Everything Noles: For Florida State Seminoles Fans

It's been a while since Matt and Michael got together to talk some hoops, but honestly, there wasn't much reason to. Florida State went after transfer Tre Mitchell and whiffed. The same could be said for Kofi Cockburn. Toss in Moussa Cisse as well. The 'Noles were targeting a big man, but missed at every turn. Well, since nothing is happening with the roster, we decided it was time to talk basketb...

Florida State entered the tournament struggling a bit after losses to Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. But in recent years the tourney has galvanized the team and this season is no different as the Seminoles roll into their 3rd straight Sweet 16. After knocking off UNC Greensboro in round 1 and dominating Colorado in round of 32 the 'Noles now face top seeded Michigan. Unlike other portions of the bra...

It's March folks, and the madness has arrived. Forget about the regular season. Forget about the ACC Tournament. It's the NCAA Tournament now, and in less than a week 48 dreams will have been dashed, leaving the dreaming to a field of 16. On the podcast we briefly touch on the Georgia Tech loss (hey, another turnover!) before moving on - or backwards - to how the season has shaped up as a whole. I...

Florida State playing for the ACC Title? You bet. For the 2nd time in three years, FSU will be playing on Saturday and be one of the last two standing in the conference. Since FSU was awarded the automatic bid to the dance last year, you have to go back to the 2017-18 season to find one where FSU wasn't competing to cut the nets down. Much like the last time these two teams played, FSU dominated t...

Your Florida State Seminoles controlled their own destiny en route to a 2nd consecutive ACC regular season title, but that quickly went out the window when the ball tipped. FSU fell behind by 20 points, and even though they were able to make an impressive run in the 2nd half, it was too little, too late. We talk about where FSU went wrong this game. Was it X's and O's? Was it lack of focus? We als...

Welcome to episode 36 of the Tomahawk Nation hoops dedicated podcast. We start with a brief recap of the Pitt and Miami games. Pitt seems to be dissolving as a program after the loss, while Miami was basically a live scrimmage for the final thirty minutes. Regardless, Florida State picked up a couple of road wins, which are key, as FSU has only played five times outside the friendly confines of th...

When we last sat down to record a podcast, FSU was set to fly to Boston to take on the BC Eagles and their four scholarship players. Then FSU's second Covid-19 shutdown began and we all went a couple of weeks without basketball. Now Virginia Tech has Covid problems of their own, so our game vs. the Hokies has been cancelled, but the staff recovered quickly and scheduled a game at Pitt. But before...

FSU played twice this week, destroying Miami at home and then dropping a disappointing game at Georgia Tech. There wasn't too much to talk about from the Miami win, as everyone is blowing them out. Florida State won 81-59, which is what you want to see vs a bad team. The loss to Georgia Tech, however, was different. It's not the loss that is concerning - GT is a good team - but rather how they los...

Florida State basketball is on a roll. They knocked off North Carolina State by 32, beat North Carolina, and then went to Louisville as a four point underdog and won by 13. They're not only winning, but they've covered each spread by an average of 16 pointss. Raiquan Gray and Rayquan Evans have been playing their best basketball, and we examine them through the lens of the UL game. We talk a bit a...

In this episode of the Tomahawk Nation hoops dedicated podcast we recap the most recent wins for FSU. First there was the 32-point drubbing of NC State, and then a more modest 7-point win over North Carolina. Using the games as themes, we dive in to why FSU has been more successful after their 15-day layoff. Lots of things went well, including improved bench play which proved critical. Next we div...

Saturday was a rare great day for FSU athletics. The football team won. The basketball team beat the Gators for the 7th straight time. And UF and Miami both went 0-2 in major sports and lost their football games in humiliating fashion. 2020 is almost over folks! We begin the pod (APPLE // SPOTIFY) by talking all things Gators. We should all wish the best to Keyontae Johnson, who was hospitalized a...

Good news, college hoops is back! Michael Rogner and Matt Minnick celebrate by talking first impressions from FSU basketball's win over North Florida. They also talk a bit about what is happening on the national scene, Next up is a preview of the Indiana - Florida State rematch in the ACC - Big Ten Challenge. Finally, they wrap it up with a discussion about 5* incoming freshman Matthew Cleveland....

