NO. 14/17 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (2‐0, 0‐0 ACC) 2018‐19 Florida State Schedule VS. O26 1 West Florida W, 96‐56 CANISIUS COLLEGE GOLDEN GRIFFINS (1‐0, 0‐0 MAAC) N1 1 Valdosta State W, 99‐77 N6 Florida W, 81‐60 DONALD L. TUCKER CENTER (11,675) N11 at Tulane W, 80‐69 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA N19 Canisius 7:00 p.m. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018; 7:00 PM ET N22‐25 2 at AdvoCare Invitational ACC NETWORK EXTRA (SHAWN DAVISON, ADRIAN CRAWFORD, ARIYA MASSOUDI) N22 2 UAB 9:30 p.m. N23 2 Charleston/LSU TBD SEMINOLE IMG RADIO NETWORK (TOM BLOCK, KEITH JONES) N25 2 TBD TBD N28 3 Purdue 9:15 p.m. “While most eyes were focused on the action in Indianapolis last Tuesday, the Seminoles lit up what is expected D3 Troy 8:00 p.m. to be a good Florida team, a Florida team that returns several key pieces from last season's NCAA tournament D8 4 vs. UConn 6:30 p.m. 6‐seed. And Florida State handled the Gators with ease. The Seminoles then went to Tulane in a true road game D17 Southeast Missouri 7:00p.m. and beat the Green Wave by 11. The big early difference between this season's Seminoles and the past few D19 North Florida 7:00p.m. iterations (even the one that reached the Elite Eight last season) has been perimeter shooting. PJ Savoy hit eight D22 5 St. Louis 2:30 p.m. in two games, while MJ Walker also buried three 3s. Savoy is seeing a starting role after coming off the bench J1 Winthrop 2:00 p.m. the last two seasons, and Walker ‐‐ a former five‐star recruit ‐‐ will be a difference‐maker.” J5 * at Virginia 3:00 p.m. Jeff Borzello J9 * Miami 9:00 p.m. ESPN J12 * Duke 2:00 p.m. SEMINOLES BEGIN PLAY IN ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL J14 * at Pitt 7:00 p.m. Florida State, which has won its first two games of the season with victories over Florida and at Tulane, return J20 * at Boston College 12 Noon home and will play host to Canisius on Monday, November 19, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center. J22 * Clemson 7:00 p.m. The game between the Seminoles and the Golden Griffins is an on‐campus contest in the first round of the J27 * at Miami 6:00 p.m. AdvoCare Invitational which continues this weekend at the HP Fieldhouse at Walt Disney World in Orlando. F2 * Georgia Tech 12 Noon Florida State’s game against Canisius is its first against the Buffalo (N.Y.) based school from the Metro Atlantic F5 * at Syracuse 8:00 pm. Athletic Conference since the 1974‐75 season. Following Monday’s game against Canisius, the Seminoles will F9 * Louisville 4:00 p.m. play UAB in in the second round of the AdvoCare Invitational on Thursday, Nov. 22 (Thanksgiving Night) at F13 * Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. approximately 9:30 p.m. in Orlando. Florida State’s third round game on Friday, Nov. 23 will be against the F16 * at Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m. winner of the College of Charleston and LSU in a game time to be determined. F19 * at Clemson 9:00 p.m. F23 * at North Carolina 3:45 p.m. FLORIDA STATE VS. CANISIUS – A SERIES HISTORY F25 * Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. Florida State will play host to Canisius on Nov. 19, 2018 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in the first round of the M2 * NC State 12 Noon 2018 AdvoCare Invitational. Canisius is located in Buffalo, N.Y. and is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic M5 * Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m. Conference. The Seminoles are 1‐1 all‐time against the Golden Griffins. The two teams last met in consecutive M9 * at Wake Forest 12 Noon seasons – 1973‐74 (a 91‐74 win in Tallahassee) and 1974‐75 (an 81‐75 loss at Canisius). Reggie Witherspoon, M12‐16 at ACC Tournament TBD the third year head coach at Canisius, is 0‐1 as a head coach against Florida State. He brought his 2012‐13 Buffalo 1 – Exhibition Game and Donald L. Tucker Center, team to Tallahassee – a game in which the Seminoles earned a 95‐68 win at the Donald L. Tucker Center on Nov. Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 – AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field 12, 2012. The game was played as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic – an event the Seminoles advanced in, House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; 3 – ACC / Big Ten and won the team championship in, with wins over BYU and Saint Joseph’s at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Challenge, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 4 N.Y. Eddie Shannon, an assistant coach on the Canisius staff, played collegiately at the University of Florida. The ‐ Never Forget Tribute Classic, Prudential Center, Seminoles were 3‐1 against Shannon and the Gators during the 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 seasons. Newark, N.J.; 5 – Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.; ACC Tournament, FLORIDA STATE LOOKS TO CONTINUE ITS WINNING WAYS AT HOME Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C. Florida State enters its game against Canisius as the winningest team in America on its home court in the last two seasons. With 32 wins in its last 34 games played in the Donald L. Tucker Center during the 2016‐17 (a 2017‐18 ACC Standings perfect 18‐0 record), the 2017‐18 season (13‐2 record) and the 2018‐19 season (1‐0 record), Florida State is the Team W L Pct. W L Pct. winningest team on its home court in the nation in the last two seasons. The Seminoles have a .941 winning Virginia 17 1 .944 31 3 .912 percentage at home in the last three seasons and have a better winning percentage than Duke in Cameron Duke 13 5 .722 29 8 .784 Indoor Stadium (.939), North Carolina in the Dean Smith Center (.907), Kentucky in Rupp Arena (.895), Michigan Miami 11 7 .611 22 10 .688 State in the Breslin Center (.892) and Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse (.861). Clemson 11 7 .611 24 10 .706 NC State 11 7 .611 21 12 .636 Home Court Records In The Last Two Seasons N. Carolina 11 7 .611 26 11 .703 Rank Team Record Winning Pct. Arena Virginia Tech 10 8 .556 21 12 .636 1. Florida State 32‐2 .941 Donald L. Tucker Center Florida State 9 9 .600 23 12 .657 2. Duke 31‐2 .939 Cameron Indoor Stadium Louisville 9 9 .529 22 14 .611 3. North Carolina 29‐3 .907 Dean E. Smith Center Notre Dame 8 10 .444 21 15 .583 4. Kentucky 34‐4 .895 Rupp Arena Syracuse 8 10 .444 23 13 .639 5. Michigan State 33‐4 .892 Breslin Event Center Boston College 7 11 .389 19 16 .543 6. Kansas 31‐5 .861 Allen Fieldhouse Georgia Tech 6 12 .333 13 19 .406 Wake Forest 4 14 .222 11 20 .355 LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… Pittsburgh 0 18 .000 8 24 .250 …Defeat Canisius and improve its record to 3‐0. It would mark the third consecutive and the 12th time under head coach Leonard Hamilton that Florida State has won at least its first three games of a given season; For Information on FSU Basketball …Defeat Canisius and improve its record against teams from the MAAC to 14‐1. The Seminoles are undefeated Please contact Chuck Walsh at (850) 694‐2540 against seven current members of the conference and most recently defeated conference member Manhattan, 83‐67, in the Orange Bowl Classic on Dec. 17, 2016; …Defeat Canisius and gain is third consecutive win over a team from the state of New York. The Seminoles defeated by Syracuse and Fordham during the 2017‐18 season. SEMINOLES MOVE UP IN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL Florida State Men’s Basketball Florida State began the 2018‐19 season ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press poll and moved to No. 14 during the second In the National Polls week of the season with wins over Florida and at Tulane. It marks the eighth week in the last three seasons the Seminoles ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL have been ranked within the top‐15 of the weekly AP poll. Rk. Team 18‐19 Rec. 1. Duke (48) 2‐0 HAMILTON AMONG ALL‐TIME ACC VICTORY LEADERS 2. Kansas (14) 1‐0 Seminole head coach Leonard Hamilton, the winningest coach in Florida State history, enters Monday’s game against 3. Gonzaga 2‐0 Canisius ranked eighth in ACC history in total wins with 307. Hamilton needs only 20 wins to surpass Virginia coaching 4. Virginia (2) 2‐0 legend Terry Holland for seventh place on the ACC’s all‐time coaching wins list. 5. Tennessee (1) 2‐0 6. Nevada 2‐0 Career Victories – All Games – ACC History 7. North Carolina 2‐0 Rank Coach, School Wins 8. Villanova 2‐0 1. Mike Kyzyzewski, Duke 1,030 9. Auburn 2‐0 2. Dean Smith, North Carolina 879 10. Kentucky 1‐1 3. Gary Williams, Maryland 461 11. Michigan State 1‐1 4. Roy Williams, North Carolina 428 12. Kansas State 1‐0 5. Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech 354 13. Oregon 2‐0 6. Lefty Driesell, Maryland 348 14. FLORIDA STATE 2‐0 7. Terry Holland, Virginia 326 15. Syracuse 2‐0 8. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State 307 16. Virginia Tech 1‐0 17. Mississippi State 2‐0 FLORIDA STATE IN NON‐CONFERNCE GAMES AT THE TUCKER CENTER 18.