#NR FLORIDA STATE 3-1 0-0 ACC IONA Gaels 3-0, 0-0 MAAC th Seminoles 25-10, 10-6 4th ACC 12-19, 7-11 7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2009-10 RD Leonard HAMILTON 8th Year Kevin WILLARD 3 Year Since Leonard Hamilton, was named the National Coach of 2007-08 SEASON the Year by Basketball Times and the ACC Coach of Iona Record : 27-39 in 3 seasons/Career Same the Year by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media ‘08=12-20, ‘09=12-19, ‘10 =3-0 Association in 2009 Hamilton was the Washington Wizards' head coach in 2001 and the Son of Ralph Wilard(Head Coach @ Western Ky,Pitt, head coach at the University of Miami for ten years and Holy Cross. Willard is Associate HC @ Louisville prior to that (1991-00) when he became the eighth with Rick Pitino. head coach in Florida State men's basketball history. In his final season at Miami, Hamilton guided the Hurricanes to their second Kevin was on Pitino’s staff for 6 seasons 2001-2007) straight 20-win season, a share of the Big East regular season championship Played P-Guard @ Pitt for his father. and the school's first trip to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. At the end of the 1999 season. He was named Big East Coach of the Year for the second time….ACC Coach of the Year 2009 Almost unanimous Iona picked to finish 6th in MAAC—Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference--- Sienna, Niagra, Rider and St. Peters are picked 1 thru 4. Stats Through 11/25/09 77.0p POINTS 76.7p 54.2p POINTS ALLOWED 68.0p +22.8 Scoring Margin +8.7p 49.3% FG% 44.8% 30.5% FG% Def 40.8% 34.7% 3pFG% 40.0% 64.1% FT% 61.2% 43.5r REBOUNDS 36.3r +9.8r RB Margin -0.7r 16.8g Turnovers 15.3g +0.8g Turnover +4.0g Margin
SERIES: First Meeting NOTES: Former FSU Head Coach Pat Kennedy was Head Coach at Iona before coming to Iona returns 4 starters and 9 lettermen in 2009-10 Tallahassee in 1996. Kennedy was hired as an assistant at Iona by the late Jim Valvano. Iona has beaten Boston U(82-73), Hampton(68-63), and Norfolk St(80-68) When Valvano took the NC State job, Kennedy was elevated to Iona’s top job Iona is 4-12 all time v ACC(last win Beat UNC 12/22/02(Pre Season NIT@MSG) Former FSU Grad Ast-- Tim Welsh was HC @ Iona also before taking job @ Providence Just 2nd time in Gaels History to play on Thanksgiving Day(Beat Marist 1975)
MAAC CONFERENCE: 32 Solomon ALABI Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ACC All Defensive Team as a R-FR in 2009 season. Led ACC in Blocked Siena, Niagra, Rider, Saint Peters, Fairfield, Iona, Shots---just the 7th FR to do so(73 Bk, 2.1 a game) ranked 36th nationally and 4th among FR in NCAA….84 Career BK rank 11th in FSU history. Loyola(Md), Canisius, Manhattan, Marist
OLD SPICE CLASSIC Iona All Star Florida State, Iona, Baylor, Alabama, Creighton(Jays), Marquette, P-Grd Scott MACHADO 9.3p 4.8 assists/game MAAC Rookie of Xavier and Michigan the Year 2-Grd Milan PRODONOVIC 38.4% 3-PT FG
Florida 68 FSU 52 (Last Game) NEXT Game: November 27 TBA Florida pressed from the opening tip and forced FSU into a season high 23 turnovers. Friday Chris Singleton’s 3pt FG at the 13:47 mark of the first half gave the Noles a 10-6 lead, but UF went on an 11-0 run over the next 5:53 to build a 17-10 lead they never relinquished. Baylor-Alabama Winner Florida led by as many as 21 points in the half. FSU cut deficit to 5(43-38 with 11:53 left, Old Spice Classic Walt Disney World but could get no closer. FSU couldn’t solve the Gator’s 2-3 Zone defense and shot a season low 33.3% from the floor(19-57). FSU out-rebounded the smaller Gators by just 1 carom—39-38.----Reminded me of FSU loss @ Northwestern in 2008(73-59 -14 margin, 22 T0’s, ---1st loss of season…FSU went on to win 6 of next 7 games, and played for ACC Title in Atlanta.