NCAA Tournament March Madness

#56 Florida St

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Projection: next four out

This resume slots where it does because Florida State pairs several signature wins with a string of damaging defeats, giving the committee reasons to pause; the Seminoles beat quality opponents away from home at Notre Dame and Miami and collected notable home victories over Stanford and California while also winning on neutral ground, yet those bright spots are offset by bruising losses at neutral Texas A&M and Dayton and tough home defeats to Georgia and NC State plus a one-sided showing against Houston. Road results are mixed, with convincing road victories standing next to tight losses at Duke and setbacks at other league road sites, so the team has shown it can win in hostile environments but has not done so consistently enough to erase the bad losses. With the late portion of the schedule offering only limited chances to land a true resume-changing road or neutral win, the profile reads like a bubble team that has earned consideration but still lacks the body of clean, high-end wins a selection committee prefers.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Alcorn St346W108-76
11/7Alabama St318W101-64
11/11@Florida4L78-76
11/18TN Martin223W87-73
11/21Ga Southern235W98-72
11/25CS Bakersfield326W89-59
11/28(N)Texas A&M39L95-59
12/2Georgia32L107-73
12/6(N)Houston5L82-67
12/13(N)Massachusetts196L103-95
12/16@Dayton78L97-69
12/19MS Valley St365W96-49
12/22Jacksonville295W87-63
12/30@North Carolina29L79-66
1/3Duke1L91-87
1/10NC State34L113-69
1/13@Syracuse83L94-86
1/17Wake Forest74L69-68
1/20@Miami FL31W65-63
1/24@SMU42L83-80
1/28California73W63-61
1/31Stanford58W88-80
2/7@Notre Dame89W82-79
2/10Virginia13L61-58
2/14@Virginia Tech55W92-69
2/17Boston College156W80-72
2/21@Clemson36W70-65
2/24Miami FL31L83-73
2/28@Georgia Tech162W80-71
3/4@Pittsburgh94W75-74
3/7SMU42W91-78
3/11(N)California73W95-89
3/12(N)Duke1L80-79