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

Florida State basketball staffer Michael Rubin went viral after his challenge suggestion lead to an overturned call in the team's ACC Tournament victory over California.


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

The ACC posted a video of Rubin celebrating with another staffer, resulting in the viral moment. Loucks can also be seen in the video turning to Rubin to fist-bump him after the successful challenge. 

"Go off, king," one person wrote on X.

 "The conviction to tell your HC to challenge the play is big time courage enough... then gets it right!!! thats trust building right there," another added. 

Teams must have a timeout to call for an instant replay, and if the challenge is successful, they are allowed one more video review challenge for the remainder of the game. This includes overtime. But if a team's first review challenge is unsuccessful, then they are not allowed to challenge for the remainder of the contest. 

Florida State has utilized Rubin and assistant director of operations Ryan Shnider to capitalize on the new rule change. According to the team's website, the pair are seated behind Loucks "intently studying every play of each game." 

"Moving on- grateful for every moment." 

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