Florida State Seminoles men's basketball
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The Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represents Florida State University (variously Florida State or FSU) in the intercollegiate sport of basketball. The Seminoles compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
| Florida State Seminoles basketball | |||||
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| University | Florida State University | ||||
| First season | 1947–48 | ||||
| All-time record | 1,268–904 (.584) | ||||
| Head coach | Leonard Hamilton (22nd season) | ||||
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||||
| Location | Tallahassee, Florida | ||||
| Arena | Donald L. Tucker Center (Capacity: 12,500) | ||||
| Nickname | Seminoles | ||||
| Student section | The Nole Zone | ||||
| Colors | Garnet and gold[1] | ||||
| Uniforms | |||||
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| NCAA tournament runner-up | |||||
| 1972 | |||||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||||
| 1972 | |||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||||
| 1972, 1993, 2018 | |||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||||
| 1972, 1992, 1993, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2021 | |||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||||
| 1978, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 | |||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||||
| 1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 | |||||
| Conference tournament champions | |||||
| 1955, 1991, 2012 | |||||
| Conference regular season champions | |||||
| 1951, 1955, 1978, 1989, 2020 | |||||
Though they have historically played under the shadow of the football program, the Seminoles have had successes on the hardwood. Florida State has made eighteen NCAA tournament appearances: advancing to the Round of 32 on twelve occasions, the Sweet Sixteen on seven occasions, the Elite Eight on three occasions, and the Final Four once, moving on to the championship game and finishing as runner-up. In 2020, despite holding final rankings of #4 in the AP Poll and #5 in the Coaches Poll, Florida State was "declared" the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Champions by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida State Legislature after the 2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] This declaration holds no merit with the NCAA, but it is the only claim FSU basketball has to a national title. Florida State has also made ten appearances in the National Invitation Tournament.
In the 77 season history of the Seminole basketball program, the Seminoles have won the regular season conference title five times and the conference tournament title four times, including two ACC championships.
Florida State has had 23 All-Americans, 26 players inducted into the Hall of Fame, and 36 players that went on to play in the NBA. Jeff Sagarin and ESPN listed the program 74th in the college basketball all-time rankings in the 'ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia'.[3]
The Seminoles play their home games in the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. The current head men's basketball coach is Leonard Hamilton, in his twenty-first year.