villanova ranked sixth in the country. rebound by isaiah tate who is back in. wright, one of the other talented freshmen for -- freshman for george mason. they get their freshmen and sophomores to play at such a high level so early into the season about a third of the way through. >> mark: what coach thompson always say, once you get into the second half of the season after december, you're not considered a freshman anymore. >> mike: foul on the play as pearson went up strong. it's on bigby. it will be his first. >> ed: pearson it the option. he was 1--- >> mark: pearson on the option. he was able to create that foul opportunity. >> mike: pearson, leading scorer and rebounder for george mason this season. george mason here at bigby goes out. here johnny williams goes out. williams, the freshman from memphis, tennessee. played but one game this season for george mason. another freshman who has played well out there this year. mason has tied this ballgame at 15. after the free throws, 9:15 to go in the first half. last year, each team won on their home floor. the

i did the villanova -- temple game. e -- villanova/temple game.e has a bad right knew but he is really coming along. >> tom: he will check out as rahlir jefferson, the freshman checks in. i asked fran dunphy about his knee and he looked at me. he said how does your knee feel? i said for 41 my knee feels good. he said well his knee feels fine. thank you for asking. [laughter]. >> tom: phil martelli watched his team turn it over one more time. joe lindsay and phil having a conversation on the sideline. bryant irwin checks in. hilliard checks out with four personal fouls. that wasn't a turnover. they called a foul. >> steve: yeah. picked up his fourth this early in the second half. very tough call. >> tom: lavoy allen away from the block on the left side. against o'brien. nice find. jefferson goes up and irwin is able to compensate. i watched today as rahlir jefferson works tirelessly. in fact, he told the temple assistant coach he was getting tired but worked tirelessly on his footwork and release in the paint with little short jumpshots. >> steve:

that villanova win.the ncaa tournament without winning the atlantic 10 tournament. >> tom: temple comes into today's ballgame with a number ranking on the rti. >> steve: played a very tough schedule. they have done everything you need to do if you are going get in the ncaa tournament. they played in georgetown. they played at miami and villanova and seton hall. so, they have done what they need to do scheduling wise. >> both teams combine for three made threes so far. expect that number to continue to rise as the evening moves on. especially if lavoy allen gets into a rhythm. nice pass underneath to michael eric. he shouldn't have put it on the floor. he nearly had the ball roll in. a fight underneath. mor gets it to -- moore gets it to bounce off the rim. ore gets it to -- moore gets it to bounce off the rim. the second made three for st. joseph. it is now 20-14 in favor of temple. >> steve: regardless of the score, st. joseph is getting pretty good looks against one of the great defensive teams in the

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early in the season, losing against villanova and west virginia when the clubs were ranked in the top. >> mark: both of the teams like the floor. both of them score over 80 a game. it will be interesting to see today. bruce pearl wants his team to be patient. >> eric: chism. fired. the shot clock is winding down. neither team looking particularly strong. inside. up and in. >> mark: i like him, eric. he's a guy that can score. >> eric: a couple of good looks for tennessee. a loose ball picked up by warren. on the offense. maybe not. cranston, offensive rebound. he's grabbed. we've got royalty in the house. pat summit looking on. probably eager to get her first look at the new head football coach at tennessee. apparently they named derek dooley, after taking the head job and he's in knoxville watching the game. >> mark: tennessee does such a great job of denying inbound pass. if you play against tennessee, you have to make sure you get the ball inbounds. >> eric: no. rebound, woolridge. >> mark: the guy right here, bobby maze has been very good the last two games. >> eric: brings it acr

temple with that victory over villanova earlier in the year.richmond has had a fine season. the a-10 much more than dayton and xavier. >> ron: here is redford. you have to stay on him. he's the three-point specialist. >> dan: that's exactly what you have to do to him. >> ron: two to shoot, one to shoot. they're not going to get it off. wake will have it with 5.3 left in the half. >> dan: crawford has some deep range, but i think that was -- >> ron: especially when somebody is trying to take the feet out from undery you. xavier has been held to 38% shooting in the opening half, however xavier will probably go in with a lead at intermission. what do you think he's going to focus on at halftime? if things stay status quo? >> dan: well, i think for wake forest they have to get al-farouq aminu back in the game and he has to play effectively with those three fouls, and i think what has to happen for wake forest, they've got to figure out a way to continue to get ishmael smith into the lane. he's done it a couple times late in the first half, but smit

tim says he knew the song had legs the day he first heard the friendly brothers version back at villanovaator >> when i played that record... i said, i just put it away. i said some day when i get out of school and some day i'm going to make this record, man, because this is a hit. i believed it. >> reporter: there have been some two dozen albums since. their latest is out this past september. still the group isn't exactly a household name. but there are plenty of true believers. ♪. >> i saw them twice in one week in the palladium. it was wonderful. ♪ >> great ears, how they can pick up those harmonys. >> you can't go wrong with people like this out there listening. makes it all worthwhile really. >> reporter: for transfer fans and for the transfer. how have you been able to maintain, remain relevant? >> we're the real deal. i mean we don't rely on our, you know, i surely don't rely on my glamor. >> reporter: you don't? >> no. we're obviously not chasing trends. that's pretty obvious. i mean we stick to what we've always been. ♪ >> reporter: for 38 years and counting. >> osgood: do books

aaron bane played at villanova.. >> steve: if you do say so yourself. >> ron: i wouldn't resist. >> steve: very nice transition. so all of those starters come back out of the game. williams and tucker back in for the terrapins. as we approach the six minute mark here. 94-51, maryland. tucker in the paint. needs to get out of there. as mosley's trapped and now they find bowie. >> ron: after seeing sean mosley go down the earlier in the game, it's good to see him back out here. >> steve: cue the mosley basket. averaging 12 points and about 6 rebounds coming into tonight. he's got the 19 points here in this game. blocked inside but the follow tip is there. hands on their feet, hoping the terps centering mark. mosley looks inside to gregory. tough fading jumper. tip-up not there. williams gets blocked from behind and the terps can reset. again, jordan williams crashing the offensive glass. mosley's held and a foul is called on aaron mitchell. jordan williams with 10 rebounds in the game the tonight. >> ron: maryland's r