No. 10/11 Florida State Seminoles (28-7, 13-5 Acc) Vs. Murray State Racers (28-4, 16-2 Ohio Valley Conference) Ncaa Men's Bask
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NO. 10/11 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (28-7, 13-5 ACC) 2018-19 Florida State Schedule/Results VS. N6 Florida W, 81-60 N11 at Tulane W, 80-69 MURRAY STATE RACERS (28-4, 16-2 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE) N19 Canisius W, 93-61 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT N22 2 vs. UAB W, 81-63 SECOND ROUND N23 2 vs. LSU W, 79-76 (ot) XL CENTER (15,564) N25 2 vs. Villanova L, 60-66 N28 3 Purdue W, 73-72 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT D3 Troy W, 83-67 SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019; 6:10 P.M. D8 4 vs. UConn W, 79-71 SEMINOLE IMG RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, KEITH JONES) D17 Southeast Missouri State W, 85-68 CBS/TURNER (CARTER BLACKBURN, DEBBIE ANTONELLI, JOHN SCHRIFFEN) D19 North Florida W, 95-81 D22 5 St. Louis W, 81-59 WESTWOOD 1 SPORTS (SCOTT GRAHAM, DONNY MARSHALL) J1 Winthrop W, 87-76 “Leonard Hamilton has a program at Florida State. He doesn’t have a team. It’s built on great kids, a lot of kids, J5 * at Virginia L, 52-65 and playing good defense. They accept their roles and they play so hard. Because they can play good defense, J9 * Miami W, 68-62 they’ll have a shot at anybody. We had a real difficult time winning tonight. There were a number of guys J12 * Duke L, 78-80 deserving of coach of the year, and I’m not knocking Tony (Bennett of Virginia) because his team is so good, but J14 * at Pitt L, 62-75 what Leonard did being 1-4 (in ACC play) and (now) being 27-7- you’ve got to be kidding me. To keep his team J20 * at Boston College L, 82-87 together and go through the ACC to finish fourth; outstanding, outstanding job.” J22 * Clemson W, 77-68 Mike Krzyzewski J27 * at Miami W, 78-66 March 16, 2019 F2 * Georgia Tech W, 59-49 F5 * at Syracuse W, 80-62 F9 * Louisville W, 80-75 (ot) NO. 4 SEEDED SEMINOLES TO FACE NO. 12 SEEDED MURRAY ST. IN SECOND ROUND OF NCAA TOURNAMENT Florida State, which has won 15 of its last 17 games since defeating Clemson on January 22, faces Murray State F13 * Wake Forest W, 88-66 F16 * at Georgia Tech W, 69-47 of the Ohio Valley Conference in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 23, 2019 at the XL Center F19 * at Clemson W, 77-64 in Hartford, Conn. The Seminoles defeated No. 13 seed Vermont by a 76-69 margin in the first round of the tournament on Thursday at the XL Center. The Seminoles’ win over Vermont gave them four wins in their last F23 * at North Carolina L, 59-77 five NCAA Tournament games after defeating No. 8 seed Missouri, No. 1 seed Xavier and No. 4 seed Gonzaga F25 * Notre Dame W, 68-61 before falling to No. 3 seed Michigan in the Elite Eight round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Florida State’s M2 * NC State W, 78-73 victory over Vermont also marked its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament first round wins. In succession, the M5 * Virginia Tech W, 73-64 (ot) M9 * at Wake Forest W, 65-57 Seminoles have defeated Texas A&M (in 2011), St. Bonaventure (in 2012), Florida Gulf Coast (in 2017), Missouri (in 2018) and Vermont (2019) in first round games in the NCAA Tournament. Seminole Head Coach Leonard M14 6 Virginia Tech W, 65-63 (ot) M15 6 Virginia W, 69-59 Hamilton is 5-2 in first round NCAA Tournament games in seven appearances at Florida State. The winner of Saturday’s game between Florida State and Murray State will advance to the West Regional Semifinals in M16 6 Duke L, 63-73 Anaheim, Calif., on March 28, 2019. M21 7 Vermont W, 76-69 M23 7 Murray State 6:10 p.m. 1 – Exhibition Game and Donald L. Tucker Center, SEMINOLES ESTABLISH SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINS WITH WIN OVER VERMONT With its 76-69 win over Vermont in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Florida State won its school Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 – AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field th House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; 3 – ACC / Big Ten record 28 game of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles have won 28 games (2019), 26 games (2017) and 23 games (2018) and average 25.7 wins per season in the last three years – the winningest three-year period in Challenge, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 4 - Never Forget Tribute Classic, Prudential Center, school history. Newark, N.J.; 5 – Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.; 6 - ACC Tournament, Seminoles Set School Record For Victories Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C. 