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right now we are on the campus of vcu where james madison is leading the rams despite dawn spenting a large part out. the athletic association celebrating 25th anniversary is recognizing a few athletes for the leadership award. that's given in recognition for the james madison university athletic director. recognizes women's basketball student athlete who is embody high standards, integrity, sportsmanship and academic accomplishments. another senior sarah williams,

she's a finance major from delaware. visiting break. i'm matt winn. you have john and crist we1st half highlights. stay tuned through the break with comcast sportsnet.

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end. impressive considering the fact dawn evans played about 5 or 6 minutes and went down with the injury to the ankle. >> christy: but it's a team. she's fantastic but that team has to play. they are doing a great job. changed the defensive schemes. >> john: jmu was able to weather an early storm. a couple jumpers to put vcu on top. >> christy: evans behind the back with the three. >> john: evans actually got in lane cored it the foot of jennifer lane. >> christy: painful to watch. if you ever turned your ankle, that's really painful. >> john: to dukes' credit they

kept right on trucking. >> christy: hislop, the freshman takes it right to the hole. even though she didn't score she created offense and francisco with the finish. >> john: look at the team stats. look at the job the dukes bench done, 15-0. >> christy: that's what they will have to do if evans doesn't return. >> john: look at the rebounding numbers. >> christy: rebounds a discrepancy there. but the turnovers, james 12 turnovers. vcu has scored points those tunch are turnovers. >> john: weem take one more time-out of the half. james madison leads vcu by 8.

>> john: beth cunningham joining us now. your 1st half numbers you were outrebounded by double digits. what can dow to toturn those around. >> john: rebounding was a big concern and it seems to be coming into the 2nd half. we have to do a better job on the board. that's going to a critical piece and i think we go d a

good job the first 10 minutes of the half. when we execute the offense we shoot a good percentage. we got away from that. >> john: good luck in the 2nd half. >> thank you. >> john: i'm sure that locker room was interesting to say the least. >> christy: absolutely. she had that tone. if you hear her speak, you know she must have known that went into that zone. it can't take you as. and moss got it going early. got to do a better job inside

because courtney hurt was one- 11 from the field goal. >> christy: she wants to take control offensively. she knows when to do that. hislop, tremendous play. >> john: williams pulls up. >> christy: the only senior for james madison on the bucket. >> john: the first field goal tonight as well. >> christy: great start for james madison offensively. >> john: that is a factor. she's the only senior on their roster. >> christy: just because james madison is signature in the zone doesn't mean you can't score inside. >> john: that's going to be

moss. her second. >> christy: moss has to do a better job of getting to where the offensive players want to attack the rim. the player to the spot. >> john: hislop 66% from the free-throw line. >> christy: she does have really long wingspan for a player that size. her step is lengthy. >> john: one more. 3-4 from the line. she has 10 points. >> christy: james madison aggressive defensively on the ball and off the ball. communicating on the screen.

>> john: and hurt and they fet the offensive rebound. nice play by williams to retrieve it for james madison. >> christy: lane was trying to attack it. i don't think she had a purpose in mind westbound when she put the ball on the ground. you have to have a purpose in mind. >> john: she was trying to get francisco in the corner. >> christy: that pass you have to send it directly to the receiver's hand. you can't lead them to the sidelines. she only had an inch to maneuver and it went out of bounds. good ball movement by vcu. right down inside. >> john: francisco hustling for the rebound. >> christy: i'd like to see moss tap it in. she needs make james madison work defensively. >> john: moss with the defensive play. a couple of quick turnovers in

the 2nd half for jmu. >> christy: i think she could have turned a corner there. >> john: williams the runner wouldn't go. out of bounds for vcu. >> christy: communication issue there. that could have been james madison's ball. two vcu players going after it. looking for offensive. james madison did go back to that man-to-man now. >> john: wallace a three. rebounds for nikki newman. looking over to jmu bench, dawn evans nowhere to be found. >> christy: i'm sure she's getting treatment right away

for that ankle. >> john: rebound to wallace for the rams. moss, again, she pulls up. short, rebound foul. >> christy: if i came down and missed three in a row, the next opportunity i had to score, i'm taking you to the basket. you have to get to the rim. you are at least creating defensive possibility. you have to be aggressive on the attack. >> john: that was on courtney hurt. francisco got it in. she's got 10. the lead is 12 for madison. the biggest of the game. >> christy: dawn evans and the lineup, francisco getting 10

points. that's fantastic. >> john: williams three- pointer. newman had the rebound. jimenez can't control it. francisco runs it down. now hislop nails the jumper. >> christy: jimenez looked like she was about to the worm. you know about that. >> john: time-out on the floor. 32nd30 second time-out. beth cunningham can't be happy as the lead is out to 14 points.

>> john: back on the vcu campus. jammed enjoying a 14 point advantage. john with christy winter-scott. look at that. that's impressive. >> christy: that's impressive, john. james madison outscored 19-11 since evalleft the game. if you're a competitor you can do regardless of the situation and battle with your teammates and get done together. >> john: dawn evans averaging

25.7 a game. she had 5 points and sprained her ankle. the shot off the mark by d'andra moss. it doesn't look like dawn evans will be back. it would be wise to be finished for today. >> john: sarah williams knocked down the three. the lead up to 17 for jmu. >> christy: vcu needs to do a better job of getting to the basket. knocked down a three. >> john: a three-pointer for the jennifer lane. a 14 upon point advantage for jmu.

>> john: pretty play. >> christy: that's how you use the backboard, taylor. nice entry pass from the high post. >> john: moss tried to attack. good defense play by nikki newman. >> christy: moss from the wing area. >> john: hislop again. they are going to call traveling. >> john: madi cha 16.

