welcome back courtside, everybody, bob rathbun and larry conley. an the evening discussing the inside power of florida state, the great guarding power of virginia tech. both of those elements had their moments in the first half. >> larry: it did. watching delaney play the way he does, he's an outstanding shooter, he had 11 in the first half. but it was the big guys at got back in the game was the 2-3 zone. >> bob: but early on, florida state was in attack mode to get the ball inside. >> larry: they were. the one thing they did well was kitchen who had two assists in the first half, with ryan reid. reid was nine points and five rebounds. singleton with a nice move here. he a couple of steals and that was a big basket, driving the ball mid court. kitchen with four points in the first half, i thought he played a good all-around game for florida state. any time we talk about virginia tech, we've got to talk about malcolm delaney. he had 11 in the first half. he made a couple of three's, but i think it was his leadership that got them back in the game. >

. >> bob: larry conley, we are down to four, when we talk about unbeatens in college basketball. l perfect. but that number is dwindling day by day. >> larry: kansas and texas, very top heavy in that conference out there. these two clubs are really good, though. kentucky with a big win over louisville yesterday. it was a war. and purdue beat west virginia, which was previously unbeaten. purdue is really good. >> bob: i really like them. >> larry: i do. i've seen them three times this year. i've seen kentucky play, too. i think they're very good. what a freshman group they've got. -- >> bob: degand to mid-floor and mays. nc state, only two field goals in the first eight minutes of this second half. wood. one on the clock as it goes through the net. his third three-pointer. tied at 37. boynton. he misses the three. now the pack looking to get the lead back. mapes. cross-court to degand for three. bulls eye! >> larry: back-to-back threes for nc state. you know what they're coming from two guys who they are going to have to ask to help a lot on that perimeter this year. degand and woo

larry conley, it underscores part of the wake forest schedule here the last month and a half.dino gaudio about that. take a look at their games since new year's eve. three overtime games, all of virginia at wake forest. >> bob: prior to that stretch there was an acc game against nc state that they won in winston-salem. here is favors second shot of the game. count it, and a foul on the deacs. l.d. williams with personal number two. >> larry: take a look at derrick favors. of the evening. >> bob: that's always a conversation we get into. there's just so many shots in a game. you don't get 10 or 12, 15 shots every game. you've got maybe 55, 60, occasionally more than 50 shots in a game. you've got to split them up. whoever has got a chance to shoot them, take them. you need to be good friends with your point aminu. georgia tech leading it by four. carries it up, off, it. outside for three. really gone cold. >> bob: after hitting six of udofia, and wake forest is going to take a time-out here with half. and georgia tech has come back strong. freshman, mfon udofia in transition. >

bob rathbun and larry conley with you. to say it's anybody's race, lawrence, is an understatement. >> the conversation around the atlantic coast conference, we're almost to the mid-point of the conference season. i don't think anybody would have picked maryland and virginia to be on the top right now. >> how about our battle inside tonight. high school teammates just ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪(whi tun n't be h♪ >> bob: welcome back to georgia tech, everybody. inside that jacket huddle, the food lion starters for the home team, georgia tech 9-1 in this building, they only lost to florida state. wake forest can match that size with aminu and chas mcfarland. williams an outstanding defender, c.j. harris and the point guard is smith. this should be an outstanding matchup between the deacs and the jackets. it's great to have you with us for what should be a heck of a game. opening tip to the jackets. >> let's see what wake forest is going to do and they open up with a man-to-man. that's a good matchup, bob. >> bob: a lob to lawal. he bumps into

. >> bob: with my colleagues larry conley and debbie antonelli, this is bob rathbun, back in raleigh. we head to overtime. number one, a 48-48 tie in this second half. you see the shooting. tracy smith, 18 points, as we head to the extra period. he had 14 of those in the first half. nc state wins the tip. free basketball. here's horner. got to get out with that aching right knee. and a three from gonzalez! >> larry: i tell you what, this guy just waits until the opportune moment, doesn't he? >> bob: 51-48, nc state. >> larry: he likes the stage. >> bob: turn and shoot, boynton, no. gonzalez, the rebound. boy, boynton has had a rough day. florida's leading scorer has not scratched since the first half and hat only four. >> larry: gators contend to play that two-three zone. >> bob: skip it to the corner. gonzalez again. drives it and scores it! >> larry: oh, javy, where have you been? >> bob: into a nearby phone booth. time-out, florida. the wolf pack, roaring out to start this overtime. >> larry: let's look at javy gonzalez. three of his last four games, he has been a scoring ma seen.

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bob rathbun and larry conley with you. uestion before the house from the wake forest perspective is what can they do to turn this thing around? >> larry: the one thing they have got to be able to do is shoot the ball a lot better. they're only 32% in that first half and they were only one of seven from beyond the three-point line. they're not a three-point shooting team, but they have got to do a better job of getting the ball inside. i've got to credit georgia tech's defense. paul hewitt said to me yesterday, he said, look, i am very satisfied with our defense. it's our offense that's let us down in the games that we've lost. >> bob: one guy they have turned that defense on is smith. he didn't have a very good first half. >> larry: shumpert and bell did a good job of keeping him away from the basket. he got in there but the shots were difficult. >> bob: one of five shooting for ish and three turnovers, which is a little atypical for the play he's been playing. >> larry: his assist to turnover ratio is about two to one. he