FSU basketball: Record last few years proves they are an elite program

FSU basketball had a legitimate shot at winning its first national championship in 2020. Their record the past few years indicates they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

FSU basketball isn’t a program most college basketball fans think of when it comes to elite programs. The programs that usually come to mind are those like Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, and Kentucky.

However, the Noles have carved themselves a nice little niche over the past few years while playing in arguably the best conference in college basketball.

The ACC usually hosts perennial top programs like Duke, North Carolina, Louisville, and Virginia(the past few years).

In fact, four of the last seven national champions have come from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The league routinely sends nearly half of its teams to the NCAA Tournament which makes the graphic below even more impressive for a program like FSU basketball:

That’s the sixth-best winning percentage in the nation over the past few years folks. Here’s an even more impressive stat. The Noles have lost 34 games over the last four years, and 17 of those losses have come by five points or less.

That’s not to mention they usually play a decent out of conference schedule outside of the ACC schedule. They defeated ranked teams like LSU, Purdue, Florida, and Tennessee over the past few years.

They’ve played other teams like Indiana, Villanova, UConn, Oklahoma State, Illinois, and Minnesota. The other thing that’s supporting their case as one of the “New Bloods” is their ability to recruit at a high level.

The Noles have had several players drafted over the past five years or so and continue to sign blue-chip recruits. Leonard Hamilton signed the No. 3 and No. 6 ranked players in the nation in the last recruiting cycle and already has a top 50 player committed for 2021.

Those are the types of players who’ll keep the Noles among the elite programs in the nation.