NO. 16/16 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (12-3 OVERALL, 8-2 ACC) 2020-21 Florida State Schedule AT D2 North Florida W, 86-58 PITTSBURGH PANTHERS (9-8 OVERALL, 5-7 ACC) D9 1 Indiana W, 69-67 (OT) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021; 4:00 P.M. D12 Florida W, 83-71 PETERSON EVENTS CENTER D15 * Georgia Tech W, 74-61 PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA D19 UCF L, 74-86 LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, ADRIAN CRAWFORD) D21 Gardner-Webb W, 72-59 FOX SPORTS SOUTH (BOB RATHBUN, DAN BONNER) D29 * at Clemson L, 67-77 J2 * Duke Postponed “Florida State’s 81-60 win over Virginia on Monday night in Tallahassee was authoritative, surgical, and forceful J6 * at Syracuse Postponed all at the same time. The Seminoles had 10 different players play eight minutes or more in the victory and wore J13 * NC State W, 105-73 down Virginia possession by possession. Only two of Florida State’s players — M.J. Walker and RaiQuan Gray — J16 * North Carolina W, 82-75 reached double figures. This team has the depth, balance, and offense. How good offensively are the Seminoles? J18 * at Louisville W, 78-65 In addition to scoring 81 points against Virginia, Florida State also shot 50 percent from the field and 54.2 percent J23 * Clemson W, 80-61 from three-point range. J27 * Miami W, 81-59 Jon Rothstein J30 * at Georgia Tech L, 65-76 CBS Sports F2 * at Boston College Postponed NO. 16 FLORIDA STATE TRAVELS TO PLAY AT PITT SATURDAY AT 4:00 P.M. F6 * at Pittsburgh Postponed No. 16 Florida State, which has won seven of its last eight games, travels to play Pittsburgh at the Peterson F9 * at Virginia Tech Postponed Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. The Seminoles’ game at Pittsburgh F13 * Wake Forest W, 92-85 (OT) marks the third time this season the games has been scheduled to be played. The game was originally scheduled F15 * Virginia W, 81-60 for January 9 and postponed and then scheduled for February 6 and postponed again. The Seminoles were F20 * Virginia Tech Postponed originally scheduled to play Virginia Tech on Saturday in Tallahassee. That game against the Hokies has been F20 * at Pittsburgh 4:00 p.m. postponed. Florida State arrives in Pittsburgh fresh from its 81-60 victory over No. 6 Virginia on Monday in F24 * at Miami 8:30 p.m. Tallahassee – the Seminoles’ third victory of the season over a nationally ranked opponent. In the last five F27 * at North Carolina 4:00 p.m. season, the Seminoles have won an ACC-high five games against Virginia. Following Saturday’s game at M3 * Boston College 9:00 p.m. Pittsburgh, the Seminoles will play at Miami on Wednesday, February 24 at 8:30 p.m. M6 * at Notre Dame 12 Noon M9-13 2 at ACC Tournament TBD WALKER ENTERS SATURDAY’S GAME AGAINST PITTSBURGH ONLY 7 POINTS FROM 1,000 FOR HIS CAREER Senior M.J. Walker enters Saturday’s game at Pittsburgh with 993 career points and needs only seven points to *ACC Game. 1 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Tallahassee, become the 47th member of the Seminoles’ 1,000 career-point club. He scored 17 points on five of six made 3- Fla.; 2 ACC Tournament Greensboro Coliseum, point field goals in the Seminoles’ win over No. 6 Virginia on Monday and is averaging a career-high 13.9 points Greensboro, N.C. scored per game through the Seminoles’ first 15 games of the season. 2020-21 ACC Standings GRAY AND BARNES EARN ACC WEEKLY HONORS Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Florida State redshirt junior RaiQuan Gray is the current ACC Player of the Week while Seminole rookie Scottie Virginia 11 2 .846 15 4 .789 Barnes is the current ACC Freshman of the Week as announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference. Both Gray and Florida State 8 2 .800 12 3 .800 Barnes were instrumental in helping Florida State defeat Wake Forest, 92-85 in overtime, in the Seminoles’ only Virginia Tech 8 3 .727 14 4 .778 game last week. It marks the first time in his career that Gray has earned the weekly Player of the Week honor Louisville 6 3 .667 11 4 .733 and is the second time Barnes has been tabbed as the ACC Rookie of the Week. Gray scored his career-high of Clemson 7 5 .583 13 5 .722 24 points and pulled down his career-high of 12 rebounds against the Deacons while Barnes scored 13 points, N. Carolina 7 5 .583 13 7 .650 pulled down four rebounds, totaled four assists and two steals and made the biggest