handles it and loses it. >> mike: right from behind andre young and smith collaborate. smith will be called over the back. >> tim: he did tip it through. >> mike: and actually, that wasn't a bad shot by young because he did have more coverage. jennings was on the weak side. he had two guys under there. >> tim: first foul on tanner smith. florida state leads by eight, 14-6. >> mike: so far, tim, they have broken the press, but haven't really attack and scored. the chance to get over half-court and set up. >> tim: reid left three, over devin booker. alabi, climbing the back. of jennings, picks up the foul, his second. and xavier gibson will come on

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>> tim: florida state playing so well on the defensive end, leading it by ten, 16-6. >> mike: we talked about that rarefied air. only six people have done it. oh, who is that masked man? >> tim: nice shorts. >> mike: '78. from the acc tournament. >> tim: larry harrison from wake forest. and ralph sampson. >> tim: where he spent most of his career. >> mike: sam perkins, how smooth he was. and tim duncan, what a special player. maybe the best hands a big man ever claimed. and williams at duke and now trevor booker. what a magnificent group to be a part of. >> tim: no question about it. glad they found a color photo of me. >> tim: let's see. which of those six players relied on the jump shot more? hmm. >> mike: i prefer to think i had an all post. >> tim: you did.

reid falling away. johnson the rebound. >> mike: quite earlier very fortunate that florida state not lighting it up. >> tim: in no-man's land. >> mike: very fortunate with that turnover that it's a dead ball turnover and they get to set their defense. lots of times both passes get picked off. >> tim: oliver purnell has got to be thinking just get me to halftime, trailing by a single digit. this has been a root canal first half for his squad. turnover is always important. inside shannon, can't get that one to go. very few opportunities to get baskets at times. can't make the shot. a defensive play by singleton.

>> mike: leads the conference, those long arms. not only in deflection, but getting the ball back. how many times has he saved that tonight? >> tim: shannon from snaer, and he is fouled. that will go against david potter. here is the look outside. you just see the hands always and that ball looked like it was destined. booker didn't even try for it. hinge ewas just giving it up out of bounds. singleton made the hustle play. andre young will check back in, as will tanner smith. and david potler also take a seat. and oliver purnell is just in search mode right now. he's got the search engine going, trying to find some combinations that will work. >> tim: these interest first free throws of the season. gets one to go. he is at 50%. 17-6, florida state.

stitt. every time he gets it, he attracts. >> mike: three white jerseys. >> tim: stitt gets caught. grant with the hook, trying to get positioned inside. you really can't stand to get. tanner smith just gave him the ball. found a hole. stitt, you can sense the

frustration here. >> mike: right. this is what i talked about earlier with young and stitt out on the floor at the same time. they're undersized in the backcourt. and against florida state, it real slow shows up. you have stitt playing against snaer. and i wouldn't be surprised to see snaer work his way into the low box a little bit. >> tim: oliver purnell that his -- [ inaudible ] . not good after he was attacked. and you don't oftentimes see that from demontez. rebound for clemson. use the opportunity to miss. grant, the rebound. as the trailer. he turns it over. >> mike: how many times do you see a big trailing a play. tries to put it on the floor

just one time. they look awkward, and more times than not it's called a travel. >> tim: much of the student body, mike, has gone with a blackout look tonight. i really like garnett tie. barely got it. >> tim: yes. i do like that look for coach hamilton. purnell was involved too. almost as if he got the phone call. >> tim: incredible. yet another turnover. you can see trevor booker working with his younger, saying settle down. >> mike: what he was saying on the screen and roll he was wide open at the three, and andre young tried a very difficult pass. there was nobody around him.

>> tim: ten turnovers, mike. much more in the first half than clemson than florida state had in their loss. that's hard to do. >> tim: snaer from downtown. gets the long rebound. good steal. snaer running the wing. turns it over. he was looking for -- against the shot clock, doing things out of character. >> tim: and oliver purnell gets a time-out.

