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The Associated Press

Published: February 10, 2009

TALLAHASSEE - Florida State looks to start the second half of its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule in the same fashion it finished the first half.

Well, maybe not exactly.

The Seminoles are back in The Associated Press rankings for the first time in more than 11 years, coming in at No. 25 on Monday after taking a 65-61 win over the weekend at Clemson with a furious 23-4 finish.

But the Seminoles won't have much time to enjoy their new status with Virginia on deck tonight looking to avenge a 73-62 loss at home.

"We need to continue winning," Coach Leonard Hamilton said. "We realize we have a lot of work ahead of us."

Florida State has suffered through 10 consecutive seasons without an NCAA Tournament bid.

Meanwhile, the ACC picked Hamilton's 7-1 freshman center, Solomon Alabi, as the league's rookie of the week for his performances in last week's victories over Clemson and Georgia Tech.

Alabi scored 25 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and blocked seven shots in the two games, hitting hit on 10 of 15 from the field. In the win over Clemson, he had a career-high 17 points, nine rebounds, five blocked shots and two steals.

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