FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (19-9, 8-8 ACC) 2017-18 Florida State Schedule/Results AT O26 1 Central Missouri W, 116-68 NO. 18/18 CLEMSON TIGERS (21-7, 10-6 ACC) N7 1 Thomas University W, 122-52 LITTLEJOHN COLISEUM (9,000) N14 George Washington W, 87-67 CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA N17 2 Fordham W, 67-43 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018; 9:00 P.M. N19 2 Colorado State W, 90-73 IMG SPORTS NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, KEITH JONES) N22 Kennesaw State W, 98-79 ESPNU (ANISH SHROFF, JASON CAPEL) N24 3 The Citadel W, 113-78 N28 4 at Rutgers W, 78-73 “Trent Forrest is extremely intelligent. He’s got a high basketball IQ. Extremely Competitive. Trent scored D4 at Florida W, 83-66 3,000 points in high school, so he very capable. He’s a pass-first guy. He’s extremely unselfish. He does the D6 Loyola (Md.) W, 96-71 best job of getting inside and finding his teammates. He’s not concerned with the fact that he’s not scoring a lot D10 5 Tulane W, 72-53 of points.” D16 6 Oklahoma State L, 70-71 Leonard Hamilton D18 Charleston Southern W, 69-58 Florida State Basketball D21 Southern Miss W, 98-45 D30 * at Duke L, 93-100 SEMINOLES CLOSE OUT ACC ROAD SCHEDULE AT CLEMSON ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT J3 * North Carolina W, 81-80 Florida State, which has won four consecutive games against Clemson, travels to play the Tigers at Littlejohn J7 * at Miami L, 74-80 Coliseum in Clemson, S.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. The game between the Seminoles and the J10 * Louisville L, 69-73 Tigers is the second of two regular season match-ups between the two teams with Florida State rallying from an J13 * Syracuse W, 101-90 (2ot) 18-point deficit to win the first meeting 81-79 in overtime at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. Florida J15 * at Boston College L, 75-81 State enters Wednesday’s game against Clemson having won at least four straight games against the Tigers for J20 * at Virginia Tech W, 91-82 the third time in school history. The Seminoles have won five consecutive games against the Tigers twice – J24 * Georgia Tech W, 88-77 during the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons and during the 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons. The Seminoles and the J27 * Miami W, 104-93 (ot) Tigers have met at least twice every season since Florida State became a member of the ACC for the 1991-92 J31 * at Wake Forest L, 72-76 season. Following Wednesday’s game at Clemson, the Seminoles will play host to Boston College on Senior Day F3 * at Louisville W, 80-76 on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Head Coach Leonard Hamilton and his staff will honor seniors Brandon Allen, F7 * Virginia L, 55-59 Braian Angola and Phil Cofer. F10 * at Notre Dame L, 69-84 F14 * Clemson W, 81-79 (ot) SEMINOLES GO FOR WIN NO. 5 AGAINST A RANKED TEAM THIS SEASON F18 * Pitt W, 88-75 Florida State plays Clemson looking to gain its fifth win against a nationally ranked team and its second against F25 * at NC State L, 72-92 Clemson as a nationally ranked team when it travels to play the Tigers on Wednesday night. The Seminoles F28 * at Clemson 9:00 p.m. count victories over No. 5 Florida (83-66, Dec 4), No. 10 North Carolina (81-80, Jan. 3), No. 24 Miami (104-93 M3 * Boston College 2:00 p.m. in overtime, Jan. 27) and No. 11 Clemson (81-79 in overtime) on their resume this season. The Seminoles have M6-10 7 at ACC Tournament TBD defeated 11 ranked teams (a school-record tying seven during the 2016-17 season and four during the 2017-18 1– Exhibition game at Donald L. Tucker Center; 2– season) in the last two years and 49 games. The Seminoles have gained victories over a nationally ranked team Jamaica Classic at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 3–Jamaica in 11 of their last 39 wins (.282 percent) since the start of the 2016-17 season. Florida State is 35-17 (.673 winning Classic at Tallahassee, Fla.; 4- ACC/Big Ten percentage) in the last two seasons. Challenge at Piscataway, N.J.; 5-Heritage Insurance Classic Tampa, Fla.; 6-Orange Bowl Classic at Florida State’s Wins Over Ranked team In The Last Two Seasons Sunrise, Fla.; 7–ACC Tournament at Brooklyn, N.Y. Opponent Rank Location Date Score Florida N. 21 Tallahassee, Fla. Dec. 11, 2016 FSU, 83-76 2017-18 