The 1971–72 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University during the 1971–72 college basketball season. Led by head coach Hugh Durham, the Seminoles reached the championship game of the NCAA tournament before losing to unbeaten, 5-time defending national champion UCLA, 81–76. The team finished with an overall record of 28–5.
Hawaii game forfeited Florida State traveled to Hawaii to play two games against The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team. On December 18, and 22nd, 1971. Florida State lost both games, the first game wasn't decided on the court.
Florida State lost its first game, a forfeiture-shortened 30–10 decision. Florida State coach Hugh Durham, spoke about how as result of his disagreement with the officials, the referee called a forfeit in the middle of the game.
Durham said, "I go out there to do what coaches try to do and get a technical. I'm telling the official, 'These are two good teams, let 'em play, we came a long way, blah, blah, blah ...' and he tells me, 'Go sit down coach or I'm going to call a technical.' Well, that was what I went out there for, to get a technical, so I told him, 'Go ahead, call the son-of-a-bleep' and he tells me, 'Coach, you're out of the game.'"
"I think he thought I swore at him," said Durham, who now laughs at the memories.
When Durham refused to leave the court after the free throws had been shot, referee David Mahukona called the game and it went into the books as a forfeit.
When FSU beat the Hawaii Marines a night later, Durham remembers, "the headline in the paper was, 'Florida State finishes game.' "
Hawaii's 1971–72 team finished 24–3 and captured the program's first NCAA tournament bid behind scoring leader Bob Nash.https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/14181/florida-state-hawaii-brings-back-memories
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
NBA draft
5 78 Rowland Garrett Chicago Bulls
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