Updates from Rivals on hoops recruiting, including Carmelo Anthony's son, Kiyan Anthony, a four-star PG who is considering FSU among his schools:

ANY NEWS OF PLAYERS FSU IS LOOKING AT FOR NEXT SEASON

The Wells Fargo Championship, a Signature Event on the PGA TOUR schedule, will bring almost all the TOUR’s best to Quail Hollow Club.
While Scottie Scheffler – still awaiting baby No. 1 – is the only eligible player not scheduled to tee it up this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, the rest of the field consists of the TOUR’s top talent including those who earned their way via the Aon Next 10 and the Aon Swing 5.
We are set for another dramatic week with the 69-player field sprinting to the finish – trying to navigate the tricky "Green Mile" stretch, to boot – with the winner earning 700 FedExCup points.
With a reinvigorated Rory McIlroy going for his fourth win here and Wyndham Clark set to defend his first title, it’s set to be a great week.
Here’s everything you need to know as the TOUR returns to Charlotte.
Editor's note:Ludvig Åberg announced his withdrawal from the Wells Fargo Championship on Monday afternoon.
FIELD NOTES: McIlroy returns to a course where he’s had plenty of success, and once again with momentum. McIlroy teamed up with Shane Lowry (also in the field) to capture the Zurich Classic of New Orleans two weeks ago and has made Quail Hollow a home away from home. It’s the only TOUR event he’s won three times… Last year’s winner, Clark, returns to the Wells Fargo Championship looking to become the first man to ever go back-to-back. Clark captured the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier this season… Max Homa is looking to continue his fine form at Quail Hollow. Homa finished T8 a year ago, and he’s won two of the previous four editions of this event. Homa and McIlroy are the only multiple champions of the Wells Fargo. Homa also went 4-0-0 at the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow in 2022… Viktor Hovland returns to action for the first time since missing the cut at the Masters. Hovland’s best result at Quail Hollow came in 2021 when he finished T3… Scheffler is the only eligible player electing not to tee it up at the Wells Fargo Championship as he and wife Meredith are awaiting the arrival of their first child… The latest TOUR winner, Taylor Pendrith, returns to Quail Hollow after playing in the Presidents Cup in 2022. He qualified for this week via the Aon Swing 5 after breaking through for his first TOUR title at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson.
SPONSOR EXEMPTIONS: Quail Hollow resident Webb Simpson will tee it up at his local TOUR event. He’s finished second and fourth at this event… Gary Woodland continues his comeback after brain surgery at the end of last year. He finished 14th the last time he teed it up at Quail Hollow and had a career-high fourth at the Wells Fargo Championship in 2015… Adam Scott has had a steady 2024 campaign with five top-25 finishes in eight starts. He finished fifth the last time he teed it up at the Wells Fargo Championship… Nine-time TOUR winner Matt Kuchar, whose career-best at Quail Hollow is a T23, rounds out the sponsor exemptions.
SIGNATURE EVENT STORYLINES: Wells Fargo is the sixth Signature Event on the 2024 PGA TOUR schedule… Kevin Tway, who finished No. 154 on last year’s FedExCup Fall standings – meaning he'd compete on Past Champion status in 2024 – took full advantage of the chance provided by the Aon Swing 5 over the last few weeks. He finished third at the Corales Puntacana Championship (after getting in on his number), partnered with Kelly Kraft for a T11 at the Zurich Classic, and finished ninth at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson. He outlasted Chad Ramey, Wesley Bryan and Martin Trainer for the fifth spot… Pendrith (winner of THE CJ CUP), Ben Kohles, Billy Horschel and Alex Noren rounded out the Aon Swing 5… No player moved inside the Aon Next 10 at THE CJ CUP with Ludvig Åberg, Matthieu Pavon, Lowry, Stephan Jaeger, Will Zalatoris, Akshay Bhatia, Jake Knapp, Justin Thomas, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Austin Eckroat the qualifiers there… The next Signature Event on the TOUR schedule is the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. The next round of the Aon Swing 5 kick-starts this week at the Myrtle Beach Classic, played alongside the Wells Fargo Championship.
COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 UPDATES: Thanks to his T4 at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, Byeong Hun An moved up one spot in the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 to No. 8, with Pavon moving into the No. 9 spot… There was no other movement in the TOUR TOP 10 with Scheffler continuing his stranglehold on the top… Last year’s winner of the Wells Fargo Championship, Clark, remains No. 2… Pendrith’s win at THE CJ CUP saw the Canadian move to No. 34 in the standings… An and Chris Kirk remain the only players who have been in the TOUR TOP 10 every week so far this season.
FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 700 FedExCup points.
COURSE: Quail Hollow Club, par 71, 7,558 yards. After last year’s Wells Fargo Championship, the club closed for a few months for a renovation to prepare for this year’s TOUR event and next year’s PGA Championship. The club redid all the tees and greens, installed a new drainage system and, for the first time in 16 years, overhauled the bunkers. Laid out by George Cobb in the early 1960s, the club was re-worked by Tom Fazio as it prepared for the PGA Championship in 2017. Its "Green Mile" closing stretch (Nos. 16, 17, 18) continues to be one of the toughest on TOUR.
72-HOLE RECORD: 265, Clark (2023). McIlroy’s 21-under 267 in 2015 came when par for the course was 72.
18-HOLE RECORD: 61, McIlroy (Round 3, 2015).
LAST TIME: Clark won by four shots – and set the tournament scoring record in the process – for his maiden PGA TOUR title to kick-start an incredible run on the game’s biggest stages. Clark opened Sunday with a two-shot lead, surrendered it to Xander Schauffele after seven holes, and stormed back to play his final 11 holes in 4 under for the win. Clark finished at 19 under, four strokes clear of Schauffele. Clark was trending in the right direction heading into the week in Charlotte, having finished in the top six in three of his previous five tournaments. He would go on to win his first major, the U.S. Open, in June. Harris English and Tyrrell Hatton tied for third, with Tommy Fleetwood and Adam Scott sharing fifth place.

