State
4	Duke
5	Notre Dame
6	Illinois
7	George Washington
8	UCLA
9	Louisiana State
10	UNLV
11	Gonzaga
12	Florida State
13	Kansas
14	Tennessee
15	Indiana
16	Wake Forest
17	Southern California
18	North Carolina State
19	Michigan
20	Clemson
21	Villanova
22	Arizona
23	North Carolina
24	Washington
25	Mississippi State

Independent Ratings
Alaska-Anchorage 87
Utah Valley State 71
Southern Utah 68
Monmouth 67
SE Missouri, Chicago State 66
FDU 64

[studbucket]

Can Crandle shoot? Could Bullicer start at SG? Barber-Fleming pick-and-roll work well?

With Fleming scoring 22 ppg last year, I wonder if he can hit 30+ by the end of his career.

[Tovarich]

I'm not 100% on the decisions yet. I may stick with Hale as the PG so he doesn't leave after this season. Barber shoots 3's better, but I want Pippen taking as many as he can, so he might be more useful on the bench. Crandle shot 36.8% on 3's last year.

3-point ratings are as follows
Pippen 87
Len Bullicer 83
Barber 82
Hale 78
Freeman 77
Crandle 75

All this 3 point shooting ability may be what prevents Fleming from getting up to 30ppg

[Tovarich]

Coaching changes were largely consistent with previous seasons. All assistants were retained by head coaches who were retained. All directly promoted coaches brought their assistants with them. Fired assistants who were hired elsewhere do not bring their assistants with them.

K retired from Duke, replaced by Keith Dambrot (Akron)
Calhoun retired from UConn, replaced by Gregg Marshall (Wichita State). Gregg Marshall was replaced with Fran McCaffery from Siena
Tom Penders retired from Houston, replaced by Bob Marlin (original Sam Houston coach, was head coach of American-I think the first to be HC of 3 schools via 2 promotions-(Eustachy was coach of USM, S Car, then fired and landed at Grand Canyon)
Bill Carmody was fired by Northwestern (replaced by Jim Wooldridge of Cal Riverside) and landed at Prairie View
SMU fired Matt Doherty, replaced by Perry Clark (TXAM-CC)
Duquesne fired Matt Everhart, replaced by Avhenniemi (original Bowling Green Assistant, was just head coach of Green Bay). Everhart landed at TXAM-CC

For the first time, Coach Tovarich was able to hire C+ assistants instead of C assistants only. Also for the first time, assistants passed up by Coach Tovarich were hired at other small schools such as Eastern Washington, High Point, Siena, etc.

Delaware hired the fired coach of IPFW, an indirect promotion but did not retain his assistants because of that.

Some fired head coaches who landed other jobs:
Western Carolina coach (assistant at George Washington)
Northeastern coach (assistant at Georgia Tech)
Original North Texas coach (assistant at Duke when K retired) now an assistant for Long Beach State
NJIT coach after sitting out a season is now an assistant for Canisius
Loyola Marymount coach (assistant at Stephen F Austin)
Jacksonville State coach (sat out 2 seasons, now is an assistant for St. Mary's)
Abbott (original Arizona assistant) fired by IPFW, now HC of Delaware
Idaho State coach landed at Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Other various oddities
An assistant for Eastern Washington was an original assistant for UT-Martin lost his job when UTM coach was fired after season 1 and sat out the last FOUR seasons before returning now
An assistant for Idaho State also was an original assistant for WF and lost his job after season 1 and disappeared for four seasons before resurfacing
South Carolina Upstate remains the only staff with 3 original head coaches (Loyola Chicago, assisted by SC Upstate coach and Wake Forest coach)
Original American coach, then fired and an assistant at Boston U is now back as a head coach at Cal State Bakersfield (I think the first original HC to be fired, be an assistant and go back to being HC)
Alaska-Anchorage leads with 9 different assistants under one head coach
Both Miami Ohio assistants were hired as HC's, and both were replaced by freshly fired assistants from Eastern Washington and Loyola Marymount
Cotton (original USM assistant, then S Car assistant) sat out a year after being fired and was hired as HC of McNeese State (first known occurence)