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NO. 19/20 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (10-3 OVERALL, 6-2 ACC) 2020-21 Florida State Schedule AT D2 North Florida W, 86-58 BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES (3-10 OVERALL, 1-6 ACC) D9 1 Indiana W, 69-67 (OT) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021; 9:00 P.M. D12 Florida W, 83-71 CONTE FORUM D15 * Georgia Tech W, 74-61 CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS D19 UCF L, 74-86 LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, ADRIAN CRAWFORD) D21 Gardner-Webb W, 72-59 ACC NETWORK (JON METERPAREL, MALCOM HUCKABY) D29 * at Clemson L, 67-77 J2 * Duke Postponed “Florida State is a great basketball team. Coach Hamilton is one of the best coaches in the country and I truly J6 * at Syracuse Postponed believe he should be nominated for the Basketball Hall of Fame. He’s done an incredible job down there at Florida J13 * NC State W, 105-73 State.” J16 * North Carolina W, 82-75 Josh Pastner J18 * at Louisville W, 78-65 Georgia Tech J23 * Clemson W, 80-61 SEMINOLES OPEN MONTH OF FEBRUARY AT BOSTON COLLEGE J27 * Miami W, 81-59 Florida State, which has won five of its las six games, travels to play Boston College on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 J30 * at Georgia Tech L, 65-76 at 9:00 p.m. at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The Seminoles’ game against the Eagles is the second of F2 * at Boston College 9:00 p.m. four consecutive road games. The road swing began at Georgia Tech, continues on Tuesday at Boston College F6 * at Pittsburgh 2:00 p.m. and concludes with games at Pittsburgh (February 6) and at Virginia Tech (February 9). The Seminoles play at F9 * at Virginia Tech 8:30 p.m. home on Saturday, February 13 against Wake Forest. Florida State’s four-game road swing marks the first time F13 * Wake Forest 12 Noon in its ACC history the Seminoles will play four consecutive regular season conference games away from home. F15 * Virginia 7:00 p.m. It also marks the first time since the 1982-83 season they will play four consecutive conference road games. F20 * Virginia Tech 12 Noon While a member of the Metro Conference, the Seminoles played four consecutive road games at Southern Miss F24 * at Miami 8:30 p.m. (January 29, 1983, 71-65 win), at South Carolina (February 2, 1983, 90-85 overtime win), at Cincinnati (February F27 * at North Carolina 4:00 p.m. 5, 1983, 63-48 loss) and at Louisville (February 7, 1983, 89-63 loss). The Seminoles were members of the famed M3 * Boston College 9:00 p.m. Metro Conference from the 1976-77 season through the 1990-91 season. The Charlie Ward-led Seminoles won M9-13 2 at ACC Tournament TBD the Metro Conference Tournament championship in 1991 and became members of the ACC to begin the 1991- 92 season. Following Tuesday’s game at Boston College, the Seminoles travel to play at Pittsburgh on February *ACC Game. 1 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Tallahassee, 6, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Fla.; 2 ACC Tournament Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. RESCHEDULED GAME AT PITT GIVES FLORIDA STATE FOUR CONSECUTIVE ROAD GAMES Florida State will play four consecutive road games after having its game at Pittsburgh rescheduled from January 2020-21 ACC Standings 9 to February 6. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Virginia 7 1 .875 11 3 .786 FLORIDA STATE HAS FOUND SUCCESS ON THE ROAD IN ACC PLAY Virginia Tech 7 2 .778 13 3 .813 As one of the top two winningest programs in the ACC in the last two seasons, Florida State has a 7-6 record in Florida State 6 2 .750 11 2 .846 13 conference road games during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. The Seminoles won the ACC Championship N. Carolina 6 3 .667 11 5 .688 with a 16-record during the 2019-20 season – a record which included a 6-4 mark on the road in ACC play. The Louisville 5 3 .625 10 4 .714 Seminoles won at Louisville earlier this season (January 18, 78-65) and have five remaining ACC road games Duke 5 3 .625 7 5 .583 scheduled for the 2020-21 season beginning with Tuesday’s night’s game at Boston College. Georgia Tech 4 3 .571 8 5 .615 Syracuse 4 4 .500 10 5 .667 HAMILTON ON BALLOT FOR NAISMITH HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2021 Pitt 4 4 .500 8 5 .615 Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, who has won nearly 600 games and who is the fifth all-time winningest coach Clemson 4 5 .444 10 5 .667 in ACC history, was named as an eligible candidate for the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Hamilton