a 6-0 run by xavier. a spin move, sees a triple team and he is fouled. >> dan: wake forest has one of the top three-point defenses in the country, but it's really difficult to defend any basket intransition. nobody is around redford. it's hard to find him in transition. i tell you what, when this kid gets his feet set, he just doesn't miss. >> ron: he led the a-10 last year, leads them this year in three-point percentage, but even in today's shoot around this morning, gaudio was telling his team you do not leave this guy open. somebody has to pick him up the second he's in the ball game. >> dan: and that's all and well when you can find him. but this was a scramble situation. you can't always find him. >> ron: aminu missing the second free throw. the lead is just one, just about 12 minutes left in the first half. aminu with a rejection! his 15th of the year. >> dan: that's a

he went to xavier. he and his staff went to xavier and talked with xavier about how the musketeers, their defensive system, and so they run the same defensive system. >> ron: pat klein defense. dino and pat kelsey, who is now with xavier, met with some of the xavier coaches and got a little lesson in how they do it. >> dan: another missed free throw. that's five in the first half, and i think three of them have been the front end of the 1-1. leaving a lot of points at the line. >> ron: crawford has to give it up to taylor. here is crawford. redford is being shadowed all over the place by clark. clark not giving him any room at all. 12 to shoot. here comes the double. a little ball fake. aminu puts up the hands. they'll count the basket by mclean and we have a whistle. >> dan: that's not a good foul by al-farouq aminu. that was a really good shot by mclean, but this is a situation, they're in a tough disadvantage defensively, and if you're going to foul the guy, foul him at least sow doesn't put the ball

that's his fourth foul. >> ron: and one on a xavier assistant. >> dan: the xavier bench gets a technical and l.d. williams gets a technical. the xavier bench can't foul out of the game. l.d. williams, who is their best defensive players, he's had his hands full with crawford the entire night, now he's picked up his fourth personal foul with 16:16 left in the game. for xavier you have your starting big guys both with three personal fouls, but for wake forest you have your best defensive player on the bench with four fouls, and you have al-farouq aminu playing with three. >> ron: mcfarland also playing with three. inside, can't get it to go, but another whistle and another foul. very physical ball game tonight. >> dan: it's just like a conference game. >> ron: exactly. >> dan: when you get in conference play, whether the acc or the a-10, the teams know one another so well that it's very difficult to have it look smooth and fluid, and as we mentioned before, these coaches have very close ties to one another both personally and professionally. they know one another so well, it's just like co

coming up next, xavier and wake forest at 5:30 eastern time. and then at cameron indoor stadium, duke plays host to clemson at 7:45 eastern time. nc state with a fresh clock, and maybe javy gonzalez is saving his best for last. >> larry: he's not had a good shooting day today. he's not been the offensive performer he has been in three of the last four games he's played. >> bob: he scored 13 of the last 15 in their last game. still time for gonzalez to make his mark on this one. and who knows, it might be the winning shot, the way this thing's going. >> larry: you were asking me today if you thought this would be a close game, and i told you yeah. these two clubs remind me so much of each other. it's just like looking in a mirror. >> bob: werner gives to walker. three minutes remaining. 12 florida steals. and a grand total of 14 nc state turnovers. tyus. drains it for the baseline. >> larry: horner cannot leave tyus. he makes that shot all the time. he tried to double team and left tyus wide open. >> bob: florida ahead by three. seeing horner cu

thompson and this will be on xavier gibson. it is his second.ompson, heads to the free-throw line for the first time tonight. junior out of monroe, north carolina. an injury-plagued sophomore year, a hernia, an ankle injury. had seven here in tallahassee last season. started against these seminoles, in blacksburg as a freshman, delivered an 11.5 rebound night. >> larry: bob will at virginia tech right now making the free throws, they're only 6-14 this evening, make that 6 of 15. >> bob: with those, the majority of those misses, they have at least a tie, maybe the lead. 40-36. gibson, i wonder if hamilton is going to be awfully pleased with the play of that young man tonight. doing them really good minutes off the bench. >> bob: xavier gibson. delan delaney, hudson turning, shooting. thompson -- yes! >> larry: what a battle! >> bob: nice job, jt thompson. >> larry: but, did he ever get in there and get after that rebound. jt. good muscle work. >> bob: kitchen -- stripped, taken away, here's delaney to hudson and a foul. and it's going to go on ch

