Florida State Seminoles

The Florida State Seminoles play long, athletic, defense-oriented basketball at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee. Known for producing a steady pipeline of NBA talent, especially under longtime coach Leonard Hamilton, FSU's rotating cast of interchangeable, rangy athletes has made the Seminoles one of the ACC's most physically imposing teams year after year. Florida State basketball trades star power for sheer depth and defensive length.

Florida State basketball's high point came in 1972, when the Seminoles advanced to the NCAA championship game before losing to a UCLA team led by Bill Walton. Under head coach Leonard Hamilton, who took over in 2002, FSU became a consistent ACC contender, including a run to the Elite Eight in 2018. Florida State has never won an NCAA men's basketball championship, but the program remains known for developing future NBA players.