Florida State’s bats were hot early against Duke, and the Seminoles advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinal round. The Blue Devils must now await their NCAA Tournament fate.

No. 7-seed and reigning ACC champion Duke was overpowered by No. 2-seed Florida State Friday afternoon as the Seminoles rode an eight-run third inning to a 14-7 victory in Durham. Florida State scored in all but two innings to cruise to victory and leave the Blue Devils waiting to learn where they will head for an NCAA regional.

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An HBCU hired a Heisman Trophy winner to run its men's basketball program. Charlie Ward signed a five-year deal with Florida A&M, giving the SWAC some extra swagger and pop. Ward was an electric football player at Florida State in the early 1990s,

Matthew Driscoll resigned after 16 seasons as the head coach at North Florida to accept an associate position on Jerome Tang's staff at Kansas State.

North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll resigned after 16 years with the Ospreys on Thursday and accepted a job as the associate head coach on Jerome Tang’s staff at Kansas State.