NO. 7/8 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (24-5, 14-4 ACC) 2019-20 Florida State Schedule/Results AT O22 1 Barry University W, 95-66 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH (18-11, 9-9 ACC) N1 1 Columbus State W, 84-54 PURCELL PAVILION AT THE JOYCE ATHLETIC AND CONVOCATION CENTER (9,149) N6 * at Pittsburgh L, 61-63 NOTRE DAME, INDIANA N10 at Florida W, 63-51 N15 Western Carolina W, 79-74 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2020; 9:00 P.M. N20 2 Chattanooga W, 89-53 SEMINOLE IMG RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, KEITH JONES) N23 Saint Francis (Pa.) W, 80-65 ESPN2 (MIKE COUZENS, JORDAN CORNETTE) N25 2 Chicago State W, 113-56 N29 3 vs. Tennessee W, 60-57 “Florida State’s combination of multi-positional length defensively turns teams over and can overwhelm. The N30 3 vs. Purdue W, 63-60 (ot) Seminoles are a better shooting team than some defense-first squads.” D3 at Indiana L, 64-80 Kevin Flaherty D8 * Clemson W, 72-53 247 Sports D17 North Florida W, 98-81 D21 USF W, 66-60 NO. 7/8 SEMINOLES CLOSE OUT REGULAR SEASON ROAD SCHEDULE AT NOTRE DAME ON WEDNESDAY D28 North Alabama W, 88-71 Florida State, which has won five of its nine ACC road games this season, travels to play at Notre Dame on D31 * Georgia Tech W, 70-58 Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. in its final regular season road. The Seminoles travel to play Notre Dame J4 * at Louisville W, 78-65 in the second regular season meeting between the two teams after earning an 85-84 win over the Fighting Irish J8 * at Wake Forest W, 78-68 on January 25, 2020 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. Florida State has won on the road in ACC play J15 * Virginia W, 54-50 at Louisville (giving the Cardinals their only ACC loss at home), at Wake Forest (where the Deacons have defeated J18 * at Miami W, 83-79 (ot) Duke), at Miami, at Virginia Tech and at NC State (where the Wolfpack defeated Duke) so far this season. The J25 * Notre Dame W, 85-84 Seminoles enter Wednesday’s game on ESPN2 having won four of its last five games and with an ACC leading J28 * at Virginia L, 56-61 four wins over nationally ranked teams this season (No. 6 Florida, No. 17 Tennessee, No. 6 Louisville and No. 11 F1 * at Virginia Tech W, 74-63 Louisville). Following Wednesday’s game at Notre Dame, the Seminoles return home and will play host to Boston F3 * North Carolina W, 65-59 College on Senior Night for Trent Forrest (the winningest player in school history) and Dominik Olejniczak (who F8 * Miami W, 99-81 will help lead a team into the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season) on Saturday, March 7 with F10 * at Duke L, 65-70 the tip scheduled for 4:30 p.m. F15 * Syracuse W, 80-77 F18 * Pittsburgh W, 82-67 FLORIDA STATE WITH 24 WINS ENTERING WEDNESDAY’S GAME AT NOTRE DAME F22 * at NC State W, 67-61 Florida State enters Wednesday’s game against Notre Dame with 24 victories. It marks the eighth time in school F24 * Louisville W, 82-67 history the Seminoles have won at least 24 games in a single season (27 in 1971-72; 25 in 1992-93; 25 in 2008- F29 * at Clemson L, 69-70 09; 25 in 2001-12; 24 in 2013-14; 26 in 2016-17; a school-record 29 wins in 2018-19 and 24 wins in 2019-20). M4 * at Notre Dame 9:00 p.m. Seminole Head Coach Leonard Hamilton, the winningest coach in school history with 358 victories in his 18 M7 * Boston College 4:30 p.m. seasons in Tallahassee, has led the Seminoles to at least 24 victories six of the eight times the number has been M10-14 ACC Tournament TBA reached in school history. Greensboro, N.C. *ACC Game 1 Exhibition Game; 2 Emerald Coast Classic FLORIDA STATE’S 14 ACC WINS IS A SINGLE SEASON SCHOOL RECORD at Tallahassee, Fla.; 3 Emerald Coast Classic at Florida State enters Wednesday’s game at Notre Dame with a 14-4 record in ACC play. It marks the second Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, Fla.; 4 consecutive season the Seminoles have won at least 13 ACC regular season games and earned a double bye in ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Bloomington, Ind.; 5 Metro by the ACC Tournament. The Seminoles’ 14 regular season ACC wins is a school record for conference wins in school T-Mobile Orange Bowl Basketball Classic at BB&T history. The Seminoles won at least 10 games three times while a member of the Metro Conference (1977-91) Center, Sunrise, Fla.; 6 ACC Tournament at Greensboro and have now won at least 10 games 10 times as a member of the ACC. Leonard Hamilton has guided Florida Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. State to double figure ACC wins seven times in the last 12 seasons (including this year). 