Notre Dame (11-7, 2-5) will travel to play No. 5 Florida State (16-2, 6-1) on Saturday in a homecoming for Sunshine State natives John Mooney, Juwan Durham and Nate Laszewski. Not only will this be a tough test for the Irish, but to pull off the upset, they’ll have to do something neither team has done in this series: Win a game on the opponent’s home floor. Yes, the Seminoles are 4-0 against the Irish in Tallahassee, while the Irish have won all three meetings in South Bend.
Mooney draws attention for his double-doubles, but another player worth keeping an eye on in this one is Prentiss Hubb. He has scored at least 22 points in each of the Irish’s first four ACC road games. He’s also put up at least seven field goals in all of those games and is shooting 50.1 percent from the field. Last year in Tallahassee, he achieved his career high in rebounds with seven, so you know he’ll be a focus of the Seminoles’ game plan.