Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

[Tovarich]

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Comcast Center
College Park, MD

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks at Maryland Terrapins
Nov 14, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Maryland-Eastern Shore (1-2)	23	27	50
#25 Maryland (1-2)	38	32	70

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Davis	24	1-4	0-1	2-2	2	6	0	0	1	4
Krleski	23	3-7	2-6	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	8
Tyson	23	9-18	3-12	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	21
Popovic	18	2-6	0-1	1-2	4	1	0	1	0	5
McFadden	22	1-4	0-0	0-0	4	3	1	0	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bright	14	1-7	0-4	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	2
Nimocks	15	4-7	0-0	0-2	1	4	0	0	0	8
Mirjacic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Moore	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-53	5-24	3-6	18	18	3	1	1	50

Maryland Terrapins
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Vasquez	19	2-6	0-1	0-0	0	7	0	0	1	4
Hayes	25	6-9	4-4	0-0	1	5	0	0	0	16
Tucker	24	3-8	1-4	0-0	2	0	1	1	1	7
Gist	22	6-9	0-0	1-2	10	3	0	3	2	13
Dupree	20	6-9	0-0	0-1	11	2	0	1	0	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Osby	8	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	4
Bowie	7	2-4	2-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Gregory	12	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	4
Walker	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Milbourne	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Neal	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Burney	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-54	7-13	1-3	32	22	1	6	4	70

Tovarich: I suppose that could have gone worse. Obviously their size is not something we have any chance against. They could have just tossed it down low and I think they'd have scored on every possession because they'd likely have gotten every rebound.

Reporter: Do you regret scheduling this game?

Tovarich: No. It's a chance for our players to play in a big time arena and atmosphere against a top-25 team. Hopefully that's something they'll remember fondly, regardless of the outcome.

Reporter: Are there any positives to take away?

Tovarich: Of course there are. We only turned the ball over once. That's obviously the first step to avoiding getting totally dominated. We didn't shoot well, but we got ourselves open here and there.

Reporter: Usually you take too many 3's, but this time it seemed like you tried to go down low too many times and many shots got blocked or were highly contested and were missed.

Tovarich: Well, when you're barely shooting 20% from 3, you may as well try something different. Maybe you get some fouls and go deeper in their bench? Gotta try something. We have severe limitations on what we can do, but you may as well try everything you can think of.

Reporter: Is Longwood a must-win?

Tovarich: Nothing's a must-win until the conference tournament, assuming we all get in. I'll have to look into that. It's a possible win, so you'd hope we can because I don't know how often we'll be able to say that.

[Tovarich]

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Lytche Athletic Center
Princess Anne, MD

Longwood Lancers at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
Nov 17, 2007	1ST	2ND	OT	SCORE
Longwood (4-1)	26	37	8	71
Maryland-Eastern Shore (1-3)	32	31	3	66

Longwood Lancers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Davis	26	2-8	0-4	2-2	2	4	3	0	0	6
Krleski	28	6-14	4-9	1-2	0	2	2	0	0	17
Tyson	29	10-20	6-14	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	26
Popovic	26	2-3	0-0	2-3	6	2	1	0	1	6
McFadden	28	2-6	0-0	0-0	9	1	2	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bright	16	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	5	0	0	0	5
Nimocks	11	0-3	0-1	2-2	2	2	1	0	0	2
Mirjacic	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moore	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-59	11-31	7-9	21	16	11	0	1	71

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Giles	29	4-8	1-3	2-2	1	7	1	0	5	11
Rogan	28	3-9	3-6	0-0	1	4	0	0	0	9
Williams	27	9-12	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	1	1	18
Smith	23	4-8	1-2	5-6	8	0	0	0	4	8
Wilson	26	4-7	0-0	0-0	12	3	0	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Barrett	6	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Neil	8	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Evans	15	3-3	0-0	0-2	7	3	0	1	0	6
Jaekel	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Robinson Jr.	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Dawson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-51	6-13	7-10	37	18	1	2	11	66

Tovarich: Tough one to take. Had plenty of good chances in OT and the 3 rimmed out, or we gota layup blocked by the rim somehow. We even somehow stumbled our way into a couple offensive rebounds in OT there. Tough to keep the energy up in OT. That's not something we can make a regular thing with this lack of depth. Our margin for error is pretty slim so al the close shots had to go.

Reporter: Can this loss end up beating you twice?

Tovarich: We're not good enough to sit around and sulk all week until the next game. We're going to lose a lot. If we get beat twice, it's because we're not good enough to win twice.