up next, xavier and wake forest at 5:30 eastern time.then, just down the road, at cameron indoor stadium, clemson battling duke at 7:45 eastern time. check your local listings. let's go to debbie. >> debbie: well, bob, i checked out the florida huddle, with vernon macklin two fouls now sitting, florida is worried about their work on the glass and transition defense. they feel like they have to do a better job. no change right now on how they are going to defend smith. >> larry: two things billy donovan emphasizes, rebounding and defense. two areas he thought they were really needs to improve from last year. >> bob: nc state is shooting 57% halfway through this first half. dan werner with the mid-ranger. type yu tyus, nope. julius mays. horner looks for it, back of the basket. size advantage. rebound, state, and the big fella from australia, vor dan vandenberg puts it in. he missed the last game with an ankle sprain against unc-greensboro. but a terrific presence at 7'1" for the wolf pack. >> larry: really trying to get him some playing t

he had 20 in the loss to xavier earlier this week. tasmin mitchell.rs had the uncanny ability to create space and really get a good look at the basket just about every time they went. mitchell was one of those guys. matt: and the rebound pulled down by warren. a little quick. daymeon: coach trying to keep that and make a run in the first five minutes, you know, you've got to make that shot because you really want to get l.s.u. off. matt: eight point lead for l.s.u. early, second half. dotson stops him in the baseline. down to eight on the shot clock. and spencer got stopped by tavita. daymeon: let's understand, utah actually outscored l.s.u. 12-6 and so as you see these substitutions, it will be interesting to see if the depth of utah takes place in this second half as well. matt: well, mitchell and warren have 15 points a piece. outside of that, nobody else for l.s.u. has more than three. warren, the rebound. and mitchell got fouled into the back by washburn. daymeon: what you saw that time was really no box out by utah and if you don't box out a goo

xavier and wake next. gonzalez. on t 15 on the shot clock. >> larry: tyus got on that baseline, he had nowhere to go with the basketball. he has to be able to find and get out of those situations. >> larry: smith with all kinds of gators digging at him. they jar the ball loose, and florida's running five on four. werner almost took his jersey off. >> bob: 11 gator steals. werner for three. >> larry: they get another chance. >> bob: and now roger ayers stops the game for an injured player. dennis horn er, trying to get t his feet. just rolled that ankle. and limping back to the bench. see if we can see it here. >> larry: here's werner trying to get around that screen. he stops --

a turnover that went right to the hands of xavier thames. >> miles: klay had the opportunity there.at pac-10 conference sign. there at 6'6", he needs to raise up over the smaller defenders and shoot that nice little 10 footer and clean it up on the glass. >> steve: coach said the key is taking care of the basketball. they've already suffered three turn your overs. and washington turns them into points. terrible shot by holiday. missed the basket by a good foot and a half. >> miles: so far lucky for the cougars off those turnover, they haven't led to transition points as thames knocks down the three, gets a sign to his family up in the crowd. >> steve: and xavier averaging just under five points per game. got the start today. he's on top of the zone more almost with the steal. thomas with a long move to the hoop. and he is fouled. deanxio dea kcasto the guy that can get int foul trouble. >> miles: they feel just a little bit from fatigue and he's playing a different style of basketball this year where if you're a big guy, you have to play 94 feet because you play fwlok block on both

