Florida State, which has won two consecutive games, plays Clemson in the first round of the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on March 8 at 12 Noon at the St. Pete Times Forum. The Seminoles and Tigers met twice during the regular season with Clemson taking both meetings. Clemson won in Tallahassee on Jan. 4 (68-66) on a last second lay-up by Cliff Hammonds and won in Clemson on Feb. 7 (71-58) as K.C. Rivers scored a game-high 17 points. With consecutive wins over NC State (Feb. 24, 78-52) and Miami (March 3, 98-90 in overtime) the Seminoles are one of only six teams in the ACC who enter the 54th annual league tournament with a win in their last game and only one of four teams (also Maryland, Georgia Tech and Clemson) who enter the event on a winning steak of at least two games. The winner of Thursday's game between Florida State and Clemson plays top seeded North Carolina at Noon on Friday in the quarterfinal round of the tournament.
Florida State has an all-time record of 5-15 in 15 previous appearances in the ACC Tournament. The Seminoles defeated NC State, 93-80, on March 13, 1992 in their first ever tournament game. Florida State is 4-5 in first rounds games and will face Clemson in a first round game on March 8, 2007 at the St. Pete Times Forum. The Seminoles have advanced to the quarterfinals five times with their most recent appearance in that round coming in 1993. The Seminoles were the No. 2 seed in the 1992 and 1993 tournaments.
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR FLORIDA STATE:
F #12 Al Thornton
F #41 Uche Echefu
G #3 Isaiah Swann
G #10 Ralph Mims
G #25 Jason Rich
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