CoSIDA Sports Information Sheet Basketball, 2021-22 GENERAL COACHING STAFF Name of School Florida State University Head Coach Leonard Hamilton City/Zip Tallahassee, Florida, 32316 Alma Mater/Year Tennessee-Martin/1971 Founded 1851 Record at school (yrs) 378-228 (.624) (Entering his 20th) Enrollment 42,450 Career record (yrs) 578-438 (.569) (Entering his 34th) Symbol Seminoles Basketball Office Phone (850) 644-1461 School colors Garnet (195C) and Gold (7502C) Best time/day to reach coach Through Sports Information Arena/Gym Name Donald L. Tucker Center Assistant Coaches/Alma Mater/Year Capacity 11,500 Stan Jones/Memphis, 1984/Associate Head Coach Affiliation NCAA Division I Charlton “C.Y.” Young/Georgia Southern/1994 Conference Atlantic Coast Steve Smith/Trinity College/2002 President Richard McCullough Jarrod Lazarus/Florida State/2009 (Director of Operations) Alma Mater, Yr. University of Texas, Dallas/1982 Johns Hopkins University/1988 TEAM INFORMATION Athletics Director David Coburn Alma Mater, Yr. Florida State (B.S / M.S. / J.D.) Total Home Away Neut Athletic Dept. Phone (850) 644-1403 Overall record last year 18-7 12-1 3-4 3-2 Ticket office Phone (850) 644-1830 Conference record/finish 11-4 8-0 3-4 0-0 Final ranking last year (poll) No. 10 (USA Today) / No. 14 (AP) HISTORY Starters returning/lost 2/3 Letterwinners returning/lost 8/8 First Yr. Of basketball 1948 Overall all-time record 1,263-867 (.593) MEDIA INFORMATION No. Yrs. In NCAA Tourn./last 19/2021 No. Yrs. In NIT/last 10/2016 Radio contact person Phil Brame Last Post-season opponent Michigan/NCAA/March 28, 2021 Address IMG College Result L, 58-76 540 N. Trade St. Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 SPORTS INFORMATION Phone (336) 529-8799 Asst. AD/Sports Information Elliott Finebloom Play-by-play Announcer Gene Deckerhoff SID office phone (850) 644-1403 Address 2704 Vassar Road/Tallahassee, Fla. Deputy Director / Phone (850) 559-2051 Sports Information Chuck Walsh Home phone (850) 385-8466 Color Announcer Adrian Crawford Basketball SID Chuck Walsh Address 621 N. Calhoun St./Tallahassee, Fla. Office phone (850) 644-1077 Phone (850) 519-1465 Cell phone (850) 694-2540 E-mail [email protected] Local Beat Writer Curt Weiler Web Address www.seminoles.com Tallahassee Democrat SID Fax (850) 644-3820 (702) 439-3726 Press Box phone (850) 224-2098 Beat Writer Ira Schoffel SID Mailing Address P.O. Box 2195 Warchant Tallahassee, Fla. 32316 (850) 509-5143 Overnight Address 2216 University Center D Tallahassee, Florida 32315 CoSIDA Sports Information Sheet Basketball, 2021-22 TEAM INFORMATION (Continued from front side) R/L Ht Wt Cl Pos GP/GS PPG RPG other Starters Returning (R) and Lost (L) (R) Anthony Polite 6-6 215 RSr. G 21/16 10.1 4.5 34 3FGM (R) RayQuan Evans 6-4 210 Sr. G 24/18 5.1 2.0 0.8 APG (L) M.J. Walker 6-5 213 Sr. G 24/23 12.2 2.5 44 3FGM (L) RaiQuan Gray 6-8 260 RJr. G/F 25/24 11.9 6.4 1.2 APG (L) Balsa Koprivica 7-1 240 So. C 24/20 9.1 5.6 0.9 APG Other Key Returnees (R) Malik Osborne 6-9 225 RSr. F 24/4 5.9 4.5 19 3FGM (R) Wyatt Wilkes 6-8 220 RSr. G 25/9 3.9 1.6 24 3FGM (R) Tanor Ngom 7-2 236 Sr. C 23/0 2.4 1.7 0.6 BPG Other Key Losses (L) Sardaar Calhoun 6-6 220 Jr. G 25/0 5.3 1.4 0.6 APG Key Newcomers Ht Wt Cl Pos PPG RPG Other Last School (N) Cam’Ron Fletcher 6-7 215 So. G 1.7 1.7 0.6 SPG University of Kentucky Eligible Transfer from Kentucky (N) Caleb Mills 6-7 215 So. G 12.8 2.9 0.6 SPG University of Houston 2020-21 Preseason AAC Player of the Year at Houston, Eligible Transfer (N) John Butler 7-1 190 Fr. F 20.0 8.0 3.0 Christ Church Episcopal Class 2A Boys Player of the Year in South Carolina, 2021 Greenville, S.C. (N) Matthew Cleveland 6-7 200 Fr. G 22.8 10.6 2.6 Pace Academy All-America Second Team by MaxPreps, 2021 Alpharetta, Ga. (N) Jalen Warley 6-5 185 Fr. G 15.6 5.5 7.0 Westtown School All-State First Team in Pennsylvania/McDonalds All-American Nominee All-star candidates (names only) Anthony Polite, Cam’Ron Fletcher, Caleb Mills, John Butler, Matthew Cleveland, Jalen Warley NOTES/CLARIFICATIONS Since the start of the 2016 season, Florida State is the third winningest team in ACC play with a 115-38 record (.752 winning percentage)…Florida State averages 24.8 over wins per season in the last five seasons with a school-record 29 wins coming during the 2019 season. The Seminoles