The 2019–20 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represents Florida State University during the

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. The Seminoles are led by head coach

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, in his 18th year, and play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's

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campus as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Seminoles completed the best regular season in school history, finishing with a record of 26–5 and a 16–4 record in the ACC, the most conference wins in school history; the Seminoles also won their first ACC regular season title. As the top seed, Florida State had a bye to the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, however, the tournament was cancelled after the second round. The NCAA tournament was subsequently canceled as well due to the

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. On March 14, 2020, the Florida State Senate declared the Florida State Seminoles as the national champions for the 2019–2020 season.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2018–19 season with a record of 29–8, 13–5 in ACC play, to finish in fourth place. The Seminoles defeated

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and

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in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the ACC tournament, advancing to the championship where they lost to

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. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated

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and

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to reach the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Gonzaga.

Offseason

Coaching changes

In July 2019, assistant coach

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was hired as the new head coach at Cleveland State. Hamilton hired Steve Smith as Gates' replacement in August 2019.

Departures

Incoming transfers

2019 recruiting class

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

*Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

Awards

*John Wooden Citizenship Cup finalist **Trent Forrest *

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finalist **Devin Vassell * Naismith Coach of the Year Award semifinalist **Leonard Hamilton

Watchlists

*Naismith Men's Defensive Player of the Year **Devin Vassell

Honors

*All-ACC Second Team **Trent Forrest **Devin Vassell *All-ACC Defensive Team **Trent Forrest *All-ACC Freshman Team **Patrick Williams *All-ACC Freshman Team **Patrick Williams *All-American Defensive Team *Trent Forrest

References

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