>> mike: he is just looking around right now, trying to find somebody who can go out and manufacture points. that was a nice rush up the floor. we talk about florida state and how they manufacture their offense. there again the shot-blockers, the presence, and loucks' tracking it down from behind. and then the look out. nice penetration by kitchen, knowing where his teammate is for the wide open look. >> tim: i think this snaer kid, mike, has enormous potential for florida state. he is a young guy who is fearless. and as a freshman, is willing to take big shots. he seems to be ready for prime time. >> mike: and i bet if you ask him, that leonard hamilton probably would have or should have made that move a little sooner getting him into the starting lineup. but then again, a freshman, they were playing well. you don't want to tinker with things. but in the end it's been a very positive move for both guys. >> tim: stan jones the stand for

ham hamilton. told me he thought snaer was the best on-ball perimeter defender he had. and he is also a better ball handler so he takes pressure off of kitchen. just getting a decent look at the basket has been the struggle. the foul is committed. over four-plus minutes since the clemson scored. and the drought was seven minutes to start this game before they got a field goal. >> mike: 2 of 18 on the road. 1 assists and 0 of 5. >> tim: very fortunate to be down by a seven. right now this isn't -- this

isn't preshot clock. this is preworld war ii. we'll check it out on the history channel later. this is the time of year also, mike, where you've been playing in the league. you're going around the second time against opponents. coaches and players. someone they don't know is the problem. kitchen lost it. he was looking to get the ball and just lost the dribble. back out on the floor along with young. the two out there together, mike. nice transition defense by florida state getting back. booker, on singleton. he was late in arriving that time. i think booker took one in the chops. he is holding his head.

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>> time now for my partner to take a look at the lexus playbook. >> mike: we'll take a look at florida state and their defense. you'll watches that two-man game developments, instead of screen roll here. you'll get that action. but watch as the white jerseys converge. they'll shell out hard on this and stop it right there. here is the open guy right here. but he can't see him because of the defense. they try to make a tough pass over the top, and it winds up being a turnover.

nothing coming easily for clemson. >> mike: you know, this is a guy who doesn't normally run the

break. potter that time, i think he may have given to it jennings a count too early and put him in a bad way. florida state has been terrific in getting back and covering up russia up the floor. >> tim: jennings sits down. jerai grant along with potter, booker, andre young and tanner smith on the floor. blocked shots. it's not just about solomon alabi. getting singleton involved, ryan reid, no longer with gibson. booker, 7-2. a tough fallaway, and he knocks it down. >> mike: sometimes great players overcome a smothering defense. and that was a true bailout. he really has success with baselines for the double teams. >> tim: he has nine points. 9 of the 16.

and florida of course will call a time-out. needed some help and no one was coming to give him any. >> mike: here is the look, the post feed. everything is coming down from the top. what you do, you spin away from it to the baseline and the lefthander. that's to his advantage on that side of the floor. >> tim: that's about the only option. at this point he feels compelled to take shots and lift the team on his back. i can't believe it's a five point game. >> mike: exactly. >> tim: you see from the floor three for three for booker. just getting opportunities to shoot, mike, has been the issue for him. >> mike: and we talked about it. he is standard this game. he will step out and shoot the three. he has become a little more faceup player. he may have to do more of that in the second half to get looks. >> tim: a walking double-double throughout his career in trevor booker. and no senior wants to play his last game. this is the time of the year

when player of the year candidates, and he was certainly that at the beginning of the season, play with a level of intensity that you just don't ever witness until you become a senior. winding down. one last opportunity for florida state before the break. at the buzz. >> andre young, yes! how about that for momentum? oh, andre, andre! >> mike: i guess poetic justice given what happened for 19:98 in the first half. >> tim: that root canal that took that long. you should have seen clemson explode off the bench when this went down. what a terrific play by young. and i always like the

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pirate downs 3. they cannot hit it. they put it back for two. that's not enough. 84-83 marquette wins in overtime. hey, a lot more hoops to come. duke and virginia, the second half of our doubleheader. and right after that all the day's highlights in the final score presented by burger king that will include the gold medal hockey game between the u.s. and canada. now still a half to play. florida state clings to a lead over clemson. andre young half-court heave pulls the tigers to within 2. after the break we send it back out to tallaha forof acurtimet.