basket of the game for the Syracuse 6 5 .500 12 6 .647 Seminoles – a reverse lay-up with 0.05 seconds remaining -- in the second half to send the game into overtime. Duke 6 6 .625 8 8 .583 Georgia Tech 6 6 .500 10 8 .556 FLORIDA STATE IS STELLAR IN THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IN THE LAST TWO SEASONS Notre Dame 6 7 .462 9 10 .474 Including a 7-1 record in the first two calendar months of 2021, Florida State has a 19-4 overall record and in Pitt 5 7 .417 9 8 .529 ACC play (.826 winning percentage) in the months of January and February in the last two seasons. NC State 5 8 .385 9 9 .500 Wake Forest 3 10 .250 6 10 .375 FLORIDA STATE SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON Miami 3 11 .214 7 12 .368 Florida State is 67-16 (.807 winning percentage) since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles finished Boston College 1 9 .100 3 13 .188 29-8 in 2018-19, 26-5 in 2019-20 and are 12-3 this season. Since defeating Clemson on December 8, 2019, the Seminoles have won more than 85 percent of their games with a record of 29-5 (.853 winning percentage). Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record W L Pct. Years FLORIDA STATE IN THE ACC SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON Career 572 434 .569 1987-Pr. Florida State is 37-11 (.771 winning percentage) in ACC regular season play since the start of the 2018-19 season. at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 The Seminoles finished 13-5 in 2019, 16-4 in 2020 and are 8-2 this season. at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 at Florida State 372 224 .624 2002-Pr. A LOOK INSIDE FLORIDA STATE’S STATISTICS Florida State enters Saturday’s game at Pittsburgh with nine players averaging 13.6 or more minutes per game ACC Operation Basketball played and with eight players averaging 5.1 or more points scored per game. The Seminoles have outscored Predicted Order of Finish their opponents by 156 points – a +10.4 margin per game – in their first 15 games of the season. 1. Virginia 9. Georgia Tech 2. Duke 10. Clemson LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… 3. FLORIDA STATE 11. Virginia Tech …Defeat Pittsburgh and improve its overall record to 13-3. The Seminoles were 14-2 after their first 16 games 4. North Carolina 12. Notre Dame of the 2019-20 season, 13-3 after their first 16 games of the 2018-19 season and 12-4 after their first 16 games 5. Louisville 13. Pittsburgh of the 2017-18 season; 6. Syracuse 14. Boston College …Defeat Pittsburgh and improve its ACC record to 9-2. The Seminoles began their ACC season with a 10-1 record 7. Miami 15. Wake Forest in 2019-20 and finished as the ACC Regular Season Champions with a 16-4 conference record. The Seminoles’ 8. NC State 16 ACC wins during the 2019-20 season ranks as the school record for conference victories in a season. HAMILTON AMONG ALL-TIME GREATEST ACC COACHES Florida State Basketball / National Polls Florida State Head Coach Leonard Hamilton enters Saturday’s game at Pittsburgh as the fifth winningest coach in ACC ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL history with 372 career wins at Florida State. Hamilton became only the sixth coach in the illustrious history of the nation’s R. Team 20-21 Rec. best basketball conference to win 350 career games with the Seminoles’ victory over Miami on January 18, 2020. 1. Gonzaga (59) 20-0 2. Baylor (5) 17-0 Hamilton in ACC History 3. Michigan 14-1 Rank Coach, School Career Wins 4. Ohio State 17-4 1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 1,092 5. Illinois 14-5 2. Dean Smith, North Carolina 879 6. Houston 17-2 3. Roy Williams, North Carolina 476 7. Virginia 15-3 4. Gary Williams, Maryland 461 8. Alabama 17-5 5. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 372 9. Oklahoma 13-5 10. Villanova 13-3 FLORIDA STATE IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS 11. Iowa 15-6 Florida State enters Saturday’s game against Pittsburgh ranked No. 16 in this week’s Associated Press poll and No. 16 in the 12. Texas 13-5 USA Today Coaches Poll. The Seminoles were ranked No. 15 in both of the major polls during the week of December 14, 13. West Virginia 14-6 2020. 14. Creighton 16-5 15. Texas Tech 14-6 FLORIDA STATE BY THE NUMBERS IN THE ACC STATISTICS… 16. FLORIDA STATE 11-3 …Florida State is ranked first in the ACC in scoring with a 79.2 points per game scoring average. The Seminoles are averaging 17.