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Florida State basketball’s opening NCAA Tournament opponent: meet the Vermont Catamounts

The Florida State Seminoles are headed to the NCAA Tournament as a four-seed in the West Region matched up with the Vermont Catamounts of the America East Conference. Historically speaking, 4-seeds have a 108-28 record over 13-seeds, meaning the higher-ranked team in this matchup advances to the second round 79% of the time. Let’s get our first look who the ’Noles will face in the First Round.

OPPONENT: University of Vermont

MASCOT: Catamounts

LOCATION: Burlington, Vermont

FOUNDED: 1791

ENROLLMENT: 11,998

FAMOUS ALUMS: Jack Arute (ABC and ESPN sideline reporter), Jon Fishman (drummer for the band Phish), Mike Gordon (bassist in the band Phish), Rollie Massomino (Head Coach of 1985 Villanova national title team), Henry Jarvis Raymond (Co-founder of the New York Times and Harper’s New Monthly Magazine), Ryen Russillo (ESPN radio host), Martin St.