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cancer and treat make sure check out the offensive job there. >> christy: delaware valentine's day on sunday. drexel on the 18. florida state will finalize the pink zone day. james madison on the 18th. >> john: that towson game has been moved to monday instead of sunday because of the impending weather. waller tough shot. not even close. good hustle to save it. shot clock did not reset. lane looking inside. terry. >> christy: perry is the niece of the refrigerator perry who played in the nfl. >> john: jumper off the mark for jessica taylor. out of bounds. it's going to stay with vcu.

>> christy: if you can get 6-8 points inbounds you'll be in great shape. right outout of bounds. off james madison. >> john: waller drew the conjecture i think it's francisco who's going to be charged with the personal foul. >> christy: that's what coach beth cunningham was talking it bn. first 10 minutes in the 1st half they were attacking the rim. whatever defense james madison were if in. and a little bit of 2nd half. the lead is load for james madison. they need to get back to what has been a little bit of a lead in the 1st half which is attacking the rim. regardless of finishing at least now you're getting points from the line. >> john: waller is damage better in the 2nd half. >> christy: it's all about confidence. you step up there and take probably a million free throws.

it's muscle memory and confidence when it comes to free throws. >> john: vcu expands the defense. force a turnover. moss had it blocked nicely. great play by nume. >> christy: she attacked the rim but didn't get all the way to the cup. >> john: hamner's jumper got it, three points for courtney hamner. >> christy: knocked it down. got to get out and know the seasoned shooter. 23% on the season. >> john: 5 points tonight. three three-pointers in the ball game for james madison and

francisco, possession will stay with vcu. >> christy: looks like they need more offensive movement, vcu. they are taking shots with more than 15 seconds on the shot clock. they need work the defense down a little bit. james madison 2-8 from three and vcu 1-9. >> john: jimenez with the good defense and it will be madison basketball. >> christy: with this tremendous defensive stop. see if james madison can turn that into offense. >> john: waller, personal

foul. 14 fouls against vcu in the 2nd half with 12 time 41 to go. newman left alone. francisco cuts. on the glass. so obvious. continuing in the 2nd half. >> christy: you can create more opportunities for yourself by rebounding the ball on the offensive side. you got

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w hom. >> christy: welcome back to richmond, virginia. james madison up 50-31 with 11:55 seconds remaining in the 2nd half. you have to take a look at how james madison has been getting it done. williams the three. same spot, different player, hamner the three as well. james madison doing it without dawn evans who was injured early on in the 1st half after scoring just 5 points.

the junior averaging 27.5 points. the team has stepped up. >> john: you don't have to hit a lot of threes. but they hit three tonight. it keeps you honest. >> christy: it does keep you honest. when you have the shooter spot it up you have to contest those shooters or they will knock them down. vcu a 3-2 zone. carrying there and battling offensively. >> john: the attack pulls up. rebound from moss for the rams. patterson. threw it away. fortunately moss was there. and moss will shoot, too. >> christy: vcu even on the break they look disjointed offensively. they can't find themselves at

good angles with passes. moss as a senior we have seen her do it before. >> john: that's a moss' first point of the 2nd half. >> christy: spacing is not good offensively and the ball just happens to land in moss' hands. it wasn't because it was a good pass. moss from the floor. with the two free throws she's the first player with 10 points for vcu. maybe vcu can do it on the defensive end and get back in. >> christy: the full-court press. a bad pass by james madison. hislop, oh, give me that ball back. too late. it's one of those yo-yo. it doesn't always come back. >> john: three team fouls

against duke. over 8 minutes in the 2nd half. >> christy: there's still a lot of time left for vcu. the way they played defense thus far in the season, there's always a chance. >> john: patterson is going to be looking for the foul. >> christy: that contact, you can't say that was malicious. but a foul nonetheless. >> john: six team fouls against vcu and james madison, williams takes a time-out. she was in a bad spot. she had the midcourt line as well as the sideline defending her basically. >> christy: that's what you call dead man's land in basketball world. you have that raextra couple defenders locking up the offense forcing the time-out. >> john: we have 11 time 14 to

go. it's not unsurmountable. the way they played defense so much of the year they can get back. but they have already given up 50 points. they really need to tighten it up. >> christy: like you said, it is doable and they are changing things up and forcing time-outs and turnovers on the last two defensive positions. it's doable if the energy is turned up. >> john: vcu 11% from three. that's the answer. >> christy: you have to go with where you can be productive and that's in the lane. >> john: kita waller field like she was blocked. they are going to call a foul. >> christy: i think it was a foul

it on jimenez. her third. moss for two. >> christy: it's on the post there. you hate that call because you teach your players to have their hand straight upon. the only thing you can do is get their feet in better position. >> john: the steal by wallace. she miss today and now a foul against vcu. patterson for the foul and that's going to be number four on patterson. >> christy: that's tough for

patterson. looking incredulous. >> john: they are on the 1-1. they go on the other end and hislop will shoot a free throw. >> christy: that's tough for patterson but they need everyone to be focused. she can't change that call. she has to continue to play. >> john: hislop 13 points. moss has 12 to lead the rams. on the baseline. got to give it back to james madison. >> christy: not what beth cunningham wants to see right now at this point in the game.

perry. >> christy: get a little more height on the ball. >> john: moss, still can't get it to go. out of bounds to the dukes. >> christy: they didn't really get good ball movement at all offensively. one pass and a shot. you have to work that defense down. >> john: francisco ahead. jimenez, got it. >> christy: that's how you make the pass. layup. if that ball is below you, you have to sprint. >> john: the lead back to 18 for james madison. they are playing without the second leading scorer in the nation, dawn evans who went out with a sprained ankle midway the 1st half. >> christy: they are playing

good collectively. >> john: she's to the got 9. >> christy: they need more. >> john: williams pull up. francisco got it back. and now moss up ahead to waller. hislop. a little frantic out here. >> christy: waller knows the team is down. still have to take a shot with poise. and not try to get the foul. james madison is outscoring vcu 22-0 from the bench. >> john: waller, the air ball. to jimenez. these girls are tied. the gas tank is on empty. it's been fast and furious.

