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NO. 9/10 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (16-1, 4-0 ACC) 2016-17 Florida State Schedule/Results AT NO. 11/12 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS (15-3, 3-1 ACC) O27 1 Southeastern W, 119-58 N3 1 Valdosta State W, 104-76 SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2017; 2:00 P.M. N12 Charleston Southern W, 88-67 DEAN E. SMITH CENTER (21,750) N15 Iona W, 99-78 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA N18 2 Winthrop W, 100-86 ESPN (DAVE O’BRIEN, DICK VITALE) N20 2 Detroit Mercy W, 100-71 IMG SEMINOLE RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, KEITH JONES) N24 3 Temple L, 86-89 N25 3 Illinois W, 72-61 “Florida State is no-doubt-about-it a top-10 team. This could be the best team in the ACC. This win (over Duke) N28 4 Minnesota W, 75-67 was an air horn to the rest of the conference. We think about Carolina, Louisville, Duke, Virginia, Syracuse and D4 5 George Washington W, 67-48 Notre Dame as modern, year-by-year ACC players. Now Florida State's looking as good -- and much better -- as D6 Southern Mississippi W, 98-49 most of that group. I mean, a 16-1 record for the Seminoles? In basketball? Leonard Hamilton's got himself some D8 Nicholls State W, 118-63 studs. This team feels fresh, fun and ready to become one of the best stories of January in college hoops. D11 Florida W, 83-78 Matt Norlander D17 6 Manhattan W, 83-67 CBSSports.com D19 Samford W, 76-68 D28 * Wake Forest W, 88-72 NATIONALLY RANKED SEMINOLES TRAVEL TO PLAY NATIONALLY RANKED TAR HEELS D31 * at Virginia W, 60-58 Florida State, which has won a school record 12 consecutive games and who is ranked in the nation’s top 10 for J7 * Virginia Tech W, 93-78 the first time since the 1992-93 season, travels to play at No. 11/12 North Carolina on Saturday, January 14, 2017 J10 * Duke W, 88-72 at 2:00 at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Seminoles game against the Tar Heels marks the J14 * at North Carolina 2:00 p.m. first in the 61-game game series between the two teams that the Seminoles will play as the higher nationally J18 * Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. ranked team. The Seminoles defeated No. 7 Duke, 88-72, on Tuesday night in Tallahassee and are looking for J21 * Louisville 2:00 p.m. their school record fourth consecutive win over a nationally ranked team. The Seminoles began their gauntlet of J25 * at Georgia Tech 7:00 p.m. a schedule against six consecutive ranked teams with a 60-58 victory over then No. 11/11 Virginia in J28 * at Syracuse 12 Noon Charlottesville (December 31), then defeated No. 21/23 Virginia Tech, 93-78, in Tallahassee and topped the No. F1 * at Miami 8:00 p.m. 7/7 Blue Devils on Tuesday on their home court at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Following Saturday’s game F5 * Clemson 12:30 p.m. against North Carolina, Florida State will play host to No. 20/20 Notre Dame (January 18) and No. 14 /15 F11 * at Notre Dame 2:00 p.m. Louisville as they become only the third team in ACC history to play six consecutive games against nationally F18 * at Pitt 4:00 p.m. ranked opponents. F20 * Boston College 7:00 p.m. F25 * at Clemson 12 Noon BACON NAMED TO WOODEN AWARD MIDSEASON TOP 25 F28 * at Duke 7:00 p.m. All-American candidate Dwayne Bacon is one of four ACC players who has been named to the John R. Wooden M4 * Miami 4:00 p.m. Award Midseason Top 25 list. The sophomore is averaging a career 17.8 pints per game and has scored in double M7-11 7 at ACC Tournament TBA figures in an ACC best 26 consecutive games. Bacon is also on the Nasimith Award Watch List, the Julius Erving Award Watch List (as the nation’s top small forward), was named to the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament 1– Exhibition game at Donald L. Tucker Center; 2– NIT Team, was named the Most Valuable Player at the Orange Bowl Classic, was named the Lute Olson National Season Tip-Off at Tallahassee, Fla. 3– NIT Season Tip-Off at Player of the Week (Jan. 2) and was named the ACC Player of the Week (Jan. 2). Bacon was a preseason All- Brooklyn, N.Y.; 4- ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Tallahassee, Fla.; 5- BB&T Classic at Washington, D.C.; 6- Orange Bowl ACC Second-Team selection by the media in attendance at the ACC Operation Basketball in October. He earned Classic at Sunrise, Fla.; 7– ACC Tournament at Brooklyn Freshmen All-American honors and was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team as he became just the second freshman in school history to lead the Seminoles in scoring during the 2015-16 season. 