Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Florida State Seminoles |
Sport: | Basketball |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Record: | 17–16 |
Conf Record: | 10–10 |
Head Coach: | Leonard Hamilton |
Hc Year: | 22nd |
Assoc Coach: | Stan Jones |
Ahc Year: | 22nd |
Asst Coach1: | Steve Smith |
Ac1 Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach2: | Kevin Nickelberry |
Ac2 Year: | 1st |
Stadium: | Donald L. Tucker Center |
Champion: | Sunshine Slam Beach champions |
The 2023–24 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles were led by head coach Leonard Hamilton, in his 22nd 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 started their season 4–1, with their only loss coming in their rivalry game at Florida. The team won three games in the Sunshine Slam including winning the final in overtime against eighteenth ranked Colorado. However, after that streak, the Seminoles struggled, losing four straight games. Losses included their ACC–SEC Challenge game against Georgia, and their ACC opener against number seventeen North Carolina. They then won two of their last three non-conference games, to finish with a 6–5 non-conference record. The Seminoles won six of their next seven ACC games, with the only loss coming against Clemson. Their schedule became a tougher, and they lost five of their next six games, including losses to third-ranked North Carolina and ninth-ranked Duke. In this stretch they lost lost to eventual last place finishers Louisville. The end of the season was a mixed bag for the Seminoles as they finished 3–3. They again lost to Clemson, but defeated NC State and completed a season sweep of in-state opponents Miami.
The Seminoles finished the 2023–24 season 17–16 and 10–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed Virginia Tech in the Second Round before losing to first seed North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT. This marked the third straight season the Seminoles did not participate in post-season play.
The Seminoles finished the 2022–23 season 9–23, 7–13 in ACC play, to finish in 12th place. In the ACC Tournament, they lost to Georgia Tech in the first round. Their nine overall wins were the lowest season total since 2001.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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4 | G | 6'5" | 180 | Transferred to Memphis[1] | ||||
Jeremiah Bembry | 10 | F | 6'6" | 185 | Freshman | Transferred to West Virginia[2] | ||
Naheem McLeod | 24 | C | 7'4" | 255 | Junior | Transferred to Syracuse[3] | ||
35 | G | 6'7" | 200 | Sophomore | Transferred to Miami (FL)[4] | |||
Cleveland Yates | 42 | G | 6'2" | 214 | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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Josh Nickleberry | 20 | G | 6'4" | 205 | GS Senior | La Salle[5] | ||
Jason Simpson | 4 | G | 5'10" | 155 | Junior | Walk-on; St. John's[6] | ||
Primo Spears | 23 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Junior | Georgetown[7] | ||
Jamir Watkins | 2 | F | 6'7" | 210 | La Salle[8] |
Source:[9] |-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition |-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=|ACC Tournament
See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.