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The '''2023–24 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team''' represented [[Florida State University]] during the [[2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season]]. The Seminoles were led by head coach [[Leonard Hamilton]], in his 22nd year, and played their home games at the [[Donald L. Tucker Civic Center|Donald L. Tucker Center]] on the university's [[Tallahassee, Florida]] campus as members of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]].
The Seminoles started their season 4–1, with their only loss coming in their [[Florida–Florida State men's basketball rivalry|rivalry]] game at [[2023–24 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]. The team won three games in the [[Sunshine Slam]] including winning the final in overtime against eighteenth ranked [[2023–24 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team|Colorado]]. However, after that streak, the Seminoles struggled, losing four straight games. Losses included their [[ACC–SEC Challenge]] game against [[2023–24 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team|Georgia]], and their ACC opener against number seventeen [[2023–24 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]. They then won two of their last three non-conference games, to finish with a 6–5 non-conference record. The Seminoles won six of their next seven ACC games, with the only loss coming against [[2023–24 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team|Clemson]]. Their schedule became a tougher, and they lost five of their next six games, including losses to third-ranked North Carolina and ninth-ranked [[2023–24 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]]. In this stretch they lost lost to eventual last place finishers [[2023–24 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team|Louisville]]. The end of the season was a mixed bag for the Seminoles as they finished 3–3. They again lost to Clemson, but defeated [[2023–24 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team|NC State]] and completed a season sweep of in-state opponents [[2023–24 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team|Miami]].
The Seminoles finished the [[2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2023–24 season]] 17–16 and 10–10 in [[2023–24 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season|ACC play]] to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the ninth seed in the [[2024 ACC men's basketball tournament|ACC tournament]], they defeated eighth seed [[2023–24 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team|Virginia Tech]] in the Second Round before losing to first seed North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They were not invited to the [[2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]] or the [[2024 National Invitation Tournament|NIT]]. This marked the third straight season the Seminoles did not participate in post-season play.
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