the final piece of the acc puzzle and the regular season, the demon deacons lead clemson by two. well, we are going to have g-man's awards coming up in a minute. let's look at the color of what was the 2009-2010 season of acc. >> welcome to acc hoops. >> one, two, three --

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the acura halftime report rolls on from winston-salem, north carolina. it's not often i don't have a comment. i'm going to leave it to you, though. >> i'm stunned. let's look at the rookie of the year. i think this was an easy choice. derrick favors has been terrific. inside he's been a man averaging almost 12 points, fifth in the conference for rebounding. two blocks per and eight double doubles. he's elevated his play. >> you are a doctor of defense,

my friend. >> as we touched on it in the first half of florida state and how they win games. the top ten in steals and in blocks. he's seventh in blocks and leads the conference with 2.3 steals a game. 6'9", he's very, very active. >> this has to be tough, right? coach of the year, g-man. >> it was. mike had a terrific season. they tied with maryland. you can't argue gary williams as that, either. coach k. has a chance of being a number one seed. i don't think anybody thought that comes into the year. >> right. >> no question about it. gary's team was undervalued at the beginning. it looks like they overachieved. i don't think that's the case.

>> pre-season number two. >> exactly. >> when we come back, is it vazquez, the venezuelan with the shimmy shake or john, the sharp shooting cago tunfind

back at halftime, wake forest by two.

let's look at the acc player of the year, mike. >> this was a close call. it goes to vazquez in maryland. had an awful start first four games of the year, but came on strong. he's had terrific games down the stretch. 41 points against virginia tech. he was awesome against duke, hitting the game-winning shots. he deserves that honor. >> we should have the whole acc team now. >> john is a no brainer. he had a terrific season for duke. vazquez and another easy cal on first team. not a lot of big fellows. al-farouq aminu stumbled, but averaging a double double. delany has terrific. five 30-point games. this was tough, but nolan smith improved and is a big part of

duke's success. >> it was hard to keep trevor booker off? >> it was. he's been so steady. >> i feel your cell phone blowing up as we speak. >> al-farouq aminu.

>> tim: wake forest leads by two. let's go to jenn. >> jenn: it's because we are making bad decisions. if we can make better decisions and finish off the brakes against the press, we'll be in good shape. the run was made by clemson. >> mike: no pun intended but after winning four in a row, you have to stop the demons from in your head. this is going to be critical. >> tim: smith picking up the foul. his second. just under way, second half here in winston-salem, north

carolina. nice drive to the hoop. on the putback, mcfarland is fouled. the drive coming from c.j. harris. it goes against jerai grant, his second. >> mike: this is an area where worst made head way. clemson only getting there six times in the first half. from the field and the free-throw line, it's where they built the lead, 0-5 in the first half. >> tim: if wake forest does a little dam there, they have to get more consistent play from the front court guys. they need to stay. that's been the problem in the past. games slow down in the opening rounds for higher seated teams. >> mike: i would say stewart and harris are going to be critical for them. aminu is going to be fine.

he'll get back to shooting. mcfarland has been limited. they are not going to change mup. they have to get the freshmen going. >> tim: l.d. williams. solid seniors making good passes. >> mike: it's what dino gaudio wants to see. >> tim: two early fouls. really, it was a nonfactor in the first half. you would think oliver purnell wants to get him on track. potter bumped by l.d. williams. a give away foul gave up by williams. >> mike: you have to wait until a guy is ready to receive the ball. that was work there. he wanted to get it into his point guard's hand. nobody picking up the late cutter.

>> tim: foul by williams, l.d., was the second of the game. a nice escape to the hoop by tanner smith, the sophomore from georgia. he's really coming on as a complementary player. >> mike: he's showing the ability to get to the rim. >> tim: booker is appealing saying i got all bowl that time, ref, i did. >> mike: here's the look. grant able to get the defender and on his hip. >> tim: take a look at our john hancock academic star. gpa of 3.3, two times academic all as. think about the loss of ogles

bito this team. smith is a complementary player. in andre young, they have players to accommodate for the loss. >> mike: not just him, but rivers, too. this is a much better defensive team. >> young and the lay up on the other end. harris. young and smith had opportunitys to make the play. they made them play on the other end. defensive, you never know. clemson hit their speed bump this season. >> mike: wake needs not a lot of

touches for trevor booker. they have to get him involved. >> tim: there's an answer from harris. >> mike: he built his confidence from inside. now moving to the three-point line. it's what to do when you are struggling. >> tim: wake forest team up by eight points. one three-ball going down. that ends the draught. that's huge. a time-out taken by oliver purnell. they rise to their feet at the lawrence joel coliseum as wake forest gets a two-point lead at the break. they have been using the break, since. they get the lead back up to eight.