2016-17 ACC Standings Team W L Pct. W L Pct. BACON HAS SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN 26 CONSECUTIVE GAMES Florida State 4 0 1.000 16 1 .938 All-American candidate Dwayne Bacon, who scored 13 points in Florida State’s victory over Duke on Tuesday Notre Dame 4 0 1.000 15 2 .882 has scored in double figures in an ACC-Best 26 consecutive games – all 17 games of the 2016-17 season and the N. Carolina 3 1 .750 15 3 .833 final nine games of the 2015-16 season. He has scored in double figures in each of Florida State’s games since Duke 2 2 .500 14 3 .824 totaling 10 points against Georgia Tech on February 17, 2016. Bacon has scored in double figures against nine Louisville 2 2 .500 14 3 .824 ACC teams a total of 12 times (Boston College, Duke (twice), Georgia Tech, Miami, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech 2 2 .500 13 3 .812 Virginia, Virginia Tech (three times) and Wake Forest during his streak. He has scored 446 points during his Virginia 2 2 .500 12 3 .800 streak (17.2 ppg) and has scored in double figures against 24 different teams. Georgia Tech 2 2 .500 10 6 .625 Syracuse 2 2 .500 10 7 .588 SEMINOLES EARN HIGHEST IN-SEASON RANKING SINCE 1992-93 SEASON Boston College 2 2 .333 9 8 .529 No. 9 Florida State, which is 6-1 while playing as a nationally ranked team this season, enters Saturday’s game Miami 1 2 .333 11 4 .733 against No. 11/12 North Carolina with its highest in-season ranking since the 1992-93 season ranked as high as NC State 1 3 .250 12 5 .706 No. 6 in the nation as the finished in second place in the ACC standings and advanced to the Elite Eight of the Pittsburgh 1 3 .250 12 5 .706 NCAA Tournament. Florida State is 16-1 for only the second time in school history – the Seminoles started out Clemson 1 3 .250 11 5 .688 16-1 during the 1988-89 season -- and are 4-0 in ACC play for the first time since joining the league in 1991. Wake Forest 1 4 .200 10 7 .588 The Seminoles became the first ACC team to reach the 15-win plateau and sit on top of the standings entering their game against North Carolina. Florida State won two conference games in the month of December for the Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record first time in school history. W L Pct. Years Career 471 398 .542 1987-Pr. LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 …Defeat No. 12/13 North Carolina and gain its school record fourth consecutive victory over a nationally ranked at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 team; at Florida State 271 188 .590 2002-Pr. …Defeat No. 12/13 North Carolina and extend its school record winning streak to 13 consecutive games. The Seminoles have won each of their last 12 games since a 72-61 win over Illinois on Nov. 25; For Information on Florida State Basketball …Defeat No. 12/13 North Carolina and win its fifth game over a ranked team this season. The Seminoles have Please contact Chuck Walsh ([email protected]) victories over ranked Florida (No. 21/21), Virginia (No. 11/11), Virginia Tech (No. 21/23) and Duke (No. 7/7); (850) 694-2540 / @FSUHoops …Defeat No. 12/13 North Carolina and raise it ACC record to 5-0 for the first time in school history; …Defeat No. 12/13 North Carolina and gain a win over a ranked North Carolina team for the first time since it defeated then No. 4 ranked North Carolina, 85-82, to win the ACC Tournament championship in 2012; …Defeat No. 12/13 North Carolina and gain back to back wins over Duke and North Carolina for the first time since the 2012 ACC Tournament when the Seminoles defeated both to win its first ever ACC Championship. FLORIDA STATE’S WIN TOTAL IN THE LAST 11 YEARS Florida State Men’s Basketball Florida State is the third winningest program in the ACC in the last 11 years (since the start of the 2005-06 season) in total In the National Polls games played as a member of the ACC with 246 wins. The Seminoles average 21.2 wins per season with records of 20- 10 (2005-06), 22-13 (2006-07), 19-15 (2007-08), 25-10 (2008-09), 22-10 (2009-10), 23-11 (2010-11), 25-10 (2011-12), Associated Press 18-16 (2012-13), 22-14 (2013-14), 17-16 (2014-15), 20-14 (2015-16) and 16-1 (2016-17).