Vs. Indiana Hoosiers (3-1 Overall, 0-0 Big Ten)
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NO. 20/21 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (1-0 OVERALL, 0-0 ACC) 2020-21 Florida State Schedule VS. D2 North Florida W, 86-58 INDIANA HOOSIERS (3-1 OVERALL, 0-0 BIG TEN) D9 1 Indiana 7:15 p.m. 22ND ANNUAL ACC / BIG TEN CHALLENGE D12 Florida 11:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 9, 2020; 7:15 P.M. D15 * Georgia Tech 8:30 p.m. DONALD L. TUCKER CENTER (2,600) D19 UCF TBD TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA D21 Gardner-Webb 8:00 p.m. LEARFIELD IMG RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, ADRIAN CRAWFORD) D29 * at Clemson 7:00 p.m. ESPN (DAVE O’BRIEN, JAY BILAS) J2 * Duke 6/8:00 p.m. J6 * at Syracuse 7:00 p.m. “By any measure, Florida State is now one of the top 15 programs in the country. Not teams, but programs. The J9 * at Pittsburgh 2:00 p.m. Seminoles actually do re-load every year now. They can withstand the losses of one-and-done freshmen and two- J13 * NC State 7:00 p.m. and-through sophomores - and still have high expectations heading into the next season. They can lose big-time J16 * North Carolina 12 Noon players and replace them. Everyone around the country is starting to realize that now. This isn't a flash-in-the- J18 * at Louisville 7:00 p.m. pan program. It's a constant.” J23 * Clemson 3:00 p.m. Corey Clark J27 * Miami 6:00 p.m. Warchant J30 * at Georgia Tech 4:00 p.m. F2 * at Boston College 9:00 p.m. NO. 20/21 SEMINOLES PLAY HOST TO INDIANA IN 22ND ANNUAL ACC / BIG TEN CHALLENGE F9 * at Virginia Tech 8:30 p.m. Florida State, which defeated North Florida by an 86-58 margin in its season opener on December 2 in F13 * Wake Forest 12 Noon Tallahassee, plays host to Indiana in the 22nd Annual ACC / Big Ten Challenge on December 9, 2020 at the Donald F15 * Virginia 7:00 p.m. L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles, who have won 39 consecutive non-ACC home games, face F20 * Virginia Tech 12 Noon Indiana in their second of six home games to begin the 2020-21 season. Florida State’s first game away from F24 * at Miami 8:30 p.m. Tallahassee is scheduled for December 29 at Clemson. Florida State’s original season and home opener – F27 * at North Carolina 4:00 p.m. scheduled against Gardner-Webb – was postponed because of COVID-19 concerns in the GW program has been M3 * Boston College 9:00 p.m. rescheduled for December 21 at 8:00 p.m. Following Wednesday’s game against Indiana, the Seminoles will play M9-13 2 at ACC Tournament TBD host to Florida on Saturday December 12, at 11:00 a.m. *ACC Game. 1 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Tallahassee, FLORIDA STATE VS. INDIANA – CONNECTIONS Fla.; 2 ACC Tournament Greensboro Coliseum, Florida State plays host to Indiana in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge on December 9, 2020. The Hoosiers lead the Greensboro, N.C. all-time series against the Seminoles by a 5-0 margin. The 2020 game between Florida State and Indiana marks the second meeting between the two teams in the 22-year history of the ACC / Big Ten Challenge and the second 2019-20 ACC Standings in the last two seasons between the two teams. The Hoosiers are coached by Archie Miller who is in his third Team W L Pct. W L Pct. season at Indiana (2018-Present). He began his head coaching career at Dayton (2012-17) and has coached Florida State 16 4 .800 26 5 .839 against Florida State just once. Miller has faced Florida State as an assistant at NC State (2005-06, once, 1-0) and Virginia 15 5 .750 23 7 .767 at Ohio State, 2008-09, once, 1-0). Miller has also faced the Seminoles as a player – he was a four-year letter Louisville 15 5 .750 24 7 .774 winner at NC State from 1999-02 – and was 1-7 against Florida State as a Wolfpack player. Tom Ostrom, the Co- Duke 15 5 .750 25 6 .806 Associate Head Coach for the Hoosiers, has faced the Seminoles 11 times in his career. He has faced the Georgia Tech 10 9 .500 17 14 .548 Seminoles as an assistant at Florida (1998-04, nine games against Florida State, 6-3) and South Alabama (2004- NC State 10 10 .500 19 12 .613 07, one game against Florida State, 0-1) and in last year’s ACC / Big Ten Challenge. Co-Associate Head Coach Syracuse 10 10 .500 17 14 .548 Kenyan Hunter has been on the staffs at NC State and Nebraska when both of those