Vs No. 20 Duke Blue Devils (3-2 Overall, 0-0 Acc)
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NO. 18/19 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (5-2 OVERALL, 1-1 ACC) 2020-21 Florida State Schedule VS D2 North Florida W, 86-58 NO. 20 DUKE BLUE DEVILS (3-2 OVERALL, 0-0 ACC) D9 1 Indiana W, 69-67 (OT) SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2021; 8:00 P.M. D12 Florida W, 83-71 DONALD L. TUCKER CENTER D15 * Georgia Tech W, 74-61 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA D19 UCF L, 74-86 LEARFIELD IMG RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, ADRIAN CRAWFORD) D21 Gardner-Webb W, 72-59 ESPN (DAVE O’BRIEN, DICK VITALE) D29 * at Clemson L, 67-77 J2 * Duke 8:00 p.m. “Leonard Hamilton has been one of the great coaches in our country. He’s touched every aspect as an assistant J6 * at Syracuse 4:30 p.m. coach, a pro coach. He‘s been at a number of colleges, he’s started programs up. He’s really built the program J9 * at Pittsburgh 2:00 p.m. at Florida State to be one of the top programs in the country. He’s made our conference better and a lot tougher. J13 * NC State 6:30 p.m. And you know what -- he’s done it in a great way.” J16 * North Carolina 12 Noon Mike Krzyzewski J18 * at Louisville 7:00 p.m. Duke Basketball J23 * Clemson 3:00 p.m. J27 * Miami 6:00 p.m. NO. 18/19 SEMINOLES PLAY HOST TO DUKE ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN TALLAHASSEE J30 * at Georgia Tech 4:00 p.m. Florida State, which has won 18 consecutive ACC home games, plays host to No. 20 Duke on Saturday, January F2 * at Boston College 9:00 p.m. 2, 2021 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles’ game against the Blue Devils in the only F9 * at Virginia Tech 8:30 p.m. meeting between the two teams during the 2020-21 regular season. The Seminoles’ game against Duke is their F13 * Wake Forest 12 Noon second ACC home game of the season and begins a stretch of three games in eight days with two of those games F15 * Virginia 7:00 p.m. on the road at Syracuse (January 6 at 4:30) and at Pittsburgh (January 9 at 2:00 p.m.) Florida State has been one F20 * Virginia Tech 12 Noon of the most consistent ACC teams in conference play in the last three seasons with a 19 ACC wins at home and F24 * at Miami 8:30 p.m. 11 wins on the road. Following Saturday’s game against Duke, the Seminoles travel to play at Syracuse on F27 * at North Carolina 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, in a game that will begin at 4:30 (note the game time change). M3 * Boston College 9:00 p.m. M9-13 2 at ACC Tournament TBD FLORIDA STATE IS THE TOP RANKED ACC TEAM IN THE NATIONAL POLLS No. 18/19 Florida State enters Saturday’s game against No. 20 Duke as the highest ranked team in the Atlantic *ACC Game. 1 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Tallahassee, Coast Conference. The Seminoles are ranked 18th in the Associated Press poll and 19th in the USA Today Coaches Fla.; 2 ACC Tournament Greensboro Coliseum, Poll. Also in the top 25 from the ACC are Duke (No 20/NR), Virginia (No. 23/24), and Virginia Tech (NR/No. 24). Greensboro, N.C. It marks the second time in the last three weeks (weeks three and five of the college basketball season) that the Seminoles have been the ACC’s top ranked team. 2019-20 ACC Standings Team W L Pct. W L Pct. FLORIDA STATE HAS WON 18 CONSECUTIVE ACC HOME GAMES Florida State 16 4 .800 26 5 .839 Florida State enters Saturday’s game against Duke having won 18 consecutive ACC games at the Donald L. Tucker Virginia 15 5 .750 23 7 .767 Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles’ ACC winning streak in their home building began with a 77-68 win over Louisville 15 5 .750 24 7 .774 Clemson on January 22, 2019. Their most recent ACC victory at home came as a 74-61 win over Georgia Tech. Duke 15 5 .750 25 6 .806 Georgia Tech 10 9 .500 17 14 .548 FLORIDA STATE IN THE ACC SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON NC State 10 10 .500 19 12 .613 Florida State is 30-10 (.750 winning percentage) in ACC regular season play since the start of the 2018-19 season. Syracuse 10 10 .500 17 14 .548 The Seminoles finished 13-5 in 2019, 16-4 in 2020 and are 1-1 this season. Notre Dame 10 10 .474 18 12 .600 Clemson 9 11 .450 16 15 .516 FLORIDA STATE HAS WON NEARLY 95 PERCENT OF ITS HOME GAMES SINCE FEBRUARY 27, 2015 Miami 7 13 .350 15 15 .500 Florida State is 70-4 (.946 winning percentage) in its last 74 home games