Tovarich: Welcome to once again, the only pre-season press conference. Yes, I fired whoever the old assistants were and yes, I hired some new ones. I don't know the old one's names and I don't know the new one's names, just in case anyone thought that was ever going to change.
I have released Tron Walter, he was a SG recruit and redshirted last year. He'll never see the court here.
| 2012-2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| # | NAME | POS | HT | WT | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| 1 | Keon Camper | SG | 6'3" | 195 | FR | Louisville, KY |
| 2 | Marion Lewis | SG | 6'5" | 21 | SO | Cupertino, CA |
| 11 | Gerry Riley | PF | 6'7" | 247 | SR | Nashville, TN |
| 12 | Marlon Capel | PG | 6'0" | 184 | RS SO | Tucson, AZ |
| 22 | Dennard Galbreath | PG | 6'1" | 187 | SO | San Bernadino, CA |
| 24 | Najeeb Blankenship (W) | SF | 6'8" | 251 | RS SO | Cincinnati, OH |
| 25 | Stevie Tamayo | SF | 6'7" | 216 | SR | Nashville, TN |
| 33 | Andrew Stivers | PG | 6'0" | 181 | SR | Florissant, MO |
| 34 | Leroy Li | SF | 6'5" | 237 | SO | Modesto, CA |
| 41 | B.B. Shehan | C | 7'2" | 254 | JR | New York, NY |
| 43 | Jarrid Jack | PF | 6'7" | 212 | RS FR | San Diego, CA |
| 51 | Darrall Pawlak | PF | 6'8" | 222 | FR | San Diego, CA |
| 52 | Corbin Suotamo | C | 6'9" | 252 | FR | Aurora, IL |
| 54 | Kudus Petrauskas (W) | C | 6'7" | 279 | SR | El Paso, TX |
| 55 | Donatas Zoellner (W) | C | 7'0" | 256 | RS SO | Germany |
The depth chart:
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart - 2012-13 |
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH |
| PG | Stivers | Galbreath | Capel | |
| SG | Lewis | Camper (RS) | | |
| SF | Tamayo | Blankenship (W) | Li | |
| PF | Riley | Pawlak | Jack | |
| C | Suotamo | Shehan (RS) | Petrauskas (W) | Zoellner (W) |
Reporter: You said you planned on RS'ing your C recruit?
Tovarich: Turns out Suotamo is our best C. I had planned on RS'ing him and continuing with Shehan to start and Petrauskas on the B team. So now Suotamo will start. Shehan will RS, which I know will require some pep talks. Petrauskas is a SR so he'll still be the B team C. Shehan will be the B team C his final 2 seasons most likely.
Reporter: So what about the guards?
Tovarich: I think we'll start Galbreath at PG and move Stivers to SG and see if we can open him up more for some scoring. The PG doesn't get a lot of shots in our offense, so he might be better used elsewhere although his shooting was not as good last season as it was when he was a FR. If that experiment doesn't end up working, we'll move Stivers back to PG and Galbreath/Capel will both play on the B team.
Reporter: What is the focus in recruiting?
Tovarich: 3 scholarships, it'll be heavy on guards and a SF. Unless there's a great PF out there or an elite C we can somehow get, we'll stick to that.
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 2009-10 Schedule |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT |
| Nov 1 | at Eastern Kentucky | |
| Nov 7 | vs Louisiana State | |
| Nov 13 | vs CBE Classic | |
| Nov 19 | vs Maui Invitational | |
| Nov 28 | vs Oklahoma | |
| Dec 3 | at Iowa | |
| Dec 10 | at Indiana | |
| Dec 16 | at Maryland-Eastern Shore | |
| Dec 20 | vs Arkansas-Little Rock | |
| Dec 22 | at Middle Tennessee | |
| Dec 28 | vs Kansas State | |
| Jan 3 | at Florida Atlantic | |
| Jan 5 | vs Florida International | |
| Jan 10 | vs North Texas | |
| Jan 12 | at Louisiana Monroe | |
| Jan 17 | at New Orleans | |
| Jan 19 | vs South Alabama | |
| Jan 24 | vs Louisiana Lafayette | |
| Jan 26 | at Denver | |
| Jan 30 | vs Purdue | |
| Feb 4 | vs Arkansas State | |
| Feb 7 | at Troy | |
| Feb 9 | at Arkansas-Little Rock | |
| Feb 14 | vs Middle Tennessee | |
| Feb 16 | vs Florida Atlantic | |
| Feb 21 | at Florida International | |
| Feb 23 | at North Texas | |
| Feb 28 | vs Louisiana Monroe | |
Reporter: Coach, is it true to turned down power jobs again?
Tovarich: Yes, I turned down Texas Tech and Connecticut. I thought long and hard about Connecticut, but decided to wait for a different opportunity in the future.