programs faced the Notre Dame 10 10 .474 18 12 .600 Seminoles. Clemson 9 11 .450 15 15 .500 Miami 7 13 .350 15 15 .500 HAMILTON AMONG ALL-TIME GREATEST COACHES IN ACC Boston College 7 13 .368 13 18 .419 Florida State Head Coach Leonard Hamilton enters Wednesday’s game against Indiana as the fifth winningest Virginia Tech 7 13 .368 16 15 .516 coach in ACC history. Hamilton became only the sixth coach in the illustrious history of the nation’s best Wake Forest 6 14 .316 13 17 .433 basketball conference to win 350 career games with the Seminoles’ victory over Miami on January 18, 2020. Pittsburgh 6 14 .300 15 16 .484 N. Carolina 6 14 .300 13 18 .419 FLORIDA STATE HAS WON MORE THAN 95 PERCENT OF ITS HOME GAMES SINCE FEBRUARY 27, 2015 Florida State is 66-3 (.957 winning percentage) in its last 69 home games since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record The Seminoles enter Wednesday’s game against Indiana having won .957 percent of their games (66-3) and .923 W L Pct. Years percent of their ACC games (36-3) at home since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. Florida State’s streak began Career 561 431 .566 1987-Pr. with a 77-56 win over No. 23 Notre Dame on February 27, 2015. The Seminoles are 1-0 at home this season, at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 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 at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 the 2018-19 season and were 18-0 at home (including 9-0 in the ACC) in the 2016-17 season. at Florida State 361 221 .620 2002-Pr. FLORIDA STATE HAS WON 24 CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES ACC Operation Basketball Florida State enters Wednesday’s game against Indiana having won 24 consecutive games at the Donald L. Predicted Order of Finish Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles’ winning streak in their home building began with a 77-68 win over 1. Virginia 9. Georgia Tech Clemson on January 22, 2019. Their most recent victory in Tallahassee came as an 86-58 win over North Florida 2. Duke 10. Clemson on December 2, 2020. Florida State has won 17 consecutive ACC home games. 3. FLORIDA STATE 11. Virginia Tech 4. North Carolina 12. Notre Dame LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… 5. Louisville 13. Pitt …Defeat Indiana and win its fourth ACC / Big Ten Challenge game in the last five seasons. The Seminoles earned 6. Syracuse 14. Boston College wins against Minnesota in 2016, at Rutgers in 2017 and against Purdue in 2018. The Seminoles have won two 7. Miami 15. Wake Forest consecutive ACC / Big Ten Challenge games at home against Minnesota and Purdue; 8. NC State …Defeat Indiana and win its 31st consecutive game that has been played in the state of Florida – each game since a 77-68 win at home over Clemson on January 22, 2019; …Defeat Indiana and improve its record to 7-5 at home in the ACC /Big Ten Challenge. The Seminoles have won two consecutive home games in the Challenge. FLORIDA STATE SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON Florida State Basketball / National Polls Florida State is 56-13 (.812 winning percentage) since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles finished 29-8 in 2018- 19, 26-5 in 2019-20 and are 1-0 this season. Since falling to Indiana in the 2019 ACC / Big Ten Challenge on December 4, ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL 2019, the Seminoles have won nearly 90 percent of their games with a record of 20-3. Rk. Team 20-21 Rec. 1. Gonzaga (54) 3-0 FLORIDA STATE IN THE ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE 2. Baylor (7) 3-0 Florida State, the 2012 and 2020 ACC Champion, plays host to Indiana in the 2020 ACC / Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday, 3. Iowa 3-0 December 4, 2020 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. It marks the second time the two teams will meet in the 4. Michigan State 5-0 history of the Challenge. The Seminoles have helped the ACC win 12 of the 21 challenges with two having been played to 5. Kansas 4-1 ties. The ACC leads the series, 12-6-3. 6. Illinois 3-1 7. Houston 4-0 Dec. 1, 1999 Nov. 29, 2000 Nov. 28, 2001 Dec. 2, 2002 8. Creighton 3-0 Florida State 60 at Florida State 71 Florida State 50 at Florida State 80 9. Villanova 4-1 at Northwestern 46 Minnesota 76 at Northwestern 57 Iowa 67 10. Duke 2-1 11.