NO. 25 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (8-2 OVERALL, 4-1 ACC) 2020-21 Florida State Schedule VS. D2 North Florida W, 86-58 NO. 20/22 CLEMSON TIGERS (9-3 OVERALL, 3-3 ACC) D9 1 Indiana W, 69-67 (OT) SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021; 3:00 P.M. D12 Florida W, 83-71 DONALD L. TUCKER CENTER D15 * Georgia Tech W, 74-61 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA D19 UCF L, 74-86 LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, ADRIAN CRAWFORD) D21 Gardner-Webb W, 72-59 ABC (BOB WISCHUSEN, DICK VITALE) D29 * at Clemson L, 67-77 J2 * Duke Postponed “The Seminoles beat North Carolina on Saturday without Scottie Barnes and dominated Louisville on Monday J6 * at Syracuse Postponed night at the KFC Yum Center without Anthony Polite. Leonard Hamilton has depth on top of depth.” J9 * at Pittsburgh Postponed Jon Rothstein J13 * NC State W, 105-73 CBS Sports J16 * North Carolina W, 82-75 J18 * at Louisville W, 78-65 NO. 25 FLORIDA STATE PLAYS HOST TO CLEMSON IN SECOND SEMINOLE/TIGER BATTLE OF THE SEASON J23 * Clemson 3:00 p.m. Florida State, which has won its last three ACC games by an average of 17.3 points per game, plays host to No. J27 * Miami 6:00 p.m. 20/22 Clemson on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles’ J30 * at Georgia Tech 4:00 p.m. game against the Tigers marks the second meeting of the teams this season following Clemson’s 77-67 victory F2 * at Boston College 9:00 p.m. at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C. on December 29. Florida State enters Saturday’s game following three F9 * at Virginia Tech 8:30 p.m. consecutive victories at home over NC State (105-73, January 13), at home over North Carolina (82-75, January F13 * Wake Forest 12 Noon 16) and at Louisville (78-65, January 18). Florida State’s game against Clemson in the first of two consecutive F15 * Virginia 7:00 p.m. home games before a three-game road swing that begins on January 30 at Georgia Tech. The Seminoles’ home F20 * Virginia Tech 12 Noon game against the Tigers marks their fourth ACC home game of the season with five home games remaining on F24 * at Miami 8:30 p.m. the schedule (one home game, against Duke, was postponed and has not yet been rescheduled). Following F27 * at North Carolina 4:00 p.m. Saturday’s game against Clemson, the Seminoles play host to Miami on Wednesday, January 27 at 6:00 p.m. M3 * Boston College 9:00 p.m. M9-13 2 at ACC Tournament TBD FLORIDA STATE HAS WON 20 STRAIGHT ACC HOME GAMES Florida State enters Saturday’s game against Clemson having won 20 consecutive ACC games at the Donald L. *ACC Game. 1 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Tallahassee, Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles’ ACC winning streak in their home building began with a 77-68 win Fla.; 2 ACC Tournament Greensboro Coliseum, over Clemson on January 22, 2019. Their most recent ACC victory at home came as an 82-75 win over North Greensboro, N.C. Carolina on Saturday in Tallahassee. 2019-20 ACC Standings FLORIDA STATE IN THE ACC SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Florida State is 33-10 (.767 winning percentage) in ACC regular season play since the start of the 2018-19 season. Florida State 16 4 .800 26 5 .839 The Seminoles finished 13-5 in 2019, 16-4 in 2020 and are 4-1 this season. Virginia 15 5 .750 23 7 .767 Louisville 15 5 .750 24 7 .774 FLORIDA STATE SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON Duke 15 5 .750 25 6 .806 Florida State is 63-15 (.808 winning percentage) since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles finished Georgia Tech 10 9 .500 17 14 .548 29-8 in 2018-19, 26-5 in 2019-20 and are 8-2 this season. Since defeating Clemson on December 8, 2019, the NC State 10 10 .500 19 12 .613 Seminoles have won nearly 85 percent of their games with a record of 25-4 (.862 winning percentage). Syracuse 10 10 .500 17 14 .548 Notre Dame 10 10 .474 18 12 .600 FLORIDA STATE HAS WON NEARLY 95 PERCENT OF ITS HOME GAMES SINCE FEBRUARY 27, 2015 Clemson 9 11 .450 16 15 .516 Florida State is 73-4 (.948 winning percentage) in its last 77 home games since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. Miami 7 13 .350 15 15 .500 The Seminoles enter Saturday’s game against Clemson having won .948 percent of their games (73-4) and .929 Boston College 7 13 .368 13 18 .419 percent of their ACC games (39-3) at home