The 2024–25 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles were led by head coach Leonard Hamilton, in his twenty-third, and final, year, and played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The season started well for the Seminoles as they won three straight games. Their first loss came in the fourth game of the season, when they lost to rivals Florida, 87–74. The team rebounded by defeating Hofstra before traveling to Connecticut to compete in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off. They won both games they played in the showcase tournament defeating Temple, 78–69, and UMass, 92–59. The teams' four game winning streak ended in the ACC–SEC Challenge when they lost to LSU. They followed that with a loss in their ACC opener at NC State in overtime. They defeated Tulane in the Orange Bowl Classic to end the two-game skid. They ended their non-conference schedule with a defeat of Winthrop. The Seminoles went 2–2 in their next four ACC games, defeating Syracuse and rivals Miami but losing to Louisville and Clemson. They followed that with an eight game stretch where they went 4–4. The stretch contained a four game losing streak, book-ended by two game winning streaks. They finished the season 2–4, where they defeated Miami and SMU. They lost to three ranked teams over the stretch, number twenty-three Clemson, number twenty-five Louisville and number two Duke.

The Seminoles finished the season 17–14 and 8–12 in ACC play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place. As the eleventh seed in the 2025 ACC tournament, they faced fourteenth seed Syracuse in the First Round. Florida State couldn't repeat their regular season win and were defeated 66–62. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.

Previous season

The Seminoles finished the 2023–24 season 17–16 and 10–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed Virginia Tech in the Second Round before losing to first seed North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT. This marked the third straight season the Seminoles did not participate in post-season play.

Offseason

Departures Florida State Departures Jalen Warley 1 G 6'7" 205 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Transferred to Virginia Cam Corhen 3 F 6'10" 225 Allen, Texas Transferred to Pittsburgh De'Ante Green 5 F 6'9" 210 Asheville, North Carolina Transferred to South Florida Baba Miller 11 F 6'11" 204 Mallorca, Spain Transferred to Florida Atlantic Tom House 12 G 6'7" 200 Dayton, Ohio Transferred to Furman Josh Nickelberry 20 G 6'5" 200 Fayetteville, North Carolina Graduated Cam'Ron Fletcher 21 G 6'7" 220 St. Louis, Missouri Transferred to Xavier Darin Green Jr. 22 G 6'5" 195 Charlotte, North Carolina Graduated Primo Spears 23 G 6'3" 185 Hartford, Connecticut Transferred to UTSA Jaylan Gainey 33 F 6'10" 230 Greensboro, North Carolina Graduated Isaac Spainhour 40 G 6'3" 180 King, North Carolina Graduated Max Thorpe 44 G 6'2" 175 Clearwater, Florida Graduated Michael Brown 45 F 6'7" 225 Fort Washington, Maryland Walk-on, left team Sola Adebisi 51 F 6'6" 190 Milton, Georgia Transferred to The Citadel

Incoming transfers Florida State Incoming Transfers 3 G 6'7" 200 Portland, Oregon South Dakota 7 F 6'9" 220 Rochester, New York Hampton 12 F 6'11" 230 Lawrenceville, Georgia Ole Miss

2024 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Awards

Honors Jamir Watkins Pre-season All-ACC Second TeamACC Co-Player of the Week (Week One)All-ACC Second TeamOrange Bowl Classic MVP

NBA draft Round Pick (Overall) Name Team 2nd 43 Jamir Watkins Washington Wizards

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