Florida St. (22-9)

Seed, region: No. 9, West

Location: Buffalo, N.Y.

Enrollment: 39,163

Founded: 1851

Mascot: Seminoles

Conference: ACC (10-6)

Bid: At-large

NCAA tournament record: 12-11

Marquee players: Solomon Alabi, 7-foot-1 sophomore center who averaged 11.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Sophomore forward Chris Singleton (6-9, 227) averages 10.3 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds. Junior guard Derwin Kitchen averages 8.2 points and 3.9 assists.

Famous alumni: Actor Burt Reynolds, singer/songwriter Jim Morrison, fitness expert Richard Simmons, astronaut Winston Scott.