since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. Florida State’s streak began Virginia Tech 7 13 .368 16 15 .516 with a 77-56 win over No. 23 Notre Dame on February 27, 2015. The Seminoles are 7-1 at home this season, Wake Forest 6 14 .316 13 17 .433 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 Pittsburgh 6 14 .300 15 16 .484 the 2018-19 season and were 18-0 at home (including 9-0 in the ACC) in the 2016-17 season. N. Carolina 6 14 .300 13 18 .419 HAMILTON WITH 74 WINS OVER RANKED TEAMS Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton enters No. 20/22 Clemson looking for his 75th career win over a nationally W L Pct. Years ranked team. He earned two wins over ranked teams at Oklahoma State, 17 at Miami and 55 at Florida State. Career 568 433 .567 1987-Pr. He has earned four wins over No. 1 ranked teams: against No. 1 Oklahoma (February 4, 1989 while at Oklahoma at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 State); against No. 1 Duke (March 1. 2006 while at Florida State); against No. 1 North Carolina (March 4, 2009 at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 while at Florida State) and against No. 1 Duke (January 12, 2011 while at Florida State). at Florida State 368 223 .623 2002-Pr. FLORIDA STATE’S WALKER APPROACHING 1,000 CAREER POINTS ACC Operation Basketball Florida State senior M.J. Walker enters Saturday’s game against Clemson averaging a career-high high 14.9 Predicted Order of Finish points per game this season. He has scored 933 career points and needs only 67 points to become the 47th 1. Virginia 9. Georgia Tech member of the Seminoles’ 1,000 career point club. Walker has scored 51 of his 933 career points and averages 2. Duke 10. Clemson 7.3 points scored in seven career games against Clemson. 3. FLORIDA STATE 11. Virginia Tech 4. North Carolina 12. Notre Dame LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… 5. Louisville 13. Pittsburgh …Defeat Clemson and gain a win over a ranked Tigers team for the second time since February 14, 2018 when 6. Syracuse 14. Boston College the Seminoles defeated the No. 11 Tigers by an 81-79 margin in overtime at the Donald L. Tucker Center; 7. Miami 15. Wake Forest …Defeat Clemson and win its fourth consecutive ACC game for the third time in the last two seasons. The 8. NC State Seminoles enjoyed winning streaks of six and four games during the 2019-20 season. Florida State won a school record 16 ACC regular season games, finished with a 16-4 ACC record and won the ACC Championship for the second time in school history in 2020. HAMILTON AMONG ALL-TIME GREATEST ACC COACHES Florida State Basketball / National Polls Florida State Head Coach Leonard Hamilton enters Saturday’s game against Clemson as the fifth winningest coach in ACC ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL history with 367 career wins at Florida State. Hamilton became only the sixth coach in the illustrious history of the nation’s R. Team 20-21 Rec. best basketball conference to win 350 career games with the Seminoles’ victory over Miami on January 18, 2020. 1. Gonzaga (62) 14-0 2. Baylor (2) 12-0 Hamilton in ACC History 3. Villanova 8-1 Rank Coach, School Career Wins 4. Iowa 12-2 1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 1,090 5. Texas 11-2 2. Dean Smith, North Carolina 879 6. Tennessee 10-1 3. Roy Williams, North Carolina 475 7. Michigan 11-1 4. Gary Williams, Maryland 461 8. Houston 11-1 5. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 368 9. Kansas 10-3 10. Wisconsin 11-3 HAMILTON ON BALLOT FOR NAISMITH HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2021 11. Creighton 10-3 Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, who has won nearly 600 games and who is the fifth all-time winningest coach in ACC 12. Texas Tech 11-4 history, was named as an eligible candidate for the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Hamilton highlights the list of four 13. Virginia 9-2 first time coaching candidates including Ken Anderson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire), Lou Henson (Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico 14. West Virginia 9-4 State, Illinois) and Paul Westhead (NBA and college). Hamilton has been named as the National Coach of the Year four 15. Ohio State 11-3 times and by four different national governing bodies. He was named the Clarence “Big House” Gaines National Coach of 16.