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it's the money you could hebe saving with geico. >> rich: 40-18.te on on top of mercer at the half. we thought this was going to be a tight game. florida state certainly a defensively a terrific first half. i guess if you're an acc coach at home watching this, you got to sit up and take notice of this first half. up and take notice of the fact that you to think of something to do to score against florida state ball inside very well. very interesting year in the atlantic coast conference and i think the florida state seminoles are sort teams in the a acc, a lot of talent but a lot of question marks, as well. >> rich: if you look at the preseason projections, florida state who finished fourth last year has fallen all the way to seventh. >> dan: of course this is just the writers an sports ca sports casters giving their best projections. if you go down the line, let's those teams have lost key guys, back. roles in the past and have to play increased role. they have receipt good freshmen classes. so, again, these are teams with a lot of question marks,

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anncr: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> dan: we've seen good defense on both sides. >> larry: we talked about the fact that both clubs are going to have difficult ty getting shots to the basket. >> dan: larry, you talked about it, matt painter says i'm going to play my young players. he's got a couple of those kids out there on the floor right now. i want to see what i've got, he said. e'twaun moore feeds it to the wing. this is d.j. byrd, he's a freshman . >> larry: their coach believes in them. >> larry: the young man i was talking about, sharing play iin time with bobby maze. he needed to give relief out front for maze. so after a lead of 7-1 for tennessee, a little run here by the boilermakers. >> larry: kelsey barlow with a high shot off the block. i think it's pretty good tonight that you do have that good defense. the way they're playing, you can get a lot of fatigue with five or six minutes to go. >> dan: bruce pearl telling us, he likes his

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