NO. 14/15 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (6‐1, 0‐0 ACC) 2018‐19 Florida State Schedule/Results VS. O26 1 West Florida W, 96‐56 TROY TROJANS (3‐4, 0‐0 SUN BELT) N1 1 Valdosta State W, 99‐77 N6 Florida W, 81‐60 DONALD L. TUCKER CENTER (11,675) N11 at Tulane W, 80‐69 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA N19 Canisius W, 93‐61 MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2018; 8:00 PM ET N22 2 vs. UAB W, 81‐63 N23 2 vs. LSU W, 79‐76 (ot) FOX SPORTS SOUTH (WES DURHAM, BRIAN OLIVER) N25 2 vs. Villanova L, 60‐66 SEMINOLE IMG RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, KEITH JONES) N28 3 Purdue W, 73‐72 D3 Troy 8:00 p.m. “When given the chance (a year ago) M.J. Walker delivered. Like his 22‐point outing against Colorado State. Or D8 4 vs. UConn 6:30 p.m. his 24‐point outburst against Virginia Tech. He'll have more shots to have more of those nights this season.” D17 Southeast Missouri 7:00p.m. Kyle Boone D19 North Florida 7:00p.m. CBSSports.com D22 5 St. Louis 2:30 p.m. J1 Winthrop 2:00 p.m. FLORIDA STATE PLAYS HOST TO TROY ON MONDAY AT 8:00 P.M. J5 * at Virginia 3:00 p.m. Florida State, one of only five teams in the top 15 of the Associated Press poll which has defeated multiple J9 * Miami 9:00 p.m. nationally ranked teams in the first month of the season, plays host to Troy on Monday, December 3, 2018 at J12 * Duke 2:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. The Seminoles are joined by only Kansas, Duke, Virginia and Michigan as the five teams in the nation J14 * at Pitt 7:00 p.m. who have defeated two ranked teams entering the month of December. The Seminoles have six wins entering J20 * at Boston College 12 Noon their game against Troy – with victories registered of then No. 19/21 LSU in the semifinals of the AdvoCare J22 * Clemson 7:00 p.m. Invitational (November 23; 79‐76 in overtime) and then No. 18/19 Purdue in the ACC / Big Ten Challenge J27 * at Miami 6:00 p.m. (November 28, 73‐72). Florida State’s game against Troy is its second of two consecutive home games with two F2 * Georgia Tech 12 Noon more home games coming after the university’s semester exam period (December 17 against Southeast Missouri F5 * at Syracuse 8:00 pm. and December 19 against North Florida). Following Monday’s game against Troy the Seminoles travel to play F9 * Louisville 4:00 p.m. UConn in the Never Forget Tribute Classic on December 8 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. F13 * Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. F16 * at Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m. FLORIDA STATE VS. TROY – A SERIES HISTORY F19 * at Clemson 9:00 p.m. Florida State will play host to Troy University on Dec. 3, 2018 at the Donald L. Tucker Center. The series between F23 * at North Carolina 3:45 p.m. the Seminoles and the Trojans began on Dec. 12, 1947 and was the second game in the history of the Florida F25 * Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. State basketball program. The Seminoles won the first game played between the two teams – 57‐37 in M2 * NC State 12 Noon Tallahassee. Florida State enters its 2018 game against Troy with a seven‐game winning streak in the series and M5 * Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m. has won every game in the series since a 68‐64 win at Troy on Dec. 15, 1948. Troy is coached by Phil Cunningham M9 * at Wake Forest 12 Noon who is in his sixth season as the Trojans’ head coach. Cunningham has coached against Florida State once ‐‐ as M12‐16 at ACC Tournament TBD an assistant coach at Mississippi State on March 20, 2007 – in an 86‐71 win by the Bulldogs in the third round of 1 – Exhibition Game and Donald L. Tucker Center, the postseason NIT. Marcus Grant, an assistant coach on Cunningham’s staff, was an assistant coach at Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 – AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field Mississippi State from 2005‐2012 – a time period when the Bulldogs were 1‐0 against the Seminoles. House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; 3 – ACC / Big Ten Challenge, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 4 FLORIDA STATE IS TOUGH TO BEAT AT HOME IN THE DONALD L TUCKER CENTER ‐ Never Forget Tribute Classic, Prudential Center, Florida State enters Monday night’s game against Troy as the second winningest team in the nation on its home Newark, N.J.; 5 – Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball court since the start of the 2015‐16 season. With 34 wins in its last 36 games played in the Donald L. Tucker Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.; ACC Tournament, Center during the 2016‐17 (a perfect 18‐0 record), 2017‐18 season (13‐2 record) and 2018‐19 (3‐0 record), Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C. Florida State is the second winningest team on its home court in the nation in the last two seasons. The Seminoles have a .944 winning percentage at home in the last three season. 