have won at least 23 games in four of the last five seasons…Florida State averages 12.8 ACC wins in the last four seasons with a school record 16 ACC wins coming in winning the first ever regular season championship in school history in 2020…Florida State is one of three teams in the nation that has played in the Sweet 16 of each of the last three NCAA Tournaments (Florida State, Gonzaga, Michigan)…Florida State is one of six teams in the nation that has won at least one game in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments (Florida State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan, and Villanova, Florida)…Florida State has won eight games in the last four NCAA Tournaments. The Seminoles are 8-4 with at least one win in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments…Florida State led the ACC in scoring offense, scoring margin, field goal percentage shooting and 3-point field goal percentage shooting during the 2020-21 season…Florida State is 77-4 at home in the last five (plus) seasons (.951 winning percentage). The Seminoles have won 77 of their last 81 games since February 27, 2015…Florida State has won 25 consecutive ACC home games – the second longest streak in ACC history. The Seminoles are just one ACC win from tying the all-time ACC record for consecutive ACC wins at home (26 by Duke 1997-2000)…Florida State has finished 12th or higher in the national polls in each of the last three seasons (2021, No. 10; 2020, No. 4; 2019, No. 12)…Florida State has been ranked in the final national poll in each of the last five seasons (2021, No. 10; 2020, No. 4; 2019, No. 12; 2018, No. 18; 2017, No. 16) and are one of only two teams in the ACC to be ranked in the final poll in each of the last five seasons…Florida State has won an all-time national record-tying 11 consecutive overtime games. The Seminoles have won each of their overtime games since January 13, 2018. 2021-22 FLORIDA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTERS 2021-22 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Hometown 0 RayQuan Evans G 6-4 210 Sr. Billings, Mont./North Idaho College/Billings Skyview 1 Jalen Warley G 6-6 200 Fr. Mt. Airy, Pa./Westtown School 2 Anthony Polite G 6-6 215 RSr. Lugano, Switzerland/St. Andrew’s Christian School (Fla.) 3 Caleb Mills G 6-7 215 RSo. Arden, N.C./Asheville Christian Academy/Univ. of Houston 4 Naheem McLeod C 7-4 248 Jr. Philadelphia, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh/Chipola College 5 Michael Brown F 6-7 225 Fr. Ft. Washington, Md./Sidwell Friends 10 Malik Osborne F 6-9 225 RSr. Matteson, Ill./Rice University/Bosco Institute (Ind.) 11 Tanor Ngom C 7-2 236 Sr. Dakar, Senegal/Ryerson University (Canada) 15 Quincy Ballard C 6-11 240 So. Syracuse, N.Y./Quality Education Academy (N.C.) 21 Cam’Ron Fletcher G 6-7 220 So. St. Louis, Mo./Vashon/Univ. of Kentucky 22 John Butler C 7-0 185 Fr. Greenville, S.C./Christ Church Episcopal 25 John Horner F/G 6-6 205 Fr. Ventnor City, N.J./St. Augustine Prep 30 Harrison Prieto F 6-8 230 RSr. Mandeville, La./St. Paul’s School 31 Wyatt Wilkes F 6-8 220 RSr. Orlando, Fla./Winter Park 34 Barrett Waldrop F/G 6-8 205 Fr. Freeport, Fa./South Walton 35 Matthew Cleveland G 6-6 200 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga./Pace Academy 40 Isaac Spainhour G 6-3 180 RFr. King, N.C./West Stokes 42 Cleveland Yates G 6-2 214 Jr. Memphis, Tenn./Braircrest Christian School 44 Max Thorpe G 6-3 175 RFr. Clearwater, Fla./Clearwater Countryside 2021-22 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Hometown 15 Quincy Ballard C 6-11 240 So. Syracuse, N.Y./Quality Education Academy (N.C.) 5 Michael Brown F 6-7 225 Fr. Ft. Washington, Md./Sidwell Friends 22 John Butler C 7-0 185 Fr. Greenville, S.C./Christ Church Episcopal 35 Matthew Cleveland G 6-6 200 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga./Pace Academy 0 RayQuan Evans G 6-4 210 Sr. Billings, Mont./North Idaho College/Billings Skyview 21 Cam’Ron Fletcher G 6-7 220 So. St. Louis, Mo./Vashon/Univ. of Kentucky 25 John Horner F/G 6-6 205 Fr. Ventnor City, N.J./St. Augustine Prep 4 Naheem McLeod C 7-4 248 Jr. Philadelphia, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh/Chipola College 23 Caleb Mills G 6-7 215 RSo. Arden, N.C./Asheville Christian Academy/Univ. of Houston 11 Tanor Ngom C 7-2 236 Sr.