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in these, the dog days of the regular season, at times it can get ugly. both defenses played hard. a for efforts for both. here at halftime, tim brando, this has just been one of those games where, you know, maybe the other team knows too much about you. and andre young shot at the buzzer in the first half could be ominous. >> the pitching is way ahead of the game. you should be building in a crescendo to march, these teams are very stagnant. and frankly, clemson, they're lucky to be in the position they're in. but ryan reid got them off to a nice little start, hitting the jump shots. things were rolling along smoothly. and then some good defense by florida state with their known four getting out, running the break. derwin kitchen converting on the other end. but nobody really lit it up for florida state. the follow dunk right there.

it is what offense they had was delivered by their senior, trevor booker inside. he had nine points, seven rebounds. a nice try here. but this really changed everything at the end of the game. andre young, the half-court t thhame erheldhog eforth osloho f id st y count on them. but do they always turn into points? not always. and even with the turnovers by clemson, florida state simply did not make them pay enough for all of them, especially early in the first half. >> mike: i said it. they broke the press, but they never really attacked the press to score. and for clemson, we've been talking about florida state's defense. let's give them some kudos for their defensive effort in the first half. >> tim: absolutely. clemson at 7 and 6 in conference play and on the bubble. this would be a huge win. they've only won one time in

conference win. florida state, they should be in good shape for the ncaa. booker opens. >> mike: what a nice possession to come out for clemson, to get some confidence. they really had nothing that looked like that in the first 20 minutes. a good job coming out at the halftime and executing. >> tim: florida state 18 and 1. they haven't been behind in a game in two weeks. they've led every game in their last three wins. clemson has tied them. the rebound taken down. that pass great. smith gives clemson that first

lead. >> mike: tanner smith did a great job one, in participating in picking that pass off, helping in, and then carrying it all the way. this is a different for clemson. >> tim: all the way to the rack. too strong. alabi can't control it. rebounds to the tigers. >> mike: here is a look. you see the two-man game. he was copping off of singleton, digging inside. good anticipation. and then snaer never really got up to stop the basketball. >> tim: one of those upstanding stars from alpharetta, georgia, tanner smith. as you s . potter finds booker. no help for reid this time. singleton goes down with the rebound.

left hand, but working with the perimeter here. >> tim: snaer works it into alabi. over booker. reid, keeping it alive for florida state. >> mike: going to be two points, but if you can use him three or four feet out of his comfort zone, he struggles a little. right there. that's too far away. and he dribbled on the baseline and goes right back to clemson. that's not his game, the faceup dribble. he needs to create with his hook. >> tim: oh, back to the first half, mike, the clemson run is now 11-0. florida state had a 21-12 lead at that point. tigers now doing a better job of spreading florida state out

defensively and creating gaps for grant to get that putback. >> mike: this is what they did up at littlejohn. they were very aggressive off the dribble. clemson is actually getting some points off of second-chance opportunities. >> tim: the double. almost turned that one over. reid will figure it in. clemson got to the free-throw line and got two. an old-fashioned three-point play. end this the pressure. ryan reid turned it over. at that moment in the game, clemson has been in control. stitt with the steal and the deuce. >> mike: and finally getting production. right there for grant. got him on the arms to a break. >> tim: he can clearly sense that clemson is taking control of this game. >> mike: and this is too much dribbling by singleton. you've got to beat them off the