Reporter: You shoot more 3's than 2's. Is that a sustainable plan for success?

Tovarich: I don't think we have a plan for success. We don't shoot down low well, so there's only so much of that I can watch. We can't get into track meets where we score in transition, so we're going to slow it down and work the ball around and if the 3's are what are open, that's what we'll do, but we are almost sort of competent from out there. Our big guys tend to be so out-matched that it's hard to feel confident in it too often.

Reporter: Your job security already seems to be slipping. Do you think you'll be one and done here?

Tovarich: I think we can do better than the 4-27 the last coach did, but I wouldn't be much surprised if I get axed before I can turn this around.

[Tovarich]

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Hytche Athletic Center
Princess Anne, MD

Binghamton Bearcats at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
Nov 23, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Binghamton (2-3)	37	26	63
Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-3)	40	27	67

Binghamton Bearcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gordon	23	3-9	1-4	0-0	0	6	0	0	2	7
Forbes	26	5-10	2-5	2-3	1	4	1	0	3	14
Klimovic	23	6-10	2-5	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	14
Fuller	24	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	5	0	0	0	6
Trifunovic	23	5-6	0-0	1-2	12	3	0	0	1	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Lukusa	9	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jackson	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Kovacevic	7	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	0	0	4
Olomo	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Camara	-- DID NOT PLAY --
McBride	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Herbert	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-46	6-16	3-5	28	20	2	0	6	63
TEAM TOTALS		27-46	6-16	3-5	28	20	2	0	6	63

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Davis	20	0-3	0-2	1-2	1	8	0	0	0	1
Krleski	23	10-18	9-14	2-3	1	0	1	0	0	31
Tyson	26	7-12	5-9	0-0	1	0	2	0	1	19
Popovic	19	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4
McFadden	23	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bright	15	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	6	2	0	0	0
Nimocks	14	3-4	0-0	4-4	3	2	0	0	1	10
Mirjacic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Moore	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-43	14-26	7-9	14	18	6	0	2	67

Tovarich: I feel for Binghamton coach, whoever he is. I'd never expect to shoot 14/26 on 3's again as long as I coach, and it took every one of them to eek it out there at the end. They shot incredibly too to stay in it. We're probably very fortunate to have won that.

Reporter: Have you changed anything to attempt to be better at rebounding?

Tovarich: We're gonna tell them to crash the boards a little more and definitely not focus on anything resembling a fast break. So maybe tweaking those instructions a little and really dwelling hard on the rebounding part. Physically, we are limited, so instruction and effort and emphasis is about all I can do.

Reporter: You've been virtually 100% man to man defense. Any thoughts to switching that up?

Tovarich: Given how everyone shoots from the outside, that wouldn't seem wise right now. Maybe next time we see a big team who are good down low and we can't do anything else to stop it, maybe we'll try some zone to clog the passing lane down low.

Reporter: Do you consider UMBC a rivalry even though they're in a different conference?

Tovarich: I haven't been here long enough to know who we're really into. When you're 4-27, worrying about who you call your rival doesn't seem so important. I guess it's an in-state game, but there are like 10 schools in Maryland? So it's hard to say they're all rivalries just based on whoever decided on the shape of the state 200+ years ago.

[Tovarich]

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RAC Arena
Baltimore, MD

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks at UMBC Retrievers
Nov 27, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-4)	25	33	58
UMBC (3-3)	39	36	75

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Davis	21	3-7	2-5	0-0	2	4	3	0	0	8
Krleski	22	4-12	1-6	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	9
Tyson	21	7-21	2-11	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	16
Popovic	20	3-8	0-0	2-2	4	3	1	0	0	8
McFadden	21	4-7	0-0	1-2	3	4	1	1	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bright	17	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Nimocks	15	3-3	0-0	2-3	4	3	4	0	0	8
Mirjacic	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moore	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-62	5-23	5-7	19	19	12	1	0	58

UMBC Retrievers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Greene	21	6-8	3-4	0-0	15	0	8	0	2	15
Barbosa	23	7-16	2-8	0-0	5	0	0	1	1	16
Hodges	21	8-12	3-5	0-0	5	4	0	0	1	19
Proctor	21	4-4	0-0	0-0	8	2	0	0	0	8
Johnson	21	3-4	0-0	4-5	12	3	0	1	3	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McKnight	13	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	3	2
Fry	9	2-3	0-0	1-1	4	0	0	0	1	5
Tamares	5	0-0	0-0	0-2	1	1	0	0	1	0
Spadafora	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eshietodoho	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Massey	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		31-52	8-20	5-8	39	20	0	2	13	75

Tovarich: Hopefully they were just superhuman tonight. That's how it felt. Seemed like they couldn't miss. We couldn't make much. Big guys did a decent enough job accumulating some points. I lost count of the point-blank misses though. Must be their amazing defense.

