2016–17 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles were led by head coach Leonard Hamilton, in his fifteenth 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.

2016–17 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 16
Record	26–9 (12–6 ACC)
Head coach	Leonard Hamilton (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Stan Jones (15th year) Dennis Gates (6th year) Charlton Young (4th year)
Home arena	Donald L. Tucker Center (Capacity: 12,100)
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 North Carolina	14	–	4		.778			33	–	7		.825
No. 16 Florida State	12	–	6		.667			26	–	9		.743
No. 14 Notre Dame	12	–	6		.667			26	–	10		.722
No. 10 Louisville	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
No. 7 Duke †	11	–	7		.611			28	–	9		.757
No. 24 Virginia	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Virginia Tech	10	–	8		.556			22	–	11		.667
Miami (FL)	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Syracuse	10	–	8		.556			19	–	15		.559
Wake Forest	9	–	9		.500			19	–	14		.576
Georgia Tech	8	–	10		.444			21	–	16		.568
Clemson	6	–	12		.333			17	–	16		.515
NC State	0	–	14		.000			0	–	17		.000[3]
Pittsburgh	4	–	14		.222			16	–	17		.485
Boston College	2	–	16		.111			9	–	23		.281
† 2017 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The Seminoles achieved their best start in school history, winning 15 of their first 16 games and six of their first seven conference games, including a stretch that included six straight ranked opponents. Over the course of the season, Dwayne Bacon became the 46th Seminole player, and only the second sophomore, to score a thousand career points.^[1] They set their record for most regular season wins, tied their record for most ACC wins in a single season and went undefeated at home for the first time since the 1975–76 season.^[2] Jonathan Isaac^[3] and Dwayne Bacon^[4] went on to be selected in the NBA draft.

Florida State finished in a three-way tie for second in the ACC and reached the semifinals of the ACC tournament. The Seminoles received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a three-seed in the west region, their first tournament appearance since 2012, where they reached the second round.

Previous season

The Seminoles finished the 2015–16 season 20–14, 8–10 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They defeated Boston College in the first round of the ACC tournament before losing to Virginia Tech. The Seminoles received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Davidson before losing to eventual NIT champ, Valparaiso.^[5]

Guard Malik Beasley was taken in the first round of the NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets.^[6]

Preseason

Prior to the start of the season, Florida State was picked to finish eighth in the ACC while Dwayne Bacon was named to the preseason All-ACC team.^[7]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Devon Bookert	1	G	6'3"	198	Senior	Anchorage, AK	Graduated
Benji Bell	3	G	6'4"	204	Junior	Gainesville, FL	Transferred to Shaw
Malik Beasley	5	G	6'5"	196	Freshman	Alpharetta, GA	Declared for NBA draft
Boris Bojanovsky	15	C	7'3"	248	Senior	Bratislava, Slovakia	Graduated
Robbie Berwick	24	G	6'4"	188	Sophomore	Atascadero, CA	Transferred to Colorado State
Michael Saxton	31	G	6'5"	213	Senior	Orlando, FL	Graduated
Montay Brandon	32	G	6'8"	229	Senior	Greensboro, NC	Graduated

Recruits

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jonathan Isaac #4 SF	Naples, FL	IMG Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 6, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Trent Forrest #9 SG	Chipley, FL	Chipley High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	May 5, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
CJ Walker #20 PG	Indianapolis, IN	Arsenal Technical High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jun 20, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Mfiondu Kabengele #47 SF	Burlington, ON	Don Bosco Prep	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Mar 2, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruit ranking:   Scout: N/A    Rivals: 10    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: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Patrick Savoy Jr.	5	G	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Las Vegas, NV	Junior college transfer from Sheridan College
Braian Angola	11	G	6'6"	185	Junior	Villanueva, Colombia	Junior college transfer from College of Southern Idaho