2019-20 ACC Standings FLORIDA STATE WITH 53 WINS IN THE LAST TWO SEASONS Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Florida State is 53-13 overall (.803 winning percentage) and is 27-9 in ACC play (.750 winning percentage) since Louisville 15 4 .789 24 6 .800 the beginning of the 2018-19 season. Florida State won a school-record 29 games and finished with a 29-8 Florida State 14 4 .778 24 5 .828 overall record (.784 winning percentage) in advancing to the Sweet 16 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. This year Duke 13 5 .722 23 6 .793 marks the first time in school history that the Seminoles have won 53 games in consecutive seasons. Virginia 13 5 .722 21 7 .750 NC State 9 9 .500 18 11 .621 SEMINOLES’ FORREST APPRAOCHING FLORIDA STATE AND ACC STEALS MILESTONES Notre Dame 9 9 .500 18 11 .621 Florida State senior Trent Forrest enters Wednesday’s game with 223 career steals. He needs just three steals Syracuse 9 9 .500 16 13 .522 to move into second place (passing Delvon Arrington, 225 steals, 1999-02) and 16 to become the all-time chief Clemson 9 9 .500 15 13 .536 thief in school history (passing Charlie Ward, 238 steals, 1991-94). He is also ranked 23rd in ACC history with his Georgia Tech 9 9 .500 15 14 .517 223 career steals and needs only three steals to move into the ACC’s all-time Top 20. Boston College 7 11 .389 13 16 .448 Virginia Tech 6 12 .333 15 14 .517 LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… Miami 6 12 .333 14 14 .500 …Defeat Notre Dame and win its school-record 15th ACC regular season game of the season. The Seminoles won Wake Forest 6 12 .333 13 15 .464 13 regular season ACC games during the 2018-19 season; Pittsburgh 6 13 .316 15 15 .500 …Defeat Notre Dame and its win school-record tying 15th ACC game of the season (regular season and ACC N. Carolina 5 13 .278 12 17 .414 Tournament). The Seminoles won a combined 15 ACC games in 2012 (12 regular season wins plus three wins in the ACC Tournament) in winning their first ACC Tournament Championship and won 15 ACC games in 2019 (13 Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record regular season wins with two in the ACC Tournament); W L Pct. Years …Defeat Notre Dame and win its 25th game of the regular season. The Seminoles also won 25 regular season Career 558 431 .564 1987-Pr. games last season; at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 …Defeat Notre Dame and earn a regular season series sweep of the Fighting Irish for the first time; at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 …Play as a top-10 nationally ranked team for the school record eighth consecutive week. The Seminoles have at Florida State 358 221 .618 2002-Pr. been ranked in the nation’s top 10 since the week of Jan. 6, 2020. HAMILTON AMONG ALL-TIME GREATEST COACHES IN ACC Florida State Basketball / National Polls Florida State Head Coach Leonard Hamilton enters Saturday’s game at Clemson as the fifth winningest coach in ACC history. Hamilton became only the sixth coach in the illustrious history of the nation’s best basketball conference to win 350 career ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL games with the Seminoles’ victory over Miami on January 18 in Coral Gables. Rk. Team 19-20 Rec. 1. Kansas (64) 26-3 Hamilton In ACC History 2. Gonzaga 29-2 Rank Coach, School Career Wins 3. Dayton 27-2 1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 1,083 4. Baylor 25-3 2. Dean Smith, North Carolina 879 5. San Diego State 28-1 3. Roy Williams, North Carolina 464 6. Kentucky 24-5 4. Gary Williams, Maryland 461 7. FLORIDA STATE 24-5 5. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 358 8. Seton Hall 21-7 9. Maryland 23-6 HAMILTON RANKED IN THE TOP FIVE IN ACC HISTORY 10. Louisville 24-6 With 168 career ACC victories (regular season and ACC Tournament), Seminole Head Coach Leonard Hamilton is the fifth 11. Creighton 22-7 winningest coach in league history in ACC games only. Including the Seminoles’ 14 ACC victories this season, Hamilton has 12. Duke 23-6 led the Seminoles to 168 ACC wins during his career. 13. Oregon 22-7 14. Villanova 22-7 Hamilton in ACC Games Only History 15. BYU 24-7 Rank Coach School Career ACC Wins 16.