2017‐18 ACC Standings Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Court Records In The Last Two Seasons Virginia 17 1 .944 31 3 .912 Rank Team Record Winning Pct. Arena Duke 13 5 .722 29 8 .784 1. Cincinnati 37‐2 .949 Fifth‐Third Arena Miami 11 7 .611 22 10 .688 2. Florida State 34‐2 .944 Donald L. Tucker Center Clemson 11 7 .611 24 10 .706 2. Duke 34‐2 .944 Cameron Indoor Stadium NC State 11 7 .611 21 12 .636 4. North Carolina 32‐3 .914 Dean E. Smith Center N. Carolina 11 7 .611 26 11 .703 5. Kentucky 38‐4 .905 Rupp Arena Virginia Tech 10 8 .556 21 12 .636 6. Michigan State 33‐4 .891 Breslin Event Center Florida State 9 9 .600 23 12 .657 7. Kansas 32‐5 .865 Allen Fieldhouse Louisville 9 9 .529 22 14 .611 Notre Dame 8 10 .444 21 15 .583 MANN ENTERS MONDAY’S GAME AGAINST TROY WITH 986 CAREER POINTS Syracuse 8 10 .444 23 13 .639 Florida State senior guard Terance Mann, a candidate for the 2019 Senior CLASS Award, enters Monday’s game Boston College 7 11 .389 19 16 .543 with 986 career points and needs only 14 points to become the 47th player in school history with 1,000 or more Georgia Tech 6 12 .333 13 19 .406 career points scored. He is Florida State’s leading scorer with 86 points this season (team‐leading 12.3 ppg) after Wake Forest 4 14 .222 11 20 .355 scoring a total of 900 points in the first three seasons of his career. Pittsburgh 0 18 .000 8 24 .250 LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… For Information on FSU Basketball …Defeat Troy and win its 29th consecutive non‐conference home game. The Seminoles are 36‐1 (.973 winning Please contact Chuck Walsh at (850) 694‐2540 percentage) at home on non‐ACC games since the beginning of the 2013‐14 season; …Defeat Troy and raise its record against teams from the Sun belt Conference to 51‐8; …Defeat Troy and win its eighth consecutive games against the Trojans in a series that dates back to the 1947‐ 48 season – the first season of Florida State basketball. The Seminole played Troy (a 57‐37 Florida State win) in the second game in the history of the program. SEMINOLES’ WINS OVER RANKED LSU AND PURDUE TEAMS RAISE TOTAL TO 46 UNDER HAMILTON Florida State Men’s Basketball Florida State’s victories over No. 19/21 LSU in the semifinals of the AdvoCare Invitational (November 23) and over No. 18/19 In the National Polls Purdue in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (November 28) give the Seminoles multiple wins over nationally ranked teams for the ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL fifth consecutive season. The Seminoles have 20 victories over nationally ranked teams since the beginning of the 2016‐17 Rk. Team 18‐19 Rec. season and have defeated multiple nationally ranked teams in the month of November for the first time in school history. 1. Gonzaga (32) 6‐0 Florida State has defeated 46 nationally ranked opponents under 17th year head coach Leonard Hamilton. 2. Kansas (31) 5‐0 3. Duke (1) 5‐1 NOTING FLORIDA STATE’S COMEBACKS AGAINST LSU AND PURDUE 4. Virginia (1) 6‐0 Florida State rallied late to win both of its games against No. 19/21 LSU and No. 18/19 Purdue on its way to its 6‐1 record 5. Nevada 6‐0 and six wins in the month of November for the second consecutive season. The Seminoles trailed both the Tigers and the 6. Tennessee 4‐1 Boilermakers by at least eight points with under four minutes to play in regulation and rallied to win both games. The 7. Michigan 6‐0 Seminoles outscored LSU by a 12‐3 margin at the end of regulation and won the game, 79‐69, on a game‐winning, buzzer 8. Auburn 5‐1 beating 3‐point shot by redshirt sophomore Mfiondu Kabengele with 0.5 seconds remaining in overtime against LSU. The 9. Michigan State 5‐1 Seminoles then defeated Purdue, 73‐72, on a short floater by junior Trent Forrest with 5.2 seconds remaining against 10. Kentucky 5‐1 Purdue. 11. North Carolina 6‐1 12.