NO. 10/10 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (8-1, 0-0 ACC) 2018-19 Florida State Schedule/Results VS. O26 1 West Florida W, 96-56 N1 1 Valdosta State W, 99-77 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI REDHAWKS (5-6, 0-0 OVC) 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 17, 2018; 7:00 PM ET N22 2 vs. UAB W, 81-63 N23 2 vs. LSU W, 79-76 (ot) ACC NETWORK (SHAWN DAVISON, ADRIAN CRAWFORD, KATHRYN PHILLIPS) 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 “Leonard Hamilton’s team is deep, they are talented and defensive-minded once again.” D8 4 vs. UConn W, 79-71 Wes Durham D17 Southeast Missouri 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports D19 North Florida 7:00 p.m. D22 5 St. Louis 2:30 p.m. NO. 10 SEMINOLES BACK AT HOME AGAINST SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MONDAY AT 7:00 P.M. J1 Winthrop 2:00 p.m. Florida State, which is ranked No. 10 in both major national polls, plays host to Southeast Missouri on Monday, J5 * at Virginia 3:00 p.m. December 17, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles’ game against the J9 * Miami 9:00 p.m. Redhawks marks their first home game since defeating Troy, 83-67, on December 3. Florida State enters its J12 * Duke 2:00 p.m. game against Southeast Missouri having won three consecutive games with victories over Purdue (November J14 * at Pitt 7:00 p.m. 28, 73-72, in the ACC / Big Ten Challenge), against Troy (December 3, 83-67) and over UConn in the Never Forget J20 * at Boston College 12 Noon Tribute Classic in Newark, N.J. (December 8, 79-71). Florida State’s game against Southeast Missouri is its first J22 * Clemson 7:00 p.m. of four games (three at home and one in Sunrise, Fla.) before its begins ACC play at No. 3/6 Virginia (January 9 J27 * at Miami 6:00 p.m. in Charlottesville, Va.) Following Monday night’s game against Southeast Missouri, the Seminoles will play host F2 * Georgia Tech 12 Noon to North Florida (December 19, 7:00 p.m.) and close out their fall semester at the Orange Bowl Classic against F5 * at Syracuse 8:00 pm. St. Louis IN Sunrise, Fla. (December 22). F9 * Louisville 4:00 p.m. F13 * Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. FLORIDA STATE VS. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI – A SERIES HISTORY F16 * at Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m. Florida State plays host to Southeast Missouri on Dec. 17, 2018 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee in F19 * at Clemson 9:00 p.m. the second ever meeting between the Seminoles and the Redhawks. The Seminoles defeated Southeast F23 * at North Carolina 3:45 p.m. Missouri, 100-75, on December 22, 1994 at the Tucker Center in the only previous meeting between the two F25 * Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. teams. Southeast Missouri is coached by Rick Ray – who has coached against the Seminoles at both Mississippi M2 * NC State 12 Noon State and Clemson. He was the head coach at Mississippi State from 2013-15 and coached the Bulldogs’ win M5 * Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m. over the Seminoles by a 62-55 score in Starkville on Jan. 2, 2015. He was the associate head coach at Clemson M9 * at Wake Forest 12 Noon for two seasons (2011 and 2012) and was 2-2 with the Tigers against Florida State. Adam Gordon, an assistant M12-16 at ACC Tournament TBD coach at Southeast Missouri, was with Ray three years at Mississippi State and their two years at Clemson. 1 – Exhibition Game and Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 – AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field SEMINOLES RETURN TO NATIONAL TOP-10 FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE SEASONS House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; 3 – ACC / Big Ten Florida State enters Monday’s game against Southeast Missouri ranked No. 10 in both the Associated Press and Challenge, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 4 USA Today Coaches Poll. It marks the second time in the last three seasons the Seminoles have been ranked in - Never Forget Tribute Classic, Prudential Center, the nation’s top-10. The Seminoles were ranked No. 9 in the AP poll during the week January 9, 2017, No. 10 Newark, N.J.; 5 – Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball during the week of January 16, 2017 and No. 6 during the week of January 23, 2017. Florida State was ranked Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.; ACC Tournament, No. 10 during the week of January 9, 2017 and No. 6 during the week of January 23, 2017 in the Coaches poll. Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C. The Seminoles have been ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll in a total of 27 weeks since the 1969-70 season. 2017-18 ACC Standings FLORIDA STATE ENTERS MONDAY’S GAME WITH AN 8-1 RECORD Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Florida State enters Monday’s game against Southeast Missouri with three consecutive wins, a 2-0 record in the Virginia 17 1 .944 31 3 .912 month of December, two wins against nationally ranked opponents (then No. 19/21 LSU and then No. 19/19 Duke 13 5 .722 29 8 .784 Purdue) and an 8-1 record. Florida State was 9-0 to open the 2017-18 season and 10-0 to open the 2003-04 th Miami 11 7 .611 22 10 .688 season under 17 -year Seminole Head Coach Leonard Hamilton. Clemson 11 7 .611 24 10 .706 NC State 11 7 .611 21 12 .636 FLORIDA STATE AT HOME SINCE THE START OF THE 2015-16 SEASON N. Carolina 11 7 .611 26 11 .703 Florida State enters Monday night’s game against Southeast Missouri with 35 wins in its last 37 games played in Virginia Tech 10 8 .556 21 12 .636 the Donald L. Tucker Center during the 2016-17 (a perfect 18-0 record), 2017-18 season (13-2 record) and 2018- Florida State 9 9 .600 23 12 .657 19 (4-0 record). Louisville 9 9 .529 22 14 .611 Notre Dame 8 10 .444 21 15 .583 FLORIDA STATE AT HOME IN NON-CONFERENCE GAMES Syracuse 8 10 .444 23 13 .639 Florida State is at home in the Donald L. Tucker Center with 29 consecutive non-conference wins on their home Boston College 7 11 .389 19 16 .543 course since the beginning of the 2014-15 season. The Seminoles’ winning streak against non-ACC teams began Georgia Tech 6 12 .333 13 19 .406 with a 96-73 win over UCF on December 6, 2014. Wake Forest 4 14 .222 11 20 .355 Pittsburgh 0 18 .000 8 24 .250 LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… th …Defeat Southeast Missouri and win its 30 consecutive non-conference home game. The Seminoles are 37-1 For Information on FSU Basketball (.974 winning percentage) at home on non-ACC games since the beginning of the 2014-15 season; Please contact Chuck Walsh at (850) 694-2540 …Defeat Southeast Missouri and raise its record to 9-1. It would mark the fourth consecutive season Florida State will have earned at least nine wins before ACC play begins; …Defeat Southeast Missouri and gain a victory over a team from the state of Missouri for the second time in two seasons. The Seminoles defeated Missouri, 67-54, in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. FLORIDA STATE GOING TO THE GLASS Florida State Men’s Basketball Florida State outrebounded UConn by a 38-37 margin in its victory over the Huskies to mark the eighth time in its first nine In the National Polls games of the season the Seminoles have outrebounded its opponent. The Seminoles outrebounded Canisius (November ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL 19) by 15 rebounds, LSU (November 23) by 13 rebounds and Troy (December 3) by 11 rebounds to record double figure Rk. Team 18-19 Rec. rebounding margins three times in the first nine games of the season. Florida State enters Monday’s game against 1. Kansas (57) 8-0 Southeast Missouri ranked fifth in the ACC with a +6.6 rebounds per game margin. The Seminoles ranked fourth in the ACC 2. Duke (4) 9-1 with +2.7 rebounds per game margin during the 2017-18 season. 3. Tennessee (1) 7-1 4. Gonzaga (1) 9-1 FLORIDA STATE FROM THE BONUSPHERE 5. Michigan (1) 10-0 Florida State made 10 3-point shots in its 83-67 victory over Troy (December 3). It marked the second time this season the 6. Virginia (1) 9-0 Seminoles made at least 10 3-point field goals after opening the season with 11 3-point field goals made in their 81-60 win 7. Nevada 10-0 over Florida. Florida State enters Monday’s game shooting .355 from the 3-point line and averaging 7.3 made 3-point shots 8. Auburn 8-1 per game in the first nine games of the season. 9. Michigan State 8-2 10. FLORIDA STATE 8-1 SEMINOLES DEFENDING OPPONENTS SHOTS AT THE BASKET 11. Texas Tech 8-0 Florida State has limited its last three opponents to an average of 70 points and a .415 shooting mark from the field.