Men's Basketball ACC Schedule

ACC Calendar / 2018-19 Calendar

Tallahassee, FL (seminoles.com) – The Florida State Men's Basketball Team, ranked eighth in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, will host five ACC teams, three NCAA tournament teams and three NCAA teams. CAC has released the full program of the conference for the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles will host Duke, Clemson, Miami, NC State and Virginia Tech as part of its 18-game schedule, which begins in Virginia on January 5, 2019.

The Seminoles are the CAC's third-most winning team in the past 13 seasons and will compete for a place in the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season at the start of the conference schedule against the Cavaliers.

The excellent schedule of Florida State home conferences begins with consecutive games against his intra-state rival Miami (January 9) and Duke (January 12). Also in January, the Seminoles host Clemson (Jan. 22) – a series of three consecutive home games against the NCAA 2018 tournament teams.

After home games against Georgia Tech (Feb. 2), Louisville, with head coach Chris Mack (Feb. 9) and Wake Forest (Feb. 13), the Seminoles are wrapping up their season at home with one of the most exciting. the history of the school as they host Notre Dame (February 25), NC State (March 2) and Virginia Tech (March 5).

Florida State plays four teams twice on its CAC – Miami, Clemson, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech calendar.

The state of Florida State, one of the best programs in the country, continues to shine as 11 of its games are destined for national television on the family of ESPN networks, including seven for ESPN. The Seminoles game in North Carolina (February 23) will be broadcast live on CBS. Florida State will now play at least 16 of its games during the season on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.

"I like very much the way our schedule aligns with us," said Leonard Hamilton, coach of the year at VAC twice. "Our home program brings many of the best ACC teams to the Tucker Center. I've seen all the team schedules, and the CAC teams playing in front of our fans, could be the best combination of teams playing in any CAC arena this season. Each ACC team continues to improve. Today's CAC is the largest group of teams in all leagues in college basketball. "

The Seminoles play on the road in ACC game in Virginia (Jan. 5), with new head coach Jeff Capel, (Jan. 9), Boston College (Jan. 20), Syracuse (Feb. 5), Miami (Jan. 27), Georgia Tech (February 16), Clemson (February 19), North Carolina and Wake Forest (March 9).

Florida State has qualified for the first time at the NCAA Eighth Quarter Finals Tournament, under the direction of head coach Leonard Hamilton, and for the third time only in the years School 2017-2018. The Seminoles finished 23-12, 9-9 at CAC, won Jamaica Classic and participated in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in the last 10 years. Florida State was one of two ACC teams to qualify for the NCAA Tournament Round of 16, beat six nationally ranked teams and three top-ranked teams at the NCAA Tournament. for the first time in the history of the school.

The Seminoles returned nearly 75% of their points and more than 76% of their rebounds from the NCAA Elite Eight team. Starters Phil Cofer (12.8 points per game / 5.1 points per game), Terance Mann (12 points per game, 5 points per game) and Christ Koumadje (6.5 points per game / 1.5 points per game) ) are coming back for the 2018-19 campaign. Cofer and Mann return as Florida's top scorers and the top two rebounds. The fifth and fourth year players were both named to the West NCAA Tournament Region Team as they led the Seminoles to the No. 8 seeded Missouri. last four. Cofer (111 career games) and Mann (103 career games) are two of the most experienced ACC players for the 2018-19 season.

Cofer and Mann are set to become the next two members of the prestigious 1000 Seminole Career Club. Cofer enters the season with 814 points and only needs 186 points to reach the 1000 for his career. Mann enters the season with 900 career points and only needs 100 points to reach the coveted mark.

Subscriptions for the 2018-19 season are on sale now. The Seminoles host seven NCAA tournament teams (five ACC teams, Florida Nov. 6 and Purdue at the AC / Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 28) at the Donald L. Tucker Center, where they got the best the last two years. Tickets can be ordered online at seminoles.com.