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Congratulations again to last week's winner @Bobcat07


@Mrs BFT maintains overall season lead

Good Luck to everyone this week

The spring transfer portal window officially opens on April 16th but players have already begun announcing their intentions of entering the portal. This thread will serve as a tracker for both outgoing transfers from the program but also be a place to keep track of potential incoming transfers as well.

PLAYERS THAT HAVE EITHER ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTIONS OR HAVE OFFICIALLY ENTERED:
Greedy Vance Jr. - Defensive Back (r-Jr.) - Vance entered the portal on April 11, has landed at Southern Cal (April 21)
Jaden Floyd - Defensive Back (r-Jr.) - The walk-on entered the portal (April 21)
Vandrevius Jacobs - Wide Receiver (r-Fr.) - Jacobs entered the portal late on April 22nd
David Stickle - Offensive line - The walk-on entered the portal (April 22)
Jeremiah Giedrys - Wide Receiver (r-Sr.) The walk on entered the portal on April 24th.


PLAYERS THAT HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY ARE TRANSFERRING TO FSU
Omarion Cooper - Defensive Back (Sr.) - Cooper announced on May 7th he's rejoining the FSU football program after leaving the Seminoles last April and spending the 2023 season at Colorado
Cam Riley - Linebacker (Sr.) - Riley announced on May 8th he's transferring to FSU from Auburn after decommitting recently from NC State, who he originally chose over the Seminoles.

This is sad!

FSU dropped at least two spots in both Baseball America and D1Baseball's updated top 25 rankings after dropping the series at Pitt over the weekend.

(Updates on Koby Howard, Peyton Joseph, Mario Nash, Tramell Jones and more)

It was another busy weekend of news and so it’s time for another Recruiting Rumor Mill as Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney shares what he heard over the weekend.

Safe to say Friday's series opener for the Florida State baseball team at Pittsburgh did not go according to plan. The Seminoles managed just three hits and were shut out for the first time this season in a 1-0 loss, squandering a stellar start from Jamie Arnold on the mound.

No. 8 FSU (36-11, 14-10 in ACC) will look to right the ship and even the series in Game 2 of the weekend set Saturday at 3:45 p.m. (ACC Network Extra) at Charles L. Cost Field in Pittsburgh.

FSU will start junior righty Carson Dorsey (4-2, 3.86 ERA) against Pitt starting pitcher senior righty Jack Sokol (5-3, 5.43).

FSU starting lineup


Pitt starting lineup



I'll have updates once the game gets underway just after 3 p.m.

FSU sports information:

The sixth-ranked Florida State Men’s Golf team prepares for a tough NCAA Regional starting Monday when it battles the field at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif., from Monday-Wednesday.

The Seminoles are one of six No. 1 seeds in the six regions played, and look to defend their top seed against 13 other schools. FSU’s competition includes Ole Miss (2), Illinois (3), Texas A&M (4), Stanford (5), UCLA (6), SMU (7), Missouri (8), Fresno State (9), UNLV (10), Augusta (11), Liberty (12), Sacramento State (13) and Siena (14).

The Top 8 seeds in the region are all ranked in the Top 50 of the Clippd rankings used by the NCAA.

The Top 5 finishing programs in the upcoming regional advance to the NCAA Championship held May 24-29 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa located in Carlsbad, Calif.