pat and stitt con investigator. no way they can get back and help. for me it was the half-court shot at the end of the first half. it was the energy that just infused in clemson's bench. you know, it was like all right, that whole first half just went away. >> tim: i was talking to oliver purnell about the compliment of his role players, and i had obviously started with demontez in the backcourt, trevor booker one of the top productive players in the front court. and i mentioned andre young for having a good shooting game against florida state in their first meeting earlier this year. and he said andre young, he is really one of our best players. he is certainly our best shooter from the perimeter coming off the bench. and that young man came up big with that shot. and that was not a hail mary by any chance. that was a beautiful shot he made from the half-court. >> mike: he had 19 in the first game. two career highs by potter in that game. he comes off the bench, but he

plays starter minutes. >> tim: absolutely. >> mike: so that was oliver's point. >> tim: speaking of potter, he and tanner smith join young now. a bit of a smaller lineup with jennings out there too to go with jerai grant inside. an offensive foul. player-controlled foul against jennings in second. >> mike: even in those situations, because clemson has been much more efficient in scoring the basketball and they've had dead ball turnovers, they've been able to get into their press, something they didn't get enough of in that first half. >> tim: clemson at their best, they scramble the game up. barely able to get that one in. gets it into the front court.

and the florida state backcourt, good cut. and a nice try back there. and singleton took the easy way. >> mike: he has worked into the paint in the second half of games. he falls in love with the jump shot. he can be such a devastating player in the paint that was a tough find. >> tim: outside. and stopped by jerai grant. we call this pass from the perimeter one from cool hadn't luke. speeding singleton for the easy andda see in aay. for . miloly w to pr br. s onts oy foghai buires kforaris milos really wants to play for ro

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virginia. the cavaliers with the sylvan looks to give the big three. and coach k all they want and more in a huge matchup. >> mike: that's amazing. you look at the big three and what they have accomplished in conference games, tim. they are third, fifth, and sixth in scoring. and i can't remember. >> tim: no. >> mike: three in the top six at any point in recent memory. >> tim: you're right. dulkys from downtown. not there. jennings gets the rebounded. that was a good look out of the time-out. come away with an open look for a perimeter shooter. potter gives it back to andre young, the three. alabi the rebound.

dulkys, ryan reid along with alabi and snaer the final on the floor for florida state. loucks finds dulkys, open on the wing. deividas dulkys, he is there for one reason, to knock down perimeter jump shots. >> mike: a terrific job of driving and knowing where your teammates are going to set up. >> tim: tied at 27. 5:30 gone by. clemson after that horrid start now, shooting 60% since. jennings over reid. nice look. >> mike: nice high-low action. a good flash up top. everybody concentrating where booker is down low. god a very good look. >> tim: needs some help.

it's not delayed by the tigers. don't know it's coming. >> mike: he was not very up. >> tim: snaer takes a seed. derwin kitchen back on the floor, along with singleton, alabi, reid, and dulkys. reid and kitchen working a two-man game. >> mike: most times when you're a senior, your eyes light up when a freshman comes into the game and you're going at him. but so far in this little interchange jennings has done a nice job against reid on the offensive end and the defensive end.

>> tim: andre young, the sophomore from albany, georgia. a catalyst on his team and as mike mentioned, the turning point of the game in the last seconds nailed that half-court shot. >> mike: throwses up the half and there he is with the three ball right on cue. >> tim: 32-27, tigers with their largest lead now. there is an alley-oop opportunity for alabi. knocked away. >> mike: you can't try to make that play. things aren't going great for you. that would have been a tough one to connect on either end. if you're singleton, you've got to pull it down, set your offense up and get something better. >> tim: kitchen will figure it in for florida state. and potter that time had his

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weakness out there, is the on the road. good teams hauled away on the road. >> tim: absolutely. really got to find a way to get a road victory. shock clock down under five. jerai grant. didn't get it on the rim. snaer, uses it for singleton. >> mike: cutting off driving lanes well. >> tim: oh, he waited for young, and andre didn't come out to get him. and he said i'll take that train. >> mike: we see with snaer 37%. you have to respect his at least. but he has the size. he can elevate over young and get a shot any time. >> tim: he blew out the paint, young wouldn't take it, okay, i'll stop and pop.

booker, grabs it, no. snaer again. lost his dribble. he was looking down the floor and simply lost it to stitt. and stitt misses the layup. dulkys again. oh, a rainbow off the back. young left free. booker loses it to kitchen. action without much production. >> mike: i don't know about that last shot by andre young. >> tim: grant, the foul is committed by jerai grant. his third. time-out. florida state by two.

