The University of Louisville will host the #18 Florida State Seminoles Saturday inside the KFC Yum! Center. The Noles are 12-2 on the season and actually lost its season-opener at Pitt and then also lost inside Assembly Hall to Indiana. FSU has beaten Florida, Purdue, Clemson and Georgia Tech for quality wins on the season.
As always Leonard Hamilton’s team is very athletic and is one of the best turnover creating teams in college basketball. The Noles are also one of the best shot-blocking teams in college basketball as well.
One thing about this FSU team that is a little bit different than past Hamilton teams is this iteration seems to be better at scoring the ball than some of the program’s predecessors. Some believe that FSU may be the 3rd or 4th best team in the league and Louisville will have to shake off its rivalry loss to the Kentucky Wildcats quickly as they face one of the tougher opponents left on the 2019-2020 schedule.
| – | Louisville | Florida State |
| Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom) | 166th | 93rd |
| PPG | 76.2 (64th) | 76.1 (68th) |
| Avg Scoring Margin | 16.2 (12th) | 13.1 (25th) |
| Field Goal % | 47.8% (23rd) | 46.5% (51st) |
| Effective FG% | 54.7% (26th) | 52.5% (66th) |
| 2-pt FG % | 54.7% (32nd) | 53.8% (53rd) |
| 3-pt FG % | 36.5% (50th) | 33.4% (157th) |
| FT % | 72.2% (104th) | 76.3% (32nd) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 16.5 (100th) | 17.1 (134th) |
| Opp Team Fouls Per Game | 17.4 (192nd) | 17.9 (164th) |
| FT Attempted Per Game | 18.8 (158th) | 19.3 (141st) |
| Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 15.2 (59th) | 19.4 (221st) |
| Opp Shooting % | 35.8% (4th) | 39.4% (57th) |
| Opp Effective FG% | 41.3% (5th) | 46.0% (64th) |
| Opp 2-pt FG % | 41.2% (12th) | 44.6% (57th) |
| Opp 3-Pt FG % | 27.7% (20th) | 31.9% (124th) |
| Rebound Rate | 55.2% (21st) | 50.9% (139th) |
| Assists Per Game | 15.0 (55th) | 13.5 (130th) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 12.4 (67th) | 13.1 (117th) |
| Blocks Per Game | 2.5 (235th) | 5.6 (14th) |
| Steals Per Game | 4.9 (314th) | 9.7 (7th) |
| Opp Turnovers Per Game | 11.2 (330th) | 18.6 (7th) |
| Opp Blocks Per Game | 2.1 (10th) | 2.6 (62nd) |
| Opp Steals Per Game | 5.5 (53rd) | 5.5 (53rd) |
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