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2011–12 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

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2011–12 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 10
Record25–10 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDonald L. Tucker Center
(Capacity: 12,100)
Seasons
2011–12 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 North Carolina 14 2   .875 32 6   .842
No. 14 Duke 13 3   .813 27 7   .794
No. 15 Florida State 12 4   .750 25 10   .714
Virginia 9 7   .563 22 10   .688
No. 20 NC State 9 7   .563 24 13   .649
Miami (FL) 9 7   .563 20 13   .606
Clemson 8 8   .500 16 15   .516
Maryland 6 10   .375 17 15   .531
Virginia Tech 4 12   .250 16 17   .485
Wake Forest 4 12   .250 13 18   .419
Georgia Tech 4 12   .250 11 20   .355
Boston College 4 12   .250 9 22   .290
2012 ACC tournament winner
As of April 3, 2012
Rankings from Coaches Poll


The 2011–12 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles, led by 10th year head coach Leonard Hamilton, played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In addition to defeating traditional ACC powers North Carolina and Duke in both the regular season and the ACC Tournament, the Seminoles won their first ACC championship in program history.

The Seminoles received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they defeated St. Bonaventure in the first round before falling to Cincinnati in the second round.

Previous season

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The Seminoles finished the 2010–11 season 23–11, 11–5 in ACC play and lost in the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA tournament to VCU.[1]

Roster

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Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
1 Xavier Gibson Forward/Center 6–11 248 Senior Dothan, Alabama
3 Luke Loucks Guard 6–5 201 Senior Clearwater, Florida
4 Deividas Dulkys Guard 6–5 196 Senior Šilutė, Lithuania
5 Bernard James Forward 6–10 240 Senior Savannah, Georgia
10 Okaro White Forward 6–8 204 Sophomore Clearwater, Florida
11 Kiel Turpin Center 6–11 225 Junior Normal, Illinois
12 Jeff Peterson Guard 6–1 195 Senior Springfield, Missouri
15 Terrance Shannon Forward 6–8 240 Junior Forsyth, Georgia
20 Rafael Portuondo Guard 5–11 165 Junior Miami, Florida
21 Michael Snaer Guard 6–5 202 Junior Moreno Valley, California
24 Antwan Space Forward 6–8 218 Freshman Desoto, Texas
30 Ian Miller Guard 6–3 186 Sophomore Charlotte, North Carolina
31 Terry Whisnant II Guard 6–3 185 Freshman Cherryville, North Carolina
33 Joey Moreau Guard 6–2 179 Junior Orlando, Florida
50 Jon Kreft Forward/Center 7–0 260 Senior Coral Springs, Florida

