For the first time in five years, Florida State finds itself in the NCAA tournament. The Seminoles earned a No. 3 seed in the West Region and open the tourney Thursday in Orlando against 14th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast.
The 2016-17 campaign has without a doubt been a special one for FSU. The Seminoles set a school record for wins in the regular season with 24. They also finished undefeated at home for the first time in 41 years and tied a school record with 12 ACC wins. In addition, FSU equaled previous bests for ACC and NCAA tournament seeding as a No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
But will Florida State’s return to the NCAA tournament mark the start of a new trend, or a one-year wonder?
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