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Duke, Carolina Top FSU's 9-game ACC Home Schedule

Posted: 8:14 PM Aug 22, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Florida State will host Duke and North Carolina among the nine ACC schools visiting Tallahassee in the 2012-2013 basketball season.

North Carolina visits the Seminoles on Jan. 12 for a 2 p.m. game, while Duke visits four weeks later on Feb. 2 for another Saturday game at 2 p.m. Clemson, Maryland, Miami, Boston College, Wake Forest, Virginia and North Carolina State also play in Tallahassee.

Coach Leonard Hamilton's Seminoles travel to Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech without return dates and also visit Clemson, Maryland, Virginia, Miami, Wake Forest, N.C. State, and North Carolina.

ACC officials announced member schools will play an 18-game conference schedule for the first time.

Florida State's complete schedule that includes nonconference visits from Minnesota and Florida will be released later.