Dave Leitao’s team doesn’t rank as low offensively as you might think, but it does have a high percentage of bad offensive halves.

When Virginia’s Sylven Landesberg converted a tough lay-up with 1:34 to go in the first half against Florida State, the fans at the John Paul Jones Arena responded with a loud and somewhat sarcastic cheer Saturday. The reason? It was just the second field goal of the game for UVa, which finished the half with three made baskets and 16 points.

Yes, it was a bad half. A really, really bad half. Worst this decade bad (the fewest points in a first half by a Cavalier team since 1993). In other proverbial words, it was just one of those days. That’s how FSU coach Leonard Hamilton viewed the scoring half while praising his team’s defensive effort as a contributing factor.

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