jimenez with the left hand. francisco, foul. it's going against her. that will be her fourth. >> christy: that's always going to be a foul. >> john: ve aout. a guy named his own price, wants a room tonight for 65 dollars. we don't go lower than 130. big deal, persuade him.

is it wise to allow a perishable item to spoil? he asked, why leave a room empty? the additional revenue easily covers operating costs. 65 dollars is better than no dollars. okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. >> christy: we're back at the

siegel center where james madison is doing a great job. dawn evans scored 5 points in the phil 1st half. a sprained ankle. she spent the rest of the 1st half on the bench and 2nd half she has that right ankle wrapped in ice. a couple moments ago she took that ice off and put her sneaker back on. she's sitting on the bench now. back to you. >> john: matt, thanks very much. madison in charge. i would imagine that they're just going to enjoy things. obviously plenty time for vcu to come back but

madison takes a time-out. kenny brooks probably just wants to talk about a few

things. let's look at last year's championship game between drexel and james madison in harrison burg. >> christy: it was an exciting game. there you see dawn evans slashing down a jumper. >> john: drexel scores. what an outstanding player. >> christy: she's just and to watch. it's a fantastic experience for those young ladies. holding up number one finger. that's why

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buckets and she did that early in the gim but then a dry spell. >> john: then it looked like trouble for gentleman. even though they lead they lost dawn evans to a sprained ankle. certainly a lot of reason for concern your james madison. give them a ton of credit because everyone on the ball club stepped up and more than made up for the loss of dawn evans tonight. >> christy: that's what a team does. if someone goes town everyone else rises

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variables in every sporting equation. can the x factors change a game's degree of difficulty? >> get this stuff off. >> time to getamped. this is "sport science with one purpose -- to analyze the best athletes in the world. the cutting edge of science. the limits of human performance. the science at work in the games we play. this is where sports and science collide. this is "sport science."

caption funding provided by fox our examination of things athletescannot control begins in the bleachers. fans will do anything to get under a player's skin. for basketball fans, it's all about distracting the shooter visually and verbally. studies have proven humans react 15% faster to sound than vision. so we want to know if sounds are more distracting than sight. when fans are trying to get

under. >> player's skin and into his head, which causes more distraction? do the ears or through the eyes? to find out, we deviced a diabolical experiment we call distraction. our guinea pig is brandon hughes. an elite college guard who plays for the aztecs of san diego state university. he's used to distractions. he's an impressive 80% free-throw shooter. hi, brandon. thanks for coming . >> thanks for having me. >> all we want you to do is concentrate on making free throws, you and the

every straight ho mostly empty gym with few distractions. the same for brandon in our lab and thecord is in jeopardy. brandon goes 9 for 10, above his personal average. with a baseline establisheheheh% and a pulse of 69. >> still calm and cool.

69. >> it's time to add the first variable. visual distraction. in our lab an unruly crowd isn't enough. we want to really get under brandon's skin. so we're going to pile on the visual distractions to make sure we achieve complete visual overload. it's known as sensory saturation. we fire up strobe lights, unleash the fans and, most importantly, we send in the clown. and to make sure we stretched his visual capacity to the max, we allowed everyone to break all the rules.

what is the biggest thing that was distracting you out there? >> the clowns like he was just breathing on me. slipping. >> so how did these distractions get under brandon's skin? by getting in his head. our cutting edge technology reveals how distractions invade our brains to become the "x" factor in the athletic equation. a free throw requires very little physical effort, about 4.9 neutons of energy, equivalent to raising a cold beverage up to your mouth five times. so physically not so tough. mentally a different ballgame. our eyes can handle visual

distractions by focusing intently on what we want to see. visual distractions are filtered out by prioritizing and the free frontal core tex of the brain maintains concentration. unlike our eyes, however, our ears can't focus or close. we've got no defense mechanisms against what we don't want t hear. rising distractions reger in a different part of the brain. when the pressure from these sensory overloads starts to rise, the body ts to cool things down with percent sprags, a by-product of heart rate and adrenaline. handling that adrenaline and staying focused is called composure. if he can't control himself in the battle against distractions, he doesn't have a shot. so how did he do? with flashing strobe lights, screaming fans and a hot clown in his face?

brandon went from his baseline of 9 for 10 successful free throws to only 7 for 10. so these visual distractions lowered his rate by 20%. 9 now that we've overloaded brandon's eyeballs, let's test how his ears handle distractions. even though our fans were making noise, they weren't making arena level noise and t to test. how will he do when we assault his ears? coming up next on "sport science," out of control. [ male announcer ] chocolates?

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ambury but he's still better than shaq. and here is one more tip. studies have shown that jarring sounds are even more distracting than loud sounds. so next time you're going to a game, remember that a random bullhorn is more distracting than anything visual. and we mean anything. next -- it's easy to second-guess the officials, but they don't get a second chance to make the ca

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umpire. every close call he makes upsets one team or the other not to mention the fans. to reveal the science and a a af calling balls and strikes, our state of the art lab will bring you a never-before-seen look at baseball through the eyes of a major league umpire. for this high-tech master class in calling pitches, we brought in former major league umpire jim he have et. he spent 28 years behind the plate, nearly half a million pitches. >> the basis of good umpiring is good training. when you're prepared for most things, you're able to rise to the occasion. >> jim, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> major league umpire, the vilified official in all of sports. so what we want to do, we want you to give m m m m a crash coun being an umpire. >> okay. >> now john is ready for lesson one. keep your eye on the ball.

