The Noles will then face Iowa at 5:30 p.m. on Friday before a doubleheader with Marshall at 3 p.m. on Saturday. FSU will close out the tournament with a game against UConn at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning. All games can be seen on ACCNX. Single-game tickets are still available at seminoles.com/tickets. Sunday’s game against UConn is free to the public and all seating will be general admission.
Samford was 33-23 last season and finished 12-7 in the SOCON. Samford was outscored 59-15 against Power Four teams last season and went 0-7 against Power Four teams.
Iowa finished 35-18 last season and was 15-7 in Big Ten play but fell in the opening game of the Big Ten Tournament and failed to make the NCAA Tournament.
Marshall was 31-23 in 2025 and 15-9 in the Sun Belt but fell in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament.
UConn secured its first Big East Championship since 2001 last season and earned a spot in the Baton Rouge Regional where it ultimately fell to Nebraska and LSU. UConn finished the season 35-19 and 18-6 in Big East play.
FSU holds a 29-5 record at the JoAnne Graf Classic and has a combined record of 52-7 against the three teams in the event.