not quite three minutes gone and wake forest had a lead of eight. a clemson win goes to the number three hole in the acc tournament. opening round by. wake wins doesn't do a lot for wake in terms of positioning, but means a lot to florida state. >> mike: they are interested watching this game. you can see how the brackets

would play out. the coveted by is out there. florida or clemson will be in it. the shake out after that. a meaningful game for the tigers. meaningful demonstration how far oliver purnell has come. >> tim: he got his team to the finals year before last. he said this year, the acc appears to be more open than ever. if you have a by on the opening round, you have to believe you have just as good of a chance as any to win the acc tournament championship. >> mike: the guy that came caught fire. they are the last team to go to final that is day. lost against north carolina a few years ago. >> when herb was coaching there, the wolves pack was comfortable

in the acc environment. they made nice runs despite the regular season woes. aminu is fouled. >> mike: got caught on aminu. >> tim: third foul. oh, boy. young almost came away with the pick. stitt saved the day for c.j. harris that time. there's the quick burst by smith. the senior captain gets it in. >> mike: i'm usually not a fan of point guards getting it. he's a very good rebounder for his position. almost five a game.

>> tim: first double-digit lead for wake forest. trevor booker gets caught with the right arm of his. >> mike: gets the charge. just getting the drive allows mcfarland to get the initial tip. smith is beating everybody off the floor. >> tim: trevor booker takes a seat. milton jennings, number 24 comes in for him. smith breaks the pressure of the runner. not there. a push. a little rush up the floor by mcfarland. it gave ism smith a little more in the game. wake is going to be shooting in the bonus soon.

16 fouls committed by clemson in this half as jennings picks up his third after re-entering the game for booker. >> mike: through it to aminu then cleared it out. >> tim: puts it on the deck. mcfarland gets the steal from aminu. stitt. clemson comes away with it. >> mike: good recovery. jennings made up for it on that hustle play. >> tim: bad pass bihy harris. jerai grant gets it from jennings for the deuce. wake forest getting the tempo they want but clemson answering. harris does not hit the free throw. gives up to stitt. a foul.

a bit of fool's gold for worake forest. they get the game going. just as they opened up their largest lead of 12, the eye of the tiger claws back.

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sn wake forest opened up a lead. they talked about defense saying we have to get back defensively. if we do that, we can beat these guys. they get back on defense and get points in transition. >> tim: no doubt about it. mike, one of the things about the clemson team, when they make shots they set up the pressure. >> mike: i'm going give myself

an award here tonight as the best actor in a non-speaking roll. >> tim: beautifully done. out of bounds. it will be controlled under the hoop. get the shots in, my friend. >> mike: oh, yeah. it's what the last game is for. >> tim: that's right. >> mike: big possession for wake forest to get some cohesiveness back in the offense. >> tim: aminu lost it. he's got the ball. it's been a hard thing for wake forest.

potter working the pick and pop. off the front iron. stewart comes out with it. >> mike: he's the guy who really calmed down. a couple big threes early on. they are making him a two-point shooter. >> tim: potter almost knocked that one away. aminu has 16. loses it to grant. taken away by jennings. out of bounds. >> mike: there was no movement. they stayed on the same side of the floor. aminu tried to create something and got buried on the baseline. >> tim: tim brando, mike

gminski. with you from winston-salem, north carolina. happy to have you with us. the finale of acc hoops. i did not disagree with any of your choices. i offered no different opinion tonight. i'm with you. i thought you did a nice job. >> mike: thank you. thank you. potter looking down low for booker. clemson a little different look with the zone. jennings trying to slap it out. i think he was on the baseline. he was. what was the most difficult choice in those season awards you gave? >> mike: you know what? i thought midway in the year, he was the player of the year. vazquez had such a great finish. i think the choice between coaches between williams and mike was extremely tough.

>> tim: forced to call a time-out with the pressure. a five-point wake forest lead. go back and many people thought, i think you would agree, the award will go to gary williams because of what happened in the virginia tech-maryland game. it was key for maryland to be in a position to get the co--championship. >> mike: they looked lethargic. it probably kept them from winning the championship. >> tim: let's show everyone where the differences were. this is the top five. look at that. oops. >> mike: duke stays there. north carolina. then maryland. under valued at the beginning of the year. >> tim: i agree.

>> mike: people under valued virginia tech. >> tim: delany has an incredible talent. >> mike: he's in the top three for sure. they need to get hudson healthy. he's a big part of what they do in the back court. >> tim: ishmael smith. booker lost it. >> mike: trying to do too much off the dribble. good by smith. >> tim: tony woods in the game, working against booker. strong move but he's unable to -- it's taken down by jennings.

milton jennings has done a nice job since coming off the bench. there's andre young. >> mike: three balls are quicker to knock down especially in a close game in the second half. there have been possessions tonight where wake forest looks out of sync. not there for stewart. stitt, stop and go move of his own. negotiates all the way to the pin for an easy one. 47-42. >> mike: he used trevor booker well on that play. >> tim: a block. nice work by c.j. harris against milton jennings. time-out. wake leads by five.