watch this ball. >> okay. >> don't blink. >> i'm not blinking. >> all right. >> i can't help it. >> it's a natural reaction. you have to overcome that. that's lesson number one. now you're going to have pitches that get away from the catcher sometime, ball's off the bat, and they're going to hit you. >> an umpire has to train himself to overcome fear and the involuntary reflex to blink knowing all too well that he's always in the line of fire. >> you can't be fearing this and anticipating that as the pitch is coming in. >> are you going to warn me? >> no, i'm not going to warn you. why should i warn you? don't blink. >> you're trying to teach me to not blink, right? >> yeah. i'm trying to teach you to eliminate the element of fear. >> that's not fair. >> the average human blink takes 300 to 400 milliseconds, well under a half second.

but for anumpire, a poorly timed blink can potentially decide a game. here's why. a 95-mile-an-hour fastball reaches the catcher's mitt in 395 milliseconds or just under 0.4 of a second. that's fa t the time it takes to blink our eyes. in an average game, the umpire sees 300 pitches, that 300 split second decision he has toooo ma without ever master the art of not blinking, here's lesson number two. know the strike zone. >> okay, now it's time for the big test. you want to be behind the catcher, all umpiring is is angle and distance. spread the feed about shoulder width apart. sit down like you're sitting in the chair. you get the proper angle, the proper distance, you should be able to see the play and call it properly. >> okay.

>> for more insight into the difficulties of the job, we equipped john's mask with a lipstick camera for an ump's eye view. >> what was it? make a call. let's go. >> what was it? depends on when you played. here is the evolution of the boundaries of the strike zone. for nearly 100 years, baseball used the same strike zone first established in 1887. a pitch that, quote, passes over home plate not lower than the batsman's knee nor higher than his shoulders. in 1969 it was redefined and reduced between the armpits and the tops of his knees. another change in 1988. lower the top of the strike zone from the armpits to the midpoint between the shoulder and the top of the uniform pants.

and most recently in 1996 the bottom boundary lowered, too, from the tops of the knees to the bottom of the knees. >> now the strike zone we're talking about is from the hollow beneath his knee over the plate, the 17-inch plate, and no higher than the midpoint between the top of his pants and the top of his shoulders which will be right about here. now the key, though, is that is when he's swinging at the pitch not when he's standing up here in the static position. >> as they're swinging. >> as he prepares to swing, that's when he takes his strike. >> okay. >> here we go. what was it? make a call. let's go. make a call. why are you looking back at the pitcher? >> where am i supposed to look? >> the ball. >> strike! >> the ball is outside. you called it too quick. you didn't track the pitch from the strike zone into the mitt. that's why you missed that pitch. they're going to be yelling at you from both sides all night long. every hitter is going to be turning on you and saying you can't give him that pitch.

this is an easy job, isn't it? >> no. not with you yelling at me. >> okay. where was that? >> ball. >> i don't believe you. you have to sell that. if i'm the catcher i'm going to turn and ask where's that pitch? there are over 300 pitches in a game and you're expected to get every one of them right. >> strike! >> okay. where was your head looking, though? was the pitch high enough? >> it was high enough. >> where was it? >> at his belt. >> at his belt? he caught the ball right here. >> so that was not a strike? >> yes, it was a strike. it was a strike but it wasn't belt high. don't miss the ball. >> ball. >> what is it? >> ball. >> ball? indecision. they'll bury you in your first rookie league. if you're in a real game situation, these guys aren't playing. they're playing for millions and millions of dollars and they expect you to be perfect and get better with each game.

>> i think i know why you guys are so cranky right now. this is really hard. this is something that -- umpires aren't the most pleasant people in the world. >> are you saying i'm not pleasant? >> you're not going out handing roses to everybody. you're yelling at me. >> it takes mental toughness to be an umpire. >> since you broke me down, can you build me back up? give me a hug. >> there you go. >> give me some hug. >> you're doing a good job for a first day student. >> thank you. thank you. the next time you start to scream at the umpire, remember that the best hitters on the planet fail 70% of the time, umpires make 300 split decisions every game and regardless of what you might think, they're almost always right. so pipe down. coming up -- science reveals a golf secret that can help add distance to and you don't have to change

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sumo wrestlers bumping bellies 54 gs. joey porter in his stance, one "g." joey porter blind siding a quarterback, 165 gs. rampage jackson, howling, one "g." a dummy bouncing off the floor after a rampage body slam, 400 gs. these are hard hits but they last only a few milliseconds. in other words big "g" forces over a small amount of time but what happens when that ratio is reversed? small "g" forces over a sustained amount of time. to find out let's turn to auto racing.

nascar drivers pull three gs around the turns. and formula one drivers can experience around four gs. the "g" force is 100 timemememe slam but the duration is 200 times longer, three seconds. to find the form of racing that sustains the highest gs over the longest interval, we head to the drag strip. when a top-fuel dragster erupts from zero to 360 miles an hour, the driver experiences up to five gs over four seconds. making those four seconds count is the specialty of top nhr

at, it's amazing. i mean, i have to have a chin strap to hold my chin down and it's tight, otherwise there's no way i could even hold my head up. >> at five gs, hillary experiences pressure equal to five times her body weight, 550 pounds. it's like driving with a sumo wrestler in your lap which makes shifting gears a little dicey. >> it is literally like an astronaut launching in a shuttle. >> but drag racing is even tougher than taking off in the shuttle. during launch astronauts are on autopilot. hillary is not. she has to control a horizontal rocket with five times her body weight holding her back, even a tiny mistake can mean disaster.

so how hard is it to perform under pressure? the pressure of many times your own weight bearing down, over a long period of time. team leader john brenkus is about to find out. >> so we had hillary will here who was an nhra drag racer. right. she reachpe330 milean hour. sh weighs about 100 pounds, that's 500 pounds of force coming against her. >> if i weigh 160, we'd have to have 800 pounds. >> that o duplicate. butth the weights we have here and you fighting gravity vertically we're going to try to meet it as far as we can. all right. this is a 75-pound weight vest. >> am i supposed to be having trouble breathing? >> why don't you have a seat. hillary competes while pulling

five gs, five times her body weight. so far john's bearing less than two gs and even that is too much to handle. come on. get yourself up. nice. all right. hop over here. hop on the scale. 330 pounds.