7 – NCAA Season Record Pct. Notes 2018-19 28-7 .800 Playing Murray State in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, March 23, 2019 Tournament, XL Center, Hartford, Conn 1971-72 27-6 .818 Played UCLA in NCAA Tournament National Championship game, March 25, 1972 2018-19 ACC Standings FLORIDA STATE OVERALL AND CONFERENCE WIN RECORDS Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Virginia 16 2 .889 29 3 .906 Florida State enters Saturday’s game against Murray State with a school-record 28 wins and a school-record 13 wins during ACC regular season play – both single season records for the Seminoles. The Seminoles won two N. Carolina 16 2 .889 27 6 .818 games in the ACC Tournament in advancing to the Championship Game and tied their single-season school Duke 14 4 .778 29 5 .853 record of 15 overall ACC wins. Florida State 13 5 .722 28 7 .800 Virginia Tech 12 6 .667 23 8 .742 Louisville 10 8 .556 19 13 .594 28 WINS IN A SINGLE SEASON BEST FOR LEONARD HAMILTON Syracuse 10 8 .556 20 12 .625 Seminole head coach Leonard Hamilton has led Florida State to 28 wins – a personal best for one of the nation’s top coaches. His previous career best for wins in a single season was 26 during the 2016-17 season at FSU. NC State 9 9 .500 22 11 .667 Clemson 9 9 .500 19 13 .598 Georgia Tech 6 12 .333 14 18 .438 FLORIDA STATE WITH FIVE WINS OVER CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS With its victory over Vermont, the Seminoles have now defeated five conference champions this season. Florida Boston College 5 13 .278 14 17 .452 Miami 5 13 .278 13 18 .419 State has defeated the regular season champions of the ACC (Virginia), the SEC (LSU), the Big Ten (Purdue) and the tournament champions from the Atlantic 10 (Saint Louis) and the America East (Vermont). Wake Forest 4 14 .222 11 20 .355 Pittsburgh 3 15 .167 14 19 .424 Notre Dame 3 15 .167 14 19 .424 FLORIDA STATE’S 2019 CLASS IS THE WINNINGEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY Florida State’s current senior class of Phil Cofer, Christ Koumadje and Terance Mann – the three players who For Information on FSU Basketball have been on the Seminoles’ roster during the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 season – became the winningest class in school history in leading the Seminoles to the ACC Tournament championship round with its victory over Contact Chuck Walsh at (850) 694-2540 Virginia on March 15 in Charlotte. The group has now won a school-record 97 games entering Saturday’s game against Murray State. FLORIDA STATE SHOOTS .838 PERCENT FROM THE FREE THROW LINE IN WIN OVER VERMONT Florida State Basketball / National Polls Florida State made 31 of 37 free throws in its victory over Vermont on Thursday – the Seminoles’ season-high for both free ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL throw made and attempted in a single game. The Seminoles attempted 30 or more free throws six times this season – 30 Rk. Team 18-19 Rec. against Canisius (November 19), 30 against Georgia Tech (February 2), 30 against NC State (March 2), 32 against UConn 1. Duke (58) 29-5 (December 8), 36 against Louisville (February 9) and 37 against Vermont (March 21) – and are 6-0 when they attempt 30 or 2. Virginia (5) 29-3 more free throws. Florida State scored its final 15 points of its win over Vermont from the free throw line. 3. North Carolina 27-6 4. Gonzaga (1) 30-3 KABENGLE EARNS FIFTH CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE; SECOND IN NCAA PLAY 5. Michigan State 28-6 Redshirt sophomore Mfiondu Kabengele totaled 21 points and 10 rebounds in Florida State’s victory over Vermont to earn 6. Tennessee 29-5 the fifth double-double of his career. He has earned three double-doubles this season and totaled two as a redshirt 7. Kentucky 27-6 freshman, including one in the NCAA Tournament against Missouri. Kabengele has now earned double-doubles in both of 8. Michigan 28-6 Florida State’s opening round games in the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Tournaments. 9. Texas Tech 26-6 10. FLORID STATE 27-7 Kabengele’s Double-Doubles 11. Houston 31-3 Opponent Date Points Rebounds Notes 12. LSU 26-6 The Citadel November 24, 2017 16 12 FSU, 103-78 13. Purdue 23-9 Missouri March 16, 2018 14 12 FSU, 67-54 14. Auburn 26-9 Duke January 12, 2019 24 10 Duke, 80-78 15. Buffalo 31-3 Clemson February 19, 2019 19 11 FSU, 77-64 16. Virginia Tech 24-8 Vermont March 21, 2019 21 10 FSU, 75-69 17. Kansas 25-9 18. Kansas State 25-8 KABENGELE IS A DOUBLE DIGIT SCORER IN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY 19. Wofford 29-4 With his first 20-point scoring performance in NCAA Tournament play in Florida State’s victory over Vermont on Thursday, 20.