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Miami guard Tre Donaldson and Missouri guard Anthony Robinson II will meet again on a national stage Friday when their teams square off in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tipoff is set for 10:10 p.m.
The matchup doubles as a reunion for the former Florida High teammates, who helped lead the Seminoles to the 2022 FHSAA Class 3A state championship under then–head coach Charlie Ward, now the head coach at Florida A&M.
This won’t be their first college meeting. Donaldson and Robinson last faced each other on March 5, 2024, when Donaldson was in his second season at Auburn and Robinson was a freshman for Missouri.
Despite facing his former teammate, Robinson remains locked in hopes of making it out of the first round.
"I try not to think about it too much. It's just another game for me," Robinson said to the Missouri media. "I'm just going to go out there and compete "
Robinson, now in his third year with the Tigers, is averaging 8.8 points per game for head coach Charlton “C.Y.” Young, the former Florida State assistant.
Donaldson, meanwhile, is on his third program. After two seasons at Auburn and one at Michigan, he transferred to Miami to play for first-year head coach Jai Lucas. He enters the tournament as the Hurricanes’ second-leading scorer at 16.5 points per game and leads the team with 5.8 assists per contest.
The Florida High roots run even deeper. Young’s son, Isaiah, was also part of that 2023 state title team, along with Trey Card, now at Tallahassee State College, and Ashton Hampton, who plays football at Clemson.
On Friday night, two former Tallahassee standouts will share the court again — this time with a trip to the NCAA Tournament’s second round on the line.
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Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at [email protected] or on X @_Da_pistol.
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The matchup doubles as a reunion for the former Florida High teammates, who helped lead the Seminoles to the 2022 FHSAA Class 3A state championship under then–head coach Charlie Ward, now the head coach at Florida A&M.
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This won’t be their first college meeting. Donaldson and Robinson last faced each other on March 5, 2024, when Donaldson was in his second season at Auburn and Robinson was a freshman for Missouri.
Despite facing his former teammate, Robinson remains locked in hopes of making it out of the first round.
"I try not to think about it too much. It's just another game for me," Robinson said to the Missouri media. "I'm just going to go out there and compete "
Robinson, now in his third year with the Tigers, is averaging 8.8 points per game for head coach Charlton “C.Y.” Young, the former Florida State assistant.
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Donaldson, meanwhile, is on his third program. After two seasons at Auburn and one at Michigan, he transferred to Miami to play for first-year head coach Jai Lucas. He enters the tournament as the Hurricanes’ second-leading scorer at 16.5 points per game and leads the team with 5.8 assists per contest.
The Florida High roots run even deeper. Young’s son, Isaiah, was also part of that 2023 state title team, along with Trey Card, now at Tallahassee State College, and Ashton Hampton, who plays football at Clemson.
On Friday night, two former Tallahassee standouts will share the court again — this time with a trip to the NCAA Tournament’s second round on the line.
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More: March Madness maternity: Couple using brackets to pick daughter’s name
Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at [email protected] or on X @_Da_pistol.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Tre Donaldson vs. Anthony Robinson II: Florida High reunion in NCAA tourney
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