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BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The Florida State mens basketball team celebrated its first appearance in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll on Monday in almost four years with a trip to the Big Apple and Round 3 of the NIT Season Tip-Off.The Seminoles, who slipped in and grabbed the No. 25 slot in Mondays latest poll, are off to a 4-0 start and averaging 96.7 points a game. They have defeated Charleston Southern, Iona, Winthrop and Detroit to open the season.The inclusion in the Top 25 Poll ends a near four-year drought for the program, which began the 2012-13 campaign ranked in the Top 25, only to fall out the very next week after a season-opening loss to South Alabama.And just after the turkey goes into the oven on Thursday, that ranking will once again be at stake when the Seminoles suit up to play their third game of the Tip-Off against Temple (2-2) at 12:30 p.m. ET.The two teams will face off in Brooklyn, N.Y. at the Barclays Center, and the winner will face either West Virginia or Illinois on Friday, depending on which program wins its 3:30 p.m. contest.The fast start by the Seminoles has featured no shortage of scoring.Paced by sophomore guard Dwayne Bacon, who is averaging 17.5 points per game after opting to return to the program rather than enter the NBA Draft, Florida State has put up 88, 99, 100 and 100 points, respectively, in its first four wins. The early-season effort by Bacon, who has led the Seminoles in scoring in three of the four games, has been complemented by an equally fast start from forward Jonathan Isaac, a 6-foot-10 freshman forward from nearby Naples, Fla. He was the crown jewel of Florida States 2016 recruiting class.Isaac is averaging 14.5 points and a team-high six rebounds a game, and the lone contest Bacon wasnt the high-scorer, that honor went to Isaac.Were a pretty good offensive team, Florida State starting point guard and assists leader Xavier Rathan-Mayes said. We like to get out and run. Thats what weve been preaching along, with defense. Getting out in transition and playing open-court basketball. These games we have shown we can play at a really high pace. Were doing what we want to and getting wins while doing it.Stellar defense has aided Florida States fast start -- the Seminoles recorded 11 steals and notched six blocks in Sundays win against Detroit -- and the only knock so far early in the season has been on the teams free-throw shooting. The Seminoles are currently shooting 72 percent from the foul line as a team and have had double-digit misses from the foul line twice already this year.Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton, who just began his 15th season and is the programs all-time winningest coach, says hes pleased with the fast start, But he remembers the last time the Seminoles were ranked -- and how quickly that ranking came and went -- so he remains cautiously optimistic heading into Thursdays matchup with the Owls.Were a team thats still developing. 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Nike Air Max 95 Wholesale .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Gabe Taylor hit four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 24 points, Alec Wintering had 20 points and 11 assists, and Portland pulled away for a 79-66 win over San Jose State on Tuesday night.Taylor tied a career best with nine rebounds and Jazz Johnson added 16 points for Portland (2-0).San Jose State (1-1) took a five-point lead on a 3-pointer by Ryan Welage with 18:30 to play, but didnt make another field goal for nearly 7 minutes as the Pilots used a 15-2 run to open up a 48-40 lead with 12:18 left and neverr trailed again.ddddddddddddTerrell Browns 3-pointer pulled the Spartans within three with 9 minutes remaining, but DMarques Tyson answered with a 3 and Wintering made a layup to make it 59-51 and San Jose State didnt threaten again.Brandon Clark scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Spartans.Portland shot 50 percent from the field, while SJSU made just 25 of 69 (36 percent) shots. 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