since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. Boston College 7 13 .368 13 18 .419 The Seminoles enter Saturday’s game against Duke having won .946 percent of their games (70-4) and .925 Virginia Tech 7 13 .368 16 15 .516 percent of their ACC games (37-3) at home since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. Florida State’s streak began Wake Forest 6 14 .316 13 17 .433 with a 77-56 win over No. 23 Notre Dame on February 27, 2015. The Seminoles are 5-1 at home this season, Pittsburgh 6 14 .300 15 16 .484 were 16-0 at home last season (including 10-0 in ACC play), were 15-1 at home (including 8-1 in the ACC) during N. Carolina 6 14 .300 13 18 .419 the 2018-19 season and were 18-0 at home (including 9-0 in the ACC) in the 2016-17 season. Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record HAMILTON ON BALLOT FOR NAISMITH HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2021 W L Pct. Years Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, who has won nearly 600 games and who is the fifth all-time winningest coach Career 565 432 .567 1987-Pr. in ACC history, was named as an eligible candidate for the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Hamilton at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 highlights the list of four first time coaching candidates including Ken Anderson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire), Lou at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 Henson (Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois) and Paul Westhead (NBA and college). Hamilton has been at Florida State 365 223 .621 2002-Pr. named as the National Coach of the Year four times and by four different national governing bodies. He was named the Clarence “Big House” Gaines National Coach of the Year in 2018, the Basketball Times Coach of the ACC Operation Basketball Year in 2009, the BCA National Coach of the Year in 2000 and the UPI National Coach of the Year in 1995. Predicted Order of Finish Hamilton has also been named the ACC Coach of the Year three times (2009, 2012 and 2020) and the Big East 1. Virginia 9. Georgia Tech Coach of the Year twice (1995 and 1999). 2. Duke 10. Clemson 3. FLORIDA STATE 11. Virginia Tech FLORIDA STATE SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON 4. North Carolina 12. Notre Dame Florida State is 60-14 (.810 winning percentage) since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles finished 5. Louisville 13. Pittsburgh 29-8 in 2018-19, 26-5 in 2019-20 and are 5-1 this season. Since defeating Clemson on December 8, 2019, the 6. Syracuse 14. Boston College Seminoles have won nearly 85 percent of their games with a record of 23-4 (.852 winning percentage). 7. Miami 15. Wake Forest 8. NC State LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… …Defeat Duke and gain its second win of the 2020-21 season over a nationally ranked team. The Devils enter Saturday’s game ranked No. 20 in this week’s Associated Press poll. Florida was ranked No. 25 nationally when the Seminoles defeated the Gators, 83-71, on December 12, in Tallahassee. HAMILTON AMONG ALL-TIME GREATEST COACHES IN ACC Florida State Basketball / National Polls Florida State Head Coach Leonard Hamilton enters Saturday’s game against Duke as the fifth winningest coach in ACC history with 365 career wins at Florida State. Hamilton became only the sixth coach in the illustrious history of the nation’s ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL best basketball conference to win 350 career games with the Seminoles’ victory over Miami on January 18, 2020. Rk. Team 20-21 Rec. 1. Gonzaga (62) 7-0 Hamilton In ACC History 2. Baylor (2) 6-0 Rank Coach, School Career Wins 3. Kansas 8-1 1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 1,087 4. Villanova 8-1 2. Dean Smith, North Carolina 879 5. Houston 7-0 3. Roy Williams, North Carolina 471 6. Wisconsin 8-1 4. Gary Williams, Maryland 461 7. Tennessee 6-0 5. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 365 8. Texas 7-1 9. West Virginia 7-2 SEMINOLES IN THE ACC SINCE THE START OF THE 2019-20 SEASON 10. Iowa 7-2 Florida State, the defending ACC Champion, is the winningest team in ACC play since the start of the 2019-20 season and is 11. Creighton 7-2 joined by Louisville as the only conference teams to win 30 or more games since the start of last season. The Seminoles 12. Missouri 6-0 won the ACC championship with a 16-4 ACC record in 2020 as they set a school-record for conference wins in a regular 13.