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2020–21 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

2020–21 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball

Atlantic Coast Conference
No. 10
No. 14
18–7 (11–4 ACC)
Leonard Hamilton (19th season)
Stan Jones
Charlton Young
Steve Smith
Donald L. Tucker Center

The 2020–21 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. 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 Tallahassee, Florida 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 Scottie Barnes and M. J. Walker 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 Duke, defeated North Carolina in the semifinals, but lost to Georgia Tech 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 Colorado in the second round before losing to 1-seed Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen. Scottie Barnes, Balsa Koprivica, and RaiQuan Gray went on to be selected in the 2021 NBA draft.

The Seminoles 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 coronavirus pandemic. 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, Devin Vassell, and Trent Forrest would go on to participate in the 2020 NBA draft.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Trent Forrest	3	G	6'4"	210	Graduate Student	Chipley, FL	Graduated
Patrick Williams	4	F	6'8"	225	Freshman	Charlotte, NC	Declared for 2020 NBA draft; selected 4th overall by the Chicago Bulls
Dominik Olejniczak	15	C	7'0"	260	Graduate Student	Toruń, Poland	Graduated
Devin Vassell	24	G	6'7"	194	Sophomore	Suwanee, GA	Declared for 2020 NBA draft; selected 11th overall by the San Antonio Spurs
Ty Hands	44	G	6'5"	180	Freshman	Palm Beach Lakes, FL	—

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Tanor Ngom	34	C	7'2"	236	Senior	Dakar, Senegal	Transferred from Ryerson

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Scottie Barnes PF	West Palm Beach, FL	Montverde Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 14, 2019
Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Sardaar Calhoun SG	Tappahannock, VA	Missouri State University - West Plains	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sep 10, 2019
Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Quincy Ballard C	Syracuse, NY	Quality Education Academy	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	N/A
Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A ESPN: N/A
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Source:

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
December 2, 2020*8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 22	North Florida	W 86–58	1–0	17 – Walker	6 – Barnes	6 – Barnes	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,720)Tallahassee, FL
December 9, 2020*7:15 p.m., ESPN	No. 20	Indiana ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 69–67 OT	2–0	19 – Walker	19 – Tied	5 – Barnes	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,956)Tallahassee, FL
December 12, 2020*11:00 a.m., ESPNU	No. 20	Florida Rivalry	W 83–71	3–0	17 – Tied	8 – Gray	5 – Barnes	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,761)Tallahassee, FL
December 15, 20208:30 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	Georgia Tech	W 74–61	4–0(1–0)	16 – Barnes	8 – Koprivica	3 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,664)Tallahassee, FL
December 19, 20209:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	UCF	L 74–86	4–1	22 – Walker	6 – Polite	3 – Barnes	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,576)Tallahassee, FL
December 21, 2020*8:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 21	Gardner-Webb	W 72–59	5–1	15 – Polite	9 – Polite	5 – Barnes	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,078)Tallahassee, FL
December 29, 20207:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 18	at Clemson	L 67–77	5–2(1–1)	14 – Barnes	9 – Koprivica	5 – Barnes	Littlejohn Coliseum (1,876)Clemson, SC
January 2, 20216:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 18	No. 20 Duke	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
January 6, 20217:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 25	at Syracuse	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 13, 20217:00 p.m., ESPN2		NC State	W 105–73	6–2(2–1)	24 – Evans	6 – Evans	4 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,837)Tallahassee, FL
January 16, 202112:00 p.m., ESPN		North Carolina	W 82–75	7–2(3–1)	21 – Walker	9 – Koprivica	5 – Gray	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,850)Tallahassee, FL
January 18, 20217:00 p.m., ESPN		at Louisville	W 78–65	8–2(4–1)	17 – Gray	8 – Gray	10 – Walker	KFC Yum! Center (3,024)Louisville, KY
January 23, 20213:00 p.m., ABC		No. 20 Clemson	W 80–61	9–2(5–1)	13 – Tied	10 – Koprivica	7 – Barnes	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,950)Tallahassee, FL
January 27, 20216:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 16	Miami (FL)	W 81–59	10–2(6–1)	11 – Tied	11 – Gray	4 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,825)Tallahassee, FL
January 30, 20214:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 16	at Georgia Tech	L 65–76	10–3(6–2)	19 – Gray	8 – Gray	5 – Barnes	McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
February 2, 20219:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 20	at Boston College	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues	Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
February 9, 20218:30 p.m., ACCN	No. 17	at No. 18 Virginia Tech	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 13, 202112:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 17	Wake Forest	W 92–85 OT	11–3(7–2)	24 – Gray	12 – Gray	5 – Walker	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,950)Tallahassee, FL
February 15, 20217:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 16	No. 7 Virginia	W 81–60	12–3(8–2)	17 – Walker	6 – Walker	6 – Barnes	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,950)Tallahassee, FL
February 20, 202112:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 16	No. 18 Virginia Tech	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
February 20, 20214:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 16	at Pittsburgh	W 79–72	13–3(9–2)	16 – Tied	9 – Osborne	4 – Polite	Petersen Events Center (500)Pittsburgh, PA
February 24, 20218:30 p.m., ACCN	No. 11	at Miami (FL)	W 88–71	14–3(10–2)	16 – Calhoun	13 – Gray	8 – Barnes	Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
February 27, 20214:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 11	at North Carolina	L 70–78	14–4(10–3)	17 – Gray	8 – Gray	2 – Gray	Dean E. Smith Center (0)Chapel Hill, NC
March 3, 20219:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 11	Boston College	W 93–64	15–4(11–3)	18 – Walker	6 – Tied	7 – Barnes	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,950)Tallahassee, FL
March 6, 202112:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 11	at Notre Dame	L 73–83	15–5(11–4)	17 – Barnes	10 – Gray	2 – Tied	Purcell Pavilion (646)South Bend, IN
March 11, 20216:30 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2	(2) No. 15	vs. (10) Duke Quarterfinals	Won by forfeit due to COVID-19 issues	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 12, 20219:00 p.m., ESPN	(2) No. 15	vs. (6) North Carolina Semifinals	W 69–66	16–5	17 – Koprivica	11 – Koprivica	4 – Barnes	Greensboro Coliseum (2,820)Greensboro, NC
March 13, 20218:30 p.m., ESPN	(2) No. 15	vs. (4) Georgia Tech Championship	L 75–80	16–6	21 – Barnes	10 – Koprivica	4 – Polite	Greensboro Coliseum (2,820)Greensboro, NC
March 20, 2021*12:45 p.m., truTV	(4 E) No. 14	vs. (13 E) UNC Greensboro First Round	W 64–54	17–6	17 – Gray	9 – Koprivica	6 – Walker	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
March 22, 20217:45 p.m., TBS	(4 E) No. 14	vs. (5 E) No. 22 Colorado Second Round	W 71–53	18–6	22 – Polite	6 – Gray	5 – Barnes	Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, IN
March 28, 20215:00 p.m., CBS	(4 E) No. 14	vs. (1 E) No. 4 Michigan Sweet Sixteen	L 58–76	18–7	12 – Osborne	6 – Osborn	3 – Barnes	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

*Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

Ben Jobe Award
- Leonard Hamilton
Werner Ladder National Coach of the Year semifinalist
- Leonard Hamilton
Bob Cousy Award
- Scottie Barnes
Jerry West Award
- M. J. Walker
Naismith Trophy
- Scottie Barnes
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

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