July 2, 2001

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Basketball practice begins just over 100 days from today. 102 to be exact. Steve Robinson's Seminoles are hard at work in the classroom, the weightroom and on the court in preparation for their No. 17 season-opener against Florida.

DEFENSIVE TREND CONTINUES Defensively, Florida State held its opponents under 50 percent shooting from the field for the 15th consecutive season. The Seminoles held their opponents to a .453 shooting percentage and held five opponents under 40 percent during the 2000-01 season. For the season, only four opponents shot above 50 percent in any single game. Florida State has held its' opponents to a .436 field goal shooting percentage during the four years of the Steve Robinson era. The Seminoles' field goal percentage defense of .407 during the 1998 season (Robinson's first as the Florida State head coach) was the sixth-best field goal defense percentage in school history.

Seminoles' Field Goal Percentage Defense Under Steve Robinson
Season           Opponents FGM-FGA       Pct.
1997-98          766-1,881              .407
1998-99          766-1,663              .461
1999-00          750-1,758              .427
2000-01          795-1,756              .453
Totals           3,077-7,060            .436

ARRINGTON NEARS 1,000 CAREER POINT PLATEAU Senior point guard Delvon Arrington enters the 2001-02 season with 844 career points and needs 156 points to become only the 34th player in school history to score 1,000 or more career points. Former Seminoles Corey Louis (1,127 career points) and LaMarr Greer (1,022 career points) both reached that milestone during the 1997-98 season.

Seminoles' All-Time Leading Scorers
Rank    Player             Years        Points
1.      Bob Sura           1992-95      2,130
10.     Dave Fedor         1960-62      1,453
20.     Sam Cassell        1992-93      1,211
30.     Rodney Dobard      1990-93      1,056
31.     Pee Wee Barber     1986-87      1,039
32.     LaMarr Greer       1995-98      1,022
33.     Wayne Smalls       1974-77      1,015
--      Delvon Arrington   1999-Pr.     844

SEMINOLES' POINT GUARD AS THE LEADING SCORER Senior point guard Delvon Arrington averaged a career-high 11.5 points per game last season, as he became only the 5th player in school history to lead the team in scoring from the point guard position. The last point guard to lead the Seminoles in scoring was George McCloud who led the team during the 1988 and 1989 seasons. Arrington is looking to become the third player in school history to lead the team in scoring in consecutive years from the point guard position.

Point Guard As Leading Scorers
Player               Year    PPG     APG
Pee Wee Barber       1986    16.8    5.0
Pee Wee Barber       1987    18.2    3.5
George McCloud       1988    22.8    3.5
George McCloud       1989    22.8    4.2
Delvon Arrington     2001    11.5    4.8

ARRINGTON ON THE ACC'S LISTS Senior point guard Delvon Arrington needs only 32 assists to move onto the ACC's all-time assist leaders list entering the 2001-02 season. In addition, he is ranked 14th all-time in the ACC with a 5.69 assists per game average.

ACC Career Assists List (Total Assists)
Rank    Player, School                    Years        Assists    APG
1.      Bobby Hurley, Duke                1990-93      1,076      7.7
10.     Tommy Amaker, Duke                1984-87      708        5.1
20.     Skip Brown, Wake Forest           1974-77      579        5.4
21.     Terrell McIntyre, Clemson         1996-99      576        4.6
22.     Derrick McQueen, Wake Forest      1989-92      575        5.2
23.     Quinn Snyder, Duke                1986-89      575        4.2
24.     Johnny Dawkins, Duke              1983-86      555        4.2
25.     Brian Oliver, Georgia Tech        1987-90      538        4.2
--      Delvon Arrington, Florida State   1999-**      506        5.7

ACC Career Assists Per Game List
Rank    Player, School                    Years      APG
1.      Chris Corchiani, NC State         1988-91    8.37
10.     Drew Barry, Georgia Tech          1993-96    6.19
11.     Phil Ford, North Carolina         1975-78    6.12
12.     Chris Whitney, Clemson            1992-93    6.10
13.     Kenny Smith, North Carolina       1984-87    6.05
14.     Delvon Arrington, Florida State   1999-**    5.69
15.     Travis Best, Georgia Tech         1992-95    5.58

GAMES PLAYED AND GAMES STARTED LIST AMONG RETURNING SEMINOLES Florida State returns one of the most experienced rotations in the ACC if not in college basketball. Led by senior Delvon Arrington, who has played in 89 games and started 88, the Seminoles' returning commonly used 10-man rotation has played in a cumulative total of 451 games with 206 starting assignments to their credit. Arrington also leads Florida State in ACC games only. Arrington has started 48 consecutive ACC games during his three-year career at Florida State. Together, the Seminole rotation has played in 252 and started 112 ACC.

Seminoles' Experience Shows
Player              Year      Career GP   Career GS   ACC GP   ACC GS   CGP    CS
Delvon Arrington    Senior    89          88          48       48       89     81
David Anderson      Senior    81          18          46       11       60     0
Monte Cummings      Senior    29          1           15       0        7      0
Antwuan Dixon       Senior    80          39          44       21       62     30
Nigel Dixon         Junior    47          21          31       11       10     10
Marcell Haywood     Junior    9           0           7        0        6      0
Mike Mathews        Junior    28          9           16       5        0      0
Michael Joiner      Soph.     30          30          16       16       30     30
Andrew Wilson       Soph.     30          0           16       0        30     0
Ryan Lowery         Soph.     27          0           13       0        1      0
Totals                        451         206         252      112      295    151

CGP denotes consecutive games played, CS denotes consecutive starts

ARRINGTON AMONG NATION'S ASSIST LEADERS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON Senior guard Delvon Arrington enters the 2001-02 season as the third leading assists man in nation to return for the 2001-02 season. He begins the season with 506 career assists and trails only Markus Carr of Cal State Northridge (619 career assists) and Brandon Granville (595 career assists) on the list of the nation's leaders.

National Assists Leaders (Returning for the 2001-02 Season)
Player, School                          1999    2000    2001    Total   4-Year Starter
Markus Carr, Cal State Northridge       127     206     286     619     Yes
Brandon Granville, Southern California  140     248     207     595     Yes
Delvon Arrington, Florida State         181     182     143     506     Yes

ALL-ACC CANDIDATE MICHAEL JOINER All-ACC candidate Michael Joiner, who led the Seminoles with a 6.0 rebounds per game average, ranked 15th in the ACC and 2nd overall among conference freshman in rebounding during the 2000-01 season. He joined Corey Louis (7.8 rpg in 1995) as the only freshmen in school history to lead the team in rebounding. Joiner now looks to join Louis as the only players to lead the Seminoles in rebounding during their first two seasons as the 2001-02 season gets underway.