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 31*
7:00 p.m.
Indiana (PA) W 80–51  0–0
Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
November 7*
7:00 p.m.
Georgia Southwestern W 86–41  0–0
Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
Non-conference regular season
November 11*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
Jacksonville W 79–67  1–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (7,822)
Tallahassee, FL
November 14*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 25 UCF W 73–50  2–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (7,655)
Tallahassee, FL
November 16*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 25 Stetson W 79–66  3–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (6,424)
Tallahassee, FL
November 20*
3:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 25 South Alabama W 80–39  4–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (6,641)
Tallahassee, FL
November 24*
4:30 p.m., Versus
No. 22 vs. Massachusetts
Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal
W 73–53  5–0
Imperial Arena (1,493)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 25*
4:30 p.m., Versus
No. 22 vs. Harvard
Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal
L 41–46  5–1
Imperial Arena (2,394)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 26*
2:00 p.m., Versus
No. 22 vs. No. 4 Connecticut
Battle 4 Atlantis consolation
L 76–78 OT 5–2
Imperial Arena (2,000)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 30*
7:30 p.m., ESPN
at Michigan State
ACC – Big Ten Challenge
L 49–65  5–3
Breslin Student Events Center (14,797)
East Lansing, MI
December 5*
7:00 p.m., ESPNU
Charleston Southern W 76–51  6–3
Donald L. Tucker Center (6,316)
Tallahassee, FL
December 11*
1:00 p.m., ESPN3
UNC Greensboro W 75–60  7–3
Donald L. Tucker Center (5,250)
Tallahassee, FL
December 18*
3:00 p.m., ESPNU
Loyola Marymount W 77–61  8–3
Donald L. Tucker Center (5,642)
Tallahassee, FL
December 22*
7:00 p.m., ESPNU
at No. 11 Florida
Rivalry
L 64–82  8–4
O'Connell Center (11,125)
Gainesville, FL
December 30*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
Princeton L 73–75 3OT 8–5
Donald L. Tucker Center (6,670)
Tallahassee, FL
January 4*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
Auburn W 85–56  9–5
Donald L. Tucker Center (7,967)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC regular season
January 7
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
at Clemson L 59–79  9–6 (0–1)
Littlejohn Coliseum (8,026)
Clemson, SC
January 10
7:00 p.m., ESPNU
at Virginia Tech W 63–59  10–6 (1–1)
Cassell Coliseum (7,256)
Blacksburg, VA
January 14
2:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 3 North Carolina
ESPN College GameDay
W 90–57  11–6 (2–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (12,100)
Tallahassee, FL
January 17
9:00 p.m., ESPNU
Maryland W 84–70  12–6 (3–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (8,853)
Tallahassee, FL
January 21
4:00 p.m., ESPN
at No. 4 Duke W 76–73  13–6 (4–1)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
January 25
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 23 at Wake Forest W 75–52  14–6 (5–1)
LJVM Coliseum (9,147)
Winston-Salem, NC
February 1
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 21 Georgia Tech W 68–54  15–6 (6–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (9,756)
Tallahassee, FL
February 4
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 21 No. 16 Virginia W 58–55  16–6 (7–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (11,757)
Tallahassee, FL
February 8
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 15 at Boston College L 60–64  16–7 (7–2)
Conte Forum (4,074)
Chestnut Hill, MA
February 11
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 15 Miami (FL) W 64–59  17–7 (8–2)
Donald L. Tucker Center (11,971)
Tallahassee, FL
February 16
7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 20 Virginia Tech W 48–47  18–7 (9–2)
Donald L. Tucker Center (10,123)
Tallahassee, FL
February 18
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 20 at NC State W 76–62  19–7 (10–2)
RBC Center (17,547)
Raleigh, NC
February 23
7:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 15 No. 5 Duke L 66–74  19–8 (10–3)
Donald L. Tucker Center (12,100)
Tallahassee, FL
February 26
6:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 15 at Miami (FL) L 62–78  19–9 (10–4)
BankUnited Center (7,261)
Coral Gables, FL
March 1
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 22 at No. 24 Virginia W 63–60  20–9 (11–4)
John Paul Jones Arena (11,807)
Charlottesville, VA
March 4
12:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 22 Clemson W 80–72  21–9 (12–4)
Donald L. Tucker Center (11,500)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
March 9
9:00 p.m., ESPN2/ACCN
(3) No. 17 vs. (6) Miami
Quarterfinals
W 82–71  22–9
Philips Arena (19,520)
Atlanta, GA
March 10
3:00 p.m., ESPN/ACCN
(3) No. 17 vs. (2) No. 5 Duke
Semifinals
W 62–59  23–9
Philips Arena (19,520)
Atlanta, GA
March 11
1:00 p.m., ESPN/ACCN
(3) No. 17 vs. (1) No. 4 North Carolina
Championship
W 85–82  24–9
Philips Arena (19,520)
Atlanta, GA
NCAA Tournament
March 16*
2:45 p.m., CBS
(3 E) No. 10 vs. (14 E) St. Bonaventure
Second round
W 66–63  25–9
Bridgestone Arena (11,751)
Nashville, TN
March 18*
9:40 p.m., TBS
(3 E) No. 10 vs. (6 E) Cincinnati
Third round
L 56–62  25–10
Bridgestone Arena (11,033)
Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time..

NBA draft

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Round Pick Overall Name Team
1st 1 33 Bernard James Dallas Mavericks

References

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  1. ^ "ESPN.com – Florida State Seminoles Schedule – 2010–11". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
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