FSU AD Michael Alford talked last night about his appreciation for Leonard Hamilton and how he made this a much more attractive job, the timeline for a hire and what he's looking for in the next FSU men's basketball coach.

FSU offers Rivals Top 100 prospect and the 3rd-ranked DT in the class of 2027 Amari Vickerson.

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FSU has offered 2027 Rivals 250 prospect Reed Ramsier who is ranked as the 7th-best IOL prospect in his class.


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Florida State junior Luke Clanton along with two former Seminoles, Vincent Norrman and Daniel Berger, will be in the field at the Waste Management Phoenix Open Feb. 6-9 at TPC Scottsdale in Phoenix, Ariz.

Clanton will compete in his third PGA event of 2025 and the 11th of his career. He last competed in the Farmers Insurance Open, placing in the top 15 scoring 1-under par. He will tee off at 9:53 a.m. on Thursday.

Clanton earned his 19th PGA TOUR University Accelerated Point after being ranked No. 1 in the World Golf Amateur Rankings for 26 weeks. Clanton could earn his 20th point by making the cut at “The Peoples Open” to secure his PGA TOUR card.

Norrman will be competing in his fourth PGA tournament of 2025, after finishing 2-over par and in the top 40 in the Farmers Insurance open. Norrman will start at 10:04 a.m.

Daniel Berger will also be competing in his fourth event in 2025. Berger is scheduled to tee off at 3:39 p.m.

WAGR RANKINGS

In addition to Claton holding the top spot, the Seminoles have four players ranked in the top 100 in the rankings.

Gray Albright is listed at No. 33 and still is 18th on the PGA TOUR U rankings. Jack Bigham ranked 37th and Tyler Weaver is 60th.

The Seminoles will start the spring season at the Watersound Invitational from Feb. 17-19 at the Sharks Tooth Golf Course in Panama City, Florida.

2026 four-star edge Trenton Henderson who was on FSU's campus for an unofficial visit three weeks ago has set up two official visits for this summer. He will visit Alabama (June 6) and Florida (June 13).

Based on the fact he told the Osceola FSU and Auburn were the schools that were sticking out to him at that time, I would be surprised if he doesn't announce plans to take an official visit to FSU in the near future. He told the Osceola that he plans to get back on-campus to watch FSU during spring practice.

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The No. 22 Florida State women's basketball team (18-4, 8-2 ACC) will travel to face Virginia (12-11, 4-7 ACC) at John Paul Jones Arena at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

The ranked Seminoles have won the past six of seven meetings over Virginia, but the Cavaliers lead the all-time series 36-22.

Florida State is led by junior guard Ta'Niya Latson who is the nation's leading scorer at 26.1 points per game. Latson has recently been named among 10 finalists for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year and was included on the USBWA National Player of the Year Watch List that was released on Tuesday.

Makayla Timpson continues to lead the ACC in double-doubles with 13 and in blocks at 67. Timpson is also the active career leader in blocks (254) in the league and ranks fourth nationally among Power 4 players.

The game will air on the ACC Network Extra and the Seminole Sport Network can be found on Seminoles.com and 96.5 The Spear.

The Last Time Out

The Seminoles defeated Wake Forest with a 97-68 dominant win at home Sunday.

Latson, Gordon and Bowles each contributed over 20 points, with Timpson securing her 44th career double-double with 14 rebounds and 12 points.

Latson also moved into second place in FSU history in free throws made at 457 after a perfect 8-of-8 showing at the line.

FSU offers 2026 DE Kamron Wilson from Miami Southridge HS. Other offers include Cal, FAU, GT, Minn., Ole Miss, Miss. State, UNC, USF, SYR.

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The ACC announced a change to its baseball tournament format on Wednesday. After using a 12-team pool-play format for the last eight years, the conference will move to a 16-team, single-elimination format for this year's ACC baseball tournament, which will be held in Durham, N.C. from May 20-25.

Pool-play format has been criticized for creating meaningless games due to the format and also taxing teams' pitching staffs with as many as four games the week before the NCAA Tournament begins. This change creates a greater advantage for teams who perform better in the regular season.

The top-four teams in the ACC standings receive a double-bye to the quarterfinals and would need to win just three games to claim the ACC Championship. Seeds five through eight would get a single bye to the second round and seeds nine through 16 would play on Tuesday in the first round and need to win five games to claim the conference championship.


This format change could also be an improvement for ACC teams on the bubble. Previously, those teams could end up on the wrong side of the bubble with an 0-2 showing in the ACC Tournament. Now, no team will suffer more than one loss during conference tournament week.