NO. 14/14 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (17-6 OVERALL, 11-4 ACC) 2020-21 Florida State Schedule VS
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NO. 14/14 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (17-6 OVERALL, 11-4 ACC) 2020-21 Florida State Schedule VS. D2 North Florida W, 86-58 NO. 22/22 COLORADO BUFFALOES (23-8 OVERALL, 14-6 PAC 12) D9 1 Indiana W, 69-67 (OT) MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2021; 7:45 P.M. D12 Florida W, 83-71 2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT D15 * Georgia Tech W, 74-61 ROUND OF 32 D19 UCF L, 74-86 INDIANA FARMERS COLISEUM D21 Gardner-Webb W, 72-59 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA D29 * at Clemson L, 67-77 LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, ADRIAN CRAWFORD) J2 * Duke Postponed WESTWOOD 1 RADIO (DAVE PASCH, DANNY MANNING) J6 * at Syracuse Postponed TBS (BRAD NESSLER, STEVE LAVIN, EVAN WASHBURN) J13 * NC State W, 105-73 J16 * North Carolina W, 82-75 “The ACC’s highest-scoring team reverted to what (Leonard) Hamilton-coached clubs have always been known J18 * at Louisville W, 78-65 for — suffocating, stifling, stomach-to-stomach defense. They allowed the Spartans to hit just 19-of-60 shots J23 * Clemson W, 80-61 (.317 percent) and 7-of-27 threes (.259 percent). If Saturday’s game showed us anything, it showed just how J27 * Miami W, 81-59 deep and versatile the Seminoles can be.” J30 * at Georgia Tech L, 65-76 Mike Bianchi F2 * at Boston College Postponed Orlando Sentinel F6 * at Pittsburgh Postponed F9 * at Virginia Tech Postponed NO. 4 SEEDED FLORIDA STATE TO FACE NO. 5 SEEDED COLORADO IN NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND F13 * Wake Forest W, 92-85 (OT) No. 4 seeded Florida State, which won its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament First Round game with a 65-54 F15 * Virginia W, 81-60 victory over No. 13 UNC Greensboro on Saturday, faces No. 5 seed Colorado at 7:45 p.m. on Monday at the F20 * Virginia Tech Postponed Indiana Farmers Coliseum in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32. The game will be televised on TBS. The F20 * at Pittsburgh W, 79-72 Seminoles’ game against Colorado marks the first 4/5 matchup in their NCAA Tournament history. Florida State F24 * at Miami W, 88-71 and Colorado will play for a birth in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with the Seminoles looking for their F27 * at North Carolina L, 70-78 seventh all-time appearance in the regional semifinals. M3 * Boston College W, 93-64 M6 * at Notre Dame L, 73-83 SEMINOLES TIE PROGRAM’S DEFENSIVE SCORING MARK AGAINST UNC GREENSBORO M11 2 Duke Cancelled Florida State tied its NCAA Tournament defensive scoring record as it held UNC Greensboro to 54 points in its M12 2 North Carolina W, 69-66 64-54 victory over the Spartans on Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. It marked the third time in Florida State’s M13 2 Georgia Tech L, 75-80 NCAA Tournament history that it had allowed as few as 54 points – against UNC Greensboro, Missouri in 2018 M20 3 UNC Greensboro W, 64-54 and in a 73-54 win over Kentucky on its way to the NCAA Championship game in 1972. The Seminoles’ defensive M22 4 Colorado 7:45 p.m. scoring effort In holding UNC Greensboro to 54 points was the fewest points allowed by the Seminoles this *ACC Game. 1 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Tallahassee, season and third time they had allowed 60 points or less. Fla.; 2 ACC Tournament Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. 3 NCAA Tournament Bankers Life Seminoles Top NCAA Defensive Performances Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind. 4 NCAA Tournament Date Opponent FG Pct. Outcome Indiana Farmers Coliseum March 20, 2021 UNC Greensboro .317 Won, 64-54 March 16, 2018 Missouri .327 Won, 67-54 2020-21 ACC Standings March 18, 1972 Kentucky .407 Won, 73-54 Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Virginia 13 4 .765 18 6 .750 FLORIDA STATE ROLLING IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Florida State 11 4 .733 17 6 .739 With its 64-54 victory over UNC Greensboro on Saturday, the Seminoles have won six consecutive first round Virginia Tech 9 4 .692 15 7 .682 NCAA Tournament games – the longest winning streak of first round NCAA Tournament games in school history. Georgia Tech 11 6 .647 17 9 .654 Clemson 10 6 .625 16 8 .667 The Seminoles’ current streak began with a 57-50 win over Texas A&M on March 18, 2011 – a victory that led N. Carolina 10 6 .625 18 11 .644 them to their first of three Sweet 16 appearances under Head Coach Leonard Hamilton. Louisville 8 5 .615 13 7 .650 Syracuse 9 7 .563 17 9 .654 Seminoles’ 6-Game First Round Winning Streak NC State 9 8 .529 13 10 .565 Date Opponent Score Notes Duke 9 9 .500 13 11 .542 March 18, 2011 Texas A&M Won, 57-50 Derwin Kitchen with 15 points Notre Dame 7 11 .389 11 15 .423 March 16, 2012 St. Bonaventure Won, 66-63 Bernard James with 19 points Pittsburgh 6 10 .375 10 12 .455 Miami 4 15 .211 10 17 .370 March 16, 2017 Florida Gulf Coast Won, 86-80 Dwayne Bacon with 25 points Wake Forest 3 15 .167 6 16 .273 March 16, 2018 Missouri Won, 67-54 Mfiondu Kebengele with 14 points Boston College 2 11 .154 4 16 .200 March 21, 2019 Vermont Won, 76-69 Mfiondu Kebengele with 21 points March 20, 2021 UNC Greensboro Won, 64-54 RaiQuan Gray with 17 points Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record W L Pct. Years FLORIDA STATE’S SWEET 16 APPEARANCES Career 577 437 .569 1987-Pr. Florida State has advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament six times in school history with three of at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 those appearances coming under Seminole Head Coach Leonard Hamilton. The Seminoles have advanced a least at Florida State 377 227 .624 2002-Pr. as far as the Sweet 16 in both of the last two NCAA Tournaments (2018 and 2019). ACC Operation Basketball Predicted Order of Finish Seminoles to the Regional Semifinals 1. Virginia (1) 9. Georgia Tech (4) Season Victories Teams Florida State Coach 2. Duke (10) 10. Clemson (5) 1971-72 Eastern Kentucky 25 Hugh Durham 3. FLORIDA STATE (2) 11. Virginia Tech (3) 1991-92 Montana, Georgetown 64 Pat Kennedy 4. North Carolina (6) 12. Notre Dame (11) 5. Louisville (7) 13. Pittsburgh (12) 1992-93 Evansville, Tulane 64 Pat Kennedy 6. Syracuse (8) 14. Boston College (15) 2010-11 Texas A&M, Notre Dame 64 Leonard Hamilton 7. Miami (13) 15. Wake Forest (14) 2017-18 Missouri, Xavier 68 Leonard Hamilton 8. NC State (10) 2018-19 Vermont, Murray State 68 Leonard Hamilton HAMILTON AMONG ALL-TIME GREATEST ACC COACHES Florida State Basketball / National Polls Florida State Head Coach Leonard Hamilton enters Monday’s game against Colorado in the NCAA Tournament as the fifth ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL winningest coach in ACC history with 377 career wins at Florida State. Hamilton became only the sixth coach in the R. Team 20-21 Rec. illustrious history of the nation’s best basketball conference to win 350 career games with the Seminoles’ victory over Miami 1. Gonzaga (60) 26-0 on January 18, 2020. 2. Illinois 23-6 3. Baylor 22-2 Hamilton in ACC History 4. Michigan 20-4 5. Alabama 24-6 Rank Coach, School Career Wins 6. Houston 24-3 1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 1,096 7. Ohio State 21-9 2. Dean Smith, North Carolina 879 8. Iowa 21-8 3. Roy Williams, North Carolina 484 9. Texas 19-7 4. Gary Williams, Maryland 463 10. Arkansas 22-6 5. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 377 11. Oklahoma State 20-8 12. Kansas 20-8 FLORIDA STATE ANNOUNCES CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR BASKETBALL COACH LEONARD HAMILTON 13. West Virginia 18-9 Florida State University Vice President and Director of Athletics David Coburn announced on March 1 that Florida State has 14. FLORIDA STATE 16-6 extended the contract with head basketball coach Leonard Hamilton through the 2024-25 season. “Coach Hamilton has 15. Virginia 18-6 done so much for this basketball program and this university that it is hard to express in words,” said Coburn. “What he 16. San Diego State 23-4 does with his young men, both on and off the court, is truly remarkable. I know both the President and I regard him as a 17. Loyola Chicago 24-4 university treasure, and he is just now getting the national recognition he has deserved for so long.” Hamilton’s student- 18. Villanova 16-6 athlete graduation rate of just over 95 percent at FSU will improve even more as eight members of his current team will 19. Creighton 20-8 earn degrees (seven as undergraduate degrees and one as a graduate degree) this spring. 20. Purdue 18-9 21. Texas Tech 17-10 22. Colorado 22-8 SEMINOLES HOLDING OPPONENTS TO .395 FIELD GOAL SHOOTNG PERCENTAGE 23. BYU 20-6 Florida State held UNC Greensboro to a .317 shooting mark from the field (19 of 60) in its 64-54 win over the Spartans in 23. USC 22-7 the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. For the Seminoles on the defensive end of the court, they limited UNCG to 25. Virginia Tech 15-6 19 total baskets, a .317 shooting mark from the field, and a .259 mark from the 3-point line while limiting the Spartans to a season-low (as allowed by Florida State) 54 points. The Seminoles, who lead the ACC in field goal percentage defense (.395) USA TODAY POLL have held their last six opponents to a combined shooting percentage of .376 from the field and .295 from the 3-point line.