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the final variables we're analyzing that are out of an athlete's control are the coaches. some are like drill sergeant skroememd some are supportive father figures. so the question is, which coaching style is more effective? intimidation or encouragement? fear or fatherly love? to analyze how these coaching styles affect a player's performance, weeee brought in t coaches with drastically different styles to put a young player to the test. >> we're going to take impressionable college basketball player and put him on the free-throw line and ask to

t you're going to play the part of the positive coach. constanananan reinforcement. making s s s s he feels good abt what he's doing. you're going to play theee partf the aggressive cococo you're going to make him feel like he could do better evenene he's hitting every shot. after eachchchch round of ten w back and get his vitalalalal si. importantly we'll have the results of how many shots outof ten he hits so we can determine did the have anything to do with his performance. are you ready? all right. let's do it. >> an impressionable young player from californ we wire him up medical sensors and a heart rate monitor to see how his body responds to our experience. so your heaeaeaea rate was 52,

beats. it's raising a littleeee bit wi you anticipating do this. >> aim i'm a relaxed person. same shot every single time. >> now time for positive reinforcement. coach them. >> rarless of the sport they're playing, athletes arebjected to differenenenoaching styles. ask different os. >> once in college or in e nfl they should be able to tell you what you need to do. you should be able to do it and play like a professional, do like it's your job.

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>> average. he's average. he's an average player. >> is he allowed to go? >> he can go. get him out of my face. >> so w w wh style works best, intimidation -- >>. >> is that the best you've got? >> or encouragement? >> that's sweet. i love it. i love it. i love it. >> in our test he makes seven free throws with positive encouragement and made eight free throws while being berated. >> bend those [ bleep ] nees. >> but how would test play out over a longer period of time? two perfect examples of these opposing coaching styles are bobby knight -- tough, intimidating -- and mike krzyzewski, nurturing and supportive. over the last five years coach k's players have shot 68% from the line. the general players have actually performed even better at the line responding to his of their free throws.making

3% might not sound like a lottt but over thecourse of a 35-game season, that translates to over 25 points. and in a sport often decided by buzzer beaters, every point counts. over the last five years coach knight's teams have won 66% of their games that were decided by three points or less. coach krzyzewski's teams have won only 45% of those three-point games. what's the bottom line? your coach might seem out of control but there's a method to his madness. when it comes to sport, the elemememe the bench, behind the plate -- >>. >> what is it? make a call? >> they're always in

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welcome, fans. this is geico sport night, alongside chick hernandez. >> we just watched one heck of a hockey game. as if going for 12 straight wins wasn't enough, tonight was an instant classic. caps, rangers. if you're looking for a defensive struggle, keep looking. not going to happen. ovechkin started the night with 97 career points on the road with the rangers. matt bradley had a shot saved by heather lundquist. tied at 1. but the rangers strike back and fast. marion graboc, and the cavs lead lasts just 10 seconds. hate when that happens. the rangers go up 2-1. now obe takes the pick up the ice for the wraparound and hits nicholas. finds mike knuber for the goal. point number 498 for ovechkin. 0 i have likes scoring on the power play. going to find some room and grabs to past lundquist.

but the rangers cannot stop them. point 499. the caps lead 3-2. the rangers respond again with yul alongs okanin, and again, tied up. forty seconds later, with the rangers 5-3. and in his 4 itself point of the game, puts them up by 3. 0 i have adds another to his all-time best. >> thirteen seconds left in the period. alex 0vich ken on the curve. one hit. he scores! a magnificently goal for point number 00. >> are you kidding me? that is sick. a one-hander past lund quist. oaf i have gets his 5030th career point. they're down 5-4 at the 2. that's a big momentum swing there. less than a minute into the 3rd, the caps on the power play. tom poty with the shot. he will light the lamp with

knubel shooting, the caps up 5. more power play action for watson. the caps with the pressure on lundquist. the pucks kick out the back, and he buries it past the teammate. under 20 seconds to play, rangers peppering theodore for a shot. that deal stops them all. the caps win their 12th straight, 6-5 the final. back strom ties it a career high of 9 point. knubel with his 10th point in 11 games, now have 12 straight seasons of at least 20 games. ovechkin. you know him. now tied in the league, and leads the league in points. and by the way, during the streak, the caps have out scored opponents in the 3rd period 25-5, which makes the coach very happy. >> not at all. actually, other than the 1st period, i didn't think we were

too bad defensively. they scored 4 power play goals. it wasn't tic-tac-toe breakdowns. it was like they shoot it, hit our shin pad and go off somebody. so i mean, we talked before we went in that we thought we were doing a good job penalty kill. it's, like, sometimes a goalie lets in 4 or 5, but they can't help it. and that's where i thought we were okay, because i told them i was pretty sure we could score 1. i thought we could score 2 in the 3 and. >> late in the 2nd period, are you guys to the point where you're -- >> no, no. i thought it was going to be a real challenge at 5-3, but when alex made it 5-4, i thought we were right back in it. i thought that was something, and i knew -- i was wrong here. i said, "alex is going to get 1 or 2 great chances to score in the 3rd, because he was having one of those games," but it was nicky having one of those games

