FLORIDA STATE PLAYS in SCHOOL RECORD EIGHTH-CONSECUTIVE POST 2012-13 Florida State SEASON TOURNAMENT; WINS PRESTIGIOUS COACHES VS
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FLORIDA STATE PLAYS IN SCHOOL RECORD EIGHTH-CONSECUTIVE POST 2012-13 Florida State SEASON TOURNAMENT; WINS PRESTIGIOUS COACHES VS. CANCER CLASSIC Men’s Basketball Results SNAER EARNS ALL-ACC HONORS FOR THIRD TIME IN CAREER O30 1 Lincoln Memorial W, 83-75 N5 1 St. Leo W, 65-56 “I thought the learning experiences our players went through were valuable. I’m excited about moving forward N9 2 South Alabama L, 71-76 with the nucleus we have. And the two guys that we have already signed bring in some very positive skills N12 2 Buffalo W, 95-68 with them that I think will be very valuable. I can see the scenario setting up (for next season) and we’re N16 3 BYU W, 88-70 preparing ourselves to keep our program moving in the direction that we’ve been moving the last number of N17 3 Saint Joseph’s W, 73-66 years.” N21 North Florida W, 75-67 Leonard Hamilton N27 4 Minnesota L, 68-77 Florida State University D2 Mercer L, 56-61 March 29, 2013 D5 Florida L, 47-72 D9 Maine W, 91-59 FLORIDA STATE MAKES EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE POSTSEASON APPEARANCE D17 Louisiana Monroe W, 63-48 Florida State made its eighth consecutive postseason appearance, won the championship of the prestigious D22 5 at Charlotte W, 79-76 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic and finished with at least nine ACC wins for the school record fifth consecutive D29 6 Tulsa W, 82-63 season as it finished with an 18-16 overall record and a 9-9 mark (sixth place) in ACC play. The Seminoles J2 at Auburn L, 72-78 advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament for the seventh consecutive season -- the longest ongoing J5 * at Clemson W, 71-66 streak among the current 12 teams in the ACC and continued to play as the third winningest team in the ACC J9 * at Maryland W, 65-62 since the start of the 2005-06 season. The Seminoles were led by senior Michael Snaer, who averaged a team- J12 * North Carolina L, 72-77 leading and career-high 14.8 points, a team-leading and career-high 2.5 assists per game and a team leading 1.0 J19 * at Virginia L, 36-56 steals in leading the Seminoles to the postseason for the fourth time in his career. J24 * Clemson W, 60-57 J27 * at Miami L, 41-74 SNAER EARNS ALL-ACC THIRD TEAM HONORS J30 * Maryland W, 73-71 Senior Michael Snaer was named to the All-ACC Third Team in 2013 by a vote of the Atlantic Coast Sports F2 * Duke L, 60-79 Media Association – marking the second consecutive season he has earned All-ACC honors. Snaer was an All- F5 * at Georgia Tech W, 56-54 ACC Second Team selection in 2012 and was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2010. Snaer averaged F9 * at Wake Forest L, 46-71 a career-high 14.8 points scored per game, ranked sixth in the ACC in free throw percentage, 10th in 3-point F13 * Miami L, 68-74 field goals made per game and 10th in the ACC in scoring. F16 * Boston College W, 69-66 F19 * at NC State L 66-84 SNAER NAMED TO ALL-ACC DEFENSIVE TEAM F24 * at Virginia Tech L, 70-80 Two-time All-ACC selection Michael Snaer was named to the All-ACC Third Team and to the All-ACC F26 * Wake Forest W, 76-62 Defensive Team in a vote by the league’s 12 coaches. He was also named to the All-ACC Third Team by the M3 * at North Carolina L, 58-79 Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. This is the first season the ACC coaches have selected an All-ACC M7 * Virginia W, 53-51 team. M9 * NC State W, 71-67 M14 7 vs. Clemson W, 73-69 SNAER NAMED TO DEFENSIVE ALL-AMERICAN TEAM M15 7 vs. North Carolina L, 62-83 Florida State senior Michael Snaer, who led the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournament appearances during his M19 8 Louisiana Tech L, 66-71 * -- ACC Game; 1 -- exhibition game at Donald L. Tucker career, has been named to the 2013 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American team sponsored by Center; 2 – Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament at Tallahassee, CollegeInsider.com. It marks the fourth consecutive season that at least one Seminole has been named to the Fla.; 3 – Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament at Brooklyn, N.Y..; prestigious All-American team; Snaer joins 2012 honoree Bernard James, 2010 and 2011 honoree Chris 4 – ACC/Big Ten Challenge in Tallahassee, Fla..; 5 – at Singleton, and 2010 honoree Solomon Alabi as honorees, and makes Florida State the only program in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C.; 6 – Orange nation to have at least one player named to the Defensive All-American team in each of the last four seasons. Bowl Classic at Sunrise, Fla. 7 – ACC Tournament at Snaer, a three-time All-ACC selection (All-Freshman team in 2010, second team in 2012, third team in 2013), Greensboro, N.C. 8 – NIT at Tallahassee, Fla. was named to the All-ACC Defensive team for the second consecutive season in 2013. He finished tied for the team lead with 33 steals and fourth on the team with 15 blocked shots and was one of two Seminoles with at 2012-13 ACC Standings least 30 steals and at least 15 blocked shots this past season. ACC Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. FLORIDA STATE WINS COACHES VS. CANCER CLASSIC Miami 15 3 .833 29 7 .806 Florida State won the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic with wins over BYU and St. Joseph’s at the newly opened Duke 14 4 .778 30 6 .833 and spectacular Barclays Center in New York (Nov. 16 and 17, 2012). BYU advanced to the second round of North Carolina 13 5 .722 25 11 .694 the NCAA Tournament and finished the season with a 26-9 overall record and a 12-4 finish in the WCC. Saint NC State 11 7 .611 24 11 .686 Joseph’s finshed the season with an 18-14 overall record and an 8-8 record in Atlantic 10 play. The Hawks Virginia 11 7 .611 23 12 .657 played in the NIT where they lost to St. John’s in the first round of the tournament. Florida State 9 9 .500 18 16 .529 Maryland 8 10 .444 25 13 .658 SEMINOLES’ TITLE IN COACHES VS. CANCER IS FOURTH IN LAST FIVE SEASONS Boston College 7 11 .389 16 17 .485 Florida State’s championship in the 2012 Coaches’ vs. Cancer Classic marked the third regular season Georgia Tech 6 12 .333 16 15 .516 tournament (and fourth overall) in the last five seasons for Leonard Hamilton’s Seminoles. Hamilton guided Wake Forest 6 12 .333 13 18 .419 the Seminoles to the titles at the 2008 Las Vegas Global Sports Classic Tournament and the 2009 Old Spice Clemson 5 13 .278 13 18 .419 Classic along with the 2012 ACC Tournament championship. A total of three players – Joey Moreau, Terrence Virginia Tech 4 14 .222 13 19 .406 Shannon, and Michael Snaer – were members of three tournament championship teams during their careers (Old Spice, ACC and Coaches vs. Cancer). Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record W L Pct. Years SEMINOLES FINISH AS ACC LEADERS IN BLOCKED SHOTS Career 397 353 .529 1987-Pr. Florida State led the ACC in blocked shots with a 5.1 blocked shots per game average marking the near-ACC at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 record fourth consecutive season the Seminoles have led the ACC in blocked shots. Junior Kiel Turpin led the at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 Seminoles and ranked eighth in the ACC with a career-high 1.3 blocked shots per game average – the fifth at Florida State 197 143 .579 2002-Pr. consecutive season at least one Florida State player has finished in the top 10 in blocked shots in the ACC statistics. The Seminoles have finished in the top two of the ACC team statistics in blocked shots in each of the Michael Snaer was voted the MVP of the 2012 ACC last five seasons – first in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and second in 2009. Tournament, the 2012 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic and the 2012 Orange Bowl Classic FLORIDA STATE’S WIN TOTAL IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS Florida State Men’s Basketball Florida State is the third winningest program in the ACC in the last eight years (since the start of the 2005-06 season) in In the National Polls total games played with 174 wins. The Seminoles average 21.8 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) and 18-16 (2012-13). USA Today Coaches’ Poll Rk. Team (FPV) Record ACC Standings Since The 2005-06 Season (Through 2012-13 Season) 1. Louisville (31) 34-5 Team 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Totals 2. Michigan 31-7 Duke 32-4 22-11 28-6 30-7 29-5 32-5 27-7 30-6 230-51 3. Syracuse 30-10 North Carolina 23-8 31-7 36-3 34-4 16-16 29-8 32-6 25-22 226-63 4. Wichita State 30-9 Florida State 20-10 22-13 19-15 25-10 22-10 23-11 25-10 18-16 174-95 5.