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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caliber coming good mode playing teams
We have to get out of the mode of playing good caliber teams good, but coming out a little short.
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He's had to make the biggest adjustment of anybody on our team. He's gone from playing on the block to now being a pure perimeter player. As opposed to standing behind people and trying to block shots, he's now breaking down (opponents) in a defensive stance, trying to contain people who have played guard all their lives.
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He's getting a better understanding of his strengths.
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He has worked very hard in practice. I think he has earned the respect of all his teammates. He has shown that he's more than capable of being a major contributor to our team. I think our players look forward to playing with him.
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He has shown the potential to come in and give us this type of offensive lift. I told him the other day that he was due for his breakout game.
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He has that drive, determination and focus. You see it in his eyes. He has that special something about him that you like to see in athletes.
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We totally recognize the fact that now it's time to move on and move toward preparing ourselves ... to play in the NIT. This is part of the development process of any team. You go through the highs and lows and disappointments along the way.
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I feel like he has as much or more potential than anybody on this team.
bottle rest
If we can take this and bottle it and keep it with us the rest of the year, I think we'll be pretty successful.
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I don't have any say in the criteria that's already been determined and me making speculations right now would be just that, speculations. What we have to do is maintain hope, and hope that we've done enough during the season to go the NCAA tournament. Past that, there's not a whole lot more we can say.
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I don't even know why we're having that discussion. I think we're definitely one of the best 64 teams in the country. We play in a league where every night you have to play your best basketball or you will get your hat handed to you. I think we've earned the right to be one of top 64 teams.
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I don't even know why I'm sitting here in fifth place in the ACC having to defend anything. I'm really confused about that. Matter of fact, I think we need six or seven teams.
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I don't know when it happened. But when I asked him in the second half, he said he couldn't go. These are things that happen to a team, but you have to have other guys step up.
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I don't know whether you say he's unstoppable, but he is playing at a level that makes him one of the top one or two players in the country. The thing that you respect him for is he's gotten better every year.