No. 15 Florida State picked up where it left off last season with a season-opening smackdown of the rival Florida Gators in Tallahassee Tuesday night. PJ Savoy led the Seminoles with 20 points in the opener, but the bigger story was the defensive effort from Coach Hamilton’s squad, which held UF to 0.83 PPP.
FSU now heads on the road to face Tulane in New Orleans. The Green Wave, coached by Mike Dunleavy, are playing their first game of the season. They fell to the Seminoles 72-53 in Tampa last season.
One thing to keep an eye on this season is the NCAA’s new NET ranking system.