his best defensive player, we were asking him to compare his arizona team to some of the teams at xavierthey're not quite where they need to be defensively. >> marques: here he comes, here he comes. derrick williams, the freshman figuring out things in his head as we speak. >> derrin: mike montgomery has seen enough. he wants to talk about this arizona as extends their lead to 39-34. a quick pass inside to the freshman who is able to finish the play. arizona with a poin dort welcome back. the mckale center i the 2010 pac 10 men's basketball tournament from march 10 to march 13. go to www.pac sdlooet 10.org and click on the entry link. what a game we have hear. this young people is starting to grow up before our very eyes. >> marques: derrick williams going through it. you can see him going through all those kinds of things to see where he can be most effective on the basketball and credits sean miller for putting him in those positions. >> derrin: set a screen for randle. but wise gets around it. christopher who has been kind of quiet in and out, but the rebound dug out by cal. amoke goe

>> well, the in the a-10 semifinals against xavier, you said you would give me the tie. i've worn it proudly. appreciate that. >> well, it looks good on you, steve. >> when you look at this year's team, arguablely the best start in 20 years, how important is it to be a part of this temple tradition? >> well, they mean a lot to me, they gave me a chance four year also go, just as the university of pennsylvania did 20 years ago, and i appreciate both of those programs. coach john cheney has made me feel great. john cheney, and also someone you worked with, speed by morris. they're going to enter the big five hall of fame this week. >> that is a big part of philadelphia college, the fabric of philadelphia college basketball, and both those guys did great work for many, many years, and speedy is not only a great work at la salle, but in the high school setting as well, so his body of work has been phenomenal. i got a chance to coach with him for three years. coach aid against john chain. y for 17 years. they both kicked my butt pretty good pretty regularly, but i'm lucky to

xavier thames has tied his career-high. >> miles: pondexter getting back on defense and he says get outmy way. i got to do something to rattle your bones. >> steve: and he had his head turned, was looking at the action the players coming from the other side of the floor. so did not see it. that's the end of the first half with the score waushington 40, washington state 36. when we return, it's time for the acura halftime report. w hom. >>> welcome in inside our l.a. studios. first let's recap what happened thursday night in the pac-10. we start with ucla visiting oregon. under a minute left. taking to the hoop, gets hit. and hit. duks win over the bruins. usc at oregon state, second half oregon state leading by 5 before haines driving baseline. the news move there. beavers win it. s stanford and arizona. derrick williams running the floor. he had 23. cal at arizona state, second half, showing off some foot work down low. cal the winner 78-07 on the road. don't forget 30 minutes of highlight in the final score presented by burger king. now more of the acura me dy tink ng? ♪ kfc grrwing n

dayton picked to finish first and xavier is always in the mix. richmond had a big win over florida.picked to finish third. >> steve: you talk about dayton xavier they had a tough loss against butler, richmond. dunphy and jim, look like a two-man race for coach of the year award. >> tom: yeah. >> steve: picked 8th and they are 12-1. they are getting ready to get ranked too. those are two guys that have done probably the best job. many people thought dayton was going to be good obviously. but fran dunphy and jim are doing good. >> tom: jim barron lost his son jimmy. and i didn't know where their offense would come from. >>> they have reloaded so nicely over the last few years. maybe this is the year where they will be able to keep it going. [audio indiscernible]. >> tom: govens tried to force the shot as the shot clock was winding down. phil martelli wanted a little more out of that offensive set with his team down 59-39. crosgile on ramone moore. >> steve: fernandez and jones. he is a big guard. jones is a lot of mismatch. st. joseph is a very small team. >> tom: here's jones running

xavier thames at the point. washington state led by four at halftime.hey have been blown out 24-5 in this second half. >> miles: overton not giving them any room to breathe. >> steve: thames gets inside. i like this young man's future. he and reggie moore. >> miles: he's played with a lot of poise and confidence. thames saying i'll take over the offense. >> steve: 13 points. his previous high 11 against oregon. misses the finish of that. cougars trailing by 13. back to the 2-3 zone. hard to believe pondexter scoring his first points of the second half and his team exploding on washington state. >> miles: even harder to believe is that the cougars aren't recognizing where he's at on the floor. he's just finding creases and gaps in the zone anytime. >> steve: reggie moore is fouled. got to ask you this. the adjustment that lorenzo romar made at halftime, i think he's one of the game's best coach, but what adjustments do you think he made to create this flip-flop no for washington. >> miles: i think he emif a sised pushing the ball more, made or miss. you

