The 2020–21 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University during the

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. The Seminoles were led by head coach Leonard Hamilton, in his 19th year, and played 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 entered the year as the defending conference champions and were picked to finish the season third in the league with

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and

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receiving pre-season recognition. The Seminoles finished the season 18–7, and 11–4 in ACC play, to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC tournament they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they advanced due to COVID-19 issues over

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, defeated

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in the semifinals, but lost to

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in the Finals. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a four seed in the East Region. They defeated 13-seed UNC Greensboro in the first round and 5-seed

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in the second round before losing to 1-seed

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in the Sweet Sixteen.

, Balsa Koprivica, and

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went on to be selected in the

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2019–20 season with a record of 26–5, 16–4 in ACC play, to finish in first place. The ACC tournament was canceled prior to the team beginning play. The NCAA tournament was subsequently canceled as well due to the

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. Florida State ended the season ranked in the top five of both polls. On March 14, 2020, the Florida State Senate declared the Florida State Seminoles as the national champions for the 2019–2020 season. Patrick Williams,

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, and

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would go on to participate in the

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Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

*Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

Awards

*Werner Ladder National Coach of the Year semifinalist **Leonard Hamilton

Watchlists

Bob Cousy Award The Bob Cousy Award presented by The College of the Holy Cross (or Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award) is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate point guard. ...

Jerry West Award The Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate shooting guard. The award is named after former Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard, ...

Naismith Trophy The Naismith Trophy is a trophy awarded to the men's champion of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, and is named in honor of basketball's inventor, James Naismith. The trophy was first awarded to the winner of the 1967 FIBA World Championship. The ...

**Scottie Barnes

All-ACC

*Second Team **M.J. Walker *Third Team **RaiQuan Gray **Scottie Barnes *Freshman Team **Scottie Barnes *ACC Sixth Man of the Year **Scottie Barnes *ACC Freshman of the Year **Scottie Barnes

References

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Florida State Seminoles men's basketball seasons

Florida State Seminoles men's basketball 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) Divi ...