NO. 11/12 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (10-1, 0-0 ACC) 2018-19 Florida State Schedule/Results VS
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NO. 11/12 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (10-1, 0-0 ACC) 2018-19 Florida State Schedule/Results VS. O26 1 West Florida W, 96-56 N1 1 Valdosta State W, 99-77 SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS (8-3, 0-0 ATLANTIC 10) N6 Florida W, 81-60 METRO BY T-MOBILE ORANGE BOWL BASKETBALL CLASSIC N11 at Tulane W, 80-69 BB&T CENTER (20,737) N19 Canisius W, 93-61 SUNRISE, FLA. N22 2 vs. UAB W, 81-63 N23 2 vs. LSU W, 79-76 (ot) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2018; 2:30 PM ET N25 2 vs. Villanova L, 60-66 FOX SPORTS (DAVE O’BRIEN, BOB WENZEL, KELLY SACO) N28 3 Purdue W, 73-72 SEMINOLE IMG RADIO NETWORK (TOM BLOCK, KEITH JONES) D3 Troy W, 83-67 D8 4 vs. UConn W, 79-71 “25 is a beast. A beast. And he (Mfiondu Kabengele) is from the old school. He ain’t from the new school. And D17 Southeast Missouri State W, 85-68 praise God he ain’t listening to anybody and praise God he doesn’t get caught up in all that minutiae on Twitter D19 North Florida W, 95-81 and all that. Because he is old school. I told him after the game, ‘If you stay this way, you are going to make as D22 5 St. Louis 2:30 p.m. much as you ever want to make. If you stay and do what you do.” J1 Winthrop 2:00 p.m. Matt Driscoll J5 * at Virginia 3:00 p.m. Head Coach, North Florida J9 * Miami 9:00 p.m. J12 * Duke 2:00 p.m. FLORIDA STATE TRAVELS TO PLAY SAINT LOUIS IN METRO BY T-MOBILE ORANGE BOWL CLASSIC J14 * at Pitt 7:00 p.m. No 11/12 Florida State, which has won five consecutive games, travels to play Saint Louis in the 2018 Metro by J20 * at Boston College 12 Noon T-Mobile Orange Bowl Classic on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla. The J22 * Clemson 7:00 p.m. Seminoles’ appearance in the Orange Bowl Classic marks the seventh consecutive season they have played in J27 * at Miami 6:00 p.m. the event. Florida State arrives at the Orange Bowl Classic ranked No. 11 in the latest Associated Press poll and F2 * Georgia Tech 12 Noon No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches poll. The Seminoles are ranked in the nation’s top 11 in the AP poll for the F5 * at Syracuse 8:00 pm. third consecutive week and in the top 12 of the coaches poll, also, for the third consecutive week. Florida State F9 * Louisville 4:00 p.m. has won five consecutive games twice this season and began their current winning streak with a 73-72 win over F13 * Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. No. 19/21 Purdue in the ACC / Big Ten Challenge in Tallahassee on November 23. F16 * at Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m. F19 * at Clemson 9:00 p.m. FLORIDA STATE VS. SAINT LOUIS – A SERIES HISTORY F23 * at North Carolina 3:45 p.m. Florida State will face Saint Louis in the Metro by T-Mobile Orange Bowl Classic on December 22, 2018 at the F25 * Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla. It marks the seventh consecutive season, eighth time under Head Coach Leonard M2 * NC State 12 Noon Hamilton and ninth time in their history the Seminoles will play in the Orange Bowl Classic. Florida State holds M5 * Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m. an 11-1 series advantage and has won four consecutive games against the Billikens. The series began on January M9 * at Wake Forest 12 Noon 4, 1972 – when the Seminoles took a 63-62 win over St. Louis in the championship game of the Senior Bowl M12-16 at ACC Tournament TBD Tournament. It was the same season – just two months later -- that Florida State played UCLA in the 1 – Exhibition Game and Donald L. Tucker Center, championship game of the 1972 NCAA Tournament. Florida State and St. Louis played as members of the Metro Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 – AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field Conference from the 1976 season through the 1982 season when the Billikens left the conference to join the House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; 3 – ACC / Big Ten Mid Continent Conference. Florida State left the Metro for the ACC in 1991. The Seminoles were 10-1 against Challenge, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 4 St. Louis while members of the Metro, with their only loss coming by one point on Feb. 4, 1980. Travis Ford is in - Never Forget Tribute Classic, Prudential Center, his third season as the Billikens’ Head Coach. He, as did Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, coached at Oklahoma Newark, N.J.; 5 – Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball State – Hamilton from 1987-90 and Ford from 2008-16. Hamilton and Ford also have the University of Kentucky Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.; ACC Tournament, in common – Hamilton was an assistant coach from 1974-86 and Ford was a player for the Wildcats (1992-94). Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C. Ford has faced Hamilton and Florida State twice and is 1-1 (while the head coach at UMass) against the Seminoles. Dante Milligan, a graduate manager at St. Louis, scored 10 points in 18 minutes played in Florida 2017-18 ACC Standings State’s 73-63 win over UMass in 20006. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Virginia 17 1 .944 31 3 .912 FLORIDA STATE’S HISTORY IN THE ORANGE BOWL CLASSIC Duke 13 5 .722 29 8 .784 No. 11 Florida State owns a 7-2 record in nine previous Orange Bowl Classic appearances and enters the 2018 Miami 11 7 .611 22 10 .688 Classic having won seven of their last eight games with victories over Nebraska (in 2005), Western Kentucky (in Clemson 11 7 .611 24 10 .706 2008), Tulsa (in 2012), UMass (in 2013), USF (in 2014), Florida Atlantic (in 2016) and Manhattan (in 2017). NC State 11 7 .611 21 12 .636 N. Carolina 11 7 .611 26 11 .703 Seminoles Play Well In Orange Bowl Classic Virginia Tech 10 8 .556 21 12 .636 Date Opponent Outcome Notes Florida State 9 9 .600 23 12 .657 Dec. 18, 1999 Massachusetts L, 69-60 Ron Hale leads Seminoles with 22 points Louisville 9 9 .529 22 14 .611 Dec. 31, 2005 Nebraska W, 74-60 Andrew Wilson named MVP with 15 points Notre Dame 8 10 .444 21 15 .583 Dec. 28, 2008 Western Kentucky W, 82-69 Toney Douglas named MVP with 27 points Syracuse 8 10 .444 23 13 .639 Dec. 29, 2012 Tulsa W, 82-63 Michael Snaer named MVP with 19 points Boston College 7 11 .389 19 16 .543 Dec. 21, 2013 UMass W, 60-55 Aaron Thomas named MVP with 18 points Georgia Tech 6 12 .333 13 19 .406 Dec. 20, 2014 USF W, 75-62 Devon Bookert named MVP with 22 points Wake Forest 4 14 .222 11 20 .355 Dec. 19, 2015 Florida Atlantic W, 64-59 Dwayne Bacon named MVP with 23 points Pittsburgh 0 18 .000 8 24 .250 Dec. 17, 2016 Manhattan W, 83-67 Dwayne Bacon named MVP with 16 points Dec. 16, 2017 Oklahoma State L, 71-70 Phil Cofer leads Seminoles with 22 points For Information on FSU Basketball Please contact Chuck Walsh at (850) 694-2540 PERFECTION… …Mfiondu Kabengele was a perfect 10 of 10 from the free throw line in Florida State’s victory over North Florida on Wednesday night. He enters Saturday’s game against Saint Louis having made 10 consecutive free throws; …Christ Koumadje was a perfect five of five from the field in Florida State’s victory over North Florida on Wednesday night and enters Saturday’s game against Saint Louis having made 11 consecutive field goals. LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… Florida State Men’s Basketball …Defeat Saint Louis and win its season-high sixth consecutive game of the season. The Seminoles won their first five games In the National Polls of the season (November 6 through November 23) and its most recent five games (November 28 through December 19). …Defeat Saint Louis and win its 11th game of the season in the month of December for the third consecutive season; ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL …Defeat Saint Louis and raise its record in neutral site games to 10-3 in the last two seasons. The Seminoles already have Rk. Team 18-19 Rec. neutral site wins this season at the HP Arena in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (a win over UAB and a win over then No. 19/21 LSU) 1. Kansas (56) 9-0 and in the Never Forget Tribute Classic at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (a win over UConn). 2. Duke (5) 9-1 3. Tennessee (2) 8-1 SEMINOLES TO HONOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE AGAINST SAINT LOUIS 4. Michigan (1) 11-0 The Florida State men's basketball team will wear turquoise Nike N7 uniforms against Saint Louis in the Metro by T-Mobile 5. Virginia (1) 9-0 Orange Bowl Basketball Classic to raise awareness for bringing sport to Native American and Aboriginal youth. It marks the 6. Nevada 11-0 12th time (and second time this season) the Seminoles will wear the special uniforms. The Seminoles wore the special 7. Auburn 9-1 uniforms in their 73-72 win over No. 18/19 Purdue in Tallahassee on November 28 in the ACC / Big Ten Challenge.