The 2024–25 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Seminoles were led by head coach

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, in his twenty-third, and final, year, and played their home games at the

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on the university's

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campus as members of the

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. The season started well for the Seminoles as they won three straight games. Their first loss came in the fourth game of the season, when they lost to

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87–74. The team rebounded by defeating Hofstra before traveling to Connecticut to compete in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off. They won both games they played in the showcase tournament defeating

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78–69 and UMass 92–59. The teams' four game winning streak ended in the ACC–SEC Challenge when they lost to

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. They followed that with a loss in their ACC opener at NC State in

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. They defeated Tulane in the Orange Bowl Classic to end the two-game skid. They ended their non-conference schedule with a defeat of Winthrop. The Seminoles went 2–2 in their next four ACC games, defeating

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and rivals

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but losing to

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and Clemson. They followed that with an eight game stretch where they went 4–4. The stretch contained a four game losing streak, book-ended by two game winning streaks. They finished the season 2–4, where they defeated Miami and SMU. They lost to three ranked teams over the stretch, number twenty three Clemson, number twenty five Louisville and number two

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. The Seminoles finished the

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17–14 and 8–12 in ACC play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place. As the eleventh seed in the 2025 ACC tournament they faced fourteenth seed Syracuse in the First Round. Florida State couldn't repeat their regular season win and were defeated 66–62. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.

Previous season

The Seminoles finished the 2023–24 season 17–16 and 10–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed

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in the Second Round before losing to first seed North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT. This marked the third straight season the Seminoles did not participate in post-season play.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Awards

References

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Florida State Seminoles men's basketball seasons

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