Florida State looks to advance to its fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship, which would be the program’s longest streak since making it six years in a row from 2012-17. A Seminole has individually won an NCAA Regional in each of the last two years, with Luke Clanton winning last year’s Morgan Hill Regional and Brett Roberts winning the Palm Beach Regional in 2022.

The Seminoles tied last year’s record with four All-ACC selections, as Gray Albright, Clanton, Frederik Kjettrup and Tyler Weaver each were recognized by the conference. Weaver also won ACC Freshman of the Year, while head coach Trey Jones won co-ACC Coach of the Year.

FSU’s five-player lineup includes plenty of NCAA postseason experience with Cole Anderson, Roberts, Albright, Kjettrup and Clanton. Anderson begins play for the Seminoles on Monday at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT.

Behind eight first-inning runs and a career day from Cam Smith, FSU salvaged one game from its series at Pitt with a resounding 15-4 win Sunday afternoon. The Noles are 37-12 and begin the final week of the regular season Tuesday at Stetson.

Despite two James Tibbs III home runs, FSU fell 9-7 at Pittsburgh in Game 2, dropping a series that will hurt FSU's national-seed candidacy. Noles will look to avoid the sweep at approximately 3:10 p.m.

Despite two James Tibbs III home runs, FSU fell 9-7 at Pittsburgh in Game 2, dropping a series that will hurt FSU's national-seed candidacy. Noles will look to avoid the sweep at approximately 3:10 p.m.

Here are some videos and pictures of the aftermath of the tornadoes that came through Tallahassee this morning and caused damage to the city including Dick Howser Stadium, the FSU Circus, College Town and the area around campus in general.

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FSU sports information:

The No. 10 Florida State men’s tennis team fell 4-3 to No. 7 Tennessee in the third round of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship.

The day began with the tightest doubles match of the season as Loris Pourroy and Youcef Rihane strung together three straight games to remain perfect as a pair in the championshipon Court 2. Courts 1 and 3 each went to a tiebreaker to decide the doubles point. Jamie Connel and Alex Bulte stepped up in a huge moment and delivered the 7-5 tiebreak victory to take the first point of the match. Court 1 was left unfinished at 6-6 in the tiebreaker.

Tennessee tied the match with a win on Court 2 before Bulte answered back. He found himself down 4-2 before firing off four straight games to win set one before winning the final four games in set two to restore FSU’s lead.

Joshua Dous-Karpenschif followed suit with a 6-4 first set victory before winning the final three games in set two to win his match and claim the third point. Dous-Karpenschif is spotless in singles through three rounds of tournament play.

The Seminoles dropped matches on Courts 1 and 5 before Tennessee outlasted the third-set tiebreaker on Court 4 to end the match.

Florida State finishes one of its greatest seasons in program history to date at 23-8. 23 wins ties the fourth-largest number of wins in a season and the most since 2018. The Seminoles claimed their first-ever ACC Championship with four wins in four days to become the lowest seed to ever win the competition. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc rallied from 5-2 down in the third set and claimed one of the best moments in collegiate tennis history.

FSU hosted and was victorious in its first regional since 2018 and was unconquered against all Florida opponents with a 4-0 record, including victories over in-state rivals Florida and Miami. The Seminoles finished the season with their highest number of road wins ever with 15 victories.

#7 Tennessee 4, #10 Florida State 3
Singles Competition:
1. #1 Johannus Monday (UTK) def. #4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) 6-4, 7-5
2. #37 Shunsuke Mitsui (UTK) def. Loris Pourroy (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Filip Pieczonka (UTK) def. Jamie Connel (FSU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
4. Angel Diaz (UTK) def. Youcef Rihane (FSU) 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (5)
5. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. Filip Apltauer (UTK) 6-4, 6-4
6. Alex Bulte (FSU) def. James Newton (UTK) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles Competition:
1. #13 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) vs. #6 Johannus Monday/Angel Diaz (UTK) 6-6 (6-6)
2. #88 Youcef Rihane/Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. #77 Shunsuke Mitsui/Filip Pieczonka (UTK) 7-5
3. Alex Bulte/Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Filip Apltauer/James Newton (UTK) 7-6 (7-5)

Order of Finish: Singles (2, 6, 5, 1, 3, 4) Doubles (2, 3)

Didn't see this posted yet. Sorry if I missed it, but its worth seeing again, anyway

Lucky 13 for 13-0

FSU defeated Notre Dame and Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament and now faces No. 1 seed and tournament host Duke on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2) for the title.

The Seminoles (43-13) are seeking their 20th ACC Tournament Championship. FSU has won eight out of the last nine ACC Championships.

We'll have starting lineups and chat in the thread below

Update from Rivals on four-star PG Jerry Easter. No FSU visit set yet