Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamiltonis an American basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at Florida State University. He is a former head coach at Oklahoma State University, the University of Miami, and for the National Basketball Association's Washington Wizards. In his 23 years as a collegiate head coach, his teams have qualified for seven NCAA tournaments and eight NITs, highlighted by appearances in the NCAA Tournament's "Sweet Sixteen" in 2000and 2011. While with the NBA's Wizards his team posted a...
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containing floor hoped job players saying smaller switched switching
That was what the players were saying - 'We have to get stops,' because they were kind of having their way with us there for a little while. So, they just buckled down, and we started switching everything. ... We just put a smaller lineup out there on the floor and switched everything and hoped that we could do a better job containing them.
grown obvious
That was one we really, really needed. It was obvious we have grown up a little bit.
basketball country entire gotten kid players prep programs spring state
I think prep basketball over the entire state has gotten better. And I think you can see it from these players that spring up at programs from around the country and you say, 'Where did this kid come from?
culprit lies offensive
When you give up 16 offensive rebounds, there lies the culprit for us.
extra lies lies-and-lying
When you give them those extra opportunities and they're having one of those nights, therein lies a butt-kicking.
behind cant coming excited game grow learn lose move next opponent tough win
With each game you play, if you win it, you cant let yourself get too excited because there is another tough opponent coming right behind it. And if you lose it, you cant wallow in self-pity, you have to put that behind you, learn from it, and grow and then move on to the next game.
game mistakes per
When we made mistakes, they made us pay. Most times you have one game like this per year, and hopefully, this will be our only one.
control eliminate half mistakes
We need to eliminate the mistakes that we're making that we can control. Unnecessary turnovers. We had two of them right there at the end of the first half that didn't have anything to do with (UNC).
basketball bouncing college games history realize rise team
We just have to rise to the occasion. This is college basketball as it is in the ACC. We still have two more games left. We still can realize some opportunities. And this team has had a history of bouncing back.
games people reluctant schedule teams top tried
We called people and tried to schedule games with some of the top people. Some of those teams are a little reluctant to play a team that is on the rise.
clear decisions mysteries
There are not very many mysteries through this process, and it will be clear as day as to what the right decisions are to be made.
concerned ease pieces somewhat unexpected watched won
We were somewhat unexpected by the ease in which we won this game. They had some pieces that concerned us when we watched their film.
equal opportunity
We had equal opportunity and we didn't come away with the points.
ahead gives ncaa program step tremendous year
This would probably put us a year ahead of schedule. I thought we could get to the NCAA by Year 5. But this would be a tremendous step for our program. It gives you the credibility you need to keep your program going forward.