7:02 pm
February 15

#9 Virginia @ #17 Florida State

Who will WIN this matchup?

#9 Virginia Cavaliers (15-3)

@ #17 Florida State Seminoles (11-3)

 

Current odds:

Virginia Cavaliers: (+130)

Florida State Seminoles: (-150)

 

• The line for this game is Florida State by 2.5 points.

• No. 17 Florida State will put its school-record 23-game Atlantic Coast Conference home winning streak on the line Monday night when No. 9 Virginia visits Tallahassee, Fla. The Seminoles (11-3, 7-2 ACC) extended that streak — and another one — on Saturday with a 92-85 overtime win against Wake Forest.

• That was Florida State’s 11th straight win in overtime games, matching the all-time record shared by Louisville (1968-75), UMass (1991-96) and Virginia (1991-96). The Seminoles’ ACC home winning streak is the second-longest in league history behind Duke’s 26-game run from 1997-2000. FSU hasn’t lost at the Donald L. Tucker Center since Jan. 12, 2019, against the then-No. 1 Blue Devils.

• Saturday’s win against the Demon Deacons was Florida State’s first game since Jan. 30 due to three postponements because of COVID-19. RaiQuan Gray led the way with career highs of 24 points and 12 rebounds. Scottie Barnes sent the game to OT with a reverse layup with 0.5 seconds remaining and finished with 13 points.

• The Seminoles stayed right behind first-place Virginia (15-3, 11-1) in the ACC race. The Cavaliers have won four straight and 11 of their past 12. Both teams are making the short Saturday-Monday turnaround, with Virginia coming off a 60-48 weekend win at North Carolina. The Cavaliers took control early with a 21-2 run and no Tar Heels players finished in double figures, the first time that had happened since 1966.

• The Cavaliers-Seminoles series can’t get any closer, as they’ve split their 52 meetings right down the middle. UVA head coach Tony Bennett is 9-9 against Florida State, including a 61-56 win in Charlottesville, Va., in the teams’ most recent meeting on Jan. 28, 2020.

• Monday’s game is a classic clash of styles. Florida State leads the ACC with 80.4 points per game in conference play. The Seminoles also rank first in field-goal percentage (50.2) and 3-point shooting (41.8). Virginia meanwhile ranks No. 1 in conference play in scoring defense, allowing 57.5 points per game. League foes are shooting just 30.0 percent from behind the arc against the Cavaliers.

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Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
#9 Virginia Cavaliers
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