ACC Standings Virginia No. 11 Charlottesville, Va. Dec. 31, 2016 FSU, 60-58 Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Virginia Tech No. 21 Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 7, 2017 FSU, 93-78 Virginia 15 1 .938 26 2 .929 Duke No. 7 Tallahassee, Fla. Jan, 10, 2017 FSU, 88-72 Duke 12 5 .706 24 6 .800 Notre Dame No. 15 Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 18, 2017 FSU, 83-80 N. Carolina 11 5 .688 22 7 .759 Louisville No. 11 Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 21, 2017 FSU, 73-68 Clemson 10 6 .625 21 7 .750 Miami No. 25 Tallahassee, Fla. March 4, 2017 FSU, 66-57 NC State 10 6 .625 20 9 .690 Florida No. 5 Gainesville, Fla. Dec. 4, 2017 FSU, 83-66 Virginia Tech 10 7 .588 21 9 .700 North Carolina No. 10 Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 3 2018 FSU, 81-80 Miami 9 7 .563 20 8 .714 Miami No. 24 Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 27, 2018 FSU, 104-93 (2 OT) Louisville 9 7 .563 19 10 .655 Clemson No. 11 Tallahassee, Fla. Feb. 24, 2018 FSU, 81-79 Florida State 8 8 .500 19 9 .679 Syracuse 7 9 .438 18 11 .621 SEMINOLES’ ROAD WINS OVER NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS Notre Dame 7 9 .438 17 12 .586 Florida State enters Wednesday’s game against No. 18 Clemson looking for its second road win of the season Boston College 6 10 .375 16 13 .552 over a nationally ranked team. The Seminoles defeated then No. 5 ranked Florida (Dec. 4; 83-66) in Gainesville. Georgia Tech 4 12 .250 11 18 .379 Wake Forest 4 13 .235 11 187 .379 OBIAGU BLOCKS SIX SHOTS AGAINST NC STATE Pittsburgh 0 17 .000 8 22 .267 Freshman Ike Obiagu blocked a career-high six shots against NC State on Sunday night in Raleigh – the most by a Seminole in an ACC game since Jonathan Isaac blocked seven shots in Florida State’s 83-80 win over No. 15 Leonard Hamilton’s Career Record Notre Dame (Jan. 15, 2017) and the third highest blocked shot total by a Florida State freshman. Corey Louis W L Pct. Years blocked a Seminole freshman record nine shots against Maryland on Jan. 10, 1995. Career 501 415 .547 1987-Pr. at Okla. State 56 63 .471 1987-90 LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… at Miami 144 147 .495 1991-00 …Defeat Clemson and win both ends of the regular season series between the two teams for the second at Florida State 301 205 .595 2002-Pr. consecutive season. The Seminoles have earned six regular season series victories (1994, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2013 and 2017) against the Tigers since joining the ACC for the 1991-92 season; For Information on Florida State Basketball …Defeat Clemson and win its 20th game of the season. It would mark the third consecutive season the Seminoles Please contact Chuck Walsh ([email protected]) would have won at least 20 games. Most recently the Seminoles won 20 games in 2017 (26 wins), 2016 (20 (850) 694-2540 / @FSUHoops wins), 2014 (24 wins), 2012 (25 wins), 2011 (23 wins), 2010 (22 wins) and 2009 (25 wins); …Defeat Clemson and win its ninth ACC game of the season. It would mark the second consecutive season the #supermann Seminoles has won at least nine conference games. The Seminoles were 12-6 in ACC play in 2016-17; …Defeat Clemson and win at Littlejohn Coliseum for the fifth consecutive time. The Seminoles won at Littlejohn on January 5, 2013 (74-66). January 9, 2014 (56-41), January 19, 2015 (59-55) and February 25, 2017 (78-74). FLORIDA STATE’S WIN TOTAL IN THE LAST 12 YEARS Florida State Men’s Basketball Florida State is the third winningest program in the ACC in the last 12 years (since the start of the 2005-06 season) in total In the National Polls games played as a member of the ACC with 276 wins. The Seminoles average 21.2 wins per season with records of 20- 10 (2005-06), 22-13 (2006-07), 19-15 (2007-08), 25-10 (2008-09), 22-10 (2009-10), 23-11 (2010-11), 25-10 (2011-12), Associated Press 18-16 (2012-13), 22-14 (2013-14), 17-16 (2014-15), 20-14 (2015-16), 26-9 (2016-17) and 19-9 (2017-18). Rk. Team (FPV) 17-18 Rec 1. Virginia (48) 26-2 ACC Standings Since The 2005-06 Season (as of Feb. 26, 2018) 2. Michigan State (17) 28-3 Team 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 Totals 3. Xavier 25-4 Duke 32-4 22-11 28-6 30-7 29-5 32-5 27-7 30-6 26-9 35-4 25-11 368-90 4. Villanova 25-4 N. Carolina 23-8 31-7 36-3 34-4 20-17 29-8 32-6 25-12 24-10 26-12 33-7 366-108 5.