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>> tim: some of the senior night emotion we were discussing, mike. there have been moments of brilliance and moments where there have been lapses for all of them, really. >> mike: i think wake needs to find other scorers out there. the seniors and chas mcfarland with 11. >> tim: l.d. williams was emotional during the proceedings. he's scoreless. jenn has more. >> jenn: i think one thing we

haven't seen from l.d. williams was the passion. i asked him what he chose to address the team about. all the seniors addressed the team. he said why he played with such passion. he quickly became a wake forest demon deacons. he imagined this is where he would be playing on this night. he thought about this for a long time. >> tim: i don't know that a player represents the rise of wake forest like l.d. williams. he's a good defensive perimeter player. booker has been reduced to a complete non-factor in the game. >> mike: talk about the size in this tournament. clemson is undersized.

they play above the rim, but the big centers, the post players for wake forest are giving trevor booker problems. >> tim: you touched on that many times before when we come to wake forest. they are susceptible to team that is shoot well. they have a lot of depth to run at guys like booker. >> mike: it's a seven-foot sandwich. booker had to kick it out. >> tim: stitt gets fouled. he picked up a personal. his second. >> mike: watch this look down. you get the defeat inside then the weak side coming over. you have three players here. there's really nowhere for trevor booker to go. he's got to kick it out. >> tim: mcfarlands with the foul instead of smith. his third.

that's bad news for wake forest. david potter re-enters the game. dino gaudio who, along with mike spent time as a head coach in his career. very emotional guy. i think he's making sure his team finds his way before the conference tournament gets underway. >> mike: very respectable. 57% winning percentage. in three years here at home, 41-5 at the joel. >> tim: one of the real great guys in this business. after the untimely passing of skip proctor, everyone knew this job really did belong to team struggling, we know about clemson never winning in chapel hill. it's been 17 years since they won in this building.

you know who the coach was for wake forest? he's in the building tonight. >> tim: dave odem? >> mike: dave odem. he's coming off a terrific game off georgia tech. smith is in his own right getting to the rim. >> tim: his third. c.j. harris checks in for him. think about the coaching fraternity and what it means. skip having been a pittsburgh guy. he was successful. dino thought he had so much to do with that staff and recruiting the talent. when skip passed away, he

recruited many of these guys to be part of wake forest. >> mike: one of the things dino talked about was attacking the pressure to dunk and score. it's what you have to do. don't be satisfied with getting the ball over half court. >> tim: booker gives it up quickly to potter. nice recognition by trevor. he wasted no time. a four-point wake lead. >> mike: again, clemson putting pressure on with the three. >> tim: smith and williams. in the scoring column. >> mike: when you play pak forest, you have to keep the wow down. get the crowd going. >> tim: stitt from downtown off the front iron. c.j. harris in the open floor. past smith. looks to give it up to aminu.

al-farouq aminu, not this time. stitt gets the long rebound. >> mike: whoever is getting hot, they put l.d. williams on. he's guarding stitt now. >> tim: down to booker. trevor is very upset he didn't get a whistle that time. >> mike: mcfarland keeping his arms up in the air. >> tim: just inside the three-point arc. opportunities to pull away. they missed open jumpers. maintains contact. trailing by only six. booker. again, unable to get past mcfarland. >> mike: he set the left hand up nicely, but couldn't finish.

>> mike: he gets a good post. he gets an angle. just not getting the call down there. you can see here, he puts mcfarland in there. mcfarland getting back into it. hockey they would be throwing the gloves down now. >> he's frustrated. there's no question about that. it's a difficult match up for him. good idea for oliver purnell to be sitting down now. >> mike: rather than posting him up, they have to get him out and use his quickness. >> tim: andre young. 4 of 18 from three-point range. it's been a struggle from

downtown. andre young had a chance. the ball was tipped. over and back. >> mike: he would have been better served to let it go. he gets wake forest back into it. >> tim: a time-out. 15 on the shot clock when we come back to winston-salem. righeed e on eye plajers

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>> tim: we welcome you back to winston-salem, north carolina. both teams are struggling in shooting percentages in general.

wake forest getting a lot of second opportunities. >> mike: a lot of self-inflicted wounds in the turnovers. dino gaudio said it's not great defense, it's the decisions both teams are making. >> tim: the shot clock was at 15 when it began. smith deflected it. harris shoots. oh! the bank is open on sunday night in winston-salem. >> mike: sometimes you talk about a wild play. a three is as good as a dunk. what a bail out by the freshman harris. >> tim: that went in, boys and girls. >> mike: apply the paddles to the crowd here. smith not wanting to foul to bail them out.