2017 Recruiting class

College recruiting information (2017)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
M. J. Walker SG	Jonesboro, GA	Jonesboro High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	May 24, 2017
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
RaiQuan Gray PF	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Dillard High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Aug 8, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Anthony Polite SG	Boca Raton, FL	St. Andrews School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Aug 30, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Wyatt Wilkes PF	Winter Park, FL	Winter Park High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Aug 31, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Ikechukwu Obiagu C	Atlanta, GA	Greenforest Christian Academy	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Nov 28, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
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: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
} Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Phil Cofer 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Jr Whitewater Atlanta, GA F 1 Jonathan Isaac 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr IMG Academy Naples, FL G 2 CJ Walker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Arsenal Technical Indianapolis, IN G 3 Trent Forrest 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Chipley Chipley, FL G 4 Dwayne Bacon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 221 lb (100 kg) So Oak Hill Academy Lakeland, FL G 5 P. J. Savoy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Las Vegas Sheridan Las Vegas, NV G 11 Braian Angola 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Findlay Prep North Idaho Villanueva, Colombia G 14 Terance Mann 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 204 lb (93 kg) So Tilton School Lowell, MA G 20 Travis Light (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Montverde Academy Vienna, VA C 21 Christ Koumadje 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 233 lb (106 kg) So Montverde Academy N'Djamena, Chad G 22 Xavier Rathan-Mayes 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) RS Jr Huntington Prep Scarborough, ON F 23 Jarquez Smith 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 236 lb (107 kg) Sr Jones County Haddock, GA F 25 Mfiondu Kabengele 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Don Bosco Prep Burlington, ON F 33 Will Miles (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Trinity Prep Orlando, FL F 40 Brandon Allen (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Sr Milton Milton, FL C 50 Michael Ojo 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 304 lb (138 kg) RS Sr Tennessee Temple Lagos, Nigeria	Head coach Leonard Hamilton (UT Martin) Assistant coach(es) Stan Jones (Memphis) Dennis Gates (California) Charlton Young (Georgia Southern) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27* 7:00 p.m.		Southeastern (FL)	W 119–58		20 – Cofer	13 – Ojo	8 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, FL
November 3* 7:00 p.m.		Valdosta State	W 104–76		20 – Isaac	7 – Ojo	5 – Bacon	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, FL
Non-conference regular season
November 12* 1:00 p.m., ACCN Extra		Charleston Southern	W 88–67	1–0	23 – Bacon	9 – Bacon	7 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (6,880) Tallahassee, FL
November 15* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra		Iona	W 99–78	2–0	20 – Isaac	7 – Smith	3 – Mann	Donald L. Tucker Center (4,530) Tallahassee, FL
November 18* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra		Winthrop NIT Season Tip-Off	W 100–86	3–0	15 – Bacon	10 – Ojo	9 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (5,197) Tallahassee, FL
November 20* 5:00 p.m., ACCN Extra		Detroit NIT Season Tip-Off	W 100–71	4–0	22 – Bacon	10 – Isaac	5 – Forrest	Donald L. Tucker Center (4,962) Tallahassee, FL
November 24* 12:30 p.m., ESPNU	No. 25	vs. Temple NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals	L 86–89	4–1	22 – Bacon	7 – Isaac	6 – Rathan-Mayes	Barclays Center (2,451) Brooklyn, NY
November 25* 12:30 p.m., ESPNU	No. 25	vs. Illinois NIT Season Tip-Off third place game	W 72–61	5–1	17 – Bacon	7 – Isaac	2 – Tied	Barclays Center (3,713) Brooklyn, NY
November 28* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		Minnesota ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 75–67	6–1	18 – Bacon	13 – Isaac	2 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (5,993) Tallahassee, FL
December 4* 4:00 p.m., CBSSN		vs. George Washington BB&T Classic	W 67–48	7–1	11 – Tied	6 – Tied	5 – Tied	Verizon Center (1,645) Washington, D.C.
December 6* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra		Southern Miss	W 98–49	8–1	27 – Savoy	9 – Forrest	7 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (5,116) Tallahassee, FL
December 8* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU		Nicholls State	W 118–63	9–1	18 – Savoy	7 – Rathan-Mayes	7 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (4,807) Tallahassee, FL
December 11* 4:00 p.m., ESPNU		No. 21 Florida Rivalry	W 83–78	10–1	24 – Bacon	10 – Mann	2 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (10,029) Tallahassee, FL
December 17* 1:30 p.m., FS2	No. 23	vs. Manhattan Orange Bowl Classic	W 83–67	11–1	16 – Bacon	9 – Issac	5 – Rathan-Mayes	BB&T Center  Sunrise, FL
December 19* 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra	No. 21	Samford	W 76–68	12–1	19 – Mann	6 – Bacon	5 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (4,405) Tallahassee, FL
ACC regular season
December 28 5:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 20	Wake Forest	W 88–72	13–1 (1–0)	23 – Tied	9 – Isaac	2 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (8,873) Tallahassee, FL
December 31 2:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 20	at No. 12 Virginia	W 60–58	14–1 (2–0)	29 – Bacon	9 – Isaac	3 – Rathan-Mayes	John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) Charlottesville, VA
January 7 2:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 12	No. 21 Virginia Tech	W 93–78	15–1 (3–0)	22 – Mann	9 – Mann	8 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (9,149) Tallahassee, FL
January 10 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 9	No. 7 Duke	W 88–72	16–1 (4–0)	21 – Rathan-Mayes	7 – Mann	5 – Bacon	Donald L. Tucker Center (11,675) Tallahassee, FL
January 14 2:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 9	at No. 11 North Carolina	L 83–96	16–2 (4–1)	18 – Bacon	12 – Isaac	6 – Rathan-Mayes	Dean E. Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
January 18 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 10	No. 15 Notre Dame	W 83–80	17–2 (5–1)	23 – Isaac	10 – Isaac	7 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (10,535) Tallahassee, FL
January 21 2:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 10	No. 12 Louisville	W 73–68	18–2 (6–1)	16 – Tied	10 – Isaac	3 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (11,675) Tallahassee, FL
January 25 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 6	at Georgia Tech	L 56–78	18–3 (6–2)	12 – Bacon	8 – Isaac	3 – Mann	Hank McCamish Pavilion (6,542) Atlanta, GA
January 28 12:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 6	at Syracuse	L 72–82	18–4 (6–3)	19 – Tied	12 – Isaac	5 – Rathan-Mayes	Carrier Dome (24,978) Syracuse, NY
February 1 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	at Miami (FL)	W 75–57	19–4 (7–3)	15 – Tied	7 – Isaac	4 – Rathan-Mayes	BankUnited Center (7,972) Coral Gables, FL
February 5 12:30 p.m., ESPNU	No. 15	Clemson	W 109–61	20–4 (8–3)	29 – Bacon	5 – Isaac	9 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (10,868) Tallahassee, FL
February 8 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 14	NC State	W 95–71	21–4 (9–3)	21 – Isaac	10 – Mann	5 – Mann	Donald L. Tucker Center (9,432) Tallahassee, FL
February 11 6:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 14	at Notre Dame	L 72–84	21–5 (9–4)	15 – Mann	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) Notre Dame, IN
February 18 4:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	at Pittsburgh	L 66–80	21–6 (9–5)	12 – Rathan-Mayes	7 – Mann	6 – Rathan-Mayes	Peterson Events Center (10,525) Pittsburgh, PA
February 20 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 19	Boston College	W 104–72	22–6 (10–5)	16 – Bacon	5 – Tied	10 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (9,609) Tallahassee, FL
February 25 12:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 19	at Clemson	W 76–74	23–6 (11–5)	15 – Rathan-Mayes	5 – Forrest	7 – Rathan-Mayes	Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000) Clemson, SC
February 28 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 15	at No. 17 Duke	L 70–75	23–7 (11–6)	19 – Bacon	9 – Forrest	3 – Bacon	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
March 4 4:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	No. 25 Miami (FL)	W 66–57	24–7 (12–6)	23 – Bacon	6 – Mann	4 – Rathan-Mayes	Donald L. Tucker Center (11,675) Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
March 9 7:00 p.m., ESPN/ACCN	(2) No. 16	vs. (7) Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	W 74–68	25–7	17 – Bacon	12 – Isaac	6 – Rathan-Mayes	Barclays Center (17,732) Brooklyn, NY
March 10 9:00 p.m., ESPN/ACCN	(2) No. 16	vs. (3) No. 22 Notre Dame Semifinals	L 73–77	25–8	18 – Bacon	15 – Isaac	5 – Rathan-Mayes	Barclays Center (18,109) Brooklyn, NY
NCAA tournament
March 16* 9:20 p.m., TNT	(3 W) No. 16	vs. (14 W) Florida Gulf Coast First Round	W 86–80	26–8	25 – Bacon	10 – Isaac	5 – Tied	Amway Center (15,869) Orlando, FL
March 18* 6:10 p.m., TNT	(3 W) No. 16	vs. (11 W) Xavier Second Round	L 66–91	26–9	20 – Bacon	12 – Isaac	3 – Tied	Amway Center (17,308) Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