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florida state leads it by two. and don't forget thursday the lights are on and the house will be rocking in the pac-10 doubleheader. arizona state looks to keep their slim tournament hope ace live against usc, and ucla will square off with rival conference arizona. all the action tips off at 8:30 eastern. >> mike: you talk about the marquee programs that are in jeopardy of not getting the tournament. >> tim: uconn, arizona. >> mike: memphis. >> tim: teams we have historically seen in ncaa tournaments and making deep runs in recent years may not be a part of the parade. leer there is loucks, down to the dynamic time-out. 36-32. the lead back to four for the seminoles.

9-0 scoring run for florida state has they answered clemson's outstanding run to open the second half where they claimed as large as a five-point lead at one point. dulkys has it knocked away by potter. out of bounds too. florida state. >> mike: loucks providing a little bit of energy and pop off the bench. >> tim: talk about basketball teams. the wildcats he is more of a jump shooter. has really been looking to be more aggressive offensively. >> mike: florida state really trying to front inside.

booker with that three. the ball works, and a slam facial. right in your living room. wow! >> mike: he gets to his left hand, he can be devastating. we talked about it. he will play out on the floor a little bit more. >> tim: 7'1". he looks much bigger than 6'7". >> mike: the moment he is airborne, the wingspan takes over. >> tim: out of the passing lane and loucks going to pick up the foul. >> mike: the ball started this. this is gibson out on an island right here. he is not used to playing people there and singleton knew better than to get in to that coaster. you can see it right here. the pump-fake. he is trying to deal with

jennings inside. that was one of those i'll give you a shoulder, not my face. >> tim: gibson, singleton and loucks all take the seat as they get ryan reid back on the floor along with solomon alabi, kitchen and snaer. potter, another recycle as trevor booker comes away with the rebound. potter one of the guys who had a career high 19 the first round has yet to score in this game, now 0 and 5. the foul swatted inside. time-out. >> mike: when trevor gets it in

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>> tim: florida state leads it by 2, mike. you mentioned loucks has been very productive during the three-week run. >> mike: beautiful pass inside to singleton. he has a couple of assists in this game already. and looking for his own shots, passing down the three there, two of three on the game. and showing the ability and drive to go to his off-hand a we 5 tsassists, two rebounds and two steals. he and dulkys have given him 11 points off the bench. >> tim: he is our john hancock academic star. business management, 3.45. doan's list in the fall of '09. youngest of three brothers. his dad was a walk-on football player here. florida state very much in the

loucks lineage. >> tim: lew warner high school. almost got a hand on that. >> tim: booker, working on reid. skid, in trouble. loucks almost came away. the shot clock is under ten. young, that rainbow won't fall. and it's pulled down by singleton. a great defensive sequence for florida state. and had a hand on the one play. after that he did a terrific job of keeping young in front of him and forcing him to take a contested jump shot.

need something quick. inside to alabi. a nice turnaround. off the dish from loucks. 38-34. make the catch inside. talked about it. the closer he gets to the basket, the better. field goals for alabi hard to come by tonight. reid steps in front of booker for the pick. >> mike: they fronted him or playing on the top, making it tough to catch. loucks saw that one coming a little too quickly. he says my bad. as he tried to force into it alabi. read it, but just fired it too quickly. >> mike: i don't know that his hands are good enough to be able to make that play. sometimes you put your big man in peril making the pass a little too tough. >> tim: both offenses, though, mike, noticeably better in the

second half. booker, rebound to singleton. >> mike: they couldn't be worse! >> tim: that was a play. an open jump shot on earlier, but clemson covered up that corner jump shot. lost it. the slick hands of the tigers. bring it down and make yourself smaller, they'll pick it. potter really wants it. he has been unable to get a shot to go, though. stitt, with his quickness will get to the free-throw line. luke commits the foul. there is still over five minutes to play. >> mike: we talk about the big disparity they had at

