NCAA Tournament March Madness

#71 Florida St

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Projection: likely out

Florida State sits on the outside looking in because its résumé is a mix of promising road victories and too many damaging defeats that cancel those out; the Seminoles have shown they can win away from home with tidy wins at Miami and Notre Dame and a convincing trip to Virginia Tech and they have beaten solid nonconference opponents at home like Stanford and California, but those highlights are offset by blowout losses at Georgia and at a neutral-site event to Texas A&M, a neutral loss to Houston, and a string of conference setbacks to the league’s top programs including North Carolina, Duke, NC State and Syracuse. The selection body values road and neutral wins over elite opponents and while Florida State has a handful of competitive showings against top teams, close losses do not erase the damage of the lopsided defeats, so the upcoming home date with SMU is the clear final chance to add a resume-enhancing victory and alter its standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Alcorn St352W108-76
11/7Alabama St317W101-64
11/11@Florida4L78-76
11/18TN Martin223W87-73
11/21Ga Southern259W98-72
11/25CS Bakersfield322W89-59
11/28(N)Texas A&M37L95-59
12/2Georgia30L107-73
12/6(N)Houston6L82-67
12/13(N)Massachusetts199L103-95
12/16@Dayton80L97-69
12/19MS Valley St365W96-49
12/22Jacksonville293W87-63
12/30@North Carolina29L79-66
1/3Duke1L91-87
1/10NC State35L113-69
1/13@Syracuse79L94-86
1/17Wake Forest76L69-68
1/20@Miami FL28W65-63
1/24@SMU43L83-80
1/28California70W63-61
1/31Stanford61W88-80
2/7@Notre Dame87W82-79
2/10Virginia19L61-58
2/14@Virginia Tech58W92-69
2/17Boston College161W80-72
2/21@Clemson38W70-65
2/24Miami FL28L83-73
2/28@Georgia Tech169W80-71
3/4@Pittsburgh102W75-74
3/7SMU4345%