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...
above capable maybe playing team
This team is very capable if we're playing up to our abilities. In other years, maybe we had to play above ourselves. Right now we need to play up to our abilities.
beginning consistent determine exception exposed guys heard latter league maybe rock shape sock team until year
You guys have heard me from the beginning of the year; I've been consistent about this. This is going to be a different year from what you guys have been exposed to. This league will be -- with the exception of one team and maybe two, it's going to be rock 'em sock 'em, and you're not going to be able to determine how this thing is going to shape up until the latter part of the season.
carolina couple either fighting fights-and-fighting games gone maybe north possibly season sure throw wide year
Possibly -- possibly -- Duke, and maybe North Carolina State. I'm not sure that we all aren't fighting for positioning now. I said before the season started that this would be a year where you could throw predictions out the window. I'm not sure you could make calls. You've had a couple of wide margins, but most games could have gone either way. That's the way it is in the ACC.
against issue maybe might played videos zones
There are times when we have played so well against zones you would think that maybe we might need to issue some videos or something.
afford ball best enthusiasm front game maybe meet mentally needed reality step style team time type
We did not meet their style of ball with the type of enthusiasm that we should have. Maybe this is the type of game we needed to keep reality in front of us. We are not a team that can afford not to be at our very best mentally every time we step out.
exposure felt fortunate good gotten intensity kids match maybe saw separated small speed though
I saw quickness, speed and intensity that separated him from other kids on the floor. He was from a small town, and even though he was very well-known in his area, maybe he hadn't gotten the exposure as other people. We were fortunate to have contacted him at the right time. I felt we were a good match for each other.
comments critical equal impact knocked looks maybe necessary parts players plays relation seen stops technical theirs tough win
Any comments that I make in relation to the technical foul, and the impact that it did or did not have on the game, I think would be seen as (taking) away from how outstanding I think Duke's players played. They made tough shots. They made the plays they had to make to win the game. We had equal opportunities, and we didn't come away with the points. We didn't get the stops that were necessary during the critical parts of the game, and we had maybe even some better looks than what they had; they knocked theirs down and we didn't.
basketball circumstance coaching game guys heard injured maybe player
I know in my 30 years of coaching I have never heard of a player getting injured under any circumstances in a celebration after a game - not at a basketball game. Maybe you guys have, but I haven't.
advantage aggressive anyone hard maybe quality talented
That's who we are. We don't necessarily feel that we're more talented than anyone else, but we feel if we play hard and aggressive ? then maybe we can have an advantage because of our quality of depth.
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.
alexander decision family support
We will give Alexander and his family all of the support they need as they go through this decision making process.
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).