that did the damage, i think. >> anytime you're on a list with wayne gretzky and mario lemieux you're doing well. 0 i have the 9th player of all time to get 500 points in his first 5 seasons. the other 8 are all in the hockey hall of fame. as we bring in our post-game guys smoking out coken and allah may. and i ask you gentlemen. this is a big enough game to walk from my set over here. it's a very long trip. we talk about back strom, o vanessa welch kin. how about the goalie, who's been pretty good during the streak? >> in the last 2 games, he's kept the team in it so they can finally get their game on track to win these things. >> yeah. he led on 5 tonight, but the most important stat is the w and he came up big in the last minute, the last 20 sects of the game. the most important save of the game, with about 13 seconds left. he corrals it, keeps it from going to an overtime and is simply finding ways to keep the team to win and keeping them in

games, because in the first 2 periods, he 32 shots against, and he found a way to shut the door and keep the caps in it, because it could have been worse. >> i remember joe benanoti during the cast saying it should have been 4-1 rangers. once again, the numbers don't matter when you come up with the southern californias when needed. when we show you these highlights early on, the rangers dominated. i had in my notes 11-3. they out shot the capitals in the first 10 minutes of the hockey game. >> and the goals that were scored tonight -- there he is coming above the crease, getting the rebound over to the board, helps the puck out of the zonal. right there, just stands up on his feet. a lot of goalies aren't doing that anymore. he's kind of a high provided stand-up butterfly goalie. here hugging the postings making sure it doesn't go in on a younger goalie. that goes in. and a very alert, very focused all game long. not distracted. right there, a huge save. gets in front of the net, and finds a way to get the right pad save, and then corrals it

with a stick. a little white later, outstanding. how does he see that? he gets the shoulder on it. he's been doing that the last month with regularity. here once again comes across. doesn't cover play it, get too far out of the paint. he's still in good position to stop that shot for the name. gavrick goes up there, and makes another routine save, and then right here, that save of the day, gets a blocked run, controls the rebound. he's got four rangers in front. that's the most important save and the best save of the game by theo in my book. >> so the capitals win. they continue to dominate the east, but there was some big news within the eernl conference. the new jersey devils all right with a guy -- >> he's the second best goal scorers among russian players in the league. his game has a lot of familiarity, or is very similar to the game played by alexander ovechkin. he doesn't hit as much, but he's a very important player. he was the atlanta thrashers,

and he can kill you with the wrist shot, slap shot, very good at getting the puck down the ice, and he's found a way to put up numbers a long time without really having anyone as a line mate the last few years to help get him the puck and put the puck in the net for him. >> how big a factor is he going to be for the new jersey team as we look at the stanley cup in is that a difference making trade? >> it's a whole new dynamic, because they were winning games purely mark tamer dear style. the speed and finesse they can play the game, shooting off the pass. they're definitely going to change the way you prepare for the new jersey devils. >> so we'll see how the other teams including the capitals respond to that win. that will do it for us. do you want to walk over and see chick? >> no. >> chick is refusing to let us come. >> thank you very much. back to kelly and chick. >> thanks for letting me be in your house for a little bit. >> the calves back at it again from the horizon center.

the thrashers making the visit. they're already here. 7 p.m. start like clockwork. our coverage begins on sport night. and coming later in the show, nicholas back strom, aioz saw tonight, been very good for the capitals, 5 points tonight. hopes the game will carry over to the olympic games. he hopes to discuss that in a few minutes. well, i'm not sure if you've heard this, but a major snowstorm is headed our way. >> what? >> just -- i know, breaking news. just in time for a major weekend of sports in the district, with 4 games scheduled at verizon center beginning with tomorrow night's game. the hoy i can't say and wizards on saturday, and the grand flannel, the caps and pens on saturday. what are the chancing of it getting snowed out? the was say the only way their game will be canceled is if either team cannot make it to the booth, and the caps say both games are a go unless the nhl says otherwise. fans can check krrnz center.com for updates. the whiz head to orlando tomorrow night coming off a 22-

point loss to the new york nix, during which they only had 13 assists, not exactly a beacon to the concept of team basketball; and you can tell flip saunders is getting tired of the same old act. >> and i think tonight -- we had guys -- you know, nicknames with shots, but those guys were shooting every time they touched it. what happened is our whole team got like that. when you start -- when guys are taking quick shots, then what happens is it fuels other guys to take quick shots, because they don't think they're going to get it back. so i thought tonight, more than anything else, we played selfishly as a team. >> the truth is it was a tight game through three quarters with the wizards down heading into the 4th. but from there they were out scored by 15 points in the final frame, and that is nothing new to the squad. >> the one thing you have to understand is, when you're not a very good team, which right now we're not, is that it's like you can hang around, hang

around; but in the fourth quarter, everyone always says games are determined a lot in the fourth quarter. and until we start making stands; and when we fell behind and fired back, we have a tendency as soon as we fall behind, we melt right now. >> well, the wizards take on the southeast division-leading orlando magic tomorrow night. you can see game on comcast sports net. plus at 7:00, just go to our web site to find the channel in our area. . . type in key word plus. the new blue devils try to take control in a wild acc race as georgia tech found out on the hard way on the hardwood tonight. after dominating the devils, the hoy i can't say played like hockey against south florida last night. we'll see how they're putting the loss behind them with a rematch against villanova looming. and we've got some more of the caps' big come back win over the rangers. micah knew bell more than a half dozen for the cams who's won a dozen straight.