We begin this episode with special guest Ariya Massoudi, man about town, voice of FSU women's basketball, and discuss where Florida State basketball fits in to the upcoming 2020-21 ACC basketball season. After he signs off, Matt and Michael pivot to Seminoles hoops, focusing on who might be in the starting five this season, and more importantly who might be in the finishing five. Next up is the re...

It’s been a while since the last hoops podcast (APPLE // SPOTIFY), but real sports being on television has inspired the crew to talk some hoops. The void of sports has actually lured Michael into paying attention to the NBA, so we lead with some bubble talk - not the NCAA Tournament bubble where FSU used to find itself annually, but the NBA bubble which is providing a model for executing a full co...

Former FSU point guard David Nichols joins the pod for a wide ranging interview covering his time at Florida State. He also provides some great insight into upcoming NBA draft picks Devin Vassell and Patrick Williams. Prior to the interview, we talk about the State of Florida's new name, image, likeness law which will allow players to make money off of their own name. Florida leap frogged Californ...

Despite the off-season coming much sooner than expected, there is still plenty of FSU news to go around. Devin Vassell was the first to announce that he was going pro, and soon after that Patrick Williams joined in. Technically, Williams could return, though we don't expect that to happen. We talk about the career trajectories of those two, and compare them to recent early jumps to the NBA such as...

Instead of preparing for the ACC semifinals, we instead sit down to talk about the season that was. Was this FSU's best team in most of our lifetimes? How should this team be remembered? There is naturally a lot of discussion about Trent Forrest - the Seminole's senior leader - but we also discuss the differences between this year's team and last year's. What now for Patrick Williams and Devin Vas...

The NCAA announced this afternoon that the NCAA Tournament will be going forward, but without fans in the stands. We try and digest the news, and discuss how it impacts the tournament going forward. News has broken since this recording that the ACC Tournament has followed suit, and beginning tomorrow only essential personnel will be in attendance. Despite all this, it still looks like the games ar...

Florida State basketball is your ACC regular season champion. You'll be surprised that for the 4th straight year the ACC media picked Duke to win the regular season (they haven't won since 2010), and plucky FSU was a distant fifth. But the Seminoles finish a full game ahead and win the regular season outright. We talk a bit about the Boston College game, but mostly focus on the post game atmospher...

It's March, and when you're a basketball school that means there is a lot to talk about. We begin with FSU's thrilling win over Notre Dame. MJ Walker had a stretch to remember during the 2nd half, and then of course Trent Forrest came up huge down the stretch. Prior to that, Florida State couldn't stop Notre Dame. Some of that was just getting beat on defense, and some was poor to average shooters...

It was a frustrating 1-point loss to Clemson, and the game likely ended FSU's hopes for a national 1-seed for the NCAA Tournament. But the 'Noles still control their own destiny in the ACCT as a few hours after FSU losing in Littlejohn, Duke went to Virginia and lost. Now FSU and Louisville are atop the ACC, with Duke and Virginia one game back. The defense was a mess vs. Clemson. Florida State di...

Florida State has three games left in the season. Those three games are going to play a huge role in ACC and NCAA tournament seeding. First up is Clemson, and in this episode we catch people up on a Tigers team that we last saw in early December. Since then they've pulled off upsets of Duke and Louisville, and have only lost once at home in the new year. We go in depth on some Clemson players - Aa...

The second half blowout of Louisville had our heads spinning, and we spend plenty of time discussing how it all happened and who was responsible. Matt talks a bunch about the atmosphere, which was absolutely electric, and slots it into his 20+ years of experience at the Tuck. But were not here at Tomahawk Nation to only talk about all the great things. So we dove into a couple of underlying issues...

Florida State picked up an all-important Quad 1 win vs. NC State. After breaking down what went well (hello Malik Osborne and MJ Walker), what didn't (and why four guys played 20 minutes in the 2nd half), we do a deep dive on FSU's resume through a tournament filter. Want to know why Seton Hall (19-7) is competing with FSU for seeding? You get your answer. As well as how a wild Saturday on the nat...

There isn't a ton to talk about from the Pitt game as it played out pretty much exactly as predicted. The starters did struggle, and we discuss what that means moving forward. We also go a bit in depth on some of the stars from the bench. Patrick Williams, Dom Olejniczak, and Balsa Koprivica all had good games. This game coupled with Duke's unexpected blowout loss at NC State created a log jam ato...