See also: 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	23	21	20	12	9	10	6	15	14	17	19	15	16	16	Not released
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	22	20	13	10	12	8	16	15	18	20	17	17	18	24

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Awards

• Julius Erving Award finalist^[8]

Dwayne Bacon

Watchlists

• Julius Erving Award^[9]

Dwayne Bacon

• Karl Malone Award^[10]

Jonathan Isaac

• Naismith Award^[11]

Dwayne Bacon

• Wooden Award^[12]

Dwayne Bacon

• Oscar Robertson Trophy^[13]

Dwayne Bacon

• Wayman Tisdale Award^[13]

Jonathan Isaac

Honors

Weekly Awards Player Award Date Awarded Ref. Jonathan Isaac ACC Freshman of the Week ACC Freshman of the Week NCAA Player of the Week November 15–20, 2016 January 18–21, 2017 [14][15] Dwayne Bacon Orange Bowl Classic MVP ACC Player of the Week December 17, 2016 December 28–31, 2016 [16]

All-ACC

Name	Selection
Dwayne Bacon	Second Team
Xavier Rathan-Mayes	Defensive Team
Jonathan Isaac	Freshman Team

^[17]

All-Americans

Name	Selection
Jonathan Isaac	Kyle Macy Freshman Team

^[18]

NBA draft

Two players were selected in the 2017 NBA draft:

Round	Pick (Overall)	Name	Team
1st	6	Jonathan Isaac	Orlando Magic
2nd	10 (40)	Dwayne Bacon	New Orleans Pelicans (traded to Charlotte Hornets)