Inside the boxscore: FSU 58, Virginia 55

1. The game was played in Tallahassee where the Seminoles are now 4-0 in conference. Their only home loss this season was in 3OTs to Princeton. Last season they were strong at home as well, going 7-1 in conference with the only loss coming on a Harrison Barnes three in the final seconds. Leonard Hamilton has never lost to Virginia at home, and the last time the Hoos left Tallahassee with a win was on February 17th, 2001.

2. Virginia turned the ball over 20 times in a 63 possession game, or on 31.7% of their trips. Their previous high was 19 in a loss to TCU (28.8% of their trips). The 31.7% was not only the worst Virginia performance in Tony Bennett's tenure at UVA, but it was the worst performance for any Tony Bennett coached team in his career.

3. Florida State is now 16-7, 7-1 and tied atop the ACC with North Carolina (over which FSU has the tiebreaker). The Noles have never been 7-1 in the ACC, and they've never won 7-straight ACC games, another feat they accomplished on Saturday. Not only are the Noles on top of the ACC, but it's also not a fluke. They're outscoring their opponents at a higher rate than any other conference team. In 8 conference games the Noles have scored 1.06 points per possession, and allowed 0.92 points per possession. That 0.14 margin per possession is the best in the conference. Duke and UNC are both at 0.13. Of course, Duke and UNC have both played easier schedules. According to Ken Pomeroy's site the Seminoles have played the 4th hardest conference schedule, as compared to Duke (9th) and UNC (11th). FSU travels to Boson College on Wednesday, a team with the 2nd worst efficiency margin in the ACC (-0.16).

4. Okaro White played what was perhaps his best game of the season. It wasn't the most points he's scored (13, compared to 20 against Charleston Southern), and it wasn't the rebounds he's grabbed (5, compared to 11 versus UMass and Loyola Marymount), but in a game where the Seminoles struggled to put points up he scored 13 points on just 6 shots, and extended three possessions with offensive rebounds. He's now scored in double figures in five of the past six games, and has made his last three 3-point attempts (raising his % from 24% to 35%).

5. The Seminoles had five blocked shots. That number isn't remarkable (FSU averages 6 per game), but what was remarkable is that FSU took over possession after four of the five blocks. In a game where the hidden possessions made the difference, FSU did a great job deflecting shots rather than swatting them into the stands. The latter might make the highlight reel, but the former wins games. Bernard James had one block which gives him 47 for the season, good for 10th all-time at FSU. He now has 129 blocks in his 1 1/2 year FSU career, which is good for 6th all time. Xavier Gibson had two blocks, and now needs 11 more to become the 12th player in FSU history with 100 in their career.