# 2011–12 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles, led by 10th year head coach Leonard Hamilton, played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In addition to defeating traditional ACC powers North Carolina and Duke in both the regular season and the ACC Tournament, the Seminoles won their first ACC championship in program history.
The Seminoles received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they defeated St. Bonaventure in the first round before falling to Cincinnati in the second round.

## Previous season

The Seminoles finished the 2010–11 season 23–11, 11–5 in ACC play and lost in the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA tournament to VCU.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Xavier Gibson | Forward/Center | 6–11 | 248 | Senior | Dothan, Alabama |
| 3 | Luke Loucks | Guard | 6–5 | 201 | Senior | Clearwater, Florida |
| 4 | Deividas Dulkys | Guard | 6–5 | 196 | Senior | Šilutė, Lithuania |
| 5 | Bernard James | Forward | 6–10 | 240 | Senior | Savannah, Georgia |
| 10 | Okaro White | Forward | 6–8 | 204 | Sophomore | Clearwater, Florida |
| 11 | Kiel Turpin | Center | 6–11 | 225 | Junior | Normal, Illinois |
| 12 | Jeff Peterson | Guard | 6–1 | 195 | Senior | Springfield, Missouri |
| 15 | Terrance Shannon | Forward | 6–8 | 240 | Junior | Forsyth, Georgia |
| 20 | Rafael Portuondo | Guard | 5–11 | 165 | Junior | Miami, Florida |
| 21 | Michael Snaer | Guard | 6–5 | 202 | Junior | Moreno Valley, California |
| 24 | Antwan Space | Forward | 6–8 | 218 | Freshman | Desoto, Texas |
| 30 | Ian Miller | Guard | 6–3 | 186 | Sophomore | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 31 | Terry Whisnant II | Guard | 6–3 | 185 | Freshman | Cherryville, North Carolina |
| 33 | Joey Moreau | Guard | 6–2 | 179 | Junior | Orlando, Florida |
| 50 | Jon Kreft | Forward/Center | 7–0 | 260 | Senior | Coral Springs, Florida |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 31* 7:00 p.m. | | Indiana (PA) | W 80–51 | 0–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| November 7* 7:00 p.m. | | Georgia Southwestern | W 86–41 | 0–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 11* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Jacksonville | W 79–67 | 1–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (7,822) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 14* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 25 | UCF | W 73–50 | 2–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (7,655) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 16* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 25 | Stetson | W 79–66 | 3–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (6,424) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 20* 3:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 25 | South Alabama | W 80–39 | 4–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (6,641) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 24* 4:30 p.m., Versus | No. 22 | vs. Massachusetts Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal | W 73–53 | 5–0 | Imperial Arena (1,493) Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| November 25* 4:30 p.m., Versus | No. 22 | vs. Harvard Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal | L 41–46 | 5–1 | Imperial Arena (2,394) Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| November 26* 2:00 p.m., Versus | No. 22 | vs. No. 4 Connecticut Battle 4 Atlantis consolation | L 76–78 $^{OT}$ | 5–2 | Imperial Arena (2,000) Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| November 30* 7:30 p.m., ESPN | | at Michigan State ACC – Big Ten Challenge | L 49–65 | 5–3 | Breslin Student Events Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI |
| December 5* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Charleston Southern | W 76–51 | 6–3 | Donald L. Tucker Center (6,316) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 11* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | UNC Greensboro | W 75–60 | 7–3 | Donald L. Tucker Center (5,250) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 18* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Loyola Marymount | W 77–61 | 8–3 | Donald L. Tucker Center (5,642) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 22* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at No. 11 Florida Rivalry | L 64–82 | 8–4 | O'Connell Center (11,125) Gainesville, FL |
| December 30* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Princeton | L 73–75 $^{3OT}$ | 8–5 | Donald L. Tucker Center (6,670) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 4* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Auburn | W 85–56 | 9–5 | Donald L. Tucker Center (7,967) Tallahassee, FL |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| January 7 4:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at Clemson | L 59–79 | 9–6 (0–1) | Littlejohn Coliseum (8,026) Clemson, SC |
| January 10 7:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Virginia Tech | W 63–59 | 10–6 (1–1) | Cassell Coliseum (7,256) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 14 2:00 p.m., ESPN | | No. 3 North Carolina ESPN College GameDay | W 90–57 | 11–6 (2–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (12,100) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 17 9:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Maryland | W 84–70 | 12–6 (3–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (8,853) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 21 4:00 p.m., ESPN | | at No. 4 Duke | W 76–73 | 13–6 (4–1) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC |
| January 25 7:00 p.m., RSN | No. 23 | at Wake Forest | W 75–52 | 14–6 (5–1) | LJVM Coliseum (9,147) Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 1 7:00 p.m., RSN | No. 21 | Georgia Tech | W 68–54 | 15–6 (6–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (9,756) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 4 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 21 | No. 16 Virginia | W 58–55 | 16–6 (7–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (11,757) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 8 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 15 | at Boston College | L 60–64 | 16–7 (7–2) | Conte Forum (4,074) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 11 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 15 | Miami (FL) | W 64–59 | 17–7 (8–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (11,971) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 16 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 20 | Virginia Tech | W 48–47 | 18–7 (9–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (10,123) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 18 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 20 | at NC State | W 76–62 | 19–7 (10–2) | RBC Center (17,547) Raleigh, NC |
| February 23 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 15 | No. 5 Duke | L 66–74 | 19–8 (10–3) | Donald L. Tucker Center (12,100) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 26 6:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 15 | at Miami (FL) | L 62–78 | 19–9 (10–4) | BankUnited Center (7,261) Coral Gables, FL |
| March 1 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 22 | at No. 24 Virginia | W 63–60 | 20–9 (11–4) | John Paul Jones Arena (11,807) Charlottesville, VA |
| March 4 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 22 | Clemson | W 80–72 | 21–9 (12–4) | Donald L. Tucker Center (11,500) Tallahassee, FL |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| March 9 9:00 p.m., ESPN2/ACCN | (3) No. 17 | vs. (6) Miami Quarterfinals | W 82–71 | 22–9 | Philips Arena (19,520) Atlanta, GA |
| March 10 3:00 p.m., ESPN/ACCN | (3) No. 17 | vs. (2) No. 5 Duke Semifinals | W 62–59 | 23–9 | Philips Arena (19,520) Atlanta, GA |
| March 11 1:00 p.m., ESPN/ACCN | (3) No. 17 | vs. (1) No. 4 North Carolina Championship | W 85–82 | 24–9 | Philips Arena (19,520) Atlanta, GA |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| March 16* 2:45 p.m., CBS | (3 E) No. 10 | vs. (14 E) St. Bonaventure Second round | W 66–63 | 25–9 | Bridgestone Arena (11,751) Nashville, TN |
| March 18* 9:40 p.m., TBS | (3 E) No. 10 | vs. (6 E) Cincinnati Third round | L 56–62 | 25–10 | Bridgestone Arena (11,033) Nashville, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.. ||||||

## NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Overall | Name | Team |
| 2nd | 1 | 33 | Bernard James | Dallas Mavericks |