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the saints, who are number 1. >> they have a lot of weapons. i mean, they are extremely explosive team from an offensive standpoint, because you just don't know who's going to get the ball. they can spread it around to you win 13 or 14 regular season games and win two in the postseason, you know, there's certain things you learn to deal with >> reporter: and whether you're playing from with a league or playing from behind, you have to stress the importance of finishing with your players. i think our guys understand that, and i'm sure indianapolis does, too. >> all right.

local football, the baltimore raifrns have lost defenseivity backs mark carrier to rex ryan and the new york jets. carrier has been hired by ryan to be his team's defensive line coach. >> just when you think you've seen it all with alex ovechkin. you see this. in his 330 -- excuse me, 337 game of his career, an amazing drag between michael rosenthal's legs for his 5030th career point and a big momentum swing in the game before the end of the second period. that's 500 points and counting. >> it's good when you get some -- big numbers, so i thank my teams, copes, and, you know, i don't want to stop. i just want to continue what i'm doing, and, you know, i feel good about myself, and, you know, i just want to -- >> i thought it was going to be a real challenge at 5, 3; but

when alex made it 5-4 at the end of the period, i thought we were right back in it. i thought that was something. and i knew -- but i was wrong here. i said, "alex is going to get one or two chances to score, because he's having one of those games, i thought." but it was nicky who was having one of those games as well that did the damage. >> a lot of those guys are having those games. >> you can light the lamp on your phone, get real-time alerts sent directly to your cell phone for free. find out how at csn washington.com and enter the key word "text." well speaking of mickey, coming up, backstram will represent defend champion sweden. he knows how competitive the dramatic ma of being in vancouver this time around. >> i think it's, like -- they're, like, everybody -- it's not like it's not a final. i mean, it's just one game. so everything can happen, so --

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former team 1st in the 48. the cavs cavs opening up at home against the richmond spiders. >> it begins with their first ever game at usc. it marks the first time uva has played a game on the west coast in exactly 34 years. the cavs face their former head coach al drove, who's now the defensive coordinator at georgia tech on october 9th in atlanta.

back to hockey. with a 5-point performance tonight, nicholas back strom is certainly living up to the hopes that they had for him. the 22-year-old center has already set a career high in goals, eclipsing his 22 from last season, and he is one of five capital players to dress for their respective countries at the upcoming vancouver olympics. he sat down with our lisa hillary to talk about the upcoming games. >> nicholas back strom is the youngest player to dress for team sweden, remitting his country for the first time is a dream come true. >> it's been a dream since he's been a kid and now finally coming true. so it's going to be a great tournament, and it's going to be a life experience, and i think everybody is excited, and there will be a lot of good players over there. >> reporter: team sweden is looking to defend its gold medal, while the olympic games

is new for nicholas back strom. international competition is not. he has played in three world championships. . a lot of players in the team that i play with. . so it will be a little bit new, and those kinds of things, so it's good, as we say. we -- i've been playing a couple of games with the national team before for the tournament. so hopefully it's going to be -- i have a little bit of experience. >> reporter: back strom is joined by hockey's elite swedish players, daniel albertson, henrik zedderberg, and the city and twinls, just to name a few. but with the best of the best representing 12 countries, back strom knows team sweden is not the favorite. >> everybody is talking about canada and russia, so hopefully that's good for sweden, that -- i think it's like a good team, like everybody can win. i mean, it's like not the

final. it's just one game. so anything can happen. so, you know -- and, you know, what's going to happen over there that the beam gets in close, gets together the best is going to win. >> it's dripping there, like some sweat over there. >> oh, here we go. >>

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he has played for the black and red handing out six assists. he has been recalled to the u.s. nationalist team along with troy perkins. they'll report to carson california next week. >> all right. college football schedules are out. the terrapins begin their season with a september 6th -- that's right. a labor day monday game against the naval academy to be played at, innt bank in. which was also played at mmt. >> other key dates the first time since 2007. they'll renew their series two the mountain nears of west virginia. last year they won at miami. the great comeback in 1984. a short trip to charlottesville, and the terps face a bobby bowdenless team one week later. >> and virginia tech also is a

big date on labor day hosting boise state at fedex field in a nationally televised game. the bronco's finish last season rank fourth in the country with a perfect record. they return all but one starter from that 14-0 team. the hokeys ended the year ranked 10th. it will be the second time tech ohms the season at fedex field. they lost to southern cal in 2004. in another prime-time game they host the reining acc champs georgia tech on thursday, 9th, november 4th. they have a trip to miami november 20th and the in-state rival virginia on the 27th of november. by the way, the maryland women's game tomorrow night scheduled for 8:30. moving to 4:00 because of the weather. >> and that should be fun. well, that will do it for geico sports night. thanks for wg. gbrak ann i onnet 7the vo: ng'sble. tart on yvent....

the hottest team in the pac-10 is arizona. they he bring a string of four wins where washington boasts a 14-1 home record and leading candidate for pac-10 player of the year, quincy pondexter. >> it's ajoy for me as head coach to see his maturation to see him at this level be successful object and on and of. >>

battles the first place team in the western conference. washington and arizona, now! caption funding provided by fox sports net welcome to seattle for pac-10 hoops presented by kfc. tonight from bank of america arena. it's the arizona wildcats and the washington huskies. a check of the pac-10 standings through the first half show the surprising wildcats tied with cal for first place. we have defending champion washington in a five-way tie for

fifth place. hi, everybody. steve and marcus with you. it's amazing that arizona is tied with washington for first place. but marques, how do you see the second half shaking out? >> you are asking me that? what's happening for arizona, nine of the last champions have been leading or tied at the halfway point, so that's good news for them. the other good news for guys log jammed in the middle, you have the weekend and right back in the mix. a supercompetitive pac-10 this year. >> coach miller has the pac-10 player of the week and the coach loves him. >> he has given this young basketball team the kind of leadership they needed. came in chunky as a freshman, dropped the weight, increased

the mobility and range on the jump shot and he's a bona fide leader. i even have an affinity for mohawk care cuts. >> maybe we will get mohawk haircuts for saturday. in the meantime if washington is to continue, they need quincy pondext pondexter. >> if washington is going to make a run, pondexter has to stay aggressive. he has a mid range dandy, extremely athletic. he has to provide the fire for this somewhat laid back huskies team. >> the team lost by 17. we expect a great one tonight at

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that's his first personal foul. >> marques: if there is one guy arizona can ill afford to get into foul trouble it's nic wise. a little mano-a-mano testing each other. >> steve: wildcats have won 7 of their last games. quincy pondexter, he has been amazing, 20 points and 12 rebounds in a victory here. >> marques: he has had a couple games he has had difficulty. for the most part he has been extremely consistent as a basketball player. >> steve: both teams will play man defense, but that's back-to-back turnovers by nic, a foul and now a throwaway.

