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...
execution guys lack last learned maintained obvious proud time
I was proud of the way that we maintained our intensity. It's obvious that the guys learned a lot from our lack of execution our last time out.
Me making speculations right now would be just that -- speculations.
against caliber coming games good mode playing progress team teams
I think, overall, our team is making progress, but we have to get out of that mode where we're playing games against good caliber teams and coming up a little short.
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?
actions speak
I think I just have to let the ACC's actions speak for itself.
action speak
I think I just have to let the ACC's action speak for itself.
care dwelling spent time
We haven't spent any time dwelling on anything negative. We're in the NIT, and we have to take care of business.
basketball confident developed good intend move next program spirit team unity year
We intend to have a good basketball team next year and I feel confident that we will. We've developed the unity and spirit it's going to take to move the program to the next level.
beginning focused good players
We were very focused in guarding their very good perimeter players at the beginning of the game.
best opportunity special unique
I think this is a unique and special opportunity for us because we know that we're going to get their very best shot.
biggest difference offensive seemed type
We never seemed to get into any type of offensive rhythm. I think that made the biggest difference in the game.
equal opportunity
We had equal opportunity and we didn't come away with the points.
allowed games hold ourselves slip
We allowed some games to slip away, we allowed ourselves to be put in that position. We have to hold ourselves accountable. And now let's go do something about it.
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.