TALLAHASSE, Fla. — Florida State, which has won each of its last three home games against Georgia Tech, plays host to the Yellow Jackets on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at the Donald L. Tucker Center, in the only meeting between the two teams during the 2022-23 regular season. The Seminoles enter their game against the Yellow Jackets having won three of their last five games with two – against Louisville (December 10, 73-55) and Notre Dame (December 21, 73-72) – coming in ACC play. Following Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech, the Seminoles travel to play at Wake Forest (January 11, 9:00 p.m.) at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winton-Salem, N.C.
HAMILTON IS THE LEADING ACTIVE COACH FOR WINS IN THE ACC
Florida State Head Coach Leonard Hamilton enters Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech looking to become just the fifth coach in ACC history to win 400 games as a head coach in the greatest conference in college basketball. He is on the verge of winning his 400th game as Florida State’s Head Coach, and his 600th game overall as a head coach. He is the fifth winningest coach in ACC history with 399 career wins and ranks fifth in ACC history with 179 career ACC wins at Florida State. Hamilton is looking to join a select group that consists of Mike Krzyzewski, Duke (1,129 wins), Dean Smith of North Carolina (879 wins), Roy Williams of North Carolina (485 wins) and Gary Williams of Maryland (461 wins).
FLORIDA STATE’S RECENT ACC SUCCESS AT THE TUCKER CENTER
Florida State is 51-6 in ACC play at the Donald L. Tucker Center in the last seven seasons. The Seminoles’ winning percentage of nearly 90 percent in conference play since the start of the 2016-17 season has made the Tucker Center one of the toughest places to play for ACC opponents. Florida State lost only two ACC home games (73-69 to Louisville on January 10, 2018 and 80-78 to Duke on January 12, 2019) from the start of the 2016-17 ACC schedule through the end of the 2020-21 ACC schedule. To extrapolate the Seminoles’ winning ways even further, the Seminoles won their final two ACC home games of the 2015-16 season against Notre Dame (77-56 on February 27, 2016) and Syracuse (78-73 on March 5, 2016) to raise their recent conference record at home to 52-6 for a winning percentage to .897.
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…Defeat Georgia Tech and win its fourth consecutive home game against Georgia Tech. The Seminoles have won each of the last…