. >> larry: xavier gets, he's getting good minutes offer the bench. >> bob: snaer looking and reid nowers the ball. jordan demercy, back up top, kitchen lets it fly. punched out to mid floor and demersy. up, off, reid the rebound. and fouled. that painted area is no place for the pivot. >> larry: you know what? reid belongs there. that is his home. he has pitched a tent in there, come and join me. >> bob: second foul on thompson. >> larry: a tough guy, 6'8", 235. he may have taken a little blow that time, too. he backed off of the free-throw line right now, getting his breath. there are a lot of arms flailing around in there. >> bob: i guess so. so reid, back to the foul line. and a 1-1 coming. 18 fouls on the hokies. >> larry: for a guy who shoots 62% from the free-throw line, he has an awfully good-looking shot. hesitation, he gets himself set. concentration. almost feels like he should be shooting a higher percentage than that. >> bob: florida state, terrance shannon, they wanted to get shannon in the rotation early tonight. >> larry: the young man who did not play his senior year o

i'm matt rosen, joined by former xavier musketeer and long time anna list steve wolf.steve let's talk about the temple owls, always a well coached team. all the new coach has done has led them to two ncaa tournament berths. >> well, he has done a great job here. >> he has a couple of horses in the back court. a couple of guards. ryan brooks and juan fernandez lead the way. >> brooks really guests open for fernandez. he's a kind of guy that can knock down the open jump shots. he is the leader scorer on this team, and then the loader of this team, but then you know also have juan fernandez. he creates and makes everybody better on this team. >> meanwhile, charlotte is 4-1 in atlantic 10 play. they've won three straight games, and a couple of those wins have been in buzzer- beating fashion. >> well, and it's because they're playing good defense, matt. they play excellent defense throughout the course of the game, keeping them in the game so they can win at the last second. now they have 14 wins this year. >> so the stage is set. temple hoping for their first question to s

one of those family members was a little 7 month old boy named xavier, whose father michael was a programer. i had first met michael visiting the richmond city jail. now, michael was free of the bars of imprisonment, accepting the responsibility of seizing the opportunity he had been given to turn his life around for him and his son. michael is here with us tonight and i congratulate you michael for what you are doing for yourself and your family and being an example of people turning their lives around. thank you michael. [ applause ] every day, virginians help each other with generous acts of personal charity. i've seen it firsthand recently at the healing place in richmond the food banks and boys and girls clubs statewide the uso in norfolk. the carpenter's shelter in alexandria. the opportunity to serve one another is a call we all must answer. so tonight, i encourage all virginians to continue to give back, help out, and work together. tonight, i have laid out some of my priorities for the year ahead of us. four years from tonight we will meet here again and look back on our time wor

xavier becerra, your state has experienced some tough challenges as well. would you tell people what your overall view is of the federal role in job creation? what can and cannot the government do? guest: we saw how the federal government working well could help avoid an economic catastrophe. we are on the verge of the great depression. if it were not for the fdr safety provisions created in the 1930's we probably would have seen many americans look at this as a great depression. what receive the federal government can do is to help stimulate in local communities and states the opera treaties for jobs. the economic recovery package we passed at the beginning of last year at the president's behest will help to create and save millions of jobs because we gave states the opportunity to continue the road construction projects or school retrofitting project that would have been put onto the shelf for a long time for lack of money. we give small businesses tax breaks to hire or by the new computers. we can help to stimulate at the federal level. host: his joining