It’s Sunday, Florida State fans. Before you go back to work on Monday, we’ll do our best to update you on the latest in FSU athletics. The news and notes section of this post will be updated throughout the day.
Lead Story
Florida State’s 2016-17 basketball season may have ended in embarrassing fashion on Saturday, but the Seminoles aren’t looking for a new man to captain the ship. According to a report from Warchant, FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton will receive a 2-year extension that will run through the 2019-20 season.
The 2009 and 2012 ACC Coach of the Year, Hamilton guided the team to a school-record 24 regular season wins this past year, a No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. FSU’s season ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 91-66 loss to Xavier as the Seminoles will finish one win shy of tying a school-record for victories in a season.
Though not always popular with the fan base, Hamilton is the winngest coach in FSU history. In 15 seasons, Hamilton has guided the Seminoles to the NCAA Tournament five times.
UPDATE: Warchant managing editor Ira Schoffel said Sunday that there was miscommunication between he and FSU athletic director Stan Wilcox. Hamilton has not been given a new extension.
Between the Lines
FSU women’s golf fell to third place in the Notre Dame Clover Cup on Saturday. FSU baseball blew an 8-run lead in a 13-12 loss to Virginia Tech. For the second straight day, FSU softball shut out Notre Dame, 6-0. FSU beach volleyball bounced back from a 4-1 loss to USC to beat Hawaii by the same score. FSU’s men’s basketball team lost to Xavier in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, 91-66.
On the Agenda
FSU women’s golf wraps up the Notre Dame Clover Cup on Sunday. The men’s team begins the Valspar Collegiate Invitational. The FSU women’s tennis team will host North Carolina while the men do likewise with Miami. FSU baseball and softball wrap up their respective series with Virginia Tech and Notre Dame. The softball team plays at 12 p.m. EST and the baseball team plays at 1 p.m. EST. Both contests air on ACC Network Extra. The FSU women’s basketball team tires to advance to the Sweet 16 as it hosts sixth-seeded Missouri in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
News and Notes
With Saturday’s NCAA Tournament loss, the Seminoles fell to 4-5 in the dance under Hamilton and 2-4 as the higher seed.
In the rubber game of a 3-game series on Sunday, Florida State baseball was embarrassed by Virginia Tech, 17-0.
FSU women’s hoops is headed to a third straight Sweet 16 after routing Missouri on Sunday, 77-55.
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