NC State 3 5 .375 7 6 .538 highlights the list of four first time coaching candidates including Ken Anderson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire), Lou Notre Dame 3 6 .333 6 9 .400 Henson (Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois) and Paul Westhead (NBA and college). Hamilton has been Wake Forest 2 7 .222 5 7 .417 named as the National Coach of the Year four times and by four different national governing bodies. He was Miami 2 9 .182 6 10 .375 named the Clarence “Big House” Gaines National Coach of the Year in 2018, the Basketball Times Coach of the Boston College 1 6 .143 3 10 .231 Year in 2009, the BCA National Coach of the Year in 2000 and the UPI National Coach of the Year in 1995. Hamilton has also been named the ACC Coach of the Year three times (2009, 2012 and 2020) and the Big East Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record Coach of the Year twice (1995 and 1999). W L Pct. Years Career 570 434 .568 1987-Pr. FLORIDA STATE’S GRAY IS ON QUITE A TEAR at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 Redshirt junior RaiQuan Gray has scored in double figures in a career-high five consecutive games. He is at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 averaging 15.2 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game during that span of six games. Gray has scored his at Florida State 370 224 .623 2002-Pr. career-high of 19 points twice – against North Carolina (January 16) and at Georgia Tech (January 20) during the Seminoles’ most recent two week tear in which they won five of six games. ACC Operation Basketball Predicted Order of Finish LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… 1. Virginia 9. Georgia Tech …Defeat Boston College and win its second consecutive game against the Eagles. The Seminoles defeated the 2. Duke 10. Clemson Eagles, 80-62, on March 7, 2020 at the Donald L. Tucker in Tallahassee to clinch their first ever ACC regular season 3. FLORIDA STATE 11. Virginia Tech championship in the most recent meeting between the two teams; 4. North Carolina 12. Notre Dame …Defeat Boston College and win its ninth game in the last 11 meetings against the Eagles. The Seminoles earned 5. Louisville 13. Pittsburgh a series best six-game winning streak from February 16, 2013 (69-66 in Tallahassee) through February 20, 2017 6. Syracuse 14. Boston College (104-72 in Tallahassee) and have only lost to the Eagles twice since the 2012-13 season; 7. Miami 15. Wake Forest …Defeat Boston College and win its seventh ACC game of the season. It would mark the 16th consecutive season 8. NC State the Seminoles would have won at last seven ACC games. Florida State averages 9.8 ACC wins per season since the start of the 2005-06 season which has helped make Seminole Head Coach Leonard Hamilton the fifth winningest coach in ACC history. HAMILTON AMONG ALL-TIME GREATEST ACC COACHES Florida State Basketball / National Polls Florida State Head Coach Leonard Hamilton enters Saturday’s game at Georgia Tech as the fifth winningest coach in ACC ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL history with 370 career wins at Florida State. Hamilton became only the sixth coach in the illustrious history of the nation’s R. Team 20-21 Rec. best basketball conference to win 350 career games with the Seminoles’ victory over Miami on January 18, 2020. 1. Gonzaga (61) 17-0 2. Baylor (14-0) 16-0 Hamilton in ACC History 3. Villanova 11-1 Rank Coach, School Career Wins 4. Michigan 13-1 1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 1,091 5. Houston 15-1 2. Dean Smith, North Carolina 879 6. Texas 11-3 3. Roy Williams, North Carolina 476 7. Ohio State 14-4 4. Gary Williams, Maryland 461 8. Iowa 12-4 5. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 370 9. Oklahoma 11-4 10. Alabama 14-4 FLORIDA STATE IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS 11. Tennessee 12-3 Florida State enters Tuesday’s game against Boston College ranked No. 20 in this week’s Associated Press poll and No. 19 12. Illinois 11-5 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Seminoles were ranked No. 15 in both of the major polls during the week of December 13. Texas Tech 12-5 14, 2020. 14. Virginia 11-3 15. Creighton 13-4 FLORIDA STATE SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON 16. Virginia Tech 13-3 Florida State is 65-16 (.802 winning percentage) since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles finished 29-8 in 2018- 17. West Virginia 11-5 19, 26-5 in 2019-20 and are 10-3 this season. Since defeating Clemson on December 8, 2019, the Seminoles have won 18.