>> marques: screening. jamelle horne, you have to be acknowledging. >> steve: down low by brashers. tied up. will they call a foul? yes, they will. >> marques: a cross match. you have nic wise of arizona defending abdul gaddy. you put fogg on isaiah thomas, he's like a 6'9" kid in an adult body. >> steve: do you think bringing in these players very young in a hostile environment are important? >> marques: they are, but i think that was a lesson for

arizona about playing in a hostile environment. to go down tempe and play the way they played. >> steve: they get continue side williams. sweeps around and a shove. the officials trying to control this game early. michael greenstein and michael reed are the officials. their tale of two teams -- opponents shooting just 40% in this building. >> marques: this team playing on defense. you've got to bring the energy each and every time.

they tee penndepend a little ton the home crowd to give them energy. >> steve: wise squares up on/ y isaiah thomas. brashers. >> marques: that's going to be key. brashers, the man out of laos angeles, california. if they can get a double-double, they are in good shape. combined i'm talking about, not individually. >> steve: knock away by brashers, and that will give him confidence! it's a block party! >> marques: it's a brashers' block party! i love the timing. you wait for the shooter to get off his feet first an then he can't change his mind. >> steve: they tried to go to

williams. a foul will be called. there is justin holiday who did a great job defending landry fields, one of the top scorers in the field. then he defended patrick christopher so well and he blew out cal. >> marques: justin holiday is so much better on free throws and jump shots. derrick williams is shooting 71%, but pac-10 games that goes up to 81%. that tells me how much better he has got ensince tten since the season started. coach miller had taken him out a couple times because they were concerned about him getting

fouled. >> steve: is that a second foul on williams? no, that's on jamelle horne. >> marques: too much -- on the back side, defending horne. the main thing is defense. >> steve: good defense by williams. gaddy, beautiful! and pondexter misses the dunk, and will go to the

>> steve: washington has a two-point lead. they have a new head coach, sean miller. he was a child prodigy in pittsburgh. his father was a pennsylvania basketball great coach and he went to pitt as a star there as a point guard and immediately moved to the coaching ranks.

was assistant for many years, became head coach in xavier and led they to regular season titles. sean miller, we asked him today, how do you build a program. he said, number one, you recruit, and you strength be and condition. and lou said there is a lot of similarities between coach olson and coach miller and their attention to detail. >> marques: all you have to do is watch them the last couple days. his brother arch emilie miller. they do a great job. every single moment they are on the practice floor, it is a beautiful thing to behold. >> steve: they have done very

well. a one-game lead on arizona state and ucla. holiday. quincy with the offensive rebound. >> marques: another matchup that will be fun to watch. >> steve: you after gaddy's breakout game, he had a career high 13 points. >> marques: two very intense players going at each other. >> steve: offensive foul on kevin parrom, the freshman from bronx, new york. >> steve: it will take adjust. . >> marques: when these two teams met, kevin parrom, got his fourth and fifth foul.

he knows thousand play. >> steve: there is the floater by abdul gaddy that misses. jones and wise in the backcourt and parrom with the pullup. i'm not sure if coach miller wanted him to take that with nobody there to rebound that. >> marques: he knocked it down. shooting 32% from the field. you look at the aggressiveness, and he takes them, believes he can make them. they have two bigs, 6'6" and 6'7", both guys can advance the ball at the floor. >> steve: a lot of guys will grab it and advance it. >> marques: even though he misses on that play. >> steve: suggs. arizona trailing by one. a chance for three.

beautiful! by the senior. >> marques: that's working out in the gym in the hot, sweaty summertime, pads on, you are just going around time and again, finishing off the player on the other side. >> steve: thanks, dad. >> marques: that's the benefit of hard work by quincy pondexter. >> steve: you talked about his dad, and his uncle was a star at long beach state. a lane violation will give quincy another shot. pondexter a marvelous shooter at 84%. >> marques: a terrific all around season, 84% from the free-throw line, 80% from the field. >> steve: i think if washington wins the pac-10 championship, i think quincy will be maimnamed .

and i think if arizona wins nic wise will be named most outstanding player. boy, they are being physical down in the block. >> marques: 6'6", 230 pounds and that's after dropping about 30 pounds. like a really long prom weekend he put on 25 pounds after the season ended. >> steve: coach oelsle olson ha of great players, including gilbert arenas. and now adding sean miller. >> marques: california is my

hometown, if you didn't know. sto >> steve: washington will hold on. leading is kyle fogg. >> marques: it's a combination of nervousness. every time he puts the arm bar up, it is slapped down. you can't have the contact, but at least have it up. there it is. >> steve: back out to the point guard abdul gaddy. suggs good shooting, knocks down his first! >> marques: suggs was the bottom man on the double screen. he comes off the single screen on the right side and is wide open for a jump shot. >> steve: huskies have their

largest lead. horne, we've hardly said his name. they go to nic wise, and he almost knocks it down. they say it's washington basketball because of the great defense. >> marques: we saw that with washington state game. that tie-up has been terrific. >> steve: justin holiday!

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