littlejohn. you would think he would have a little bit of a step over luke loucks. >> tim: one thing about demontez stitt, it's true again this year, mike, he inhibited the ability to play through pain. not just this year, but in past seasons he's had to overcome knee injuries. toughness is unquestionable. >> mike: when he is on the floor and healthy that. >> shoot 48% from the floor. when he is not, it goes down to 37. a dramatic difference in how this team performance offensively. >> tim: the chip that comes from being from north carolina, playing some place. you have to get on booker. now on booker. >> mike: nice play.

we've got three first-team all defensive players in this game. singleton and alabi. but i think booker is one as well. and you can show the respect that oliver purnell has on him by allowing him to play one-on-one in the low post and not giving him. >> tim: florida state has struggled as a team, 40%, four of 10 shooting. look at our game summary, clemson still a paltry 29% for the game. turnovers really a wash. the problem is at the free-throw line for florida state. a real factor now. we have a lane violation? i think we may have. i think stitt got in too quickly. so that will give reid another opportunity. >> mike: when a player has a little hitch in his free throw, that's when you get violations. and reid got a little one right there on the miss. 50-second shot.

>> tim: makes him officially 5 of 12. another opportunity. >> tim: steal by alabi off of singleton. largely waiting for the guards to come back down the floor. gibson sets up shop. alabi working it on grant. the double-team. young, fouled by kitchen. >> mike: there is the lucklook. you get in trouble. jerai grant, and andre young, both hands very fast with the ball. he does a nice job of taking the body and absorbing that and trying get the three-point play. but he gets two free throws.

>> tim: andre is a good free throw shooter at 78%. but he missed that one. and stitt checks out of the game. tanner smith back in. >> mike: you're going to see some offense and defense down the stretch here. they need to get some size in the backcourt. it will be andre young and stitt offensively for tanner smith to be out there on the other end. >> tim: michael snaer had an issue with his hand. back out on the floor, replacing luke loucks. he can run the baseline and does so to get it inbounds. they got it to half-court. kitchen, at the block.

will goagainst. >> mike: it's better come they him and refused it and went the other way. it was too long of a run for grant to get over there in time. >> tim: talk about alabi. in acc conference competition, that man flight is the leading shot blocker in the conference at 2.2. derwin kitchen. coming over from iowa western community college. after december of last year, started to really make a difference in the florida state team. they had a lot more fluidity. >> mike: absolutely. and let him do what he did best. that scoring lets kitchen be a steadier inload. >> tim: he had as much as florida state finally cracking the ncaa state tournament as

anybody. >> mike: trying to play high-low, but you can see alabi, sitting back in booker's lap. >> tim: oliver purnell's team down by only four. 3:37 remaining here in tallahassee.

leak lexus playbook, mike. >> you'll see how to post up solomon alabi. they're giving him a lot of room on this play. he is on the weak side. good spacing with singleton and allow him to come across the lane and get good position on the other side. let's roll the play. he's got the whole lane to fight jennings inside with. the nice flach up top, and the very under control. he gets a nice jump shot. >> and you can see that difference it makes to have that kind of link, to be able to gather the ball the way he did and manage to make a play. he was pretty well defended.

>> and there was nobody around him to dig in on the double-team too, which you have gotten into trouble with in putting the ball on the floor. >> tim: david potter will trigger it in for clemson. jennings is out there as well. and he'll launch a three ball. potter last to touch it, and it belongs to florida state. tanner smith, trevor booker, andre young to go along with potter and jennings on the floor now for clemson. jennings checks out of the game. jerai grant back in. almost another count going against florida state. >> mike: that's the value of alabi at the end of the game. pressure release and not afraid to throw it to him because he is an 80-plus free throw shooter. >> tim: yeah. and another foul committed by