Reporter: They were hitting most shots from the outside, but then you switched from man to zone anyway?

Tovarich: Yeah, so?

Reporter: That just leaves them wide open even more.

Tovarich: You know the definition of insanity...

Reporter: Are there any positives?

Tovarich: Yes. We're one game closer to this season being over.

Reporter: You have a conference game coming up. Can you turn it around before then?

Tovarich: Turn it around sounds simple huh? We just magically get better? We're not good. I got no one on my staff who can make these guys better. I am 100% focusing all my skills on recruiting because that's the most pressing need this program has. I don't know why there's a random conference game in December, but it was kind of annoying putting the schedule together with the rules. At least we're at home I guess. Maybe we'll just play bettter. Can't be much worse than tonight.

[studbucket]

What kind of zone did you try? Just a 2-3?

[Tovarich]

Quote: Originally Posted by studbucket

What kind of zone did you try? Just a 2-3?

A little bit at the end. Tried some 1-3-1 first. That was a disaster. By the time the players even got into position, it seems like they were firing off shots and they were mostly going in. Even in man with a hand right in their face though, they didn't miss much. This bump up in difficulty is quite noticeable, but the results are more what they should be.

[studbucket]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tovarich

A little bit at the end. Tried some 1-3-1 first. That was a disaster. By the time the players even got into position, it seems like they were firing off shots and they were mostly going in. Even in man with a hand right in their face though, they didn't miss much. This bump up in difficulty is quite noticeable, but the results are more what they should be.

Yeah, that's tough. I haven't done a zone much in this game, but maybe a 3-2 or 1-2-2 would be OK?

[Tovarich]

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Lytche Athletic Center
Princess Anne, MD

Delaware State Hornets at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
Nov 30, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Delaware State (2-6)	25	21	46
Maryland-Eastern Shore (3-4)	37	36	73

Delaware State Hornets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Johnson	24	2-7	1-3	0-0	0	2	1	0	1	5
Douse	23	2-8	0-4	1-2	2	1	0	0	2	5
Bright	23	9-17	4-10	4-4	2	1	1	0	1	26
Sandidge	21	1-4	0-0	1-1	9	0	0	0	1	3
Washington	21	0-1	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	1
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D'Agostino	11	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	0
Mosley	16	2-2	0-0	2-2	1	2	1	0	2	6
Topic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Parkes	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Neal	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		16-40	5-18	9-11	18	7	3	0	9	46
TEAM TOTALS		16-40	5-18	9-11	18	7	3	0	9	46

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Davis	21	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	5	3	0	0	2
Krleski	21	3-7	2-6	0-0	0	2	1	1	0	8
Tyson	25	8-11	5-8	1-3	4	0	0	0	1	22
Popovic	20	2-5	0-0	2-2	4	2	1	0	1	6
McFadden	20	8-10	0-0	1-2	7	1	1	0	1	17
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bright	14	4-5	1-1	1-1	2	4	0	0	1	10
Nimocks	14	3-4	0-0	0-0	5	3	1	0	0	6
Mirjacic	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Moore	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		30-44	8-15	5-8	23	19	8	1	4	73

Tovarich: It's encouraging to see there are other teams in the country who are as bad as we are. We couldn't do much wrong tonight. They couldn't do much right. I know the feeling.

Reporter: Doesn't this prove you can use your big guys and stop taking so many 3's?

Tovarich: No. It proves their big guys are as bad as ours, so we weren't at such a disadvantage. They have all the same problems we do.

Reporter: You really locked down on Bright in the 2nd half.

Tovarich: Yeah, when he has 19 at halftime, you may as well try to do something, so we played tighter on him. He snuck away a couple times, but it was kind of obvious they're a one-man team and no one else had it going tonight. That's us sometimes when Tyson's nailing all the 3's and we can't make a layup.

Reporter: You're 1-0 in conference, is that encouraging?

Tovarich: Well, we just have to not finish last to make the conference tournament, so maybe 2-3 more and we clinch a spot? Haha, I know our conference is pretty lean, so we'll play some bad teams, but we're an alright home team so far and we're pretty miserable on the road. We're a somewhat young team, so that's to be expected and I hope to get even younger next year and have that problem all over again.