there's no way he make that is. the back board got in the way. >> tim: tanner smith. airborne. would have counted, had it fallen. smith doesn't give up on a play. >> mike: you love all the things he brings out on the floor. great on the press. great instincts. good in his game. just under ten points a game scoring. really was hot at the beginning of the year. trailed off since. if they can get him in the 10 to 12 point range, it will be a big boost in the tournament. >> tim: this is not been a work of art for either team offensively. woods is leaving with the four fouls. a little bit better offensively

than clemson played, for instance this time a week ago. if you are going to make a run and be able a legitimate contender, you have to win some ugly games. that's what they have done. >> mike: mission accomplished there. it was 21-19 at florida state at the half with a bomb to get to 19. they were at zero with 14 minutes to go at the first half. it puts a lot of pressure on your defense. >> tim: trapped on the inbound pass. one of the moments where wake forest that has lead, but clemson hanging around. with the pressure defense they have, it's a factor. the acc women's tournament came to a conclusion earlier today. we have more on that. >> jenn: i was there to see the semifinals yesterday. today, it wrapped up with the blue devils getting a 70-60 win.

the blue devils were the top seat going into the tournament. the first title since they won five straight in 2000 to 2004. mvp 18 points to go along with six rebounds and six assists. congratulations to the duke ladies for that acc championship. >> mike: gail started that tradition and she stepped in. congratulations to the lady blue devils. >> tim: l.d. williams on the floor along with c.j. harris. mcfarland. potter, booker for clemson. harris is trapped. oh, he stays with it. the ball went half way down.

a strum under. a tie ball with clemson. >> mike: we talk about the award to chris as the player of the year. top steals and blocks. trevor booker is the other one. i have no doubt he'll be first team all defense. then you saw a glimpse, l.d. williams will be a member of that team. >> tim: the lead is seven. clemson just hanging around. just like they did a week ago when they came from behind with florida state. stitt. got right into the painted area. used a little extra anguish on that law up. >> mike: nice two-man game that time. going left and finishing right. not that easy to do.

>> tim: williams. mcfarland. 58-51. just under six remaining. >> mike: i think he's got to face up and use his quickness rather than try to beat mcfarland. >> tim: it's a tough take, isn't it? >> mike: good scouting, he'll turn to the left hand on the block. >> tim: smith thought about it. wanted to get someone else involved. offered to take the shot. tanner smith, three. nails it! >> mike: that happened because l.d. williams got a charge on the other end. >> tim: number 5. he will make you pay.

smith with 13 points. tanner smith has been outstanding. the ball goes the other way, yet again. >> mike: you are not going to get that call. because of that, there's a number situation. tanner smith sees it. he runs to the open line on the right side. put your team in trouble by trying to buy a flop. >> tim: you can see the numbers 5-10 on the floor. it fell by the way. l.d. williams was third a moment ago. good to the hoop by donte. >> mike: he's taking it personally. >> tim: all the way. out the window. the lead back to four. >> mike: we have a war between number two and number ten.

>> tim: mcfarland steps out. along with smith. smith takes it up. >> mike: he's been terrific. he's got his little smile there. mr. smith says i'll come back with my left hand. >> tim: the senior from concord against the senior from matthews, north carolina. >> mike: they did a good job recruiting this state. duke only has two from this state. north carolina only has two on the roster. national recruiting scopes there. there are plenty of good players to be had. >> tim: really outstanding

free-throw shooter. stitt. >> mike: that makes a difference. i would bet he can make a clutch free-throw. it's a liability for him. he's in the 40s. >> tim: the score is a little higher than a week ago, but doesn't it look familiar? ultimately, their defense is creating enough opportunities to steal a road win? doubled. mcfarland puts it back. >> mike: the senior stepped up and had a nice game in the offensive playoffs. >> tim: jennings on the floor. andre along with stitt and potter, the five on the floor. booker and smith get a blow. who will come away with the

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>> tim: it's a four-point game with 3:45 left. with the win, clemson gets into a third slot and a by. florida state gets bumped out. wake forest can only get to a fifth seat. nine conference wins and really improve their resume as far as the ncaa tournament is concerned. shot clock at 15 out of the time-out. smith is back on the floor along with booker. looking for it and got it. back to smith.

air ball. >> mike: the defense. he was able to body up and booker was able to kick up and not pay for the mismatch inside. >> tim: time to work. mcfarland not prepared for the turnover. tigers get it back with 3:11 left left to play. >> mike: a little more arc on the pass. let aminu go back and catch it. >> tim: young back on the floor. mcfarland already with a double double, mike. terrific finish for his career here at home. one rebound and raised from the 18th double double on the season. 16 points and nine rebounds. mcfarland did