Florida State staffer goes viral after celebratory reaction to successful challenge in ACC tournament win

A Florida State assemblage hoops staffer went viral for his absorption to the Seminoles successfully challenging a play astatine his proposition successful the team’s 95-89 triumph implicit California successful the 2nd circular of the ACC Tournament connected Wednesday. 

Michael Rubin, a pupil manager and caput video manager for the men’s hoops team, became portion of the March Madness mayhem this week aft suggesting a situation to caput manager Luke Loucks that resulted successful an overturned telephone successful favour of the Seminoles. 

Florida State Seminoles defender Martin Somerville (1) dribbles arsenic California Golden Bears defender Nolan Dorsey (21) defends successful the 2nd fractional astatine Spectrum Center successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected March 11, 2026. (Bob Donnan/Imagn Images)

The ACC posted a video of Rubin celebrating with different staffer, resulting successful the viral moment. Loucks tin besides beryllium seen successful the video turning to Rubin to fist-bump him aft the palmy challenge. 

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"Go off, king," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X.

 "The condemnation to archer your HC to situation the play is large clip courageousness enough... past gets it right!!! thats spot gathering close there," different added. 

Rubin’s relation this play stems from the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which approved a caller regularisation – the coach’s situation – successful June. According to the rule, coaches tin situation "out-of-bounds calls, handbasket interference/goaltending and whether a secondary defender was successful the restricted-area arc." 

Florida State Seminoles caput manager Luke Loucks during the ACC men’s hoops tourney betwixt the California Golden Bears and the Florida State Seminoles astatine the Spectrum Center successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected March 11, 2026. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Teams indispensable person a timeout to telephone for an instant replay, and if the situation is successful, they are allowed 1 much video reappraisal situation for the remainder of the game. This includes overtime. But if a team’s archetypal reappraisal situation is unsuccessful, past they are not allowed to situation for the remainder of the contest. 

Florida State has utilized Rubin and adjunct manager of operations Ryan Shnider to capitalize connected the caller regularisation change. According to the team’s website, the brace are seated down Loucks "intently studying each play of each game." 

Florida State Seminoles guardant Alex Steen (25) reacts successful the archetypal fractional astatine Spectrum Center successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected March 11, 2026. (Bob Donnan/Imagn Images)

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"These guys (Ryan and Michael) enactment their tails disconnected each day," Loucks said earlier this month, via the team’s website. "They bash it due to the fact that they emotion the crippled and emotion the program. They enactment truthful overmuch clip and effort, and they are successful a pugnacious spot. It's a truly challenging occupation due to the fact that I americium breathing down their cervix asking whether I should situation oregon not. They person to marque a split-second determination that tin triumph you oregon suffer you a game."

Rubin is successful his 3rd play arsenic squad manager and is simply a third-year athletics absorption major. Ahead of Florida State’s quarterfinal matchup against Duke connected Thursday night, Rubin had a parting connection connected X pursuing his viral moment. 

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