![]() I’m really ready to play with all of my teammates. “There is a very good vibe to be back in this building. “It’s been since March that we have played in this building,” said Cleveland. ![]() Florida State was 4-0 in The Tuck last season and has defeated more than 97 percent (36 of 37) of their non-ACC opponents in the last six years. The Seminoles’ home court advantage has helped the Seminoles to a 36-1 overall mark against non-conference opponents since the start of the 2016-17 season. 917 winning percentage) since the end of the 2015-16 season – an average of more than 14 wins per season at home in front of some of the most passionate fans in the nation. The Seminoles have not lost to the Hatters in a game played on Florida State’s campus since 1953.Īdditionally, the Seminoles have won more than 90 percent of their games at the Tucker Center (88-8. The Seminoles have won 18 straight games in the series and 24 straight games that have been contested in Tallahassee. Picked to finish fifth in the ACC race by the attending media at the 2022 ACC Operation Basketball event, Florida State faces Stetson of the Atlantic Sun for the 53 rd time in school history. Florida State is 31-6 overall (.838 winning percentage) versus schools from the Sunshine State and 19-2 at home (.905 winning percentage) against schools from the state at the Tucker Center since the start of the 2014-15 season. The Seminoles’ game against Stetson will test their success against opponents from the state of Florida in the last eight years. Florida State is 26-4 (.867 winning percentage) al-time in season openers when they are against teams from the state of Florida. The Hatters finished with a 14-19 overall record and a 5-11 mark in Atlantic Sun play last season.įlorida State’s game against Stetson marks the first time in school history the Seminoles will open a season against the Hatters, and the third time since the 2013-14 season the Seminoles have played a team from the state of Florida in its season opener. Stetson, meanwhile, returns nine players for second-year coach Donnie Jones. The Seminoles also welcome back Cam’Ron Fletcher and center Naheem McLeod while adding transfer Darin Green, Jr., from UCF and an exciting and highly-ranked group of freshmen. Mills and Cleveland finished one-two in scoring for the Seminoles during the 2021-22 season. We will be a long and athletic team, and we should be able to continue playing the style that works for our culture.”įlorida State will be led during the upcoming season by a core group of returning guards in Matthew Cleveland, and his back court running mates Caleb Mills and Jalen Warley. I’m looking forward to getting started, and I’m excited. “We are anxious to get started,” said Hamilton on the eve of his 21 st-season at Florida State. The Seminoles take to the court under the watchful eye of Leonard Hamilton - the winningest coach in school history who is only five wins shy of 600 for his career and a sure-bet Hall of Famer. It’s certainly all three of those and much more as the Florida State Men’s Basketball team begins its 74 th season of intercollegiate basketball when it plays host to Stetson on Monday night at 7:00 p.m. Or the feel of a crisp new uniform pulled on for the first time. Or the thump-thump-thump of a brand new basketball on the hardwood. – Maybe it’s the squeak of a new pair of Nike’s on a freshly varnished court.
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