NO. 17/19 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (18-5, 6-4 ACC) 2018-19 Florida State Schedule/Results VS. O26 1 West Florida W, 96-56 N1 1 Valdosta State W, 99-77 WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS (9-13, 2-8 ACC) N6 Florida W, 81-60 DONALD L. TUCKER CENTER (11,675) N11 at Tulane W, 80-69 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA N19 Canisius W, 93-61 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019; 7:00 P.M. N22 2 vs. UAB W, 81-63 N23 2 vs. LSU W, 79-76 (ot) RAYCOM SPORTS (WES DURHAM, MIKE GMINSKI) N25 2 vs. Villanova L, 60-66 SEMINOLE IMG RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, KEITH JONES) N28 3 Purdue W, 73-72 D3 Troy W, 83-67 “(I) have to give him (Mfiondu Kabengele) credit, he got our bigs up in the air. Up and unders became two points. D8 4 vs. UConn W, 79-71 He’s a really good player; he might be their best offensive player.” D17 Southeast Missouri State W, 85-68 Chris Mack D19 North Florida W, 95-81 Louisville Basketball D22 5 St. Louis W, 81-59 J1 Winthrop W, 87-76 NO. 17/19 SEMINOLES PLAY HOST TO WAKE FOREST TO CLOSE OUT TWO-GAME HOMESTAND J5 * at Virginia L, 52-65 No. 17/19 Florida State, which has won five consecutive ACC games, plays host to Wake Forest on Wednesday, J9 * Miami W, 68-62 February 13, at 7:00 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The game is the first of two meetings J12 * Duke L, 78-80 between the two teams between now and the end of the regular season – the Seminoles travel to play at Wake J14 * at Pitt L, 62-75 on the final day of the regular season in Winston-Salem, N.C. Florida State enters Wednesday’s game against J20 * at Boston College L, 82-87 the Demon Deacons having won five consecutive ACC games with wins over Clemson (January 22, 77-68), at J22 * Clemson W, 77-68 Miami (January 27, 78-66), against Georgia Tech (February 2, 59-49), at Syracuse (February 5, 80-62) and most J27 * at Miami W, 78-66 recently against No. 16 Louisville (February 9, 80-75 in overtime). The Seminoles’ current-five game winning F2 * Georgia Tech W, 59-49 streak is its longest since winning a school record seven straight ACC games during the 2011-12 season in its run F5 * at Syracuse W, 80-62 to the 2012 ACC Championship. Wake Forest represents one of four remaining home ACC games for the F9 * Louisville W, 80-75 (ot) Seminoles this season who will play host to Notre Dame (February 25), NC State (March 2) and Virginia Tech F13 * Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. (March 5) in a three-game home stand before closing the season with a visit to the Demon Deacons. The F16 * at Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m. Seminoles are 11-1 at home with four of their six conference wins coming in its home arena. Following F19 * at Clemson 9:00 p.m. Wednesday’s game against Wake Forest, the Seminoles begin a three-game road swing at Georgia Tech on F23 * at North Carolina 3:45 p.m. Saturday (February 16) when they face the Yellow Jackets for the second time in two weeks. The road trip also F25 * Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. includes games at Clemson (February 19) and at North Carolina (February 23) before returning home to play M2 * NC State 12 Noon host to Mike Brey and the Fighting Irish. M5 * Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m. M9 * at Wake Forest 12 Noon FLORIDA STATE HAS WON 42 OF ITS LAST 45 HOME GAMES M12-16 at ACC Tournament TBD No. 17/19 Florida State, which has won 42 of its last 45 games (.933 winning percentage) at home since the tail 1 – Exhibition Game and Donald L. Tucker Center, end of the 2015-16 season, will look to up its 2018-19 home record to 12-1 when it plays host to Wake Forest Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 – AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field on Wednesday night. The Seminoles enter Wednesday’s game against the Demon Deacons having won .933 House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; 3 – ACC / Big Ten percent of their games (42-3) and 88 percent of their ACC games (22-3) at home since the end of the 2015-16 Challenge, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 4 season. Florida State’s streak began with a 77-56 win over No. 23 Notre Dame on February 27, 2015. The - Never Forget Tribute Classic, Prudential Center, Seminoles were 18-0 at home (including 9-0 in the ACC) during the 2016-17 season. Newark, N.J.; 5 – Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.; ACC Tournament, SEMINOLES’ HAMILTON AMONG WINNINGEST COACHES IN ACC HISTORY Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C. Florida State’s 80-75 victory over Louisville on Saturday gave Seminole Head Coach Leonard Hamilton 142 career ACC wins (regular season and ACC Tournament) and 323 career wins (since the start of the 2002-03 season). He 2018-19 ACC Standings enters Wednesday’s game against Wake Forest as the seventh all-time winningest coach in the ACC in terms of Team W L Pct. W L Pct. conference wins (142) and moved him closer to seventh place in the ACC for all-time coaching wins (323). Duke 9 1 .900 21 2 .913 Hamilton is three overall wins away from moving into a tie for seventh place in ACC history with Terry Holland Virginia 9 2 .818 21 2 .913 of Virginia who won 326 games during his career as the head coach of the Cavaliers. N. Carolina 9 2 .818 20 4 .833 Louisville 8 3 .727 17 7 .708 Hamilton’s Career Wins At Florida State Syracuse 8 3 .727 17 7 .708 Rank Coach, School Wins Virginia Tech 7 5 .636 18 5 .783 1. Mike Krzyzewksi, Duke 1046 Florida State 6 4 .600 18 5 .783 7. Terry Holland, Virginia 326 Clemson 5 5 .500 15 8 .652 8. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 323 NC State 5 6 .455 17 7 .708 Notre Dame 3 8 .272 13 11 .542 Hamilton’s ACC Wins At Florida State Georgia Tech 3 8 .272 11 13 .458 Rank Coach, School Wins Boston College 2 8 .200 11 11 .500 1. Mike Krzyzewksi, Duke 482 Wake Forest 2 8 .200 9 13 .409 6. Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech 149 Pittsburgh 2 9 .182 12 12 .500 7. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 142 Miami 2 9 .182 10 13 .435 LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… For Information on FSU Basketball …Defeat Wake Forest and win its sixth consecutive ACC game. It would mark the first time since the Please contact Chuck Walsh at (850) 694-2540 Seminoles’ ACC Championship season of 2011-12 that they have defeated six consecutive ACC opponents. Florida State won a school record seven consecutive ACC games with wins at Virginia Tech (January 10, 63- 59), against North Carolina (January 14, 90-57), against Maryland (January 17, 84-70), at Duke (January 21, 76-73), at Wake Forest (January 25, 75-52), against Georgia Tech (February 1, 68-54) and against Virginia (February 4, 58-55) and won the ACC Tournament championship at the end of that season. SEMINOLES IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Florida State Men’s Basketball Florida State enters Wednesday’s game against Wake Forest ranked No. 17 in this week’s Associated Press poll and No. 19 In the National Polls in the USA Today poll. The Seminoles were ranked in the first 10 polls of the regular and now 14 of the first 15 AP polls of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles were ranked in the AP poll for a school-record 17 consecutive weeks during the 1988- ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL 89 season. Florida State has been nationally ranked in the AP in each of the last three seasons – for 15 consecutive weeks Rk. Team 18-19 Rec. during the 2016-17 season, for five weeks during the 2017-18 season and in 14 of the 15 regular season polls this season. 1. Tennessee (40) 22-1 2. Duke (24) 21-2 HAMILTON AND THE SEMINOLES AGAINST NON-RANKED ACC OPPONENTS AT HOME 3. Gonzaga 23-2 Including victories over Miami (January 9, 68-62), Clemson (January 22, 77-68) and Georgia Tech (February 2, 59-49) already 4. Virginia 20-2 this season, the Seminoles have won 13 of their last 14 games against unranked ACC opponents dating to their victory over 5. Kentucky 20-3 Syracuse on Senior Day in 2016 (March 5, 2016, 78-73). The Seminoles have also earned victories over 11 of their last 13 6. Michigan 22-2 ranked ACC opponents since their win over No. 23 Notre Dame in their last game in the month of February during the 2015- 7. Nevada 23-1 16 season (February 27, 2016, 77-56). 8. North Carolina 19-4 9. Houston 23-1 SEMINOLES ALSO SUCCESSFUL IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 10. Marquette 20-4 With a 2-0 start to the month of February in 2019, the Seminoles have won seven of their last eight ACC home games during 11. Michigan State 19-5 the month of February. The Seminoles have wins over both Georgia Tech and Louisville this year in the month of February, 12. Purdue 17-6 were 2-1 during the month of February in 2018 and were 3-0 at home in the month of February in 2017.